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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1919
Page
2
The Local Red Cross Executive Committee urges residents of EUREKA and vicinity to donate used clothing during the week starting March 24. Drop at Mrs A Fraser store. items include garments for all ages, linen, blankets, wool, shoes, scrap leather, and bedding materials.
At the Eureka Theatre on Sunday night March 23 The Beggar of Cawnpore will be staged with India themed settings and costumes. Star H B Warner appears in a British officer uniform at start and end. Two reels of comedy Pinched in the Finish will be shown. On Friday March 28 The Edge of the Abyss a drama with Willard Mack in the lead supported by Mary Boland and Frank Mills will be screened with one reel of A Dishonest Burglar as comedy.
Gaston Chalde this week received a highly utilitarian sheep tender wagon, built light yet sturdy for two-horse handling. It features a double canvas bowed roof, a kitchenette with a fold-down table, a bed and mattress, a cast stove with oven, and a hard lumber floor. A rear hay rack, side tool box, and water fittings add practicality, improving camp comfort for moving camps and long-range work.
The Eureka Cash Store announces a full line of leather goods for ranchers and stockmen along with a fresh stock of vegetable and field seeds and onion nets.
Fred Craig and Isaac Graham, two lads from Elko County, were sent to the penitentiary for horse stealing for terms from one to fourteen years but have been paroled to the Nevada School of Industry superintendent. Reports from Deeth and nearby valleys note numerous cattle deaths this winter from rabies, with over 30 cattle lost by Union Land and Cattle Company and many dogs bitten. Farmers report a dog shortage for watch purposes. John G. Taylor files a novel sheep brand in Elko County Recorder’s office, burning a narrow bar into the nose above the nostrils as a permanent identification, akin to cattle branding.
From the London Truth report Mrs. Woodrow Wilson refused to curtsy to Queen Mary in England, a bold act highlighted as notable since she is described as the only non royal woman to withhold such homage. The item notes Wilson’s claimed descent from Pocahontas and Powhatan.
Beatific Lodge No 7 Knights of Pto P meets every Tuesday evening at Castle Hall on North Main Street. Meetings start at 7 o clock from October 1 to March 31 and at 730 from April 1 to September 30. All in good standing are invited. Wit J Swick DC Attest D E Nosrsosa K of R & B
Powerful heating apparatus capable of forcing heat through a 12 foot sandbag barrier and drying without scorching the wall is sought to preserve Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper in Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan. Dampness threatening pigments and previous restorations jeopardize the frescoes. Italian arts ministry experts have not solved the treatment challenge.
An eminent Italian statesman proposes a global debt reduction scheme using a world lottery. He suggests 300 million forehanded individuals buy ten twenty dollar tickets, totaling sixty billion dollars, with ten billion in prizes and fifty billion left to apply to the war debt. He argues the plan could work and is less risky than seizing working capital. Saturday Evening Post.
In honor of Dr Henry Van Dyke the Brick Presbyterian Church at Fifth Avenue and Thirty-seventh Street New York unveils a new pipe organ. The four manual instrument with 120 stops and 6000 pipes cost about 35000 dollars and includes echo chimes. Built by E M Skinner of Boston it was funded by church members as a tribute to Van Dyke who served there for over twenty years and was US ambassador to the Netherlands.
A Paterson New Jersey silk dyeing worker was arrested as a suspected spy during early wartime. He allegedly conveyed information to Germany using silk hosiery dyed with invisible writing fluid. German agents in Holland supplied the socks and letters, later revealed when a sock was found by naval intelligence. The man confessed after discovery of the scheme.
In Italy the Y M C A has shown generosity and brotherhood amid war, yet the four letters Y M C A are absent in the region. The reason given remains unclear from the excerpt.
Washington bulletin notes general Italian opposition to public organizations tied to religion. To ease mistrust and work in harmony, the Y M C A has renamed itself Societa di Protestanza Universale and uses the initials S F U.
In 11 communities women, under home demonstration agents, built driers, fireless cookers, and iceless refrigerators. A single woman found a 50 cent dish drainer and wire dishcloth saved ten minutes per meal, about 30 minutes daily, equating to two weeks or 12 hours of yearly leisure. Was the investment worthwhile.
A Los Angeles Times anecdote traces a newspaper woman seeking a tale in a cottage with a four star service flag. An elderly neighbor explains the stars belong to her boarders, not the family, revealing how appearances mislead reporters.
An electric heating setup in a southern European city uses waste power to heat water in a 1 200 gallon insulated tank. Night current raises water above boiling point for storage. by day hot water circulates through radiators, maintaining comfort with minimal energy, governed by a thermostat.
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