State Board of Health Inspectors Called to Discuss
Eureka Sentinel notes a short session of the State Board of HéVinve Assessors to share ideas, while many assessors wrongly assume they know all. Elko Independent reports smallpox cases in town not reported to authorities, urging punishment for families who neglect reporting under the current law and proposing amendments to reach contagious disease cases. Carson News describes a California lieutenant governor visit to Carson City and comments on state officials' presence and necessity of resignations when duties cannot be fulfilled.
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Carean
Eureka
State Board of HéVinve
Elko Independent
Carson News
California
Nevada
Carsonite
Reno
Nevada political topics stir party lines in Battle Mountain
A Republican club forms in Battle Mountain Lander County endorsing George S Wicks on for U S Senate while Carson Appeal notes a Carson resident declining a drink and bowing to majority will The Harriman Hearth urges Governor John Sparks for Senate to succeed W M Stewart predicting allied Democratic and Silver parties will back him to win the seat.
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Battle Mountain
Lander County
George S. Wixon
United States
Carson
George Nixon
Harriman Hearth
John Sparks
W. M. Stewart
Sparks
Nevada
Stewart
Dad Runnin for Offis in a Boy's Tale of Politics
A boy narrates his father’s political bid with mock humor and rumor. A San Francisco Call note on California Supreme Court rulings permits creditor challenges to salaries of non constitutional public officials, questioning public spending and accountability.
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Offis
Ofa
San Francisco
Supreme Court of California
Belva Lockwood Comment at Senate Mormon Confession
Mrs Belva Lockwood listened as Joseph Smith head of the Mormon Church confessed before a Senate committee in Washington and his remark that only two percent of Mormons are polygamists drew her whispered jab that this is the smallest percentage of any Christian church.
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Belva Lockwood
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Senate
Washington
Ladies' Night at Reno Palace Sparks City Outcry
Reno society and gamblers flocked to a $50,000 Palace opening in Reno. The Ladies' Night drew hundreds, with champagne, casino games, and a San Francisco orchestra playing operatic intermezzos as residents debated propriety amid sensational press coverage from Reno and the San Francisco Examiner.
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Reno
San Francisco Examiner
Nevada
Carson City
Virginia City
Faro
Palace
San Francisco
Cavalleria Ruaticana
Boedelia
Slander of Reno Women Sparks City Outrage
The Reno Evening Gazette denounces a front page slanderous article claiming Reno women visited a public resort, drank and gambled with boys, calling the report false, malicious, and lower than a Hearst sheet. The piece warns the town against believing such sensational headlines.
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The
Gazette
Reno
the Gazette
Opening of Monte Carlo in Reno stirs moralists
The Carson Appeal notes Reno newspapers once opposed gambling yet now publish full page ads for a Reno Monte Carlo. It praises advertisers for promotional pages while mocking editors who would preach against gambling if ads disappear. The piece hints at a shift in local attitudes toward the gambling palace in Nevada.
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Reno
Monte Carlo
Associated Press
Carson Appeal
Nevada
State University
Carson
Reus
Beef Trust Raises Beef Prices Across Nation
The Beef Trust hikes dressed beef by one cent a pound effective tomorrow, adding 2 to 3 cents per pound to consumers and boosting monthly gains by over 150,000 dollars. The rise, blamed on war pressures and rival Cudahy, worsens costs for the poor nationwide. A sharp counter move by stock raisers aims to crush the monopoly with a new Independent Company capitalized at 50 million dollars, planning competing packing houses in Chicago Kansas City Omaha and Fort Worth to free ranchers from the triharchy of the Biz Four.
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Fred Lynch
Will Mmfalon
Fred
Trovatore
Heaven
Trust
New York
Beef Trust
Boot Trust
Cudahy Packing Company
Cudahy
Washington
John G. Oxley
Cheyenne
Wyo
Oxley
United States
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Fort Worth
Combine
General News Highlights From Early 1900s
Obituary notes Former Mayor William R Grace died of pneumonia in New York on March 21. Hearsts Boston American and New York Journal launched in Boston the same day. United States Rubber Company issued a seven percent price increase on all rubber footwear effective immediately. Gen Leonard Wood confirmed as Major General by the Senate on March 15. Rank retroactive to August 8, 1904. Confirmation fought since November 1908. Market activity: nearly 500000 shares of Union and Southern Pacific traded amid broad excitement. Gould interests rumored to push heavy holdings in Southern and Union Pacific to gain cross continental service.
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William R. Grace
New York
William R. Hearst
Boston
Roosevelt
Congress
Union
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Supreme Court
Gould
Southern
Union Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific
Daugh ter Born to Mrs Anderson of Elko in Carson City
In Carson City Nevada on March 21 1904 a daughter was born to Mrs M Anderson wife of M Anderson of Elko The mother formerly Miss Clara Mather a well known school teacher in Eastern Nevada
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Carson City
Nevada
M. Anderson
Elko
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Beast
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Swanson
Martin
Reno Society
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Waich Faro Deners
Crouriers and
Maniro- LaTors
Reno Evening Gazette
George 8. Brown
Edward McDermott
Annie Scranton
Lamoille Valley
Elko County
Eureka Cash Store
Express
Royal Manufacturing Co
Brazil
Gro
A. Barrett
Spring Street
Eureks
Nevadas
J. B. Biale
North Main St
Arentee
Buel Street
W. J. Tonkin
N. B
Schneider Drug Store
Rock Bottom, NY
Department of Pharmacy and Chemistry
University of California
H. M Schasider & Co
Johnson Mercantile Company
Hiram Johnson
Ayton & Wiliam ’ Roller Mill
Philip Paroni
Hylton & Williams, Proprietors
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