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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1906
Page
4
A collage of anecdotes and political sketches features Senator Tillman and Senator Aldrich, Gov Magoon, Dr Wainsford, Major General Weston, Senator Lodge, and Representative Landis. The items blend personal foibles, public service, and social foils, with light anecdotes about wardrobe mixups, church life, and witty remarks from lawmakers and commentators.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York acquired the Willamette meteorite, a twenty ton 1902 Oregon find donated by Mrs. William E. Dodge for $20,000. The Peary meteorite, a thirty six ton wonder from Bushman Island near Greenland, will join it. The Willamette’s journey began when a prospector misidentified it as ore and faced court over mineral ownership. Both iron meteorites, rarer than stony types, illustrate origins outside Earth and the high costs of collecting celestial curiosities. The piece was once shown at the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland, requiring twelve horses to move it.
A German born contralto Schumann-Heink faced a prolonged legal dispute over bringing her elder sons to the United States and claiming her late husband’s estate. After her naturalization steps and marriage to an American, Saxony courts ruled in her favor, allowing her to retrieve the estate and bring her sons.
Fire Insurance LC quotes a list of major insurers including Fireman's Fund of California Home Fire and Marius of California Hartford of Connecticut Norwich Union of England London and Lancaster Hamburg Bremen Scottish Union National Queen of England Western Assurance Canada Liverpool London and Globe among the largest and soundest fire insurance companies operating in the United States.
A reminiscence on Fordham’s old Poe Cottage near Kingsbridge Road highlighting Poe and Virginia Clemm Poe. It notes poverty, Virginia’s death, and Poe’s somber Fordham years with references to his poems and the cottage setting. The piece also quotes James Whitcomb Riley on working men as noble builders of society.
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