Strother Will Case and Nevada official forgery charges unfold
A Carson News recounts the Strother fortune on the Comstock. Enoch Strother built wealth by timing mining booms and insider moves, later sett led in Iowa, with his widow facing tax exemptions and a contested will. The saga covers the 1870s Comstock boom, mining leases, and court actions revealing contentious legacies.
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Virginia City
Strother
Nevada
Carson News
Enoch Strother
Comstock Lode
Iowa
Asylum For the Insane
Delinquent stock boom and Chinatown’s fortune tale
An account of a penny stock rise from 25 cents to 65 dollars a share tied to Jim Rule and the Baltimore market. A Chinese cook in Virginia's Chinatown gains and loses fortunes as the episode unfolds, raising questions about rightful ownership of the money and heirs' rights.
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Mr. Strother
Comstock
Baltimore
America
Jim Rule
Con. Virginia
J. P. Jones
Rule
California
Virginia Chronicle
Enterprise
Consolidated
Bnsiders
Strother
Virginia
Chinatown
Querry
Canine Heroes Die in War Food Shortage at Alpine Monastery
Monks at the famed St Bernard monastery in the Alps slaughtered most of their rescue dogs due to meat shortages from the war. The legendary St Bernard pass, linking the Rhone and Dora Baltea valleys, hosts a monastery built in the 16th century to aid travelers. The dogs, trained to search snow for victims, saved many during snowstorms before the food shortage forced their slaughter as Paris weighs broader wartime needs.
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St. Bernard
Alps
St. Bernard Pass
Rhone
Dora Baltea
Napoleon
Paris
Reward Notice for Livestock Theft in Nevada 1919
State Board of Stock Commissioners offers rewards for information leading to arrest and conviction for stealing cattle horses hogs in Nevada. Information to proper county authorities where the offense occurs. Reward paid upon conviction and imprisonment in the Nevada State Prison. Rewards revocable by public notice in each county twice. Dated April 21, 1919. Signed by H. F. Dangberg and Edward Records.
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Nevada
T- Sons
State Board OF Stock Commissioners
H. F. Dangberg
Edward Records
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Eureka Gash
Express
J. B. Biase
Eureka
Sehealine Banking & Ing Co. Reno, Nevad
General Banking
Trust Company
Business Exchange
Savings Department
Tony Potratt
THE
Europa Hotel
Pollars &2 Herrera
Main and
Clark Street
Eureka, Nevada
Thia Hotel
Venezia
Leon Aguirre
First National Bank
United States Federal Reserve Bank
J. A. Lewent
A. E. Enema
C. F. Willams
E. E. Exxon
Henderson Banking Company
Elko, Nevada
Joan Henperson
L. O. Humperson
Harvey Henperson
Lawsert Henperson
Washoe County Bank
Reno
OLD Pioneer Banking House
F. E. Humphrey
F. M. Rowland
J.r.van Nagell
G. H. Taylor
F. Stadtmuller
O. W. Mapes
Caah
Rudolph Here
Savings Loan Insurance
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