Eureka Sentinel 1900 May 5 Local News Snippets
Prank Winzell of Alpha spent Monday and Tuesday in Eureka. Reilly and Kearney routed the Sadler residence on Monroe Street. Mrs Lewlie House and son left Eureka for Napa California. Eureka Lodge 16 meets Saturday at 7:30 pm. Beatific Lodge 7 donates to K of P Relief Fund. Judge Brean returns to Nye County District Court. M Perry of Newark Mining Co returns from Salt Lake. Miss Ethel Keeles completes teaching at Antelope. Violet Hancock leaves Eureka to teach at North York Elko County. Mrs BE Rowse of Montell arrives for visit. John EB Wilson returns from Salt Lake for health. U S Six store on Ruby Hill nearing completion. G W McAckell of White Pine Lead Co in Eureka for business. Eagar Badler arrives with boot catty. Wham Zadow feeds at Sadler Ranch. Gold mining firms at Hamilton face staffing limits. Mrs L S Scott of Salt Lake arrives with son. they leave for Big Town. April showers, then clearing, with occasional rain later. Mrs Whitmore returns from visit to Emeralda County. Palace Dry Goods stock shipped from San Francisco before disaster. Frank Borkowits notes Win Lewis & Co. lost factory in fire. aims to resume. San Francisco Chronicles reach Eureka. Sacramento Bee provides regional news. Mrs H Brown of San Francisco rents Ford House in Eureka. plans to join husband in Ely. Owl Liquor Co opens under J Brearley and J W Bailey. proclaims quality, straight whiskies, wines, cigars. Bullfrog miner James Callahan found dead in Bullfrog, possibly strangled. J P Company seeks tax records. KE B Byen reports destruction of San Francisco papers. Subscribe for the Sentinel.
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Winzell
Alpha
Tooslay
Eureka
Reilly
W. BH. Kearney
Sadler
Monroe Street
California
Petr Brean
Tanopah
Nye County
M. Perry
Newark Mining Company
Salt Lake Oly
Ethel Keeles
Roby Hill
Antelope
John EB. Wilson
Salt Lake
U. S
Ruby Hill
Hulehed
G. W. McAckell
White Pine Lead Company
Hamilton
Eagar Badler
Wham Zadow
Sadler Ranc
Diamond Valley
Mra. L
Soutt
Ely
Eorcke
Inez
Whitmore
Walter
Gollfield
Emeralda County
Palisade
Palace Dry Goods
San Francisco
Frank Borkowits
Win, Lewis & Co
Sutter
P. H. McLaughlin
Fairview
Nevada
M. B. Bartlett
Henry
J. G. Tognant
Duckwater
Tonopah
Leonard McGarry
John T. Wheeler
Amy Ford
Golden Eagle
Sacramoto
Cal
James A. Grainger
Manhattan
Walla Walla
Washington
Keuhu
Mixes Alma
Oakland
Reno
Julia Purdy
H. A Mechinl
Stockton
Columbia
Exweralla County
Francis
F. O. Henderson
Fell Street
Eureka County Relief Fund Receives May Donations
The Eureka Committee reports weekly receipts for California earthquake relief totaling 458.05 sent to the San Francisco relief fund. Subscriptions from Ruby Hill and Prospect listed but not published at donors’ request. A new route to Ely is described, with a Concord coach carrying eight passengers, promising shorter travel. A benefit at the Eureka Opera House May 11 raises funds for relief, featuring A Cheerful Liar and a social dance. Ruby Hill Water Company crews lay pipes from the reservoir to New Town and to S. Liz’s store, upgrading the water system.
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Eureka
California
John Conway
Eureks Water Works
Kuby Ha
Citizens of
Prospect
Wola Fargo & Co
Poolan Relief Committee
Eureke County
San Francisco
Pinance Committee
Relwf
Red Cross
Eureka Opera House
Base Range Dramatic Company
Ruby Hill
Ruby Hull Water Company
New Town
Richmond Eureka Company
Liz
Railroad Laborers in Demand in Nevada Mining District
E&P sends 12 men to Eureka to join new work at the Richmond mine on Raby Hill as Iris Hinderstood contemplates expanding the labor force. Road work between Palieade and Eureka planned after securing help. Geologist 8 F Hunt visits mining districts of eastern and southern Nevada inspecting Ruby Hill and Prospect Mountain then heads to White Pine Hamilton and Ely. State Superintendent Arvis Ring tours Eureka schools and departs for Austin after visiting Eureka Raby Hill and Prospect schools. Public bids open May 23 1906 for Eureka to Antelope Valley mail service weekly with bond of 2200. details at Eureka Postoffice.
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E&p
Eureka
Apor
Richmond
Raby Hall
Iris
Nevada
F. Hunt
Eantera
Ruby Hill
Prospect Mountain
White Pine County
Hamilton
Ely
Arvis Ring
Raby Hill
Prospect
Austin
Post Office Department
Antelope Valley
Nye County
Millie for Silver Bow: town names and new positions arise
Material for a ten stamp mill with concentrators and amalgamation plant is delivered at Silver Bow Nye County. Johannesberg named town in district with several business houses. Misses Gertrude and Grace Ford, former Emporium employees from San Francisco, secure positions at Ely and left Tuesday for the town.
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MILI
Silver Bow
Nye
Johannesberg
Ely
Gertrude
Grace Ford
Emporium Department
San Francisco
Regular County Commissioners Meeting Bills Deadline
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of County Commissioners will be held on Monday. All bills against the county should be filed with the County Clerk not later than Saturday, May 5. The month for Bock Beer details note the Eureka Brewery begins May, supplying customers with bottled or draft German style beer.
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Board of County Commissioners
Bock
Bock Bear
Mason
Eureka
Koge
Palmsade Brevities Record Local Happenings
William Yates arrived from Pine Valley while John Pratt endured bad weather and layoff. Will Hawkins worked the Bareke trail and returned to Palisade. A benefit collection for San Francisco victims raised a sizable sum. Western Pacific surveyors departed for Beowave. R S Ransford of American Smelting prepared to start an incline at Barth. Bald Mountain reports entice Eureka and White Pine via Cavanaugh brothers and Skugge brothers strikes. Prospectors from Tonopah and Goldfield head toward Bald Mountain with Skaggs Bros. yielding 17 feet of ore worth $900 in silver and copper, signaling a Nevada rush toward Bald Mogulaty country.
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Will Hawkins
Bareke
Paliande
Victwlay
San Francisco
Zoninni
Beowawe
Ransford
American Smelting and Refining Company
Salt Lake
Troa
Barth
Bald Mountain
Tom
Jack Cavanaugh
Raby Hill
Eureka
Manhattan
White Pine County
Skugge Bros
Raby Valley
Skaggs Bros
Nevada
Warped Echoes of Eureka and Nevada Movements
Former Eureka residents relocate to Fairview Nevada and other Tonopah figures plan moves. Earthquake alerts in San Francisco ripple through Eureka and nearby towns. Bell Telephone to invest a quarter million in eastern Nevada lines and local systems. Miss Regli departs Eureka for Niptown teaching post near Cherry Creek. Health conditions in San Francisco homestead camps reported excellent.
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Nevada
Ibis
Bell Telephone Company
White Pine
Lincoln
Eureks
Eiko County
Ely
Eureka
Caliente
Pioche
San Francisco
Homoleas
New Palisade Bridge Plan By Southern Pacific Railroad
Eureka County commissioners adjourned meeting approves Southern Pacific building a new 160 foot bridge over the Humboldt river at Palisade to replace the old county bridge. SP will fill approaches and connect grade to the tunnel portal, at no county cost, with rights to reuse the old bridge after board approval of the new works.
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Board of County Commissioners
Henderson
Paliende
Southers Pacific Railway Company
Humboldt River
Palisade Canyon
Hender
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Eureka
Barrows
Sid
Southern Pacific Railway
Palisade
Ey in Frisco Earthquake Move Delayed Bank Cash Issues
W J Powers and family arrived in Bo teka from San Francisco after the quake living on Montgomery avenue. They saved most personal effects and paid 40 to move Dig family and ranks to Oakland on a tag but were delayed a week due to bank cash shortages before leaving by private conveyance Tuesday.
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Elystes
Frisco
W. J. Powers of
Boteka
San Francisco
Montgomery Avenue
Oakland
Taesday
Nye County mining boom reported in Friberg and Troy districts
Nye County official Bagone Locke of Kayser Springs arrived in Eureka on Thursday with mining news from the Friberg and Troy districts. He says several promising wining claims are being opened and reports considerable mining activity in Nye County before returning home Friday.
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Friberg
Troy
Bagone Locke
Nye County
Kayser Springs
Duckwater
Eureka
Beatific Lodge Elects Grand Lodge Representatives
At a regular meeting of Beatific Lodge No. 7 Knights of Pythias the following representatives were elected to attend the Grand Lodge session in Reno Jane, W. S. Beard, Morris Scheeline, William Zadow, H. G. Bremenkampf, Peter Loh.
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K. of P
Beatific Lodge No. 7
Reno
Jane
Morris Scheeline
William Zadow
H. G. Bremenkampf
Peter Loh
Married at Elko in Independent May 2
William T. Mc Nulty and Augie McNichols wed at Judge Brace’s residence in the evening and left for Manhattan by team. They were joined by Mrs. McNulty and John Garrecht and family. Moody reports Goldfield prospectors arriving. Presbyterian services scheduled Sunday at 11am and 7pm with Sabbath School after the morning service led by Rev. A. J. Comrrox. Dr. Forster’s new address listed at 900 Eddy Street Hills.
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Elko
William T. McNulty
Augie McNichols
Judge Brace
Manhattan
Mrs. McNulty
John Garrecht
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church
A. J. Comrrox
Nevada News Roundup From 1905 Reports
statewide items: Ely sends $1000 relief to San Francisco. Fallon public schools closed for funds. Joe Nelson quarantined after arm illness in Tooopah. Austin to Manhattan 80 miles covered in four hours by sittos. Carson foundation of new state hospital completed. six weekly mail to Belmont via Manhattan from Austin. Lincoln County liquor tax revenue $4672. deaths in San Francisco and Nevada mining interests. Clark railroad bridge fatality near Caliente. Reno bank deposits exceed withdrawals. San Pedro railroad tax payment to Lincoln County. Mrs Yerington sails for Mediterranean via Azores Naples Genoa. Rev P F Ryan reassigned to Nevada mining districts, Reno lodging. Carson Appeal urges donations to San Francisco distress. Virginia and Truckee railway hires Japanese workers. Government Reclamation H N Newell cites 20,000 irrigable acres in Trackee-Carson project. Ginnis declared insane after Reno hold-up attempt. Tonopah shooting injures Carl Young. Senator George S Nixon arrives in Nevada amid CA quake effects. Hepburn Act likely to pass. Western Pacific preserves blueprints. Austin to Manhattan refrigerator wagon trial for beer fruit perishables.
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Ely
San Francisco
Fallon
Churchill County
Joe Nelson
Tooopah
Austin
Manhattan
Sittos
Iotary
Carson
Postofice
Belmont
Manhatten
Johnson
Lincoln County
John Byrne
Salt Lake Tribune
Boston
Mra. E
San Josn
Santa Rosa
Fort Bragg
California
Virginia and Truckee Railway Company
Enginder H. Newell
Government Reclamation Service
House Committee On Irrigation
Nevada
T. F. Ginnis
Oberon
Reno
Quart
Washington
Senate
Sunday Dinner at Brown Hotel Featured Menu
A chicken dinner will be served at the Brown Hotel restaurant on Sunday. Spring vegetables and strawberries form part of the meal prepared under the supervision of Mr William Zadow. Artesian wells have been sunk in San Francisco and abundant water is being secured.
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Brown Hotel Restraurant
William Zadow
San Francisco
Diamond Drill Shipment for Ely Mines Arrives at Depot
William Matson, a Hamilton freighter, loaded a complete diamond drill path for Girvax Con Mines Co of Kiln at the Eureka and Palisade Railway depot in Burcks. The outfit weighs 13,000 pounds, includes a Sullivan Company drill, a Fairbanks-Morse vertical engine, and can bore to 1200 feet. Other freight like air pipe and T rail tracking awaited unloading on the platform for a month or more.
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Eureka & Palisade
Burcks
William Matson
Hamilton
Girvax Con
Mines Company of Kiy
New Mining Camp Near Yerington Draws 100 Prospectors
More than one hundred prospectors and mining men from Goldfield and Tonopah arrived at Yerington last week to seek gold strikes near the town. Gold Pitt is a key objective, with the district about 14 miles from Yerington near the Douglas and Lyon County boundary. Peter Anderson, a Denver mining man, carried the belt report to southern camps and located eighteen claims, predicting the camp will quickly become one of the state’s best.
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Goldfield
Tonopah
Yerington
Gold Pitt
Douglas and
Lyon County
Peter Anderson
Denver
Newark Valley Miner Reports Mine Improvement
From Newark Valley Nick Dally, working his mine there and taking out considerable shipping ore, came into Eureka Friday for supplies. He reported his mine to be steadily improving.
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Newark Valley
Nick Dally
Eureka
Supplice
Hin
San Francisco Dig Fire Buried Goods Saved by Residents
Amid the Dig fire in San Francisco residents used backyards and banks to bury valuables. Ramien hill area burials protected furniture and household items by digging trenches ten feet wide and stacking trunks and bedding. Hidden goods endured the blaze, with mattresses and silverware preserved despite extensive destruction.
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San Francisco
Ramien Hill
Internationall
Vallejo
Leavenworth Es
Hicks Prediction Tied to San Francisco Quakes
Prof Iri Hicks claims earthquakes will hit the St Louis and Mississippi valleys soon, blaming violent planetary forces and a direct San Francisco disturbance that allegedly triggers Vesuvius eruptions. He cites widespread seismic activity continuing until the metric system is overturned. Congress meanwhile votes down a bill to adopt the metric system.
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