Government to end Panama rail monopoly and spur competition
The Roosevelt administration plans to break the Pacific Mail steamship monopoly on the Isthmus by operating three Panama Railroad Company steamships between New York and Colon and setting freight to cover only costs and a reasonable government return. The policy aims to reduce through rates to California and showcases the benefit of public ownership over private profit.
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Roosevelt
Panama
Tait
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Sacramento Bee
New York
Colon
Panama Railroad Company
San Francisco
United States
California
Atlantic Seaboard
Canal Company
Montgomery Airship Test Prompts Mixed Feelings Nationwide
An editorial warns that US officials must avoid repeating French Panama Canal era scandal as Montgomery's aeroplane The Santa Clara lands near its ascent point after a 4000 foot launch from Santa Clara College San Jose California The craft traveled a mile guided by Mollney with instant response to its machinery and landed nearby Germany Seeks a new trade treaty to replace next March tariff pact warning of possible tariff war if negotiations fail Lottery Ticket Crime Tightens as Secret Service hunts cross state ticket movements Wilmington Delaware ex-treasurer John T Dickey arrested in express office with bail set at 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
John B. Montgomery
Santa Clara College
San Jose
Cal
Mollney
San Francisco
Secret Service
John T. Dickey
Wilmington
Delaware
Wilmington Express
Reno Letters Carriers Fight for Western Home
Reno letter carriers plan a campaign at Portland next summer to secure a Carriers Home in the West. They argue Nevada offers better climate fishing and hunting and scenery than other regions. The home would be a resort for carriers, not retired veterans, and would be equipped for their visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Portland
Nevada
Government Telephone Line Expands in Western Nevada
The Interior Department plans a government telephone line from Lake Tahoe to Fallon via Reno. An exchange will be built at Reno with lines to main lateral ditches, serving government uses only. The move follows failed terms with Sunset Company.
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Reno
Nevada
Sunset Company
Interior Department
Lake Tahoe
Carnegie gift funds annuities for aging professors
A $10,000,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie to provide annuities for professors unable to continue in active service was announced in New York on April 27 by Frank A. Vanderlip, vice president of National City Bank. Professors in the United States, Canada and Newfoundland will share the income. United States Steel Corp 5 percent first mortgage bonds for $10,000,000 were transferred to a Board of Trustees and steps to form a corporation to receive the donation will be taken.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
United States Steel Corporation
Bullfrog Prospects Draw Investor Interest in Bullfrog District
A. A. Hibbard of Reno Stock Brokerage reports rich ore deposits after visiting Bullfrog country. He notes a surge of investors and prospectors, with 350 tents in Rhyolite and over 60 in Bullfrog, plus 200 in Beatty and 25 in Gold Center. Snowy Panamint peaks loom 50 miles west, offering refreshment to desert residents.
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A. A. Hibbard
Reno Stock Brokerage Company
Tonopah
Beatty
Panamint
Death Valley
Bullfrog
Nye
Mormons Demur to Complaint in Salt Lake Suit
The Mormon Church filed a demurrer in the Salt Lake suit brought by Don Musser and Charles Smurthwaite seeking an accounting of tithes. The church claims it is a voluntary religious association, not a corporation, and that the complaint lacks sufficient facts to state a cause of action.
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Mormon Church
Salt Lake
Don Musser
Charles Smurthwaite
Church
Prospecting in Southern Nevada with Diamond Drills
A South African mining man plans to prospect properties in Southern Nevada using diamond drill plants. He aims to test if ore veins extend downward to great depths, a method proven successful in the Transvaal where veins reached about 5000 feet.
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South Africa
Nevada
Transvaal
Tragic 20,000-Pound Generator Crushes Worker at Laughton Springs
Otto Lang, employed by Washoe Power and Development Company, was killed near Reno when a 20,000 pound generator toppled from a truck after an axle broke. Lang failed to escape before the heavy machinery crushed him at Laughton Springs, six miles west of Reno, on April 26.
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Otto Lang
Washoe Power and Development Company
Laughton Springs
Reno
Lang
Tonopah Pneumonia Studied by San Francisco Experts
Dr A V Higgins submitted specimens from three Tonopah pneumonia cases to Dr Donald H Currie of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service in San Francisco. Bacteriological tests confirm the infection agent as the diplococcus of pneumonia. The Bullfrog Miner notes 167 men employed in the district mines.
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Tonopah
A. V. Higgins
Donald H. Currie
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
A Creeping Death From Poison Warns of Danger
J E Stearns of Belle Plaine Ming reports a friend nearly died from a hand wound that swelled like blood poisoning. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve drew out the poison, healed the wound, and saved his life. Best in the world for burns and sores, 26c at Schneider drug store.
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J. E. Stearns
Belle Plaine
Ming
Bucklen
Schneider Drug Store
Organ For Sale At Seynst Allics
Standard organ in good condition offered for sale to schools or churches. Owner selling as they relocate or remove the instrument. Apply at Seynst allics for details and pricing.
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Seynstallics
Nevada State News Snapshot of Civic and Economic Happenings
Tonopah fines a man for drawing a revolver while Elko residents fund a 1200 dollar Fourth of July celebration. Reno expands gambling to nine games as Nye County division and new street machinery arrive. a tonopah mail service launches at 2.50 dollars monthly. Other items note land rush for the Carson Sink reclamation project, oil burner engines for the Southern Pacific, post office mail bid calls from Goldfield to Beatty and Las Vegas to Beatty, a Reno Riverside Hotel takeover, and local civic figures including Frank Langan named Grand Foreman of the AOUW Nevada jurisdiction.
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Frank P. Langan
Virginia City
Nevada
E P. A. Pyne
Carson Land Office
Carson Sink
Southern Pacific Company
Sacramento
Ogden
Washington
Post Office Department
Goldfield
Beatty
Builfrog
Las Vegas
Riverside
Reno
H. E. Reid
Sam Wheeler
H. J. Gosse
His Only Wish On Dysentery Cure Letter From Newberry Florida
A heart wrenching letter from N J Lewis of Newberry Florida recounts his experience with dysentery and a claimed cure from Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He notes three years of illness and a personal tragedy when his child died from dysentery despite doctors efforts. The ad copy urges every household to keep the remedy available. The message is presented in a somber testimonial tone from Foreste by Mrs H M Schneiders Co.
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N. J. Lewis
Newberry
Lorida
Chamberlain
H. M
Oklahoma Lands to Be Leased for Grazing July First
Kiowa Comanche and Apache Ladisa lands totaling 290000 acres in Oklahoma will be leased on July 1 for agricultural grazing use. Items note epidemic link in Germany between influenza and meningitis, a retired US Brigadier General dies of apoplexy after train trip, a Sacramento bribery verdict against Harry Bankers, and banking defaulter Bigelow linked to a Chicago wheat deal.
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Oklahoma
Germany
Pirzhagh Lee
U S. A
Boston
Washington
Train carries mails and passengers with stated fares
The Eureka to Ely trip lists departure and arrival times with a 2 30 pm limit, and a 10 30 am departure from Ely. Baggage allowance is thirty pounds per passenger, with freight charges for excess baggage. Fares for routes Eureka to Ely and Eureka to Hamilton are given with round trip amounts, and Palisade to Ely fare is listed. Fares must be paid in advance.
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Eureka
Ely
Hamilton
Palisade
Notice of Adminstrator for Richard H Manuel Estate
The Third Judicial District Court of Nevada Eureka County appoints W. J. Hooper as Administrator of the estate of Richard H. Manuel deceased. Creditors must file claims with vouchers with the court clerk within forty days after first publication dated April 22, 1905. Rogers is the attorney for the Administrator.
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Richard H. Manuel
Third Judicial District Court
State of
Nevada
Eureka County
Richard H. Man Wel
Lew Rogers
Dutcd
Eureka
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Elko
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Nye County
Old Douglass Mill
Dayton
Lyon County
Joshua-Hendy Iron Works
Mr. I
Whitmore
Wells, Fargo & Co
R. Herz & Bro
Reno Jewelers
Notics
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H. C. McTerney
C. Hamilton
W. E. Griffin House
Spring Street
Eureka, Nevada
W. P. Burnett
Orrick
Ito Sam Trosr
Otto T. Williams
Court House Elko, Nevada
Harry Bankers
National Bank of Ireland
London
F. G. Bigelow
First National Bank of Milwaukee
American Bankers’ Association
Chicago
Bigelow
G.L. Hacaman
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U.S
J. C. C. Whitmore
District Court of A Fur
Ireke County
W. J. Hooper
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Paroni
Prime Eastern
Express
Raby Hill
I. C. C. Whitmo
A Fineman’s Fos
Haxtrorp
Connecticut
Hamaona-Buenen
Fire Ave Marre
Loaves & Lancasurax
England
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Auwen al Racland
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Main Street
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W. H. Russell
Thomas Rosselli
South Main Street
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Caetor
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If. J. Brossemer
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