Bill proposes square blue field and stars in circle
A Representative Shaftroth bill seeks to alter the flag design by making the blue field square and one third the flag’s length. It would place thirteen stars in a circle for the original states and add new stars outside the circle for states admitted since, including future ones. The article also notes E. H. Harriman’s San Francisco Chamber of Commerce talk on railroad development and mourning loss of F Bret Harte, born Albany, New York, age 62.
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Shaftroth
Commo
Wyoming
Utah
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
Harrisman
Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Harriman
Nevada's mining future praised by San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle forecasts a vast mining future for Nevada, citing Tonopah and other deposits as signs of a continuous mineral belt from Mt Davidson to Mt Whitney. The piece notes Nevada is just beginning to be seen as a major mining state while locals prepare exhibits and promote mineral resources abroad.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Nevada
Tonopah
Mt. Davidson
Mt. Whitney
Madera County
Comstock Lode
Nevada State News Roundup of Officials and Incidents
State Senator Livingston offers to sponsor a Reno carnival week boxing match if a suitable venue is provided. Lovelock justice of the peace spot vacated. B M Maris appointed. A stable accident at Clark’s station kills twenty horses. Reno crime trials yield sentences for robbery and whisky sales to Indians. Reno Journal expands. Weekly Journal ends. Nevada figures revisit mining plans. ore sampling possible. Passenger traffic on the Southern Pacific climbs. Brown of Elko convicted for a disreputable house near a school. fines imposed. Johnny mine mill contracts awarded in Salt Lake City. plant to be large and complex. A Virginia City fire damages a saloon and Chronicle plant. crew saves office. Carson News notes lum ber purchase for Tonopah opera house. Dr F H Packer dies in Tonopah. his books burned. Miss Freda Frost injures a pin and is treated by three doctors.
Calfornia cherries sell at public auction in Philadelphia
A 10 pound box of California cherries, first of the season, brought $23 at public auction in Philadelphia this week. An anti beef eating league forms among 5,000 General Electric workers in Lynn Massachusetts as 1,500 to 1,700 names are gathered representing 3,500 consumers. Reports from New Mexico warn thousands of sheep are dying from a drought since late March with only about 15 percent of lambs saved versus 99 percent last year. Admiral Sampson dies in Washington of brain hemorrhage after months of ill health. William T. Sampson, born February 9, 1840 in Palmyra New York, rose from Annapolis grad to leader in the Spanish American War.
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F. Bret Harte
England
Albany
New York
Overland Monthly
Philadelphia
General Electric Company
Lynn
Mase
New Mexico
Admiral Sampson
Washington, D.C
William Thomas Sampson
Palmyra
Wayne County
John
Hanna Sampson
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Potomac Flotilla
Key West
Remarkable Silver Peak gold strike in Blairs mine
May 2 Carson dispatch reports a rich find at Silver Peak mines owned by the Blairs of New Jersey. Hawthorne men S A Knapp and Dr Berry brought the news that fifteen workers, led by Samuel Wasson, uncovered a treasure-house of gold under a small stringer. In a single day more than 100000 dollars was extracted. The claim has long drawn mining attention and top investors like Charles Lane and John W Mackay explored the site, with Lane's cash time-payment bid rejected and Mackay quitting over unsettled court fights.
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Carson
Silver Peak
Blairs
New Jersey
S.A Knapp
Dr. Berry
Hawthorne
Samuel Wasson
Charles Lane
John W. Mackay
Notice of township plats filing and land entry dates
Department of the Interior announces that on June 12, 1902 township plats in several townships will be filed and entry applications will be received. Interested parties must file claims within three months to secure rights, per Register O H Ganuve.
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Department OF the Interior
Starks
Cansas Orry
Nevada
Ainee
O. H. Ganuve
Finish Fight for New in Nevada July For Boxers Root Gardner
A finish fight was arranged in San Francisco this week between Jack Root and George Gardner. They will meet in Nevada between July 2 and 6 with a $5,000 purse. The winner earns 75 percent, the loser 25 percent. Weigh in at 165 pounds plus minus two. Referee to be San Francisco based and chosen ten days prior. They plan three weeks training in Nevada and expect the bout in Reno or Carson City.
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San Francisco
Jack Root
George Gardner
Nevada
America
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Carson
Reno
Carson City
Irrigation Water Hours Set by Eureka Water Works
Water users may irrigate gardens by prior arrangement with the Superintendent. Irrigation allowed 7 to 8 am and 6 to 7 pm, with extra charges based on garden size. Water may be stopped if needed for domestic use or scarcity, and improper use may incur a 2 extra charge for reactivation. M. M. Fiercuen, Superintendent.
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M. M. Fiercuen
Eureka Water Works
Editor and doctor clash over birth notice rule
A Reno Gazette editor and a local physician argued over naming the doctor in birth announcements. The editor demanded the physician be named in death notices as a condition for publishing the birth name. The physician balked, saying he preferred not to have his name linked to deaths.
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Reno Gazette
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Tylo
Third Judicial District
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Wm. D. Stewart
Aureka
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