11 May 1912
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1912
Page
1
Thomas A. Edison allegedly achieved a crowning career triumph by perfecting a method to separate paying elements from ores, projecting potential national wealth gains of $100,000,000 annually. The process reportedly lowers operating costs from 250,000 to 50,000 per year and eliminates the idea of low grade ore, though details are not yet disclosed.
Currie Nevada reports new facilities for wool production. The Nevada Northern Railroad completed large corrals and a 100 foot long, covered shearing house with 20 stalls, capable of 8000 sheep daily. Captain Fred BorGes leads expert crews, aided by 200 workers. The past season averaged 8000 sheep daily, about 21 000 pounds every four hours, totaling 454 347 pounds in the season.
Nevada Supreme Court reverses district ruling to sustain Blair estate title to the famed Silver Peak mines. The case, long in litigation for 20 years against B A Gamble, affirms ownership now held by the Silver Peak Mining Company and reviews the mines’ full history.
A leading insurance weekly cites the total insurance loss from the Titanic disaster as 12 million dollars covering marine life and accident. Beneficiaries are expected to be informed that the involved companies have sufficient capacity to cover claims.
A dialogue features the Business Doctor urging a clerk to gift boys books about economy and savings. He extols a savings passbook as the ultimate education, arguing that learning to save early shapes prosperity more than elite schooling or sports, and that books tied to banking instill lifelong financial discipline.
George Watt, hospitalized in San Francisco over a week, underwent another operation this week, the amputation of his left arm above the elbow. Reports say he tolerated the procedure well. He is treated for septic poisoning believed to stem from infection after a prior abdominal operation, with friends hoping for recovery despite ongoing concerns.
California changes the school census law shift school funding to average daily attendance. State Superintendent Hyatt announces rising pupil numbers as teachers and authorities push higher attendance. Increased teachers accompany enrollment growth, and higher grade boy enrollment rises in elementary schools.
The gold spike, used to mark the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad completion, arrived in Goldfield and is on display at The Tribune window. Weighing 1145 ounces and valued at $288.65 by Carson City mint tests, it was entrusted to Milton M. Detoh by E O Patterson, then pawned to Nye and Ormsby County Bank for $250 by Alonzo H. Tripp, now in the hands of the receiver seeking full repayment.
The creed emphasizes belief in honest staff and honest methods, focus on working rather than weeping, boosting rather than knocking, and deriving pleasure from the job. It asserts that effort yields returns, a single deed today is worth two tomorrow, and faith in oneself remains until defeat. It calls for courtesy, kindness, generosity, good cheer, friendship, and honest competition.
A compact satirical note argues that revolutions may repeat familiar patterns. It observes that apologies please the apologizers, while some men feel progress means preventing worsening. A fussy wife is lampooned as pestering a man with a housefly.
Mrs. John Maher initiates divorce proceedings in Elko citing her spouse’s recent gambling conviction and subsequent imprisonment in the State Prison. The case highlights marital dissolution amid criminal sentencing and its impact on the family.
Homer Davenport, famed cartoonist born in Silverton Oregon in 1867, died in New York on May 9 at age 44 from pneumonia. He rose from farm boy to notable Hoarer papers artist, created the Mark Hanna suit caricature, and drew the Sultan during a 1906 Arabian horse import episode. He authored short stories and enjoyed breeding fancy chickens.
Two convicts escaped Thursday night from the State Farm at Carson evading guards and fleeing to the hills with two horses two rifles and two shotguns. State Police pursue them. James Lyles number 1861 from Elko County jailed October 26 1910 for eight years grand larceny and multiple horses stolen. Frank Webb known as Pred Kirk number 1202 from Washoe County jailed October 25 1910 for robbery sentenced to 25 years.
Otto Liss, jailed in Goldfield on a high grading charge alongside EB Jamison, hanged himself from a window bar using a blanket rope. Jamison had died in a similar manner about a week earlier in the same jail.
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