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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1916
Page
2
The article notes a surge in U S wool demand with full mills and rising prices. A Saturay Evening Post writer predicts 40 cent wool and a $5 rise in men s suit prices before summer. Domestic wool shortages persist as imports climb to 400 million pounds annually and Reno firm suffers long blanket delays.
The document lists transfers, location notices, and filings across mining districts including Copper Queen Iron Dyke and Cortez with names Owen Goldsmith H G Wedekind L W McGarry and references to Kluph Mark Twain High Lonesome Irwin Cobb Apex. Also mentions Americas response to German submarine note and a Conwell study on American millionaires and philanthropy.
The U S Geological Survey says the region where Colorado, Utah and Wyoming meet contains an almost inexhaustible gasoline supply from shale deposits. Distillation yields about a barrel of oil per ton of these shales.
Britain has apologized to the United States for a flight given to Secretary McAdoo during his Trinidad visit. Mrs. McAdoo, a Wilson daughter, accompanied him. The incident went unremarked by locals, but the London Times reported it and the British Foreign Office ordered an apology via the British Ambassador in Washington.
Mrs M B Connell of Elko is arrested on a charge of attempting to poison her wealthy husband E Sewark Connell. Prosecutors say she gave croton oil at breakfast and a poison search found other drugs in the home. Bond set at 5000 dollars. preliminary exam scheduled before Judge Castle.
Mineral County officials report locating all sites between the skyline and Walker Lake as prospectors keep bringing fresh finds. Tom O Neil, recently released, is jailed in Elko as an accomplice in a planned Reinhart store robbery. Mason Valley advances an irrigation project to reclaim 10 000 acres, while Congress votes 250 000 for coyote destruction to aid Northern California and Nevada. A Nevada Sugar Company plant deal with Fallon is announced, forming Nevada Utah Sugar Company to operate next year. Crown Willamette Paper plans an electric waste liquor plant designed by Professor Boström to be tested at Floriston mill site.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Madge promoting a new hat for Master with provocative banter about competing attention and modest attire as Marjorie suggests lowering her skirt.
A mysterious American invention described as a powderless silent gun tested at government grounds near Sandy Hook. The device supposedly uses centrifugal force and electric motors, fires missiles of many kinds, and can be built by any machinist. Early tests allegedly showed one and a half mile accuracy with a half horsepower motor.
A man once mocked his employer yet lost his job not for sneering but for misfitting the work. The piece urges loyalty to the institution and employer, arguing that allegiance sustains jobs and the organization, while public condemnation can lead to dismissal and ruin.
Dean George F. James and Prof Renan Adams outlined the aims of the State School Survey Commission before a large Reno audience. The PTA sponsored the Monday night talk, the first of three weekly sessions, exploring teacher worth, a state board of education, school funding and facilities, curricula, selection of the state superintendent, teacher training, and compulsory education limits.
President orders the state militia of Arizona New Mexico and Texas to report to General Funston for patrol duty on the border. Two additional regiments of regular infantry are dispatched. Secretary Baker cites rising Big Bend tensions, adding 4000 militia troops to Funston's command alongside 3000 regulars.
The piece extols Fathers as less demonstrative yet deeply loving and essential to family welfare. It contrasts maternal affection with paternal restraint and urges appreciation of fathers with a fond toast to "Dear Old Dad" on Mothers Day. It includes reflections on grief and family bonds.
The Virginia City board of school trustees met Monday and discussed bills and the school fund, which stood $1400 in debt. They opposed further indebtedness and ordered all departments closed on Friday, May 17, to reassess plans for a full ten month term next year.
Ralph S. Kelley of the federal land office returned to Lovelock to review mineral lands sought for patent by the Southern Pacific Railroad. He and his team warn prospectors to declare the mineral character of holdings to avoid loss of patent rights as tungsten sites prove valuable.
With the Republican National Convention nearing, unpledged delegates appear likely to decide the nomination. Judge Hughes is acceptable to many, while a strong minority backs Roosevelt. The party’s Old Guard fears the current leaders and seeks a strong alternative to unite the Republicans. The field seems unusually thin.
The New York surrogate last week approved a $1,000,000 bequest from the late Mrs. Frank Leslie to Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance, to aid the suffrage movement. Four grandchildren claimed interest, but were ruled not legatees. the residue goes to Mrs. Catt.
At Salt Lake City Utah on May 6 191 to the wife of Charlee Walker of Palisade Eureka County Nevada a daughter born to the couple.
Notice to reclaim a buckskin gelding branded J C on left thigh and B on right thigh. The animal was brought to a ranch in Bureks County near Cortes Nevada around June 1914. Owner must pay pasture bill and costs for redemption from Pritz Walti, Curetee Eureka County Nevada.
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