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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1921
Page
3
A worker offered to drive his employer’s car when the regular chauffeur was unavailable. The untrained driver, Bill, attempted to maneuver the vehicle from the front door to the main road. With effort and a stubborn clutch, he struggled to manage top gear, risking both reputation and safety in a tense moment.
In Cecaoag Michigan May festive note recounts Orville Robb and wife producing five babies within a year while five older children age from 9 to 12 also live with Mr and Mrs Robb. The mother cheerfully declares happiness in a full house, rejecting pressures to pursue other paths. Nearby reports mention Bolshevik suspects in Warsaw arrested with counterfeit money valued around 5 million dollars intended to fund propaganda in the United States.
May 10 Chicago reports rising costs in divorce cases with minimum home-use fees set at 135 dollars. Alexander D. King Jr., chair of a bar committee, proposed extra per diem attorney charges and court costs, potentially totaling around 200 dollars.
Ford says the Highland Park plant has hit a 4000 cars per day production pace. About 40,000 workers are now in the shops as demand rises. He notes signs that the postwar business slump has bottomed and is turning up. In Q1 1921, 127,074 cars were produced, and April saw over 200,000 cars and trucks requisitioned.
Ground was broken in Reno for the erection of a Jewish temple to occupy one city block on the west side of Fourth and Fifth streets. Funds for the imposing structure have been donated by Reno’s citizens and across the state, with plans to make it one of the grandest church buildings in Nevada.
A Cincinnati Enquirer anecdote recalls a red headed boy who candidly refuses to claim enthusiasm for work, earning the merchant’s hire as the first honest reply of the day. The piece contrasts shop clerks promising future stock with a later clerk awkwardly stating his marital status while denying a lie.
The John Landa meat market in Eureka announces reduced flue meat prices with per pound rates for Hind quarter twenty cents Pall Loin twenty seven cents Pall Round twenty two cents Fore Quarter sixteen cents Cats of from 10 pounds and up eighteen to twenty cents Bolling meat one and a half cents Prices of other meats received twice weekly per pound Pork Sausage forty five cents Bologna twenty five cents Head Cheese and Blood Sausage twenty five cents Bolles Sliced Ham ten cents Whole Ham sixty cents Proprietor Malin and Silver Sta.
J. E. Sexton warns Eureka residents that the Nevada Transportation Company may run daily trains except Sundays if Parcels Post usage continues. He notes payroll cuts to under $100 monthly from about $7000 yearly and urges support for continuing a six day express service rather than a tri weekly, saying a strong fight with the Post Office Department may be needed to restore a stage line.
Nevada Transportation Co Bulletin No 2 cites the Railroad Act approved February 29 1920. From July 1 1920 no carrier may deliver freight until all tariff charges are paid. Agents are to enforce the mandate with prosecutions to follow. J E Sexton general manager. Legs blanks for sale at the Ben bunel office.
Notice of application for patent for 1288.12 linear feet on the Red Jacked Consolidated Lode in Mineral Hill Mining District Eureka County Nevada. Includes survey details, bearings, corner references, and publication dates from the Eureka Bureau of Land Management filing. First published April 28 1921 last June 18 1931.
Notice of a patent application for the Water Pipe Lode located in Mineral Hill Mining District Eureka County Nevada. Describes survey numbers and corner bearings with detailed measurements and notes the claim is published in the Eureka Sentinel. First published April 23 1921 last publication June 18 1921.
Notice in the matter of the estate of Peel Pattricki for sale of real and personal property at public sale to the highest bidder for cash on May 16, 1991 at 1 pm. Sale at Pedrick ranch, Eureka County Nevada, subject to court confirmation. Property includes N% of BBY and M% of BWM of Section 25, Township 31, Range 14 EM, 160 acres, water, range horses, one mule, wagon, harness. Reynolds and Weather First publication April 25, 1923.
Sealed bids for one reversible road grader seven feet blade by eighteen inches high must be received by the Eureka County Board of Commissioners by May 10 1921. Bids from individuals or corporations accepted with separate bids for various graders. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. McCHARLES Clerk. Eureka Nevada April 9 1921.
In the matter of the Estate of Caesar Lani deceased creditors with claims must file with the Clerk of the Courts within forty days of first publication. Executor Louie Lane. Reynolds and Eather Attorneys. First publication April 16 1921.
In the Third Judicial District Court Eureka County Nevada Ames Morrison executor announces creditors must file their claims with vouchers and statutory affidavit within three months of first publication. The notice dated April 18 1921 names Reynolds and Mather as attorneys with first publication April 23 1931 and final publication May 21 1921.
Notice states that the tax on mine proceeds for Eureka County for the quarter ending March 31 1920 is now due and payable at the office in Eureka. It warns that the law regarding the tax will be strictly enforced.
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