Origin of popular saying in Nevada pardons tale
Feature recounts a Nevada Board of Pardons hearing where the phrase stand without hitching was debated and eventually clarified by a financier. The tale ties to campaign-era political language and a long history of state reform discussions in Carson City. It notes warden Ray Baker’s reforms at the state penitentiary, including ending solitary confinement for condemned prisoners and housing death row prisoners in a daytime yard with night cell confinement.
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Nevada
Carson City
Ing
Circle of
Humanity
Pranes
C'Um
Kannck
Ular
Au Fair
Bam Davis
Board of Pardons of Nevada
Spanish Tribune
Reno Journal
Ray Baker
State Penitentiary
Baker
Colle
Peart
Mangana
Esme Celle
Analoonkeeper
Nye
Chavy
Woman from Bloomington Seeks Reno Divorce Then Returns Home
Hesse Stubblefield of Bloomington arrives in Reno to seek Maldence and a divorce but spends a day in the city and decides to return home to her husband after stating she changed her mind. She plans six months alone before leaving in a rainstorm.
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Hesse Stubblefield
Bloomington
Reno
Tad
Remarkable Counterfeiter Porter Convicted in Denver
Denver reports H N Porter a skilled chemist and Shakespeare scholar labeled the best counterfeit in recent federal cases. Sentenced to six years at Leavenworth after a Denver dollar operation, he questions life, freedom, and mining dreams in a letter to a federal official. DeLamar Nevada fades as a mining camp, its post office to close, residents to use nearby towns for mail.
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Denver
Colorado
River Styx
Rocky Mountains
H. N. Porter
United States Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kansas
Porter
Secret Service
DeLamar
Nevada
Lincoln County
Pioehe
Caliente
Miner Injured At Tonopah And Pioneer Dies Near Winnemucca
Ben F. Goodhue a Belmont Company miner was hurt Wednesday night when a boulder struck his foot, bruising and crushing it. He was taken to Miners' Union hospital for treatment. J. B. Gramm, Humboldt County pioneer, died by suicide in Winnemucca Tuesday morning at age 64 after years of rheumatism and saying death might end his troubles.
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Margaret Martinez
Stovkiov
California
Paul Miller
Reno
Miller
Cortes
Tonopah
Tonopah Bouanss
Ben F. Goodhue
Belmont Company
J. B. Gramm
Humboldt County
Winnemucca
Langeater
Pennsylvania
Chart links Morgan and Steel to rail and industry control
New York May 10 A chart presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission by Alpha Cement Company counsel outlines vast influence by United States Steel Corporation and J P Morgan & Company over rail and industrial sectors. It lists 25 wealthy directors with their connected company capital and personal totals totaling over 15.8 billion dollars in directorate capital and about 4.64 billion in gross income.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mackey
Alpha Cement Company
United States Steel Corporation
J. P. Morgan & Company
Vaccination credited for typhoid victory on the border
President Taft cited a remarkable record for 18 000 U S troops on the Mexican border with only one typhoid case after two months in wet conditions. Officers and men were protected by an anti-toxin vaccine, a new preventive measure highlighted as a medical breakthrough amid advances in bacteriology and microscopy.
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Ta’t
Philadelphia
Initiative Referendum and Recall Explained by Herington Sun
The Herington Sun illustrates initiative as Mr Man going downtown to meet a man, referendum as the wife’s rising question Are You, and recall as Mr Man reading his paper. The article also notes Senator Works proposing Interior Department searches for water in the desert and marking water sources with guide posts, at a cost not exceeding $10,000 in the bill.
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Herington Sun
Washington
Senator Works
Interior Department
Bids Requested for Cordwood Coal and Lime at Prospect Mountain
Farmers Mining Company invites bids for cordwood char coal and lime in quantities at the mouth of the Prospect Mountain Tunnel below the Silver Conner mine. Communications should be sent to Fanwens Mixtxe Company Eureka Nevada.
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Farmers Mining Company
Prospect Mountain
Silver Conner
Fanwens Mixtxe Company
Eureka
Nevada
Notices To Nevada Business Men 1911 Weights and Measures Act
Reno Nevada May 8 1911 notice to Nevada business men announcing the Acts passage by the legislature and governor approval on March 4 1911 effective June 2 1911 requesting each business man to submit name and address to receive the bulletin and future publications by E Stubbs director and sealers of weights and measures
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Reno
Nevada
Moe
E. Stubbs
Seemes
Insurance Form Question Sparks Identity Doubt
An insurance agent asks about marital status on a form while Tim awaits word from Beno. The fragment hints at uncertainty and pending communication, with gendered phrasing and a casual tone. The readable portion centers on a mundane/applicant inquiry and an awaiting update.
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Board of Pardons
Syndicate
Steel Trust
Morgan
Tovome
G. F. Baker
N.B. Renn
J.B. Dryden
G.J. Reid
H. Walters
H. ©. Frick
H. Gary
JP. Morgan
Steel
Elko
Trafic
Grand Jury
The
Sentinel
Rlgun FO Eureka
Palisade
Winoletti
BROS
R. McCharles
Bureka County
Tim
Benoî
Scheeline Banking & Trust Co
General Banking
Trust Company
Business Exchange
Savings Department
Phiul
Mrs. A. Fraser
Eka
Johnson Mercantile Go
Hiram Johnson
Hotel Zadow
Louise 8. Zadow
Eureka, Nevada
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