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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1914
Page
1
A letter to the Fallen Eagle proposes a cheap groundwater gauge using a sunken post hole, a cas ing, sand, and a float rod to monitor underground water levels for irrigation. The writer notes that two to three feet can change with irrigation and urges early installation.
The passage suggests Reformers may push laws to restrict cross state marriage without permits and notes the ease of finding excuses to drink, contrasted with the challenge of one sober return home. It frames social norms and personal behavior with sharp, satirical tone.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote features a father attempting to motivate his son Robert to hoe the family corn patch. The father offers bets and a quarter, then a half dollar, to spur action, but Robert remains unmoved and the corn is still unhoed.
In a talk he gave in Oyster Bay New York Congressman Brown recalls a story about Jacob and Bernheim in the woolen cloth business. When Jacobs dies the undertaker offers embalming for 350 or freezing for 25. Bernheim replies to freeze him from the knees up for 15 due to frost bite. He notes the virtue of silence as a critique.
A new explosive named trotol gelantine was tested in maneuvers near New York. It matches 80 percent dynamite strength yet burns without exploding and only detonates via a mercuric fulminate cap. Three sticks demolished a stone wall and lifted a two foot diameter tree, prompting consideration for military use if approved.
Hunter and Banks owners east of Elko sold their ranch interests to Allen G. McBride. The 320 acres will be put under cultivation at a price of 50 dollars per acre. An aside notes some people dislike high brow music and speak their mind.
Preston who killed John Silva in Goldfield in 1907 has been paroled by the Board without the Governor’s signature, though critics say he should have been hanged. The Attorney General says Governor’s vote or signature is not required for parole. Sparks Tribune notes rising public alarm as Legislature session nears.
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