Nevada Railways to Enforce Syphus Rates Across State
Nevada Rail Commission will notify all railroads to observe the Syphus Act maximums within 30 days. Current tariffs vary, with some below and many above the new limits, especially on short hauls. Railroads like Nevada Central and Virginia & Truckee plan new schedules to conform. commission cites legal sections to guide compliance.
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Carson
Nevada Railroad Commission
Syphus
Sypios
Nevada Central Railroad
Virginia & Truckee Railroad
Syphas
Wales
Counterfeit Ten Dollar Note Detected in New York Bank
Secret Service unit reports a counterfeit ten dollar note issued by First National Bank of New York. The lithographic print uses a McKinley portrait and red seal but features light pink numerals and a lighter back, with a three-sheet paper and silk threads. A separate Nevada mining tale mentions a man with a glass eye seeking work in Wonder.
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Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
First National Bank
New York
M. J. W. Lyona
Register of the Treasury
Ellis H. Roberts
United States
Treasury
McKinsey
Complications Rumored Over District Superintendents Fight
Nevada press reports expect complications as district school superintendents may be appointed by the State Board of Education. County superintendents claim they were elected and sworn before the district plan passed, arguing they cannot be deprived of their offices. The Plan to Beat Southern Pacific notes a roughly 80 percent freight rate cut in Nevada, with interstate hauling still needing Interstate Commerce Commission action. Freight from Reno to Wabaka fell, while San Francisco rates to Eastern points remain high. potential routing via Nevada border points could cut consumer costs.
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Fibio
State Board of Education
Virginia Enterprise
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Company
Nevada
Interstate Railroad Commission
Reno
Hazen
Wabaka
San Francisco
Icie
Lyon County Times
Whipping Post in Delaware At Workhouse Stuns City
In Wilmington on May 7 nine men were stripped to the waist and lashed from five to forty times each. Adam Ward, 19, a white suspect in highway robbery, received forty lashes and pleaded for mercy as one hand broke free. The scene and injuries drew many spectators, and the details were shocking.
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Wilmington
Del
Adam Ward
French Matchmaker Mixes Up Wife List for Nephew
A French gentleman seeking a husband for his nephew browsed a matrimonial agent’s list and found his wife’s name among potential brides. He rushed home to tell her the good news, only to learn the entry reflected her own prior illness remark about “preparing for the worst” during spring.
The Kiss and Its Varied Meanings Across Life Stages
The excerpt likens a kiss to a shared value with different meanings for each age group. It states the child receives it freely, a young man steals it, and an old man buys it. It frames kiss as right of children, privilege of lovers, and mark of hyper erites, with symbolic meanings for a young lady wife and old maid.
Nevada News Roundup Tracks Politics and Disasters
A Nevada compilation reports chickenpox outbreaks in Virginia City, Fallon voters reject sewer bonds, and insurance payments for Reno fire losses. It notes railroad expansion, wage terms for Reno streetcar workers, a murder case bond, prison escape, and mining stock disputes. Also covers Elko advertising funds, tax rates in Esmeralda and Goldfield, and diphtheria toll in Purdy and nearby towns.
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Carson
Southern Pacific
Elsie Cronin
Walter Cronin
Tonopal
Nevada Mining News
Reno
Merrill A. Teague Ia
Flat Foot Remedy Through Steel Footplate Support
A medical note explains flat feet as a common, often overlooked ailment causing heel ankle and knee pain. It cites improper shoes as a major cause and advocates mechanical support via a tempered steel footplate molded to a plaster cast, worn only as long as symptoms require, with proper fitted shoes to match normal foot contour.
Goldfield Miner Killed in Neck Injury at Mohawk Sate
Nevada miner Bartley Brown long known in state mining camps was killed when a rock fell and struck his neck at the Mohawk site. An ad following the report promotes I. W. Harper whiskey sold by Eureka Cash Store and Baby Hill Mercantile Co.
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Goldfield
Nevada
Bartley Brown
I. W. Harper
Eureka Cash Store
Baby Hill Mercantile Company
Under Water 24 Hours Newport Submarines Test
Newport May 16 With all hands well and contented and fresh air aboard the submarines Octopus and Lake Cove 10 after a 24 hour test beneath Narragansett bay at 4 pm. The Octopus rose first to a crowded board and air samples were taken every two hours. Only two foul air incidents were reported and only about one fifty fifth of the air supply used. the boat could remain submerged 85 days if food and fuel held. The Lake Cove 10 also performed well though a superstructure leak occurred and air use could not be fully measured.
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Newport
Kr.l
Octopus
Lake Cove
Narragansett Bay
Naval Trial Board
Obituary Card Quip Reveals Twain Dinner Remark
The passage recalls Mark Twain recalling a Virginia City reporter’s obituary note about Dr. Sawyer. Twain notes the doctor disliked the phrasing, joking that under the doctor’s prompt treatment the patient died, illustrating the fraught line between flattery and truth in obituaries.
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Mark Twain
Virginia City
Lake Tahoe
Sawyer
Four Tombstones Mark Wives of Long Island Neighbor
An Ende Record notes a Long Island cemetery with four tombstones honoring the successive wives of a town resident. Each monument reflects the husband’s rising fortunes, from a modest stone to a granite shaft for the last wife, with increasing size and distinct styles across the memorials.
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Long Island
Condemn Harriman Policy Report Calls Sherman Act Violations
Washington May 21 The government special attorney’s report to the Interstate Commerce Commission concludes Harriman railroad power ends competition over about one third of the United States. It finds contracts with Rock Island Southern Pacific Santa Fe Illinois Central and San Pedro violate the anti trust act and urges action to curb stock inflation and cross ownership.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Harriman
United States
Harrierman
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Illinois Central
San Pedro Road
Alton
Far West
Decline in Canned Beef Exports Reported
Washington reports a broad drop in canned beef exports as of April. Bureau of Statistics notes April exports at 898, seventeen pounds versus 4,121,000 a year earlier, with ten months ending April totaling 13,082,708 pounds compared with 64,790,873 previously. Fiscal year outlook trimmed to about 15,000,000 pounds and 1,500,000 dollars in value amid higher past two years.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Sentinel
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Fred Stower
Chandler
Oklahoum
Albert Stower
Piedmont
Missouri
Carlin
Albert
Fred
Conan
Elko Independent
Bullfrog
Smith Assinis
George Wingfield
Agi
Clarendon Hotel
McKinley
Wonder
South Africa
Wonder Mining News
Delaware
Nevada State News
Movardi
Snyder & Wacker
Oberon
Elko Chamber of Commerce
Elko County
Nate Roff
B. G. McBride
H. L. Jones
H. OC. Carier
West Point
Closs
War Department
Army Register
Eiko County
Esmeralda
Goldfeld
Carson City
Charles Holland
Mark Irwin
Wells
Western Pacific
Utah-Nevada
Winnemucca
Humboldt County
Purdy
Misa Etta Webb
Long Valley
Cambrou
Cambroune Ban
Brittany
Will Robertson
Eureka, Nevada
Lake
the Union Bakery
Dlam
Eureka
Ruby Hill
Prospect
Camillo Gallo
Monroe St
Old Bureau Hotel
Eureka Lodge Directory
Eureka Lodge No
Matooe Hall
W. H. Rossane
Jon Haxcoox, Sr
John Pardy
People’s Meat Market
William Zadow
Main Street
St. John’s
BR. A. M
Masonic Hall
J. H. Vierta
J. H. Jont
Eureka Loige
Irsey Wetumies
Ob Hi
A. M
C. L. Baer
N. G. J. B. Brats
V. G. F. J. Brosseaun
Ww. Zanow
Diamond Rebekah Lodge
C.F
Outverrs Gases
Kare Swick
THE
Duckwater Store
Stookien
Jesse Mendes
Prop
Dock Water
Nye County
Beatific Lodge Mo. 7
K. of P
Castle Hall
Smith & Richard
M. M. Fustouga
Attest
Nostrona K. of
C. Warrsone
Fireman's Fund Insurance Corporation
California
Martford
Gannecticut
Norwich Union
Eug- Tao
London & Lancashire
England
Hasiarg Bremen
Germany
Reotete Taetes Literosa Lewin
America
Liverpool
Globe
Royal Insurance Company
C. Whitmore
the Brown Hotel
Bessie Amidon
Eureka Brewery
Eureka’s
Paul Yost
Main & Clark Streets
ZADOW
Louise 8. Zadow
MAIN
CLARK
Saloon and Pioneer Bottling Works
Temon
F. J Brossemer
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