When does age really start to show on us
The piece argues age is a state of mind with examples of elderly people proving vitality. Civil war veteran J N Smith at 85 learned to ride a bicycle at 80. Elizabeth Barker at 80 remains active in preaching and work. Captain Thomas Haskell, 83, sings as marine reporter for 66 years on the Portland Herald. Old age is a mindset, not a calendar.
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J. N. Smith
Muskogee
Oklo
Smith
Elizabeth A. Barker
Methodist Episcopal Church
Petersboro
New Hampshire
Mother Barker
Thera
Thomas Haskell
Portland (Maine
Conflicting signals from three Comstock mines raise investor doubt
Heavy assessments by three Comstock mines and the resignation of general superintendent Alex Wise threaten public confidence. Prices declined sharply after advance notice of levies, suggesting stockholders with foreknowledge sold holdings. The piece criticizes past manipulation and urges transparent financial reporting to restore trust.
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Alex Wise
Wise
Comstock
Neovade Mining Press
Union Pacific buys Balt Lake Los Angeles Railroad
Union Pacific becomes sole owner by purchasing 22 million dollars in bonds from Senator Clark interests. The deal secures half of the road’s stock and bonds, adding to Union Pacific’s existing holdings. Plane maker to deliver a 490 hp aircraft to C O Prest of Las Vegas for use in Southern Nevada commerce and recreation.
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Union Pacific
New York
Los Angeles
C. O. Prest
Las Vegas
Nevada
Railroads Restore Long and Short Haul Rates Across West
Transcontinental lines west of Chicago cut freight charges about 20 percent to meet Panama canal water competition. Nevada shippers face higher rates as roads US-wide resume long and short haul pricing, prompting editorials calling for opposition and congressional action to end discriminatory inland rates.
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Chicago
G. W. Luce
Southern Pacific Railway
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
J. M. Fulton
Reno
Southern Pacific
Nevada
The
Reno Gazette
Pacific Canal
Leas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Intermountain
Nevada Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Comminai
Congress
Thiendone
America
Reno Judge Edward Lunsford Resigns From District Bench
Judge Edward F. P. Lunsford of Reno resigns from the second judicial district court effective May 31. He was holding court in Winnemucca when he announced the decision and forwarded the resignation to Governor Boyle from that location. He plans to resume the practice of law in Reno.
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Lunsford
Edward FP. Lunsford
Reno
Winnemucca
Boyle
Repo
Judgment Against Louisiana Con. Yarded by Reno Firm
Tonopah Times reports Judge Walsh awarded Revada Salon Company of Reno a judgment of 18 951.02 against Louisiana Consolidated Mining Company now under receiver. The debt arose from a three year old contract as the firm renamed Tybho amid claims of strong finances and promised daily shipments of 25 tons to Tonopah.
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Tonopah
Walsh
Revada Salon Company
Reno
Louisiana Consolidated Mining Company
Tybho
New York Capital
Youthful editor of the Wells Herald takes charge
Charles Triplett seventeen, still in high school, must leave studies to run the Wells Herald after his father’s death. He has been handling Linotype, composing, printing, and job work, proving his ability and likened to his late father Phil Triplett. Elko County gains the state’s youngest editor.
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Charles Triplett
Charles
Herald
Phil Triplett
Phil
Elko County
Nevada
Elko Free Press
Six States Protest Railroad Rate Reduction Plan
A formal protest was filed in Salt Lake City by the Intermountain States Association representing Utah Idaho Montana Washington Nevada and Arizona. The group urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to order a hearing on the proposal to reduce transcontinental rail rates to Pacific coast points and argued the plan would depart from the Interstate Commerce Act section four requirements.
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Salt Lake City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Intermedia States Association
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Nevada
Arizona
Alfalfa Weevil Fight Planned For Reno
Nevada and California officials agreed to send a joint committee to Reno to investigate the alfalfa weevil outbreak. The group will include county horticultural officers and state agriculture staff with quarantine officers. In a separate item, W T Smith reported the Union Land and Cattle Company owes over 8 million dollars total with about 1.5 million secured.
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Sacramento
Cal
Nevada
Reno
County Horticultural Commission
State Department of Agriculture
G. H. Hecke
Hecke
Tonopah Wage Settlement Seen Unlikely Amid Strike
Tonopah and surrounding mines face a wage dispute as a mass meeting rejects a secret ballot on the new wage scale. Officials plan to import workers to operate mines while maintaining order, with Sheriff Thomas praised for handling early tensions.
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Uuvancun
Nevada
Tonopah
Sullivan
Hazen
Strite
Thomas
Boyle
President Harding backs Colorado River project for broad reclamation
Col J G Scrugham reports Harding supports a 700 foot Boulder Canyon dam to irrigate lands across six states and to supply water for a large hydro electric smelter. He notes California and others back irrigation and power goals while Walker River District aims for reclamation storage. Nevada officials push municipal backing to secure permits.
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Colorado River
Walker River Irrigation District
Walker River
J. G. Scrugham
Carson
Washington, D. C
Harding
Boulder Canyon
Nevada
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Scrugham
Los Angeles
Stephens
Washington
Weeks
Wallace
Fall
Walker Irrigation District
C. B. Loose
Mary Wallace
F. H. Fowler
United States Forest Service
Reno
Boyle
Pittman
Oddie
Arents
Hoyt
West
Bridgeport
Mrs Hopkins Sentenced for Acid Attack in Florence
Mrs Anna Irene Hopkins received a prison term of five to fourteen years in the Florence State Prison after a superior court conviction for assault for throwing acid in the face of Miss Lucille Gallagher a Jerome schoolteacher on March 31. She proclaimed her innocence before sentencing and thanked the court afterward.
Travel Speeds Over Walker Lake Road Highlighted
M Kronquiat of the United Irrigation Service reports a fast trip from Schura to Hawthorne via the new State highway by Walker Lake taking under two hours. He notes Los Angeles to Reno travelers find the road in good condition with the Walker Lake route removing the Lucky Boy grade and easing southbound travel from Reno.
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Schura
Hawthorne
Walker Lake
M. Kronquiat
United Irrigation Service
Bchurs
Los Angeles
Reno
Alien poll tax signed in California by governor
Governor Brephena signed the alien poll tax measure in California requiring all male aliens over 31 to register and pay a $10 poll tax for school funding. Adults must register within three days of arrival and renew annually to support schools.
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Sacramento
California
Brephena
Farid Bey Derighan Escapes Five Wives for New York
Farid Bey Derighan born 1589 in Sughah escapes Zululand where, as an officer in the Anglo Indian forces, he lived among diamond mine workers and wives. He fled at night past native guards to Pretoria and planned to sail from Cape Town to Marseille to reach the United States.
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Zululand
Farid Bey Derighan
Doughan
New York
United States
Farid Hey
Suhag
Cairo
Nile
Pyramids
Egypt
Farid Bey
George
Farid
South Africa
Affendi
Faridfendi
Palestine
Pretoria
Cape Town
Marseillea
Light beam to be seen across four counties from Mount Tamalpais
Engineers with General Electric plan a 600 million candlepower searchlight beam from Mount Tamalpais to mark a Northern California campaign, expected to be visible in at least 24 counties. If unobstructed it would be seen from Mount Shasta to Carson City and the Ed and Paso Robles region, barring terrain.
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California
Mount Tamalpais
General Electric Company
Mount Shasta
Carson Mty
Nevada
Freano
Paso Robles
Recapture of Flores After Three Years Absence
Manuel Flores walked away from a Texas prison farm in 1918 and was recaptured for return to Nevada to serve the remaining term. J P Grandell, prominent Winnemucca citizen, died by taking strychnine in his establishment, due to health distress. he leaves a widow and three daughters, eldest 12.
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Manuel Flores
Car
Basemont
Texas
Nevada
Humboldt County
J. P. Grandell
Winnemucca
Bia Side
Miner Dies in Shaft Fall at Spanish Belt Mine
A telegram to the state mining inspector reports Ed Glapthner was instantly killed by a fall in the shaft of the Spanish Belt mine about 30 miles from Manhattan in Nye County.
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Ed Glapthner
Spanish Belt
Manhattan
Nye County
Winnemucca Considers Tight Gambling License Reform
The Winnemucca city council moves to crack down on gamblers with a strict lease ordinance. It proposes raising gambling licenses from 75 to 9150 per quarter and increasing soft drink parlors and saloons licensing. The plan includes license cancellations after intoxicant sales.
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Winnemuces
Palisade School District bids for new frame building
Sealed bids for constructing a Palisade Nevada school house are invited until July 5 1921 at 0 o'clock from contractors. The frame building about forty by fifty feet must follow on file specifications and include a first class foundation. Materials from the board and contractor furnished labor cost. completion by September 1 1921. Bid bond of 260 required. board may reject any bid. W P Jones Clerk Palisade School District No 5 May 26 1921.
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Palisade School House
Palisade
Nevada
Board of Trustees
Baid
Palisade School District No
W. P. Jones
Board of Trusteses
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Louisiana
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W. T. Smith
Union Land and Cattle Company
E. 8. Farrington
United States District Court Today
Tonopak
Emmet D. Boyle
Farrington
Sentinel
Walker Lake Road
UGE
Flores
Usher
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Just
Mercantile Department
A. Berolo
Main Street
Bureks
Mevade
Tates
R McCharles
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