Local BREVITIES from Eureka 1917 headlines
Saturday note about Eureka visitors and residents. Elmer Hylton of Huntington Valley was in Eureka. Bernard Damele stayed afterTonkin ranching. railroad and mail car shifts. notices to creditors for Cromer and Dooley estates. multiple carloads of ore shipped from Hamilton. coal shipments from Castle Gate. Venezia Hotel bought by Manuel Aguirre offering home like service. Elko Elko and Ward visits noted. Miss Eileen Breen to reopen Lincoln County school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hylton
Huntington Valley
Eureka
Herbert Burdick
Elko
Bernard Damele
Tonkin
L. W. Cromer
William Dooley
Sentinel
Joseph Tognoni
Joe
Duckwater
George Cox
Diamond Valley
Olney Leighton
Union
W. R. Hylton & Son
Eileen Breen
Carlin
D. J. Sullivan
White Pine County
Frank Romano
James
A. C. Florio
Carl F. Muir
Hamilton
William Cox
Ollie Cox
Eureka County Completes First Draft Quota En Route to Camp
The Eureka County District Board reports exemption of five men by the Reno Board and calls five more for the draft. Fred Allen, Earl Pace, James Buckskin, John Bunch, and Henry Newton Foster left to report or be transferred to training at American Lake. This completes Eureka Countys 16 man quota under the first draft call and no further volunteers will be sent until a second call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Board
Reno
Eureka County
Daniel Nostrosa, Jr
A. A. Pastorino
Herbert M. Burdick
Andrew D. Crofut
Stanley Fine
Fred Allen
Beowane
Earl Pace
Palisade
James Buckskin
Alpha
John Bunch
Melrose
Iowa
Henry Newton Foster
Beowawe
James Mackey
Henry Foster
American Lake
Mining Deeds and Claims Recorded in Lynn District
Documents record transfers and interests in multiple Lynn district mining claims including Free and Wire Mining & Milling Company to J H Marshall and wives transfers in several named claims. Also J H Marshall to Lynn Big Six Mining Company and others with nominal sums, and location proofs and labor proofs for several mines including Charm Morning Star Rocco Ruby Hill and Monarch with dates in October 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free and Wire Mining & Milling Company
J. H. Marshall
South Slope
Hope
Black Dog
Yorkshire
Lynn
Lynn Big Six Mining Company
J. A. Bielar
W. E. Maul
Lynn Big Six Milling & Mining Company
Morning Star
Charm
Unknown
C. Baalman
Ruby Hill
Monarch
Eureka
John T. Martin
Worth End News Notes
S. F. Stollenwerck of Mineral Hill traveled to Salt Lake City on a business trip. Miss Edith Collins, after a month with friends at Palisade, returned home to Idaho. Roy and Neil Plummer of Mineral Hill went to Salt Lake by rail and returned with a new Ford. N. A. Whitmore buys C. Walker stock at Palisade to run the former store. Dan Rand of Pine Valley went to Salt Lake for appendicitis surgery. recovery is favorable. The copper strike settlement in Arizona is formally announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F. Stollenwerck
Mineral Hill
Salt Lake City
Edith Collins
Palisade
Idaho
Roy
Neil Plummer
Salt Lake
N. A. Whitmore
Walker
Dan Rand
Pine Valley
Charles Rand
Married in San Francisco Cockrell Weds Kathryn Winzell
John H. Cockrell and Kathryn Winzell, both of Eureka County, were married in San Francisco this week and honeymooning in Southern California. The bride, daughter of the late Mrs. M Winzell, helped run the family ranch since her mother's death. The groom arrived as a Government trapper and has since led the Winzell ranch in Garden Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Cockrell
Eureka County
Winzell
Garden Valley
Oldsmobile Model 37 Six Cylinder Becomes Local Agent Car
WEW Oldsmobile agent W H Russell returns from Reno with a Model 37 Six Cylinder for Carson and Lander Counties. Demonstrations praised its finish, rugged construction, power and 18 mpg on trips between Reno and the area. John Hickerson buys one. others plan Spring delivery. Marteletti sells Moore's Creek ranch and buys Pete Pastorino ranch at Currant Creek. Andrew Crofut's wife undergoes successful appendectomy in Elko. condition favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Russell
Reno
Oldsmobile
This
Lander
Here
John Hickerson
Lander County Stockman
Minoletti Sells Eureka Area Ranch to Handley Bros
Charles Minoletti sold his ranch nine miles north of Eureka to Handley Bros this week. The deal includes all improvements and farming implements but excludes live stock. The Minoletti family will remain on the ranch this winter. price not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Minoletti
Eureka
Handley Bros
Telephone Operators Strike Ordered Coastwide Start
A nationwide telephone operators strike is ordered to begin today at 4 p m across the Pacific Coast. A new mutiny in the German navy is reported as sailors refuse submarine service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Open Letter Warns of War Tax Changes and Costs
Washington Oct 28 1917 An open letter warns Mr Ultimate Consumer that by November 8 several new war taxes take effect including transportation, express charges, rail and sea fares, berths and seats, communications, insurance, admissions and mail rates. It urges wealth conservation as income tax remains due by next March. Also reports on Gilbert Dry Farm potatoes near Eureka noting 30 acres cultivated with 26 under fence and promising yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gilbert
Sentinel
J. A. Gilbert
Bruffey Canyon
Eureka
Duckwater vegetables on display at Eureka ranch
A. C. Florio brought Duckwater vegetables to Eureka this week. Readings included a 14 inch diameter cabbage weighing 16 pounds, a rutabaga at 12 1-2 pounds, and a sugar beet of 8 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Florio
Eureka
Duckwater
Velvet Paw at Eureka Theatre Prompts Tax Change
Eureka Theatre to show The Velvet Paw with House Peters and Gail Kane on November 4, featuring a Washington politics plot about a woman lobbyist. A Dixie Girl song by George Laird will be performed. Kitty Gordon stars in Her Maternal Right on November 9. Moving pictures tax rises 10 percent. adult ticket totals 25 cents and child 15 cents. Monthly dance price for gentlemen rises from 50 to 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Theatre
House Peters
Gail Kane
Washington
George Laird
Kitty Gordon
Sister's Death Follows Brother in Eureka
Mrs Helen L Williams died in Chicago on October 26 from an attack similar to her brother L W Cromer of Eureka. Mrs James Kautz of Eureka notified by letter. Nearest relatives include Mrs Kautz Eureka John Cromer Chicago and Rollin Cromer Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kautz
Eureka
Helen L. Williams
Chicago
L. W. Cromer
Kautz
John Cromer
Rollin Cromer
Brooklyn
New York
Metal Market Quotations Reported Prices
Thursday's metal quotations show silver at 89 cents per ounce in New York. Lead quoted at 8.874 cents per pound. Copper fixed by the government at 823.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gov't
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Eureka Oen
Thomas Clifford
Will Martin
Tonopah
Thomas Plummer
Jesse Knight
Castle Gate
Utah
Venezia
South Main Street
Manuel Aguirre
F. T. Willis
Yer'ington
Nevada
G. M. Roberts
Austin
Ives
Ne Yala
Willis
Miss Koontz
District Board At
the Recorder
Worth End
Arizona
San Francisco
J. H. Cockrell
Kathryn Wingill
WEW
Oldsmobile Auto
Eureka Garage
Marteletti
Moore’s Creek
Nye County
Martin Etchemendy
Pete Pastorino
Currant Creek
Andrew Crofut
Diamont Valley
J .C. Johnson
Moving Pictures
Eureka Garage & Supply Co
THE
Venezia Hotel
Eureka, Nevada
W. RB. Hylton & Son
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