Prosperity in All Directions Says The Sun
The Sun notes revival of prosperity across mining districts in Arizona Washington Oregon and the Mississippi Valley and mentions Nevada facing liquidation pressures from bank failures. It argues Nevada’s output remains strong and that recovery hinges on debtors being allowed to repay, urging broader prosperity across the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Touopsh Sun
Ferada
the Sun
Arizona
Mississippi Valley
Nevada
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Rockies
Electric Power Plant Planned West of Reno
An officer of Reno Power Light and Water Company said Hammon's associate announced a $1,000,000 plant will be built west of Reno on Tracker River to boost power supply. Most power will serve mining camps in the state with additional plants later to supply Ely and other eastern cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno Power, Light and Water Company
Hammon
Reno
Ely
Nevada
The Farm Telephone A Great Man’s Tool
A biographer recalls Edward Harriman’s lifelong reliance on the telephone. The piece notes Harriman’s constant use of a switchboard style connection in office and home, praising the instrument as a pivotal tool for business, farming, weather reports, health, and social life, with rural telephones expanding across farms and aiding farmers in markets, weather, and emergencies. It cites widespread adoption, counting over 100,000 rural phones sold in ten months and nearly two million on farms nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward 8. Harriman
Wall Street Journal
New York
Oregon
Harriman
Moi Wenger
Imay
Ant
Wester Electric Company
Bell
Roosevelt
Country Life Commission
Farmera
Southern Pacific’s Nevada survey teams eye routes to Los Angeles
Three large Pacific survey corps operate in Central Nevada as Southern Pacific weighs a new outlet for the Acqueduct line. Possible paths include Winnemucca or Battle Mountain with a few routes favored for lighter grades and tunnels. The plan contemplates abandoning a direct line from Hazen through Coal Dale, while the Carson and Colorado line is deemed nonviable.
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Reno
Nevada
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Southern Pacifle
Nevara
Winnemucca
Atte Mountain
Palisade
Battle Mountain
Austin
Wincomaces
Hazen
Coaldale
Tonopah and
Goldfield
Carson
Colorado
Calcula
Reno Gambler Shot by Wife in Reno Office
In Reno Nevada today Mrs A E Talbot shot her husband Albert Talbot in Judge W D Jones office. He is in hospital in serious condition and she is jailed. After last night’s trouble they met in Jones office and Talbot was shot through the right breast and lung. A second shot lodged in the floor. Mrs Talbot formerly used the stage name Madame Talbot.
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Reno
Nevada
W. D. Jones
A. E. Talbot
Albert Talbot
Talbot
Salt Lake mother goes to Elko to save Birdie De Racey from murder case
Mrs Charles Sykes of Salt Lake says Birdie De Racey is her baby girl and she will do all to save her from prison after Birdie shot and killed Joseph Carroll in the rear of the Kik saloon at Elko Nevada. Birdie a 16 year old of Jewish descent with a fortune claim inherited from her father. Carroll was shot in the back and Birdie later surrendered to police claiming the shooting was accidental.
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Salt Lake
Herret
Elko
Joseph D. Carroll
Carroll
Virginia City Faces Gradual Sinkage Threats
Mining professor George J. Young warns that Virginia City sits on land slowly slipping into the canyon and a possible future catastrophe, while R L Fulton and others say immediate danger is unlikely. They cite a large crack on Mt Davidson, crushed mine timbers, and notable collapses, but maintain surface crust remains held by solid timbering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Young
University of Nevada
Virginia City
R. L. Fulton
Comstock
Fulton
Mt. Davidson
Mt Davidson
Glory Hole
Goldfield Broker Shot by Woman Claiming Marriage
Webb H. Parkinson a Goldfield broker was fatally shot Oct 28 by a woman who said she was his wife. She then shot herself, may recover. She had danced in a theatre years earlier and claimed a California marriage two years prior. Parkinson’s parents live in Colorado as details of their unsettled marriage surface.
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Webb H. Parkinson
Goldfield
Parkinson
Oakland
California
Portland
Oregon
Colorado
Manila Street
Berkeley
Los Angeles
Tacoma
Minneapolis
G. Basser
Parkinsons
Washington
Over 100 In Orphans Home At Carson
The Orphans' Home at Carson houses 101 children from nearly every Nevada county. Seventy four attend school daily, 47 boys and 64 girls, with two classrooms of 40 and 38 pupils. Ten serious illnesses have occurred in the home over a year and several counties are unrepresented.
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Joe Josepha
Carson
Washoe County
Ormaby
Storey
Elko
Nye
Douglas
Eemeralda
Virginia Enterprise
Cattle Prices Soar in Live Stock Report Peak
Clay Robinson & Companys live stock report notes cattle prices rising with a top of 5.90 last week a new October record. It trails the 9.50 peak in June 1882 and near the 9.00 highs seen in August 1902 and December 1901. Observers expect further gains for prime corn fed beeves and western range cattle remain to be seen.
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Clay, Robinson & Company
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Reno Gambler
Elliot Lamb
Goldfield Consolidated
Lamb
Crozser
Birdie de Racey
James A. Rattazzi
North Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
American Smelting & Refining Company
Garfield Smelting Company
Utah
Salt Lake City
R. M. Locke
Eureka
L. H. Francis
South Main Street
Upcka
New Calle
W. M. Forster
Shear Torneed
San Francisco
Cal
Henry E. Mitchell
W. F. Burnett
R. A
Edward and Clark Streets
C. Hamilton
Smith-Richard
Over ‘Wells
Fargo & Co's
Otto T. Williams
Dotta
Newark Valley
White Pine County
William H. Smith
Strawberry
the Brown Hotel
A. C. Florio
Sebeeline Banking % Trust Co
Reno, Nevada
Milo C. McMillan
Ase
Nbler
Richard Ryland
Daniel Meyer
Transact
Henderson Banking Company
Payswear AssteTarr Diseree
Hleo
Whitmore
Quest Tansennia Comuane
Tes Conmpany
Liverpool
Uaios
National Insurance
Atlas Assurance Company
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
Hartford Fire Insurance Company & Lancashire
Liverpool & London & Globe
Tamuranes
North British Mercantile Tamurance Company
John Pardy
I. C. C. Whitmore Insurance Agency
Eureka - Mevada
Johnson Mercantile Co
Hbiiram Johnson
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