Nevada election results and labor note from Ely dispatch
Special Dispatch reports Bryan winning Nevada by a slight margin and Newlands with about a two thousand vote majority. Bartlett heads the Democratic ticket with Talbot winning Supreme Justice by about two hundred. Deady defeats Ahern for Surveyor General. Regents races undecided. Democrats gain state senate by two and assembly by eight. Nye Esmeralda and Lincoln incomplete but results decisive. Police bill approved. In Ely, two carloads of Finnish miners arrive for Wovads Copper Mines Company at $2.50 per day plus board, amid labor shortage concerns.
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Wovads Copper Mines Company
Taft Victory and White House Changes Highlight Election
The article reports William Howard Taft elected president by a decisive electoral vote with broad support from business and labor groups. It notes Taft pledges to continue Roosevelt policies and build a strong administration. It also covers Bryan's quiet reaction, Roosevelt comments on balance, and introduces Helen Taft as the next first lady.
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Boomerang lore and playful sketches from Australian shores
A fragment from a 1908 era piece explores boomerangs as both weapon and amusement. It describes construction, curves, and throw technique, notes war boomerangs are heavier, and includes a humorous scene with a boy named Barber reacting to neighbors. It ends with a Nevada crime tally by county sheriffs.
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Australia
Underwood & Underwood
County Officials Approve Payouts At November Meeting
At the November 2 meeting, the county commissioners passed bills approving specified sums for listed individuals. The record names the recipients and the amounts authorized for payment.
Notice of Horses Shipped Over the Kurea Palisade
Sheriff Sweeney of Eureka Nevada and deputies report horse shipments dated October 1908 from Alpha Station Palisade Railway to South Omaha Nebraska. The notices list numerous branded horses including K left thigh arrows, circle over cross left hip, wine cup left hips, and other brands. several horses reported unbranded or missing brands. Anomalies in branding and care details accompany entries for multiple shipments involving Tom Bradstreet Bindatreet and other officials.
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Alpha Station
Omaha
Nebraska
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Enre
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Hove
Thores
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Teft Bi
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Ree
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Thornes
Hares
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Bindatreet
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Sweexer
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Burak County
Nevada
Westatament
Eureka & Palisade
Frome
Alphastathon Palisade
Mano
Carentit
Animale Ven
Hive Horses
La Pollette Plans Immediate Magazine Start
United States Senator La Pollette of Wisconsin announces his intent to proceed at once with the regular magazine project and related activities. The move signals a bold step in his legislative and public outreach agenda.
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United States
la Pollette
Wisconsin
Clinedinst
Washington
Robert M. LA Pollette
Progressive pledge appeals to nation in speech
The speaker declares allegiance to the public interest and declares he will make the paper a vigilant champion of true representative government. He warns that the contest between special privilege and the common good is growing urgent and calls for plain speech and sound measures.
Election Day Quiet in Hamiltg and Local Notes
Public school attendance rises after a slow period with more pupils present than in two years. Potatoes are plentiful and cheap at present, with Dackwater at 75 cents a sack. Election day passed quietly with fifty-nine votes cast as Mr. Dean served as a clerical official. Thomas Williams of the Bamberger Bros from Salt Lake visited to inspect the Ne Plus Ultra mine, signaling possible restart of work.
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Bamberger Bros
Salt Lake
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