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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1911
Page
3
The Eureka Sentinel items note local arrivals and departures, tax receipts, wheat sales, guild meeting plans, a postmaster resignation, gas and electric service rules, mining activity, stage and mail connections, rail office chances, and a Tonopah car sale with local residents traveling, plus regional business and social tidbits.
Advertisement for Thanksgiving Dance at Opera House on Thursday evening November 30 by St James Episcopal Guild. Proceeds support Sunday School Christmas fund, aiding the parish and providing a tree for children’s Christmas activities.
Miss Elizabeth Brandt has resigned as postmistress at Hot Crook Nye County Nevada. Her successor will be named within a few days.
Secretary Hong of the Ely Commercial League mapped a direct overland auto route from Salt Lake City to Reno deeming the Milford route via Ely Eureka and Autie the best. He aims to publish a traveler guide and will report for the Automobile Club of America and other associations. He travels with H Hall and L Fraser to inspect Carroll mining camp near Gold Basin, about 49 miles south west of Austin, stopping in Eureka and Austin through Thursday afternoon.
Charles M Dall wed Miss Catherine McCharles in Eureka on Thursday November 18 in a quiet ceremony at the home of the late Mr and Mrs K McCharles. The bride, a Eureka High School graduate and teacher certified, grew up on Ruby Hill and became a favored member of local society. The groom, a noted stenographer with ties to Windfall Mining and the Eureka Palisade Railway, is bound for Central America with the Battery Salvador Minus Company. whether his wife joins him remains undecided.
A London outing on the Thames for a group of new boys described in Sacovms Magazine. One boy wades into the river. another teases him as Johnny jokes about riding the train last year, reflecting playful schoolyard humor from the era.
Last Saturday forenoon Mrs Jennie Qurieux a public school teacher had a mishap when her young daughter played with matches igniting her dress. Mrs Qurieux suffered severe burns on hands and face while the child’s arms also burned though no lasting scars are expected. Mise Lena Gregovich, sister of Mex Qurieux, teaches at the public school.
The funeral for Hazel Fine Tonspas Bonanza was held today at St Mark's Episcopal Church. The Rev George Gallup officiated with fathers Harry Fine and uncle Alexander Fraser arriving by car from Eureka last evening. schoolmates attended in a body, and tears of sympathy were visible as the title girl was fondly remembered.
Palisade reports Chadwick and Sykes advancing on the Eureka and Palisade Railway project with 60 workers, 1.5 miles of track laid, and preparations for grading, bridge and culvert work. Pile driver repairs complete, piles to be driven for Pine Creek bridge, and engines may shift to oil burners. A new traction engine shows mixed results. fuel, crews, and camps established. A theft at the E and P coach house ends with one man jailed for petty larceny.
A special meeting of Nob Hill Fire Company members is set for Monday evening November 20 at the Home House to appoint committees and arrange the annual masquerade ball at Eureka Opera House on New Year’s night. A good attendance is requested.
An Episcopal Church statement details the expenses for reroofing and repairs at St James Church in Bareks, listing shingles labor and materials. The document records shingles, wail, and tin costs totaling 4108.00 with no labor charge for roof installation.
Hugh Coyle reports a large body of high grade lead ore ready for mining near the Six Mile House. He has hauled 600 to 700 sacks to the county road in preparation for shipment via the Kareka and Pali road when it opens, and aims to be the first shipper over the new line.
Dennis McEllin of Hamilton died Saturday night after a short illness at age 7%. He lived with his son Ed McEllin who manages family ledge mines they owned for years. An early Waite Pinere, he came to Hamilton during the silver rush about 40 years ago and returned four years ago after a long absence. He planned to spend the winter in California.
A fragment notes that women hold queer ideas of a good time yet rarely enjoy a dark brown taste the next morning. The line suggests social contrasts and lingering effects, phrased in a witty, period-tinged tone.
Richard Ryland, longtime Eureka resident and former county treasurer, dies in Reno at age 76 from heart failure amid arteries hardening after a year of declining health. A builder and brickmaker who left Eureka in 1885, he invested in Saudaj adjacent to Reno and left a large estate. He survived by wife Elizabeth and two children, Kilward H. Dodi and Edward Wilson Ryland. was a Mason, Shriner, and member of local lodge groups.
The Tonopah Bonanza reports the marriage of James A. Gilbert and Ita M. Bruffey on Thursday, November 9, in Tonopah. Rev. Hormas L. Burnham officiated at the parsonage with a few friends present. Both spouses are known in Eureka County. the groom arrived by auto from Tonopah after the B and P railroad washout, aiding travel between Palisade and Eureka. The bride’s brothers run a north Mineral Hill ranch and keep a travel and freighting station for teams between Palisade and Eureka.
Dr Magoon of Big will return to Karelia next Wednesday November 22. He will stay at the Hotel Zadow for the rest of the week to finish dental work begun on prior visits and to provide any other dental services to the public.
Document records list multiple mine location notices in several districts with names such as Moonlight Daisy Lead Mam moth Degter Sontag Pincher and Simpson Nos 1 2 in Eureka Lyng Lynn Richmond and Lyon mining districts recorded between November 4 and November 14 along with a deed transfer of 720 acres of land near Alpha for $10 dated November 7 101.
Dr. Magoon and Dr. Holmquist started from Ely in an auto toward the Gold Basin district about 60 miles south of Austin. After steering gear failure 65 miles out, Eureka locals towed them in for repairs. They resumed to Pinto, then Eureka, and returned to Ely abandoning the trip.
Post Office Department invites proposals for a twice weekly Star Route mail service from Buckhorn to Dean’s Branch in Eureka County beginning December 16 1911 via Congressman Roberts efforts. A memorandum book found in Eureka has been left at the Sentinel office awaiting owner.
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