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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1921
Page
2
A humorous rant on beauty culture contrasts women’s easy access to cosmetic miracles with men’s harsher scrutiny. It mocks fashion pressures from head to toe including hairstyles, facial hair, hats, and attire, noting men face fewer options and harsher judgments while women transform with cosmetics.
Senator Key Pittman of Nevada suffered painful burns after a fire damaged his Sixteenth Street home. He smothered the blaze in a room near his sleep, keeping it from spreading. One foot blistered as flames caught in a rug, forcing him to skip the Senate session.
The Bureau of Public Roads notes 275 million new road funds follow 75 billion bill. Existing 199.8 million spent on 27,000 miles of roads. 265.5 million state matches bring total 465.3 million. Federal aid under construction employs about 260,000 workers, preventing greater unemployment as weather permits.
Acting under orders of the chief of police, every slot machine in town was closed Thursday and the lid put on gambling games. Machines paying in merchandise were allowed to continue with the understanding that binges should not be played back.
Nye County grand jury begins deliberations amid disorderly conditions and persistent graft rumors. Judge Averill instructs to investigate thoroughly from top to bottom, including officers and all districts, municipalities, and townships, with focus on 1921 activity.
The White Pine mine in Osceola, White Pine County, run by the Baird and Tilford brothers, is becoming a steady gold producer. Summer milling has strengthened the property financially and a mill will be erected in the spring. Two feet of $100 ore are being mined at the property.
Ely is cited as a poor example of enforcement while moonshine remains near identical in abundance to other towns. Reports from Reno Tonopah and Tonopah cite stills, arrests, and a fatality linked to bootleg liquor as the state debates lax policies.
C A Norcross reports from San Francisco that California will not impose a potato quarantine against Nevada potatoes over eel worm. Instead the two states plan a joint campaign to eradicate the eel worm and end the dispute.
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