Wickersham Reappoints Honey to Land Fraud Prosecutions
General Wickersham announces the reappointment of Francia J. Honey as special prosecutor to resume land fraud cases in the West. Honey had resigned to run for District Attorney of San Francisco and now returns to press the cases to a conclusion. The San Francisco Chronicle notes Honey’s resignation and move to Portland for new duties in graft prosecutions.
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Heney
Washington
Attorso
Wickersham
Francia J. Honey
Binger Hermann
West
San Francisco
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Honey
Portland
Nevada News Briefs From Ely Expositor 1900
The Ely Expositor reports 7000 sheep sold to an Ogden firm for 622100. Tonopah logs ten inches snow the greatest in memory. A bank roulette wheel theft occurs at Golconda Hot Springs Hotel. An Elko worker loses a hand to a saw. A Reno restaurant exchange over frog legs ends humorously. Eureka miners plan more ore shipments. Mary Ellen Parkinson dies in Seattle at 77. W E Griffin seeks health in Genoa. Margaret Lillington weds E J Bowes in Reno. J E Souchereau officiates. Sam Curnow’s wife leaves, then returns. D MacKenzie reconciles with wife. Carson joins in.
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Adame and
Meulil
Ogden
Tonopsh Son
Tonopak
Golconda Hot Springs
T. Kehoe
Siena Nevada Wood and Lumber Company
Hobart Mills
Elko
Reno
Waitrose
Charles Hudon
Frank Kopp
Eureka
Silverade
Mra
Mary Ellen Parkmson
Pioneer
San Francisco
Australia
Seattle
Washington
R. R. Parkinson
Carson City
Virginia City
Nevada
W. E. Griffin
Eureka County Bank
Oscar J. Smith
Wally's Springs
Genoa
Carson
Griffin
Tonopah Miners In Demand By California Mine Agent
An agent for a Jackson California mine recruited about 50 miners in Tonopah and departed with a full car of regular tea. The event is the first of its kind in Tonopah and has sparked widespread interest. The agent reportedly offered machine men three dollars per day plus meals, noting Jackson’s steady production and lower living costs. Some details remain unclear.
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Tonopah
Jackson
Amador County
California
Caruso Scores Great Success at New York Met Opera
New York November 15 Borico Caruso sang in La Gioconda at the Metropolitan Opera House season opening before a large attentive audience. His voice regained mellow lyric quality with free steady tones. The aria Oleolo Mar drew lavish applause as Italians cried Bravo and the performance paused for moments of encore.
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New York
Borico Caruso
Metropolitan Opera House
Emalio
Cartain Ponchielli
Land Boomers Slander Mining in Tonopah Sun
W G Piper, an old timer in Tonopah, recently back from the East, says residents are being targeted by wildcat land schemes. He warns that the schemers spread false mining industry rumors with great energy to ruin honest investors.
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Tonopah
W.G. Piper
Esmeralda Democrats Endorse Harry Coogan for Secretary of State
Elko Independent warns the Esmeralda County Democrats may back Harry Coogan for Secretary of State. It questions his past as chief clerk of the Assembly and suggests he could face political peril without broad support.
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Esmeralda County
Harry Coogan
Assembly
Emeralds County
Elko
Metal Market and Curious Alaska Anecdote
The column lists metal quotes with Silver at New York 603 rents per ounce and copper at Salt Lake 12 15 16 conte, while a jumble of Alaska names and a humorous tale of Jake the boardinghouse keeper in Valdes appears, noting his ill health and the editor’s joke about his return.
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New York
Salt Lake
Alaska
Valdes
Jake
New York Times
Mining Journal Exposes Goodwin and Rice in Copper Scheme
After Rig and Hat Goodwin expose in Mining Journal, Nat Goodwin and Jacob Hornog alias George Graham Rice face arraignment over Wall Street methods. They allegedly secured options on about 780,000 Ely Central Copper shares at 50 cents, selling high via costly ads as the stock fell from a near 50 cent quote to 7 cents. The Journal calls Ely Central largely worthless, while Ely papers defend the copper belt claim and accuse the Journal of a setup for Guggenheim interests.
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Mining Journal
Dews Ely Central
Nat Goodwin
Jacob Hornog
George Graham Rice
Bites Reformatory
Sing Sing
Mining and Engineering Journal
Wall Street
Rice
Ely Central Copper Courpacy
Ely Central
Copper
Guggenheim
What! Are you here begging again and again
Dialog mash of early 20th century New York newspapers with Carnival figures Indy and de Trampling Tom association alan? The excerpt depicts a delegation warning of cutting off a cook’s route if improvements aren’t made and a comical Autocrat versus Victim exchange over a charming effect.
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Indy
Trampling Toms’ Association
New York World
Butter bills trigger residence cook change in Silhouetteville
In Silhouetteville a new cook was hired at Mr Locbs residence after the secretary to the president learned the grocer overcharged on butter. Mrs Loeb investigated and found the cook had sometimes skipped butter orders while whisky purchases matched butter’s quantity, prompting a trip to New York for a new purchase.
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New York
Cleveland Ranch Sale Off in Mormon Colonization Plan
A Salt Lake Tribune report details an abortive Mormon Church backed plan to take over the Cleveland ranch in Spring Valley White County near the Utah Nevada line. The 18,000 acre ranch with 1200 head of cattle was priced at 100000 dollars, with 10000 paid upfront and escrow deeds. After a failed second payment the deal collapsed and McGill Adams of Nevada bought the property, naming John Short as superintendent.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Nevada
Cleveland
A. ©. Cleveland
Spring Valley
White County
Utah-Nevada
Thomas Judd
St. George
Met
Judd
Mormor
Thi
Church
McGill & Adams
John Short
Elko County
A Costly Cheese and Other Short Tales
A Scottish farmer jokes about a stolen cheese turning up as weight in a wool sale. A Pittsburg funeral wreath mix up yields a comic inscription. Saunders Carlyle explains his swift whisky finish after a spill. A garrison gunner humorously explains the hammer and dental tools as an arms dentist.
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Pittsburg
Defeated But Not Beaten in LaFollette Editorial
The piece notes a harsh defeat for Tom Johnson and Frances J. Honey under the headline Defeated, but Not Beaten. LaFollette's Weekly laments that the fight to shift power from special interests to city, state, and nation persists despite setbacks. The editorial calls the long struggle 18.4 units and insists leaders must endure defeat to intensify the fight.
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LaFollette's Weekly
Tom Johnson
Frances J. Honey
A Rhymed Wedding
A Mexico Ledger account notes Judge John Stable, a Wellston magistrate, uniting a couple in a wedding with rhymed vows. The ceremony ends as Jim answers affirmatively and the judge turns to Bet for her response in this staged, lyrical union.
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Mexico Ledger
John Stable
Wellston
Bet
Jim
Judge Stable
Notice of Horses Shipped Over Eureka & Palisade Railway 1909
Nevada sheriff and deputy issue a statement listing horses and mules shipped from Diamond Station to Kansas City by HW Prue. Branding descriptions cover numerous animals with marks such as TY AB Dover diamond anchor and JO, plus labels like One horse Inv Speight and AB connected. Manower and Mackey sign as Eureka County officials.
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Eureka & Palisade Railway
Diamond Station
Neve
Kansas’ City
Prue
Woroe Trend AG
Jewsbury
Ning Horves
Jeff
M. Manower
Eureka County
Nevada
Jauen Mackey
Diamond Valley
Woman Cook Needed for Eureka Nevada Mining Camp
A good woman cook is wanted for a mining camp near Eureka Nevada. Apply to Box 72 Eureka Post Office for details and placement.
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Eureka
Nevada
The Old Pioneer and Winter King Rites
Poem style tribute recalling the old pioneer as winter king. A narrative of his procession, burial, and memory through seasons, linking May flowers, summer dews, and a lasting reverence for his labor and legacy. Mentions of the border and themes of endurance and farewell.
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Watt
Nesems
Farewal
Lewis
Kinship and War Echoes in Quotations and Sketches
A compact collage of quotes and quips on kinship beauty and conflict. Schopenhauer notes human preference for kin resemble others while interacting socially. Meggendorfer Blatter and a court joke pair humor with patriotism and legal wits in a brief literary snippet.
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