Uncle Joe's Mistake Re-elected? Public Reflection
Goodwin's Weekly contends Uncle Joe has been re elected to Congress but will soon realize the mistake of returning. It likens age and decline to a rider horse past its prime and predicts he may resign within six months as the world passes him by. The piece frames political life as a fading echo of former vigor.
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Goodwin's
Joe Cannon
Congress
Joe
Illinois
Uncle Joe
May Slaugter
Humboldt Country
Nevada
Lamb
Reno
Jim Gardner
The Coming Hard Winter
A Seattle Argus note recounts a real estate rental incident where a landlord seeks back rent from a tenant as winter approaches. A woman offers a five dollar gold piece, but the landlord notes the tenant owes fifteen dollars monthly and three months in arrears. The exchange hints at harsher times ahead with winter approaching.
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Seattle Argus
Nevada Quarantine Declared On Eastern Stock
Governor Oddie proclaims a quarantine against all stock shipments originating east of Montana Wyoming Colorado and New Mexico due to foot and mouth disease. Eastern stock may pass through Nevada with California authority. Nevada quarantine board may admit from the quarantined area on satisfactory showing. Eastern shipments entering Nevada must be fumigated first.
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Nevada
Oddie
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
California
California Abolishes Poll Tax By Popular Amendment
California voters adopt a broad amendment prohibiting any poll tax or head tax for any purpose. The measure repeals the state poll tax and wipes out local levies for roads, county hospitals, and all other uses. It is inclusive and outright in its terms.
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California
The Dardanelles Quest and a Political Digression
A historical piece weighs the Dardanelles defenses and potential Allied strategies, noting past naval passages and fortifications while considering whether forts could withstand a modern assault. It muses on the strategic temptations of passing the strait and warns of political backlash as Editor Fairbanks comments on women’s suffrage and voting attitudes toward gambling and divorce.
Prohibition Myths Across Europe and America
A paid advertisement argues that prohibition fails to curb drinking and enforces temperance only in name. It contrasts Germany France Italy with prohibitive states like Maine and Kansas, claiming strict laws push drinkers to covert, stronger beverages and do not reduce drunkenness. The piece cites Henry Watterson’s editorial critique.
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Germany
Maine
Kansas
Union
France
Italy
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier- Journal
Tonopah Justice of the Peace contest outcome
Nevada election notes P J Gallagher contests Tonopah Justice of the Peace seat against Harry Conseath with Conseath winning by 16 votes. Also reports on deaths, police searches, deputy appointments, mine closures, and local incidents across Nevada.
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P. J. Gallagher
Office of Justice of the Peace At
Tonopah
Harry Conseath
E. T. George
Battle Mountain
Winnemucca
Clerk Josephs
State Supreme Court
Hal Michels
Curzon City
Jesse Newnham
Charles Knox
Montana Tonopah Mining Company
Quarantine Prohibits Livestock Shipments Into Nevada
Governor issues a November quarantine halting cattle sheep and swine shipments and stock car movements from points east of Montana Wyoming Colorado and New Mexico to Nevada amid a Foot-and-Mouth disease outbreak. Nevada, Utah and Colorado set border restrictions as Montana reports a federal quarantine. Livestock traffic from beyond the eastern border is effectively blocked.
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Nevada
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Nevada Tightens Livestock Quarantine Measures
The Nevada State Quarantine Board announces strict rules restricting livestock entry from eastern points as Federal authorities enforce a nationwide disease control. Montana reports 14 states under Federal quarantine and the aim is to prevent spread to Nevada herds while hoping the danger abates soon and shipments can resume gradually.
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Montana
Nevada
W. B. Maox
State Quarantine Board
Newlands Wins Senatorship in Nevada Race
Carson Nevada November 14 Francis G Newlands Democrat was re-elected United States Senator on November 3 over Samuel Platt Republican by a 38 vote plurality. Official canvass totals show Newlands 8075 Platt 8037 Miller 5436.
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Carson
Nevada
Francis G. Newlands
United States
Samuel Platt
Newlands
Platt
Miller
The Rising Tide of Truth and Liberty
Poem-like reflection on truth and liberty echoing James Russell Lowell. Imagery of sea and thunder conveys waking humanity, breaking fetters, and yearning for a renewed glory. The piece frames inward strife as a path toward renewed conscience and larger justice.
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James Russell Lowell
Barbecue At Alamo Ranch Draws 600 Friends
Reviving a custom of the late Governor John Sparks, the first owner of the Alamo ranch three miles south of Reno, W. H. Moffat the present owner hosted a barbecue there recently attended by about 600 friends.
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John Sparks
Alamo Ranch
Reno
W. H. Moffat
Suppose You and Your Sweetheart Were Far Apart
A verse by Eugene Field questions how one would respond when emotional distance grows between lovers. The speaker imagines practical steps and shared knowledge between the speaker and the beloved, pondering longing, distance, and possible actions.
To a Friend by Hartley Explore of Nature and Love
A fragmentary meditation on shared devotion and the beauty of nature. The speaker reflects on a mutual heart and mind, longing and wonder, as hills and streams endure beyond human joy. The poem evokes timeless landscapes and the unsounded music of existence.
Nightly visits and wary patience described
A fragment depicts a man visiting a woman nightly, with some hopeful notes that she should experience more of her future while uncertainty and weariness color the scenes. The text suggests social pressures and personal endurance in a limited, informal exchange.
Tonopah Arsonist Thomason Sentenced to Twenty Years
Boris Thomason pleaded guilty to arson in the first degree for starting a blaze that destroyed the Nevada theater and several adjacent buildings in Tonopah. District Judge Averill sentenced him this afternoon to not less than 20 years in the state penitentiary. Sheriff Malley will escort the prisoner to Carson tomorrow to begin serving the term.
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Tonopah
Nevada
Boris Thomasen
Averill
Thomason
Morrow
Malley
Depay
Carson
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