Nevada Spirit Church Plans New Fallon Gymnasium
A contract to build a Methodist church gymnasium in Fallon was signed and will start immediately at a cost of 4500 dollars. Nevada mining news notes 16 claims near Carson City acquired by Simon Extension Mining Co to drive a 1300 foot crosscut to reach a copper and silver vein. C C Wright, former Churchill County Mail writer, travels south seas to prepare magazine material. Harvey Sewell of A W Sewell Co goes to Reno to take over Novacovich Mercantile and enter Reno retail. Tonopah scale debates grow as Goldfield firms consider wage demands. Lovelock installs 4700 feet of iron water mains and new hydrants, cutting fire insurance rates citywide.
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Methodist
Fallon
Sixtenn
Ganon
Carson City
Simon Extension Mining Company
C.C. Wright
Churchill County Magle
Winnemucca
San Francisco
South Seas
Harvey Sewell
A. W. Sewell Company
Biko
Reno
Novacovich Mercantila Company
Young Sewell
Nevada
Elko County
Deep Mines
Tonopah
Lovelock
Hoover hails Colorado River pact as interstate solution
Secretary Hoover, chairing the Colorado River Commission, telegrammed President Harding praising the Santa Fe agreement among seven states and the federal government to develop Colorado river water powers. He said the treaty frees the system from a generation of litigation and halted development, noting it marks a rare interstate remedy outside courts.
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Washington
Hoover
Colorado River Commission
Harding
Santa Fe
N. M
Colorado River
Hoe
Doctor’s serum cure for Rocky Mountain fever found
New York reported Dr Hideye of the Rockefeller Institute discovered a serum cure for Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Previously no cure existed, the disease is transmitted by wood ticks and has high mortality in the Montane district. The remedy uses serum from inoculated pigs.
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New York
Hideye
Rockefeller Institute
Narrow Escape After Nitro Charge Blows in Well
An all-well shooter near St Marys West Virginia escaped death when a bitroglycerine charge exploded in a well as he prepared to lower a shot. The first blast knocked him to cover a can of shot number two, rocks showered him, but the nitro beneath him did not ignite. The derrick was damaged and a nearby wagon holding nitro was threatened. Authorities believe a stone caused the blast.
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St. Marys
West Virginia
Education Week Promoted by Bureau of Education
Washington announces a nationwide observance of Education Week starting after Thanksgiving with daily educational broadcasts, film theater cooperation, and proclamations by governors and mayors to boost educational enthusiasm. The program includes December 9 as a key date and top national topics chosen for daily focus.
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Washington
Bureau of Education
Inter-Department
Tigert
Reed
Willie Hoppe Again Champion in 18.2 Billiards title
New York notes Willie Hoppe regains the 18.2 balkline billiards championship by defeating title-holder Jake Schaefer 500 to 283 in the international final. He secured the win in the twelfth inning with a 106 unfinished run despite a strained right arm and pain from masse shots. He pledged to defend the title next season.
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New York
Willie Hoppe
Seawave
Jake Schaefer
Hoppe
MEW GOVERNMENT proposes livestock and market statistics program
The department outlines a new service to collect and share information on agriculture. It aims to influence farm business on a solid economic basis by publishing statistics on livestock production and current market movements. The first report on the July call and lamb crop is due, with yearly revisions each January. Plans for corn belt states may follow. A semi annual cattle supply estimate for spring and fall will be issued in February and August.
Swede buys trolley car from stranger in New Jersey
In Passaic to Hoboken service, Olaf Jansen of Sweden claimed he paid $100 to a prosperous stranger for a Public Service trolley car. Jansen, who had the savings, said the seller boasted about clearing 200,000 on an eight-cent fare basis. The man vanished after instructing Jansen to board the car back and tell the conductor he was the new owner.
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Becauseus
N. J
Public Service Corporation
Passaic
Hoboken
Olaf Jansen
Sweden
Jansen
Wells pioneer John Watts Dies After Wife’s Death
Elko Nevada Nov 19 John Watts a Wells pioneer after learning his wife died of pneumonia at 4 am made his will appointed guardians for burial and said life was not worth living without her He died at 7 30 am Thursday and was buried in Wells cemetery.
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Elko
Nevada
John Watts
Wells
Watts
Wells Cemetery
C P Railway Unmerger Hearing Starts in D C
Washington November 21 hearing opens before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the Southern Pacific Central Pacific merger dissolution. Fred H Wood for Southern Pacific disputes a California Producers' and Shippers' Association claim, while officials from Colorado Idaho Arizona Utah California and Wyoming seek intervention. L J Spence of Southern Pacific outlines interlocked operations since 1885 and warns dissolution would raise perplexing problems in maintaining a unified system.
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Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain Territory
Intimate
Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific Railroad
Central Pacific
Supreme Court
Wood
Union Pacific
Fred H. Wood
Southern Pacific
California Producers’ and Shippers’ Association
Union Pacific Railway
Alles
B. F. Treadwell
Association
Colorado
Idaho
Arizona
Utah
California
Wyoming
Commission
Meyer
Clark
Mondell
Southern Pacific- Central Pacific
L. J. Spence
Exchange of Securities
Sproule
Mr. Spence
Fugitive Sultan Radioes Wives in Malta Stirring Harem Rivalry
Constantinople reports Mohammed VI fled to Malta after leaving his harem behind. He asked about his wives. a Cirkaudun palace gardener’s daughter, recently married to the sultan, became the favorite. The sultan allegedly took $500000 in currency a gold dinner set valued at $250000 and jewels worth several hundred thousand dollars along with a feld marshal's uniform.
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Constantinople
Omdala
Mohammed VI
Malta
First American Woman Senator Ends Brief Georgia Term
Washington reports Mrs. W. H. Felton of Georgia served as the first American woman senator for twenty two hours and twenty five minutes before Walter F. George was sworn in as her successor. Felton answered once to her name and spoke briefly amid applause from senators and spectators.
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Washington
W. H. Felton
Georgia
Walter F. George
Felton
Tonopah Bakeries Cut Bread Prices In Nevada
Tonopah Nevada announces Bread prices drop with a 24 ounce loaf down to ten and a 32 ounce sandwich loaf at twenty, plus lower meat and provisions costs. Rents reduced and overall cost of living claimed cheaper than coastal cities. Local ranchers kill meat for county markets, with price cuts extending to restaurant meat orders and extra services.
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Tonopah
Nevada
Bowsoe
Itte
Fifty Years Ago Platinum Priced Against Aliver
A mixed bundle of archival notes recounts historic prices for platinum versus aliver, offshore industrial changes, and a series of quotes on education. It mentions the Kearsarge being cut into a crane ship with a 260 ton lift capacity, Dahlian notes on Petrograd statues, Harvard president emeritus Eliot on domestic arts, and a Dartmouth College remark on restricting access to higher education for intellectuals.
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Kearsarge
Alexander III
Petrograd
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Woodrow Wilson
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Boston
Delaware River
Independence Hall
Dartmouth College
After Dinner Stories and a Candid Army Major
A rookie, saluting etiquette ignored, gazed in awe at campaign ribbons on a major. The major candidly admits occasional drinking. The rookie offers liquor, prompting the major to deflect politely. A guard corporal is summoned as the buck protests there is only enough for two.
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Ae Pot
Nevada joins San Joaquin joint stock land bank plan
The United States approves Nevada inclusion in a joint stock land bank scheme to assist ranch lands and improvements with insured loans up to 20 percent of appraised value and real estate loans up to 40,000. A Nevada inspector will appraise applications to assess merits as funds depend on quick appraisals. Banks operate from San Francisco to Portland, with Nevada under San Francisco jurisdiction. loans run 20 to 33 years with semiannual payments. Rubber-block paving for St Marins Lane in London noted for quiet, durable foundation despite higher initial costs.
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United States
San Predieco Joint Stocks Land Bank Iy
Nevada
Tn Co
John & Irp
San Tote Stock Land Bank
Nevada Land & Live Stock
Ttwau
Sas Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Honda
Notice of Horses Shipped from Beowana Nevada to Petaluma Cal
Sheriff M Mahoney of Eureka County Nevada issues a notice dated November 2 1922 listing horses and mules shipped via Southern Pacific Railroad in care of W C McDevitt with inventory numbers 37286 and 27402. Inspectors count 56 animals with branding details including VB on left thigh long 18 on left shoulder diamonds on left thigh and Bar M left thigh. Statement No 36 signed by Deputy W J Shultes.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Beowane
Nevada
Petaluma
Cal
W. C. McDevitt
M. Mahoney
Eureka County
W. J. Shultes
Estray Notice of White-Faced Bull at Bar C Ranch Nevada
A white-faced aged bull branded with 9 wheel on the left shoulder and connected on the left rib came to the Bar C Ranch in Eureka County Nevada. Owner may recover by paying feed bill and ad cost. Apply to J Hunter Bar C Ranch Eureka Nevada. November 24 192% n26 t8
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Bar C Ranch
Eureka County
Nevada
J. Hunter
Eureka
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Arthur Stanley
Miss Dennings
Steve Keene
Jane
the Browns
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C.P. Railway
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Ome
Tonopah Bakeries
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Osa
St. Marin’s Lane
London
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George E. Cox
Strawberry
A. Michelonet
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