Nevada News Notes Rhyolite Post Office Closes
Nevada State News reports Rhyolite ceases to be a post office after officials direct discontinuation due to no local postmaster. Frank Healey of Tonopah becomes official reporter for Railroad and Public Service Commission and will reside in Carson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhyolite
Railroad and Public Service Commission
Frank Healey
Tonopah
West End Mining Company
Carson
Barney Reymers
Yerington
Reymer
Lyon County
J. F. Shaughnessy
Nevada Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce
John H. Marble
Newlands
Pittman
B. G. Breadsdale
Las Vegas
Reno Journal
Board of Health
Duckwater News Notes Local Business and School Developments
Paul Irwin and Ed Halstead travel to Tonopah by auto on a business trip. Mrs. Paul Irwin begins teaching at Grand Center in Railroad Valley near the potash fields. Wm Mendes returns from a Thoroughbred Shorthorns visit. his cattle herd and ranch are highlighted. R A Dean visits Hamilton. Duckwater schoolhouse gains rustic siding and painting. Frank Vanover grades the road to the post office. Joe Tognoni, once Duckwater forest ranger candidate, is now assigned to Paradise Valley after serving as postmaster, with his mother Myrtle Tognoni managing the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Irwin
Ed Halstead
Tonopah
Grand Center
Railroad Valley
Wm. Mendes
Duckwater
Mendes
R. A. Dean
Hamilton
Frank Vanover
Joe Tognoni
Nevada Men Sought for South American Mining Firm
M E Pratt of the South American Development Company in Guayaquil is visiting Reno seeking Nevada mining graduates for positions in Ecuador. Last spring two Nevadans joined the staff after J B Higgins visit. Pratt seeks an expert metallurgist and future references, favoring University of Nevada graduates or Western-trained men. Currently seven staff trained at Nevada work in the Ecuador camp, including Wolf, Kelly, Long, Sehraps, and Boyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Pratt
South American Development Company
Guayaquil
Ecuador
H. J. Pratt
Reno
University of Nevada
J. B. Higgins
Nevada
Mr. Pratt
A. L. Kelly
Leon R.C. Long
Paul C. Sehraps
Alex, Boyle
Frictional war losses and timber exports discussed in 1900s era notes
The fragment notes several historical points: Franco German War 1870 71 losses 10 killed per 58 wounded. 1904 05 Japan losses 10 per 37 wounded. Philippine forestry to send tropical timbers to US Forest Service for veneer suitability. Tennessee farmers and wage earners union opening a first Memphis store. British Columbia lakes cover 1.6 million acres from a 253 million acre area. Philippine cement production to start late 1913 with Rizal Cement Company building a factory near Manila at Binangonan, Rizal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Forestry of
Philippine Islands
United States Forest Service
Tennessee
Memphis
British Columbia
Philippines
Hong Kong
Rizal Cement Company
Philippine Corporation
Binangonan
Rizal Province
Manilan
The Rev Hicks 1914 Almanac and Publications Offer
The Rev Srl R Hicks 1914 Almanac is ready for mailing prepaid for 35 cents. Also available are Professor Hicks fue magazine Word and Works for one year and a copy of the almanac for 1 dollar. Plain astronomy lessons and forecasts of storms droughts blizzards and tornadoes are offered. Mail to Word and Works Publishing Company 3401 Frank Ita Avenue St Louis Mo for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
Srl R. Hicks
Professor Hicks
Fue
Word and Works
Alfalfa Silage Promoted as Best Feed for Dairies
Ben D. Cardinal reports from Bakersfield that alfalfa silage, stored in airtight tanks to ferment, is the best feed for dairy cattle. Southern California dairy men endorse it, Nevada is slower to adopt. California dairymen focus on thoroughbred stock, selling off lower class animals. A dairy testing association is planned at Minden, where Cardinal is a stockholder in local milling and butter firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Ben D. Cardinal
Bakersfield
Cal
Cardinal
Nevada
Minden
Minden Flour Milling Company
Minden Butter Manufacturing Company
Irwin Brothers buy Little Giant mill for Erdman canyon
Ralph and Paul Irwin, from Duckwater country, plan to install a complete Little Giant mill in Erdman canyon about 30 miles north and east of Willow Creek. They depart Monday with the patent mill by Alex Tetrault of Tonopah, manufactured by Campbell & Kelly, after observing ore treated at $85 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah
Ralph
Paul Irwin
Duckwater Country
Alex Tetrault
Campbell & Kelly
Erdman Canyon
Willow Creek
Morgan Hill Dies at 65, Noted Elko Cattleman
Sunday evening Morgan Hill died at his Elko home aged 65. He was one of the largest cattlemen in Elko County and had long resided in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Hill
Elko
Elko County
Daughters Born to Mayberry and Beemer Families
At Salt Lake City Utah on November 24 1913 a daughter was born to Mrs A P Mayberry wife of resident of Eureka now in Utah. At Reno Nevada on November 20 1913 a daughter was born to Mrs KE Beemer wife of KE Beemer. Mrs Beemer is daughter of Mr and Mrs P H Hjul of Eureka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
A. P. Mayberry
Summons in Nevada Divorce Case Eureka County 1918
The District Court of Eureka County Nevada summons Margaret E. Donahue to appear within ten days after service or twenty days if served outside the county to defend a divorce action filed by John F. Donahue. The complaint seeks dissolution of the marriage. Dated November 20, 1918. County Clerk R McCuaax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Third Judicial District
Nevada
Eureka
John F. Donahue
Margaret E. Donahue
Sald County
A. D
R, McCuaazax
Water Notice Notice of Application to Appropriate Public Waters
Notice is given that on November 19, 1918 Joseph Carroll of Palisade, Eureka County Nevada, applied to the State Engineer for permission to appropriate water from Red Spring Creek and Red Springs for irrigation and domestic use. A dam and ditches will convey water from Sec 16 T31N R?B to related parcels. Water not returned to stream. First publication November 25, 1915. Last publication December 87, Lis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Nevada
Joseph Carroll
Palisate
Eureka
Nevada
State of
Red Spring Creek
Red Springs
Criticism of California Supreme Court's location and integrity
The Sacramento Bee denounces the California Supreme Court for ignoring the constitution by residing in San Francisco rather than Sacramento. It argues the court is decayed, lacks respect, and serves big interests, citing waning nationwide quotation and public trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento Bee
Supreme Court of California
Sacramento
San Francisco
Union
Bill Nye
Laramie City
National boulevard will connect vast America and bring insight
A Salt Lake Telegram editorial envisions a 3000 mile National boulevard easing travel from New York to San Francisco. It argues the journey will educate travelers about the nation, prompting questions, observations, and a deeper sense of kinship with fellow Americans as each night’s stop brings new dress, speech, and habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
National Boulevard
Salt Lake
Wonderful Wireless Progress Across Nations
Wireless progress shows New York direct with England France Italy and Germany with plans for Norway. The Arlington Government station links warships in the Mediterranean and off Africa while a 600 foot tower at Calmito Panama will reach Guam and Samoa. Honolulu builds to connect the Philippines and Asiatic stations. Coast stations total 142 in the United States, leading Britain 76 Germany 22 Italy 19 Russia 10 France 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
England
France
Italy
Germany
Norway
United States
Arlington
Mediterranean
Africa
Calmito
Panama Canal Zone
Guam
Samoa
Honolulu
Philippines
Great Britain
Russia
Boys Advised to Shun Night Loafing for Good Citizenship
Clark County Review laments boys spending nights on streets as dangerous for character. It argues evenings at home with books shape virtuous future leaders who will govern, while street loafers risk penitentiaries and asylums. It warns parents will face heartbreak as consequences unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Review
The
Republic
Parenta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eureka Sentinel
SWERT
A. Seillman
State News
Los Angeles
Fish Lake Valley
Esmeralda County
Ed. Ryan
H.M. Wolfing
Government Bureau of Mines
Washington
Wolfing
William E. Curtis
Eugene Field
Kansas City
Chicago
Gene
William J. Curtis
Inter Ocean
North Borneo
Sentinel
South America
Pianca
Iautice
Irwin Bros. Purchase Mill
NEW Today
L. G. Wilson
Thin State
United States District Court
W. M. Kearney
Supreme Court
America
Eureka Supply Company
Palisade
Kaysville
Pillsbury
Graham
W. H. Russell
Eureka Nevada Railway
W. BE. Reynolds
Eureka, Nevada
Eureka Palisade
Eureks
Ta.m
Miners Hill
Weat
Zadow
Plummer Bros. Proprietors
B. Repetto
Lami
Eureka Brewery
Evnexa’s
Pervian Resort
Osfries
Main and
Clark Streets
Lani & Repetto
Angelo Berrolo
Prop
Poolie
Ofice Bureha
BP. Ho. Biull
Stallite
Mary Srumer - Eureca
Nevads
Man
T. Jouxnan & Co
Townsend Street
iMac Francises
Califorcis
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