Wanamaker Sees New Prosperity Era Ahead
John Wanamaker predicts an extended prosperity in the United States and has expanded advertising to capture greater trade. The Salt Lake Tribune notes nationwide optimism as good crops, falling prices, and possible job gains from a Washington conference offer hope. Congress delays on taxation and tariff legislation slow progress, but a satisfactory law is hoped soon, paving the way for trade resumption.
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John Wanamaker
United States
Mr. Wanamaker
Prince
Salt Lake Tribune
Washington
Congress
Hardink
Back to School Movement Sparks Rotary Plan
In Blackwell Oklahoma the 1919 inquiry showed 11 of 39 grammar graduates chose not to continue. By 1920 the Blackwell plan and similar Rotary efforts expanded nationwide with clubs in Memphis and Newburgh reporting high follow-through to higher schooling. Dallas funds loans at four percent while clubs aid students with work and local campaigns standardized for efficiency.
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Saturday Evening Post
Rotary Club
Blackwell
Oklahoma
John
Rotary Clubs
Canada
Rotarians
Memphis
Tennessee
Newburgh
New York
Dallas
Texas
Rotary clubs advance popular education in every town
The Rotary Clubs have long held that popular education benefits both the community and the individual, valuing schooling beyond its cost. Their methods deserve study and potential adoption by towns with high schools not yet involved in similar efforts.
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Costa
Rotary Clubs
Arbuckle Held for Manslaughter in Rappe Death
Roscoe Arbuckle released on five thousand dollar cash bail after a preliminary hearing reduced a murder charge to manslaughter in the Virginia Rappe death case. Judge Lazarus said the evidence was insufficient for murder but warranted holding for manslaughter. arraignment set for October 3.
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San Francisco
Hoxcoe C. Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
Rambina Maude Delmont
Teday
Sylvain Lazarus
Lazarus
Hotel St. Francis
Miss Rappe
Roscoe
A. C. Arbuckle
Leandore Golden
Milton T. U'Ren
Isidore Golden
Arthur Beardaslee
Judge Frees Attackie for Manslaughter Charge
District attorney seeks release on own recognizance as bail set at 5000 cash or 19000 bonds on a superior court murder case tied to a grand jury indictment. Judge Lazarus notes limited evidence, urges full facts disclosure, and finds sufficient grounds for manslaughter charge while denying murder.
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Attackie
Lazarus
Roscoe Arbuckle
Irrigation Push Gains Ground Across Nevada
From Pahrump to Susanville reports show major irrigation developments expanding across the state and neighboring regions. The influx of agricultural settlers is reshaping Nevada as a land of farming opportunities and rising population, with water and land increasingly available for large scale cultivation.
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Reno
Pahrump
Biko County
Susanville
Nevada City
Sierras
Hite
California
Nevada
Union
Kanaas
Stull
Salvation Army Opens Quarters at Tonopah
Tonopah Nevada September 26 The Salvation Army returns after seven years to open quarters opposite the Elks Club. Street services and indoors nightly sessions will begin in about a week.
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Tonopah
Nevada
Salvation Army
Elks’ Club
Horse Thief Captured Near Montello by Sheriff
Sheriff Harris of Elko detained J. C. Allman a young man accused of stealing a horse and saddle. After a long chase the suspect was brought to Elko to face trial.
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Harris
Elko
Montello
J. C. Allman
Naval Nicknames Across Allied Fleets In Old Dispatches
Curious nicknames label British and American ships from naval history. The Ariadne is the fairy Annie and Hagey Agony while the Narcia bears the Nasty Sisters and the Cressy the Greaser. The Inconstant is Inkstand and Iphigenia the Stily Jane, Lucifer the Match Box, Heente called The Tom, and Nep tune the Jews Harp. American ships also received colorful monikers such as Baxsacus the Sassy Case and Wissahickon the Widow Tiggides. In commerce news Eureka Cash Store ships a supply of white and red lead lamp black brushes and paints for the painting season. Legal blanks are available at the Sentinel office.
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Hagey Agony
Cressy
Greaser
Inconstant
Jane
Lucifer
Heente
Neptune
Wissahickon
Tiggides
Wyall
Chicago Daily News
Eureka Cash Store
DRAINING THE COLORADO BASIN
The Tonopah Times reports Los Angeles seeks 8000 second feet of Green River water to develop about 500000 horsepower, with Utah fees totaling 26000. The action, expanding storage for 1500000 acre feet, foreshadows major rights consolidation to divert river flow from agriculture, potentially triggering interstate disputes over Colorado's waters.
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Tonopah
Colorado River
Boulder Canyon
Nevada
Los Angeles
Utah
Fim
Green River
Owens Valley
Colorado
Wyoming
Grand Canyon
Promising Opening in Wild Horse Demonstration
A traveling showman describes his Tar tary wild horse as a real terror. He offers five pounds per minute to anyone who stays on the horse, claiming the animal shakes riders off in ten seconds. A humorist asks to try, but the showman jokes that the horse’s mouth is too small, then quips about ownership.
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Tartary
Californian Uses Oil Finder in Nevada Venture
Rene A. Haupt, Berkeley, plans to locate a Nevada oil well for a 25 000 bonus to the first to yield 100 barrels a day for 20 consecutive days. Haupt owns Mansfield Automatic Water and Oil Finder, claimed to locate water and oil via atmospheric current, magnetic coil, and a marine compass-like needle, with prior use in Taft Bakersfield and Coalinga. The machine, praised by financiers in San Francisco Sacramento and Merced, allegedly netted its inventor 50 million dollars and has been used in Russia Australia and various U S regions. We are told next week to fall...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Rene A. Huant
Tle
California
Nevada
Sagebrush
Haste Trent
Berkeley
Taft
Bakersfield
Coalinga
San Francisco
Sacramento
Merced
William Mansfield
Colonization plan eyed to spur land sales and oil bids
Plans outlined by the Chamber of Commerce aim to mobilize county agents and banks to compile land data, set fair prices with owner consent, and present profitable parcels to settlers. Banks would finance development if prices are reasonable, while a $25,000 prize awaits the first oil well producing 100 barrels daily for 30 consecutive days. A Nevada trip signals new oil prospects, with Napa Valley eyed for a future field and California’s high gravity oil described as exceptional.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gazetta
Biy
Atty
Stinnington
Rugby
Nev
Nevara
Napa Valley
Gifornia
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Flora Durfee
Golden
Case
Sentinel Office
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Hn Bec
Eureka
Eureka- Nevada Railway
Eureka, Nevada
Angelo Berolo
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Verdi Lumber Company
Elko, Nevada
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