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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1907
Page
2
The Eureka Sentinel lists subscription terms for Bm. A. Seililman including rates for one year three months and per week. The paper notes entry at Eureka Post Office as a second class matter and carries a Saturday October 19, 1907 date.
The San Francisco Recover editor and San Francisco Union discuss the mining stock slump. They cite past boom cycles fueled by bold promotions in Goldfield Tonopah and related camps, warning that only a major new discovery or broad financial shift can revive prices while noting the East against West liquidity tension and recent market pessimism. A separate note reports Nye County cattle purchases as Ely Expositor notes John Stemper buys 500 head from Nevada sellers for a wholesale meat operation.
Souvenir postcards mailed in the United States supposedly help reduce the Post Office Department deficit. Government figures show handling costs about eight cents per pound, with 120 postcards per pound and one cent postage per card. Profit on letters about 70 cents per pound, but books lose four cents per pound. book and newspaper mail drive the overall deficit.
Dr George A Turner of Gold Field was elected president of the Nevada State Medical Society at a recent meeting. The 23 year old physician’s achievement is noted as a sign of promising leadership in Nevada medicine.
A poetic fragment describes warning signs of a loved one’s return with birds blooming trees and winds carrying a name. The speaker recalls a bird, Earth, and sea sending tidings that Lydia is coming, amid natural imagery and repeated lines about knowing she would return. Garrison.
Vienna reports a marked turn for the better in the condition of Francis Josper, aged Emperor King of Austria Hungary. Doctors say immediate danger has passed barring unforeseen complications, replacing fears with hopeful anticipations for his recovery.
C N Noteware, grand secretary of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Nevada, received a $680 check from San Francisco. Masons who oversaw San Francisco relief say thousands of Masons were aided after last year’s disaster, with the balance of funds being returned to donors. Nevada lodges contributed about $3500, yielding a 31942 to $100 return rate. Nationwide lodges supported the relief effort, with the aid committee collecting $334000 from storied lodges, aiding many in need regardless of membership.
A Wall Street Journal report notes that 147 railroads show depreciation of 591 million across years, 98 industrials 143 million, and the Boston News Bureau cites copper firms at 2 billion, totaling about 1.76 billion in depreciation, prompting reflection on vast financial shifts.
The latest market quotes show Silver at New York 11 cents per ounce, Lead at New York 4 dollars 75 cents per 100 pounds, and Copper coating at Salt Lake City 139 cents per pound. The report highlights regional pricing and commodity specifics for investors and traders.
Australian government pays a near 2.50 weekly aged pension. The note highlights differences in capital punishment practices and social welfare supports between nations.
Fragments of verses include Katharine Tynan lines about love and labor, Tennyson reflections on the piper and a creed and crown meditation by Swinburne. The text blends poetic fragments with authorship hints and era vibe, lacking a clear news event but preserving literary voices and imagery.
A compilation of mining district records listing amended certificates, location notices, and recounted locations across Cortes, Spring Valley, Prospect Mountain, Richmond, Calamity, Copperhead, Cortex, Eureka, and Milan. Names include KJ Erickwom Thomas Eaves Jol Thurchfie Dan McElroy Arthur J. Wood Huy Haris Tou Taylor BR L Phillipe W A Stevens F A Loucks A J Pedlar and others. Also notes Milan strike status and Italian soldier rations.
A brief notice from Tu Euirela Nevada dated October 14, 107 announces a local event. The message references CH and Gorman, with unclear details due to OCR fragment.
A vacancy will open next month in the Cottonwood School District Eu reka County. Anyone seeking the position may obtain full information by addressing the Board of School Trustees of the district.
The Adams Hill Mining Company will hold its regular annual stockholders meeting at its Eureka Nevada offices on Wednesday December 4 1907 at 2 oclock p m OC 8 Six President Eureka Nevada Oct 14 1907.
Notice of application for permission to appropriate public waters of Nevada. George Kamp of Ely submits for irrigation from Big Creek Canyon Nye County about 15 miles from Craw spring and 15 miles southwest of Troy town. Water to be conveyed by ditch at 3 cubic feet per second to unsurveyed land. State Engineer Frank B. Nicholas signs. First published October 19 1907, last November 16 1907.
The Denver Engineering Works builds the largest electrically driven mine hoist in the United States for Nevada Consolidated Copper at Ruth mine. It lifts eight tons per trip with 1500 feet per minute rope speed, 1000 horsepower, 55 tons weight, and a 10 000 pound main shaft. The double grooved drum hoist carries 10 tons rope pull with an immense post brake rated at 2000 tons on each drum.
The Goldfield Miners' Union warns that labor conditions in Goldfield Nevada are misrepresented to attract workers while many are unemployed and leasers fail to pay. They claim camp housing and living costs rise as newcomers arrive, with winter hardship ahead and work scarce for all, urging workers to stay away. Elkin Cohn, once wealthy farmer from Carson Valley, is dying penniless in an Oakland infirmary.
A bank run began Monday at the Run On Goldfield Bank after a cashier claimed no funds to cash checks. The panic spread as a woman warned friends, but after authorities stabilized the run deposits ended up $34,000 higher than withdrawals. In other news, Margaret Chiatovich was named postmistress at Silver Peak in Esmeralda County.
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