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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1909
Page
2
October 21 reports reveal 48 812 names taken from U S pension rolls that year with 32 881 Civil War survivors among them. The fiscal year ending June 30 1909 disbursed 161 990 703 dollars the largest annual pension outlay. At year start 951 687 pensioners, 46 085 new, 910 104 on roll at year end a net decrease 5 403. Civil War survivors on rolls 693 961.
John McNaughton of Raby Hill passed through the Valley on Monday while Mrs. Theresa Romano visited the Smith ranch. Ranchers William Robinson and W. H. Smith dug potato crops. Various locals including the Damele family, Dr H Hagar, and Chas Minoletti with infant son moved between farms. Clarence Perry plans departure for Horeke and Newark mill in about a week. Albert Maghan reports a gold strike nearby and discusses potential automobile purchase. no assay results yet and Mr. Win Sisk has mining ties. R A D
Johnny Jackson an Indian employed by J J Wilson and others in Monitor valley was accidentally killed while deer hooting about two weeks ago. He was in a party of five, missing after a shot heard in the area. his body was found near his horse. Investigators believe he picked up a loaded rifle while seated, the gun discharged and bullet struck him. He rode about 100 yards then fell dead.
The Sun of New York praises Brigadier General J. B. Aleshire for a remount program supplying the U S Army with young, trained horses. New stations at Port Reve Oklahoma Fort Keogh Montana and Front Royal Virginia will breed train and purchase colts three and four years old to yield mounts for light and heavy cavalry. Fort Reno already houses about 1000 horses and similar expansion is expected at Keogh. Aleshire advocates regional breeding like France Germany and Austria and notes a fine horse supply belt west of Strasburg potentially feeding the system.
Mrs Clarence H Mackay leader of the Equal Franchise Society speaks in New York stressing nonmilitant methods to win voting rights for women. She calls for education and public discussion rather than street protests, and asserts unity with men in the goal of universal suffrage.
State exchanges report James Robinson of Reno returning home Sunday to find his wife dead in a chair from illness. The woman, a native of Ohio aged 60, is listed with cause as illness and the event adds to local distress.
A large canal project moves 12 miles from the Humboldt river toward Hem dohit House to feed the major reservoir area with a 40 by 2 foot cross section and 10 foot depth. The structure is expected to finish by January 1911 and can carry flood waters westward.
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A Santa Barbara mother mourns for a 15 year old boy believed missing in Nevada. Harold Shillman of 949 Milpas Street was last heard from in Helper Utah on September 14 1908 claiming he was bound for Tonopah Nevada. The youth is described as nervous with brown hair and eyes and a dark complexion.
The Nevada mining company and attorney in fact seek a U S patent for multiple mineral lodes in the Carwine City Navade Nevada area. The proposal covers Quartzite Porphyry Bale November lode and related claims with detailed survey bearings and distances prior to register approval at Carson City. Affected properties include the January February and November lodes with surface grounds and numerous corners, monuments, and references to Government surveys and patents.
Survey notes detail lode claims in Eureka County with bearings and distances, listing conflicts among the Harris, Price, Davies, and Albion Consolidated workings. It notes adjacent unsurveyed lodes and references county records, dates, and regulatory statements, dated December 25, 1902.
Mining engineer Martin M. Westland reports rising costs and timber scarcity across US and Mexican mines. He notes reinforced concrete as a practical substitute, with Arizona and Nevada firms already trialing the method and contracts awarded, signaling a shift away from traditional timber for roof and wall support.
Dr. Robert Lambert, Bellevue Hospital visiting physician and Cornell professor, announces a new remedy to obliterate cravings for cocaine morphine or alcohol within three days. He lists ingredients of bella lama tincture prickly ash and hyoscyamus and reports over two months of successful tests with no failures.
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