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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1915
Page
4
The article notes German and Allied losses totaling about 250000 in days of fighting, with Germans losing around 120000, Allies possibly the same, and warns such scale surpasses Civil War casualties. It compares the current carnage with four years of Civil War deaths, calling the conflict unparalleled and urging such ferocity to deter repetition.
The Latapi ranch in Mono County sold to Carson Valley farmers, with grazing needs noted for cattle herds. Postmaster John Reynolds, ousted after an inspector’s probe, is reinstated with full exoneration. Rhyolite postmaster John Marquis died en route to Las Vegas, his eight years residing there. Rawhide mine sale by Alex Chalmers to Silver Peak Mining Co. Nevada new plant planned.
The British government released Brand Whitlock’s full report on Edith Cavell’s execution after aiding Allied soldiers. It details Gibson and a Spanish minister’s midnight appeal to German Governor von der Lancken and notes alleged German bad faith in withholding trial and sentence information. Cavell, calmly defending her actions, accepted her guilt and death for her country as clergyman McGahan reported her composure during a last communion. Separate dispatches indicate California I W W members sparked further upheaval in hop country, with a Sacramento fire causing $35,000 in damage.
In Eureka Nevada on October 23 1916 postmaster L Broy lists unclaimed mail by name including JH Bachman Mrs Ed Chase Lis Goieasole Perry Fuller Tames Jones Mrs Knemeyer Archie Morton Mrs Mitchell 83 W Seelinger Robert Syward LL Williamson 2-Goset Boesvale Serio Liovanni Luka Valeerie Antonio M Echerania Francisco Trigeyen Pedro Hundain Pedro Nigolanrena Guis Arbunies D Ignacio Zamexa and others awaiting pickup at the local office.
A 16 year old pupil from Stewart Indian School in Carson escaped and walked about 200 miles to Tonopah, subsisting on sage and grass. He was returned to the institute and pledged to reform. The tale accompanies a foreclosure case involving Cisco and a $150,000 mortgage.
Used 25-hp Fairbanks Morse hoist in first class condition for sale at 425 dollars cash. Includes 30 foot 500 foot steel hoisting cable two large ore buckets tanks pipe connections and more. Contact H G McMahon Goldfield Nevada mention Eureka Sxsriven.
The piece offers practical tips for amateur motorists. It covers adjusting spark plug points, using glycerine on windshields to improve visibility, shifting gears quickly, cleaning carbon deposits by spraying water and kerosene, and adjusting brakes with jacks to prevent tire strain. It emphasizes avoiding overuse of glycerine and not delaying gear changes.
By authority of an Act of the Legislature approved March 25, 1915, every owner of brands or tracks must record the engine in the County Recorder’s office by January 1, 1916 and again within 60 days before each five year period. After January 1, 2016, unrecorded brands are abandoned. Fees: $2.00 to record, 60 cents to re-record. Edgar Bathe, County Recorder, Burrs County Nevada. First appearance October 23, 1915. publication December 4, 1915.
A reward of 15 dollars is offered for the recovery and delivery of a mule weighing about 1200 pounds. The mule has a reversed Land P brand on the left jaw and was recently bought from John Etchevery, who acquired it from Thomas Dixon. The purchaser listed is ANTONIO TOGNONI, Eureka, Nevada, on October 24, 1915.
CENERAL DRAYING offers draying and hauling at reasonable rates. Wood coal and hay for sale in large or small quantities with delivery across Eureka. Leave orders at Otto Man's on Main Street in Eureka. R A Laird.
A brief legal notice notes available cash sale blanks at Sentinel offices. Details are unreadable in the fragment, but the item is listed as passive public sale stationery for purchase by interested parties.
E R Sans of the Interior Department arrives in Elko to deploy about six trappers in the northern county to combat rabid coyotes and other predators. He plans to station roughly 20 experienced men in the field, paid by the government, to shoot poison and trap, with all animal heads delivered to authorities. Currently 14 workers operate in Humboldt and Washoe counties, with Winnemucca to serve as headquarters as rabies worry grows.
The text advises using gasoline to clean a dirty plug, washing it thoroughly, then igniting the tip and finishing with fine emery paper polishing.
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