Eureka News Roundup Includes Travel, Sales and Local Appointments
Saturday edition reports Wilbur J. Lacey leaving for San Francisco aboard the day’s train and twenty head of broken horses put up for sale. Surveyor Charles De Armond of Elko visited Eureka, with other Nevada residents noted. county officials and residents share travel, business, and school updates. The Eureka Cash Store received flour shipments, local marriages and returns from California trips are recorded, religious services held, and Manuel Aguirre buys the Venezia Hotel with plans to run it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur J. Lacey
San Francisco
Charles de Armond
Elko
Ulysses Lani
Lou Englert
Eureka
W. J. Kelsey
A. W. Lambert
Winnemuces
Nevada
Eureka Cash Store
Edgar Eather
California
Peter Breen
Austin
Lander County District Court
R. J. Reid
San Mateo
Reid
H. G. Wedekind
Connolly
Prospect, Mountain
Next Eureka Quota Heads To Leave November Fifth
Eureka County Board received word from the Adjutant General that the next quota for the training camp at American Legion would consist of eleven men and train on November fifth. Pending cases before the District Board at Reno prevent listing the men aloud at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka County
Adjutant General
American
Reno
Hearing of water protests in Eureka hearings
State Engineer J.G. Serugham conducted a day of hearings at the Eureka Courthouse on Monday over six water applications. Protests were filed by agents of the R. Sadler estate, the Eureka Land & Stock Company, and others for waters from Summit, Wittekin, Steel, Poison Canyon, Mining Canyon, and Mt. Hope tunnels. The engineer will inspect sites and gather more evidence before ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Hope
Eureka
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hope
Eureka-Holly
Adams Hill
Isaac T. Handley
Omaha
Richard Gibson
Handley
Elko
James Hunter
G. W. Leighton
Episcopal Church
E. H. Price
J. H. Littlefair
A.B. Lightfoot
Eureka Schools
Ely
Nevada
S. Herbert Williams
Smoky Development Company
Lane City
Manuel Aguirre
Angelo Bertolo
Venezia
South Main Street
Bureau Hotel
Serugham
J.G. Serugham
Domingo Recatume
Summit
Wittekin Springs
Edgar Sadler
R. Sadler
Eureka Land & Stock Company
Margaret Delaney
Steel Springs
E. Sadler
War Notes of Eureka Boys
A Eureka telegram from Joseph Tognoni reports discharge for disability on October 24 after leaving Camp Lewis and securing work in a Tacoma studio. Another letter says 25 of the 42d squadron at Dayton volunteered for France, including Frank Nontrosa and Theodore Johnson, who planned to depart for New York October 26. Local men Burdick Fine Nostrosa Jr. were notified their exemption papers went missing and must refile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Joseph Tognoni
Nye County
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Washington
Frank Nontrosa
42D
Dayton
Ohio
France
Theodore Johnson
Johnson
New York
Herbert Burdick
Stanley Fine
Dan Nostrosa, Jr
District Board
Reno
Eureka County Tax Rate Cut by Seven Cents
County Auditor Edgar Eather reports Nevada Tax Commission approval of a seven cent reduction per $100 valuation on Eureka County's rate for 1917. Outside Eureka town the rate becomes $1.6235, inside the town $2.0435, with 30 cents off for electric lighting yielding a 37 cent internal cut. Assessment Roll extends now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Eather
Nevada Tax Commission
Eureka
Beeson Family Presents ThreeinOne Show at Eureka Theatre
Vaudeville program by the Beeson family at the Eureka Theatre Monday night October 29 features drama vaudeville and trained animals in a merit show without vulgarity. Admission 60 cents for adults 25 cents for children. Performance begins at 8 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Theatre
Beeson
Advt
Metal Market Notes from Thursday Quotations
Silver in New York at 82 cents per ounce. Lead at New York 65.00. Copper bid quoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pioneer Miner Turns Cleric in Eureka Retrospective
The Eureka editor recalls a 1880 interview with Charles D. Bulla, a miner turned minister, who visited Eureka during a boom period marked by mines, furnaces, and a devastating August fire. Bulla described wild-cat mining, the smelter, and his role as a community figure, later serving Washington, the Methodist Church, and as Sunday Schools secretary while praising Eureka Schools and Principal Priest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skillman
Inquirer
Charles D. Bulla
John
West
Eureka
Eureka Consolidated Smelter
The
Washington, D. C
Methodist Church
Bulla
Charles Priest
Ruby Hill
Old Timers Recall Eureka Days and Farewell Train
Acknowledging the town’s past, a figure departed on a morning train to Nashville, Tennessee. He left with the Sentinel’s best wishes for Eurekans’ happiness and prosperity, extending to both youths and elders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tennessee
Moving Pictures at Eureka Theatre Change of Film Service
On Sunday evening October 28 Victor Moore and Anita King star in The Race a daring auto photo comedy based on Kings cross continent drive with Braving Blazes before it. Beginning Friday November 2 Eureka Theatre switches from Paramount to World Film presenting The Feast of Life with Clara Kimball Young. admissions remain 25 and 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Moore
Anita King
Eureka Theatre
Paramount Company
World Film Corporation
Clara Kimball Young
Ore Shipments This Week From Eureka To Salt Lake Smelters
Ore shipments this week move from Eureka to Salt Lake smelters. Three cars from Distinction mine on Prospect mountain by Repetto Pastorio. Two cars from Eureka Conslag dump by Richmond Eureka. Five cars from Connolly mine on Prospect mountain by Eureka-Croesus. Three cars from Phenix mine on Ruby Hill by J H Jury. Three cars from Hamilton by Charles Minoletti. Three cars from Lucid tuffa mine on Prospect mountain by Eureka Nevada Mining Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Salt Lake
Repetto & Pastorio
Distinction
Prospect Mountain
Richmond- Eureka Company
Eureka-Croesus
Connolly
J. H. Jury
Phenix
Ruby Hill
Charles Minoletti
Hamilton
Eureka-Nevada Mining Company
Lucidtuffa
Death of Two Weeks Old Infant in Eureka
The two weeks old daughter of Mrs. Joseph Minoletti of Eureka died at the family home early last Sunday and was buried the next afternoon in the family plot at the Catholic cemetery with relatives and friends assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Minoletti
Eureka
Shale Demonstration Plant Under Construction in Elko
Oscar Streeter builds a small shale oil plant in Elko to demonstrate extraction. It targets about 90 gallons of oil per ton of shale and reports similar ammonium sulfate extraction to government tests. Government data claim Elko shale oil content is higher than any other in the United States. Operation planned to start in about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko Independent
Oscar Streeter
Mr. Streeter
Elko
United States
Streeter
Eureka Red Cross Chapter Report On Completed Garments
Eureka's Red Cross Chapter met Wednesday with sixteen members present. The list shows completed garments and knitted items sent to the Reno Chapter by today's train, including nightgowns, bed robes, bed socks, hot water bottle covers, scultetus bandages, sweaters, mullers, socks and wristlets. A business meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday evening and all members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Eureka
Reno
High School Notes on Thanksgiving Play Plans
Two months of work are finished and exams held. The annual three act comedy The Strange Adventures of Miss Smith is being prepared for Thanksgiving Day. Velma Reynolds and Raymond Pastorino were absent for sickness and travel. D. D. Charles D. Bulla of Nashville spoke to students about postwar challenges and urged readiness for future tasks. Reporter Roser rt Larro notes the visit and its impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Smith
Velma Reynolds
Raymond Pastorino
Newark
Charles D. Bulla
D. D
Nashville
Tennessee
Bureau Hotel Deed and Hotel Property Transfer
Deed transfer recorded for Eu reka town block 35 lot No 7. Angelo Berrolo and Domenica Berrolo convey to Manuel Aguirre the Bureau Hotel property including frame hotel building and outhouses, with all improvements and personal property. consideration $5000. Recording dates October 23, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviator
J. F. McLaughlin
R. W. Zadow
Alice Fedgew
Angelo Berrolo
Domenica Berrolo
Manuel Aguirre
Eureka
Bureau
Sgt Walker to accompany mother to coast for health care
Sergeant W. G. Walker of the Nevada State Police will depart Saturday morning with his mother Mrs. W. G. Blair for the coast. Mrs. Blair plans to enter the St. Helena sanitarium for a month of treatment, following a period of poor health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah
W. G. Walker
Nevada
Options Taken On Mining Properties
W A Barnes of San Francisco has taken options on the McNaughton mines known as the Williams group on Prospect mountain and on the old Farmers Mining Company property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Barnes
San Francisco
McNaughton Mines
Williams Group
Prospect Mountain
Old Farmers Mining Company
Thankful note for kindness during illness and death
The families Josera Minouerri express heartfelt gratitude to all who offered kindness and assistance during the illness and death of their beloved little daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mas
Josera Minouerri
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Eileen Breen
Carlin
Mabel K. Young
Alma Woods
Today
Eureka Boys
Sun- Turan
Nob Hill
Main Street
Cole's
A. Moore
Murray
Midvale
Utah
Inel
Palisade
Roserrt Larro
Recorder of
Eurekans
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