Eureka Local Notes From Eureka Nevada 1904
Eureka Sentinel reports a Saturday batch of local arrivals departures and travel notes. residents include Miss Kate McCharles and Miss Kittie Wingell visiting friends, James Berryman returning with a wife from Goldfield, and Paul Yost adding two gasoline lamps to a Eureka corner saloon. John Cobb returns ill from Rocco Homestake mine. Seraphine Rogantini buys a wagon. several residents leave for Tonopah Ely and California while others travel for family matters and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Whalen
Petromet
Eureka
Jack Jury
Ruby Hill
Martin Horton
Duckwater
Nye
Woll
Elko
T. A. Burdick
Manion
Jay Henderson
Tonopah
John Cobb
Rocco
Hamilton
Seraphine Rogantini
Nye County
George Gavin
Fight in Jumbo Company at Goldfield Meeting
At a Goldfield Jumbo Mining Company stockholders meeting, president John McKane and director George Kerrick were unseated amid a long factional fight with the Taylor McClelland group prevailing. P Holt and Tom Robinson were installed as replacements after McKane faced removal and threats of retaliation. McKane is reported to be in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jumbo
Tonopah Sun
Jumbo Mining Company of Goldfield
John McKane
George Kerrick
P. Holt
Tom Robinson
McKane-Kenrick
Taylor-McClelland
Taylor
McKane
Redregs
To Cultivate Peas For Stock In Nevada Trade
P L Flanigan and Manager Rea of the Nevada Meat Company Reno have shipped a large consignment of cow peas to Nevada. The peas will be sold at cost to growers to stimulate stock-raising and forage, a move described as parallel to alfalfa cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
P. L. Flanigan
Manager Rea
Nevada Meat Company
Reno
Ev Ehan Oe i
Fusion meeting opens with Bartine rally in Eureka
H F Bartine of Carson City fusion nominee for Supreme Judge and B L Bingham of Reno arrived in Eureka after a Lincoln County trip. A fusion rally was held at the Eureka Opera House after scheduling delays with a choir and remarks urging national and state ticket support. Bartine and Bingham departed for Winnemucca Thursday. voter registry and official ballots noted in the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Bartine
Carson City
Fusion
B. L. Bingham
Reno
Eureka
Ely
Lincoln County
Opera House
Eureka Opera House
Bartine
Robert A. Laird
Silver Party County Central Committee
Nellie Reid
Annie Lacey
Art Phillips
Ed Phillips
Laird
Bingham
Winnemucca
McGarry Expands Bullfrog Venture With New Store
Len McGarry, recently in the Bullfrog district, bought a large stock of general merchandise and departed for the new town to open a store. Tom Robinson joins in the enterprise as growth in the district booms. He notes water piping from springs a mile away and a road to Goldfield opening, cutting travel to about 70 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eurekans
Bullfrog
Tonopah
Len McGarry
Tom Robinson
McGarry
Goldfield
Judge Cheney Returns From European Trip
Judge A E Cheney a former Eureka resident now in Reno returned from Europe last Tuesday He was with Mrs Cheney and her sister Mrs Maggie Cluff Who went to New York to meet him Cheney visited Germany for health and traveled to several European cities and England returning in excellent health
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Cheney
A. E. Cheney
Reno
Europe
Cheney
Maggie Cluff
New York
Germany
Carlsbad
European
England
Candidates Ball Promises Rights Debate Rescue Hose Ball
Eureka hosts a Candidates Ball at the Eureka Open House next Thursday night to discuss women's rights as voters. Walter Magee from the Magee ranch in Grass Valley was thrown from a fractious horse and taken to Austin for surgical care. report notes he was getting along nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Eureka Opena House
Walter Magee
Magee
Grass Valley
Lander County
Austin
Ciule
Nevada Vote Totals Through 1900 Highlight 1876 Peak
Metal market notices list current quotes for silver, lead, copper in New York Salt Lake City and Nevada. Nevada presidential totals show 1864 16420 1968 41008 1872 14040 1876 196014 1880 18945 1884 12771 1888 12405 1892 10885 1896 10315 1900 10165, noting 1876 far higher than 190¢.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Salt Lake City
Nevada
Sale of Y. & T. Denied by Virginia & Truckee Railroad
A telegram from New York denying the sale of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad from Reno to Virginia City. The missive says there is no truth to reports of a sale to the Southern Pacific and requests official denial in the sender's name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D, O. Mass, Pravape, Uwec
Virginia & Truckee Railroad
Reno
Virginia City
New York
Virgins & Truckee
Southern Pacific
Republicans Speak at Earoke Opera House Meeting
A Eureka County GOP event at the Earoke Opera House Tuesday evening featured W L Plumb of Tuscarora Elko County nominee for Presidential Elector Paul McCullough of Mill City Humboldt County and Lew Rogers of Eureka County nominee for District Attorney addressing a large audience. Senith Eureka County Central Committee chairman presided and introduced musical selections by local performers before Rogers McCullough and Plumb spoke on labor issues party principles and the slate. Plumb and McCullough then departed for Ely White Pine County en route to Lincoln County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earoke
W. L Plumb
Tuscarora
Elko County
Paul McCullough
Mill City
Humboldt County
Lew Rogers
Bureka
Eureka County
B. L. Senith
Annie Lucey
Nellis Reid
Ed Phillips
Will Walker
Art Phillips
Rogers
Ruby Hill
McCullough
Republican Party
Plumb
Ely
White Pine County
Lincoln County
Questioning Roosevelt as President in 1904 Speech
Quote from John Hay at Jackson on July 6 1904 questioning the President's fitness as citizen soldier and thinker. Hay calls Roosevelt unsafe and dangerous while challenging common objections and urging a careful appraisal of character and capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
John Hay
Jackson
Palisade Briefs From Eureka County Notes on Visit and Travel
Correspondence from the North End of Eureka County reports Charlie McBride of Pine Valley arriving from Reno on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs O A Nickals of Eureka spent Sunday with friends in Palisade. Will Parry arrived Monday to visit his uncle A Parry of Pine Valley. Mrs M Pratt returned Oct 21 from a month with her daughter in Grand Junction Colorado. The Eureka Live Stock Company shipped 1800 head of sheep to San Francisco. Mrs W B Graham and daughter Katie, visiting California, returned to Ely on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Yost
G. D. Abbott
Eureka
DesMarais
L. N. DesMarais
Schneider Drug Store
J. W. Ebert
Baowawé
Eureka County
W. H. Sweeney
Cal
Charlie McBride
Pine Valley
Reno
O. A. Nickals
Palisade
Revival at Reveille Sparks Nevada Mining Revival
A mining revival story from Reveille Nye County Nevada shows an old camp 90 years abandoned reawakening due to Tonopah railroad access. The piece notes large mineralized veins and hopes some ventures will become profitable, reflecting how changing conditions revive formerly poor camps. The Reno business note mentions firms planning to heat with petroleum and advertisements for new boots, shoes, and gentleman's goods by Ernest May in Eureka dated Sept 23 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reveille
Nye County
Nevada
Seins
Tonopah
Utah
Mining and Scientific Press
Ernest May
Eureka
Death of James Torreyson, Nevada attorney and official
James D. Torreyson died suddenly at Carson City on Thursday after first falling ill earlier in the week with bilious fever symptoms. A Yale graduate and Nevada official, he served four terms as Ormsby County District Attorney and was Nevada Attorney General in 1890. He leaves a wife, family, mother, and four sisters, with funeral services planned under Masonic Lodge auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Torreyson
Carson City
Nevada
Wellaburg
West Virginia
Oarson City
Yale
Ormsby County
Torreyson
Free and Accepted Masons
Knights of Pythias
The
Elks
Masonic Lodge
Death of Miss Daisy Briggs in Ely Nevada
Miss Daisy Briggs aged 23 years 6 months died of heart disease last Sunday October 23 at her aunt Mrs W N McGill home in Ely White Pine County She was daughter of Senator Robert Briggs but raised by her aunt and uncle in Ward White Pine County Deceased was a native of Ward and sister of Mrs J C Harmon who died October 25 at Eureka California aged 65 Her sister resided in Bareke for many years in Nevada
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Briggs
W. N. McGill
Ely
White Pine County
Robert Briggs
McGill
Brigga
Ward
J. C. Harmon
Bareke
Nevada
Eureka
Cal
W. C. Gallagher
Stewart Takes the Platform at Tonopah Rally
Senator W. M. Stewart gave the principal speech at the Republican rally in Tonopah Tuesday night. George S. Nixon James A. Yerington and F. H. Norcross also spoke on current issues. Peter Bios, Nye County commissioner, reported dead at his Belmont home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah
Peter Bios
Nye County
Belmont
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Eureka Sentinel
Hallowe'en
R. Sadler
Father Manion
Burcks
James Berryman
San
D. W. Smith
Florence
Colorado
G. A. Bartlett
Kate McCharles
E. Bradley
Kittie Wingell
Alpha
Sadler
Congress
Metal Market
Eureka County Bank
Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
Oscar J. Smith
Bert L. Guita
WE. Cripvin
A. F. Golding
Boror Jonn Opares
W.e.griffin
Oscar
L. Smite
James Torreyson
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Rice's Orchestra
Thomas Rosselli
South Main Street
Eta
Singer Universal
Miss Daisy Briggs
Cenes
H. M. Schneider & Co
Johnson Mercantile Company
COR
Groceries Hardware
Heiram Johbnson
Eureka Cash Store
Regal Manufacturing Co
Brazil
J. B. Biale
North Mainet
Hylton & Willams
Philip Paroni
Aguseq
Hylton & Williams, Proprietors
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