07 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1907
Page
1
Fragmentary notice from Eureka Sentinel recalling a local event. OCR text is unclear with missing names and context. The readable portion hints at a chief concern or announcement from a small town paper, but concrete facts and entities are not extractable.
The Chieftain, Puella Colorado, marks its 40th year amid praise for its editorial quality. The Sunday Aug 25 issue had 140 pages of news and features with many half toneds of notable people and places in Colorado.
The Nevada Northern Railroad shows a marvelous earnings record in Nevada on August 29. It is expected to net about $1,000,000 this year, the first year of operation, sufficient to cover the road’s construction costs. The line is owned jointly by the Nevada Consolidated and the Cumberland-Ely Companies.
Reads like a historic tax list itemizing individuals and companies such as Adame Gill Mining Co and Eureka County Bank with entries for patented property, improvements, stock, and real estate. Totals include various sums for horses, cows, wagons, tools, real estate, and other property, with totals approaching seven hundred to eight hundred dollars.
Nevada state items report Tonopah and Tidewater Railway plans ending north of Beatty, cattle shipments near Battle Mountain, and a murder trial change of venue for Patsy Dwyer. Forest Service inspector Benedict arrives in Austin to review forest reserves. elko assessment rises by 550,894. Wells ships a 1972 pound steer.
The list itemizes personal property including fixtures merchandise and horses with totals for individuals and firms such as Harriv A Fixt ures 50 Repetto Beu Merchandise 300 Major Oliver Merchandise 600 Jasserpo A J Merchandise 300 Thornton B H Merchandise 300 The Pullman Co Sleeping cart 20 Dwyer Williaini Stage horses 100 Locke BRH Co Rail ing apparatus 150 Hagaman GL Horses 150 wagons 100 Spluper William Piano 50 furniture 50 Total 100 Kopp Frank Work horses 240 wagons 260 Total 500 McDonald WJ Fixtures 50 merchandise 200 Total 250 Owl Liquor Co Fixtures 400 merchandise 300 Total 700 Meferney HO Furniture 100 Jane 50 horse and buggy 100 Total Carter Samuel Range boress 25 saddle horses 25 stock cattle 450 Total 500 Ramondiol G Saddie horses 100 range horses 62.00 stock cattle 800 Total 1052.00. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct list of taxable property not exempted by law in Eureka County Nevada for 1907. H C McTERNEY Assessor Eureka Nevada Sept 5 1907.
Reports from Princeton indicate friends of the former executive believe Cleveland has only months to live. While no immediate demise is expected, his health is described as deteriorating, with the Cleveland residence noting he cannot travel. Consequently the family will not vacation in New Hampshire this year.
Francis J Heney the courageous prosecutor rose to national prominence through hard nosed anti graft work. His Oregon land fraud prosecutions earned him fearsome reputation among plunderers while his San Francisco record strengthened his image as a square deal fighter. Born in Lima Nebraska he trained at UC Hastings and practiced in Tacoma before a dramatic self defense shooting in 1890. He later defended Judge Noyes and earned praise from Attorney General Knox for land fraud cases in Oregon.
A L Shaw Grand Master of the LO OF visits Alyte lodges on a tour to cover all locations. Richard Mansfield the noted tragedian dies in New London Conn after weeks of illness. Mrs O B Alden takes a lease on Withington Hotel at Hamilton. Charles Minoletti owner had the hotel thoroughly recovered and furnished.
The Nevada press critiques Governor Sparks resignation from Sullivan Rice Companies and accuses railroads of coal mining prohibition to incite a fuel shortage. It warns of higher prices and scarce coal this winter, urging timely orders before famine worsens. The pieces reference the Hig Expositor Coal Problem and Tonopah Son.
Nevada Northern to cover all construction costs in its first year ending September 29 and plans to end price protections once the State Railroad Commission takes Tariff control. The Ely Expositor criticizes the railroad’s move as an extortionate, short-sighted scheme that burdens shippers and enfeebles communities, urging legislative relief.
The Ely Expositor notes Hamilton Nevada has produced more than half of Nevada’s lead output over the past three years. Despite being 50 miles from a railroad, the camp ships high grade ore while poorer quality remains on dumps. Mining has been surface-level with little deep mining.
Fragmentary verse describes going to lands of evening away from daily work and noise. References roses dew meadows and quiet home life. The anonymous author notes a love song in the breast and late life moments.
Since June 18 bubonic plague cages were found in San Francisco and seven deaths occurred. Louis Glass of the Pacific States Telephone Company was convicted of bribery of city supervisors. Stanford denies twelve women students entry after the 500 cap, while the Denver Post expands into coal rentals at 23 750 per ton amid price fights.
The San Francisco health board reports an additional bubonic plague death and two suspected cases since Saturday. The Berkeley woman’s death underscores Pacific Coast ports’ vigilance for sporadic plague appearances amid transoceanic trade.
A county commission session records approval of sums of money for named individuals. The item lists allowances to specific persons as authorized by the board for the period in question.
Notice is given that the regular annual meeting of stockholders of the North Western Consolidated Mining Company will be held on April 28, 1908, at the office of John Pardy in Eureka Nevada. Stock owners are urged to attend or be represented by proxy with stock certificates. Eureka Nevada September 4 1907.
A garbled OCR fragment shows lines of lofty, scattered verse with phrases like carve my name on gold and unconcealed warprisa. The text includes stray words such as Love game and Democrat amid disrupted diction, suggesting a damaged poetry page with no clear narrative.
The Kig Expositor recounts a remarkable case of blood poisoning in which a near-death girl drank over a pint of brandy from a bottle while delirious. Observers note apparent improvement afterward, with old remedies like whisky for snake bites referenced as traditional but debated cures.
Nevada State University opened for the Fall term with attendance exceeding last year's by over 200 students. Dormitories are crowded and the university hospital serves as lodging for co editors. A $10,000 contract was awarded to R E Dodson of Ely to erect an Episcopal Church building in that place within 60 days.
Commerce Commissioner asked to stop in Reno on route to California to hear Nevada League and Nevada Railroad Commission over discrimination in freight rates. Attorney General Stoddard says evidence will be produced against Southern Pacific and Nevada California Oregon lines to urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to act for better rates for Reno and other Nevada cities.
Mrs Frances Von Bredow wife of a German lieutenant and youngest daughter of Senator Francis G Newlands died in Berlin on the 20th ultimo. She was born in San Francisco in 1881 and was granddaughter of William Sharon former Nevada senator.
James Simi sold the Mary, October and Nevada No 1 mining claims adjoining the McEllin mine near Hamilton to F. Hant and associates of Ely for 3000 dollars.
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