Nevada State News Briefs Snapshot of Nevada happenings
The report covers diverse Nevada items: opening duck season on September 16, a new Heo pumping fire truck in Las Vegas, wheat yields in Fallen, tax rate cut in Las Vegas, tennis bouts in Carson City, coal mine demand in Humboldt County, Tonopah Welfare League leadership, Churchill County school attendance concerns, Irma Emmitt appointed as governor’s clerk, bank deposits totals, Ely kilowatt rate cut, Starr Valley apple rot and self-collection invite, Reno university arrival of Chinese students, a former editor losing a county treasurer bid, Tonopah rebuilding after a large fire, lightning-sparked haystack fires near Winnemucca, Tonopah Welfare League’s IWW opposition, banking relief delegation from Winne mucca, bribery trial testimony against Captain Donnelley, a plane scare near Tonopah, and a flight landing incident near Yerington.
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Vegas
R. J. Scope
Las Vegas
Carson City
Rainbow Midge
Humboldt County
J. G. Crumley
W. B. Forman
Tonopats Welfare League
G. B. McCracken
Churchill County
Misa Irma Emmitt
Starr Valley
Elke County
Lian Woo Yu
Hela
Reno
University of Nevada
Wes
Drury
Carson
Virginia City
Alameda County
California
Tonopah
Nevada
Abel & Currier
Winnemucca
Wlfare League
L. D. McNeil
Prohibition
Ralph Dent
McNeil
Donnelley
Sam Platt
Platt
Yerington
Henderson Banking Co. Elko Nevada Ad
Henderson Banking Co in Elko Nevada advertises four percent annual savings interest, safety deposit boxes from $3 a year, drafts to major world cities at low rates, fire and life insurance, Travelers checks, and Cunard Line steamship tickets.
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Cunard Line
Federal Reserve Banking System
Issue
England
Canada
France
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Japan
Germany
Federal Reserve System
United States
Milk for Sale on South Main Street Deliveries Offered
Local notice from Mas Lema Tognons offering first class milk for sale at a home on South Main Street with home delivery to patrons in Bureksa.
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South Main Street
Bureksa
Notable assorted 1920s facts span science, industry, and history
The excerpt surveys diverse items from Marconi’s Irish lineage to a 450 pound Indian turtle killed for soup, wallpaper in America, and the spread of European custom. It notes New Orleans funding a 40,000 anti Argentine ant drive, China’s constitutional assembly, Morgan’s donated London residence, and U S coal mining capacity. It cites clock weights in Philadelphia city hall, spurious gems, and a 160 acre national farm for homeless animals. It mentions orphaned animals, California officers killing a mobile driver, Richard Oak tablet, rising electricity use, hydro power share, and southern pine forests’ dominance and remaining yellow pine.
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Marconi
London
India
Europe
New Orleans
China
England
Chesham Place
Prince's Gate
J. P. Morgan
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philadelphia
Washington
Humane Education Associaton
California
Rising Sun
Maryland
United States Geological Survey
America
South
Sting on thrift and money as power in public discourse
A Spectator commentary argues against labeling money as inherently evil. It contends money is condensed labor and power, and that thrift strengthens virtue. The piece asserts saving money benefits morally, urging readers to live on nine tenths and endure hardship if needed.
Locomotive Ditch Digger Cuts Rail Ditches Fast
A new ditch digging method attaches a scoop to the locomotive front to dig three feet deep trenches fourteen feet from the track center. It can clear twenty miles of ditch per day at about six dollars and twenty five cents per mile. The operator controls the machine from the locomotive deck via air valves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Sentinel
Argonaut Mine Disaster Remembers a Courageous Rescue
A survivor from the Argonaut disaster recalls a prior Butte Montana collapse where James Moore died while guiding his team to safety. Moore's widow later received the Carnegie gold medal for his sacrifice as he warned others and endured fumes before he perished.
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California
Butte
Montana
James Moore
Nevada
Moore
Ernest Miller
Miller
Moonshine Stills Tied to Forest Fires in the Northwest
Reports show moonshine stills responsible for no less than 26 percent of fires in Pacific Northwest forests. Stills are placed in inaccessible woods where dry timber catches fire from small sparks and spreads before firefighting teams locate the smoke. Unmistakable moonshining evidence has been found in newly burned areas.
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Pacific’ Northwest
The Truth Still Told, Yet Let Others Speak Out
A brief aphorism notes that honesty remains essential while sometimes deferring the full account to others who may present it more safely or effectively. It emphasizes cautious disclosure and strategic timing in sharing information.
Exie Fife and the $1,200 Daily Dream
A 1%-year-old Indian girl in Oklahoma, Exie Fife, unexpectedly inherits a daily income of $1,200. The piece warns that wealth attracts greed and schemes, urging education and inner wealth over gold. It reflects on how money alters perception and social reception, urging Exie to pursue real learning and virtue.
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Oklahoma
Exie Fife
Exie
Advice to Exie: ask bank presidents for daily income
The text urges Exie to seek daily earnings from three state bank presidents and warns against tempting schemes. It mocks timeservers and sycophants who support such plans and questions the gold fountain idea.
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Exie
Timeservers
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Henderson Banking CO
Elko, Nevada
Reynolds & Eather
Court House
W. H. Brennen
A. E. Belanger
Bareka Hotel
W. M. Clute
Geological
Clarence Johnson
P. O
Eureka
Chesterfield
Liggets & Myers Tobacco Co
Bruno
Almours
The
First National Bank
Winnemucca, Nevada
Ani Geo
Wingfield
J. Sheehan
W. H. Doyle
C. L. Tobin
A. D. Dern
G. Moore
W. H. Moffat
William Stock J. G. Taylor
G. B. Stall
Emiko
United States Federal Reserve Bank
J. A. Sewell
B. E. Eaner
W. L. Merithew
Goodyear
Eureka Garage
W. H. Russell
Verdi Lumber Company
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