Southern Pacific Colonist Tickets West and Health Advice
The notice invites relatives to move west via Southern Pacific colonist tickets from New York Boston Baltimore Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis Memphis New Orleans Council Bluffs Omaha Sioux City Kansas City Leavenworth St. Joseph Houston Mineola and more with help from agent John M. Fulton Reno NV. It also warns about bowel disorders in children during summer and promotes a general remedy sold by M. Schneiders & Co.
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New York
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Chicago
St.Louis
Memphis
New Orleans
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Sioux City
Kansas City
Leavenworth
St. Joseph
Houston
Mineola
Southern Pacific
John M. Fulton
Reno
Nevada
M. Schneiders & Co
Republican County Convention in Eureka Nevada 1904
Notice of a Republican County Central Committee meeting in Eureka Nevada on August 13 1904. It resolves to hold a county convention on September 12 1904 at 1 o clock for nominating county officers to be voted on November 8 and to select a two year county central committee plus other business. Delegates and precinct representation listed. Smith as chairman Teemony as secretary.
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Sts
Republican County Central Committee
Eureka County
Nevada
Eureka
E B
L, Smith
K. W. Teemony
W. J. Hoores
Stock breeding in the West highlights California State Fair gains
The Sacramento Union praises the California State Fair stock displays as the finest yet in Sacramento. It credits improved stock-raising conditions in California and neighboring states, noting Hereford cattle as especially profitable for Nevada ranges and explaining past failures with Texas cattle. The piece cites Governor John Sparks and Nevada cattlemen who shifted to Herefords, reporting higher profits and rapid market readiness.
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Sacramento
Sacramento Union
Nevada
Texas
John Sparks
Nevada politics loom in bruising Nevada race
A Reno Observer piece surveys Nevada’s political scene with talk of Republican and Democratic Silver Fusion aligns. It notes hopes for coalitions to push free coinage at 16 to 1 and predicts Nevada will be a pivotal electoral battleground with limited turnout and a corruptible vote that could sway the national result amid shifting party loyalties.
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Rome
Washington, D. C
Congress
Supreme Court
Carson City
Nevada
Southern Pacific
Nixon
Yerington
Organized Labor
van Dozer
Newlands
Bartine
Sparks
Reno Observer
United States
Goodwin
Salt Lake
New Mining Law Triggers Re Survey of Thousands of Claims
Washington announces a new mining law based on a Feb act requiring vein and ledge claims on surveyed land to reference Government survey lines though not conformed to. Patents on unsurveyed lands will be adjusted to boundaries. monuments mark ground truth while official surveys govern disputes.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Surveyor General
Government plans survey for Humboldt Valley irrigation
The Government 14 will conduct a preliminary survey of the Humboldt River Valley from Elko to Winnemucca to prepare data for irrigation of over 1 000 000 acres of prime Nevada farmland. L E Taylor of the Geological Survey will head a full engineers and surveyors corps next spring. The project, potentially the next large irrigation effort after Truckee Carson, could reclaim up to 1 500 000 acres, boosting Nevada into a leading agricultural state.
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Humboldt River Valley
Elko
Winnemucca
Corps of Engineers and Surveyors
L. E. Taylor
Geological Survey
Humboldt
United States
Nevada
West
Fire sweeps Gem Idaho area. massive loss and homelessness
A week ago a fire destroyed the business district of Gem Idaho and much of the nearby residential area, causing estimated damages of 150000 dollars and leaving many homeless. The report notes no further details on the cause or exact scope of recovery efforts.
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Gem
Elko Girls Held Prone on Humboldt River Island
A camping party of about a dozen Elko County young ladies faced a violent Humboldt River storm nine miles from Elko. Rain and wind wrecked gear and left them stranded on an island until rescue by Sidney Foster and a team of locals. Lander Taber and Foster carried them to safety. the group suffered minor injuries and returned home. A cook employed by the party reportedly hanged himself in camp the prior week. Names include Rath Russell, Elsie Hunter, Nellie Booker, Nettie Armstrong, Amy Harris, and Ruth Stevens.
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Elko County
Humboldt River
Elko
Sidney Foster
Mountain City
Lander Taber
Wella, Fargo & Co
Mr. Foster
Chinaman
Misses Rath Russell
Elsie Hunter
Nellie Booker
Nettie Armstrong
Amy Harris
Ruth Stevens
DRAIN COMSTOCK LODE VIA NEW ELECTRIC PLANT
Thirty one mining firms forming the Comstock Pumping Association agree in San Francisco to contract with Truckee River General Electric Company for a new power plant two miles below the existing facility. The plant, with 1200 horsepower capacity, will cost about 200000 dollars and be financed by the utility. Completion is targeted within eight to nine months, in time for Ward shaft pumping machinery.
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Comstock
Trackee River General Electric Company
Comstock Mines
More Men Now on Isthmus Than Positions to Be Filled
Washington dispatch reports John Barrett American Minister to Panama warns job seekers should not travel seeking clerical positions without prior arrangements or funds. He notes influx exceeding openings, high living costs up 300 percent in six months, and lodging shortages on the Isthmus.
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Washington, D.C
John Barrett
Panama
State Department
United States
Colon
White Pine Court Notes in Ely County Session
Judge George 5 Brown held a District Court session at Ely White Pine County. Habeas corpus heard in Mike Ahern case tied to a 90 day jail sentence for wheel barrow theft from Alex Muir. Ahern released on $200 bond. McGill v Utah & Nevada Express Co motion for judgment on pleading overruled. W N McGill named administrator of W G Lyons estate. Ellen Hayes named executrix of William Hayes estate. F A Limbaugh appointed agent of Cumberland mines at Dean Lander County.
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George 5. Brown
District Court
Ely
White Pine County
Mike Ahern
Justice Court
Hamilton
Alex Muir
Ahern
J. B. McGill
Utah & Nevada Express Company
B. F. Miller
W. N. McGill
W. G. Lyons
Ellen Hayes
William Hayes
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California
Republican County Convention
Eureka Lodge
A.O.U. W
Eureka Opera House
Anne Anderson
Nettie Bremenkampf
Edith , Tremont
Dan Nostrosa
Karl Tremont
Tig Deenex Oy
Rice's Orchestra
Humboldt Valley
Denver
Col
Southern Padre
Solano
Benicia
Port Costa
Cal
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
Lake Superior
Brougher-Gavin
Brougher
Tonopah
Nye County
Elsie Gavin
Empire
Ormsby County
San Francisco
Battle Mountain
Elko Girls
Comstock Lode
Bank OF Nevada
Virginia Street
Reno, Nevada
Daniel Meyer
Herbert Fleishhacker
Moritz Scheeline
Geo. F. Tyurrittin
P. L. Flanigan
Henry Anderson
A. G. Fletcher
Canada
Europe
Africa
Measra. Scheeline Snd Osburn
Schneider Drug Store
Yhare
Department of Pharmacy and Chemistry
University of California
H. M Schneider & Co
THE
Eureka Cash Store
Royal Manufacturing Co
Brazil
J. B. Biale
North Main
Johnson Mercantile Company
Hiram Johnson
White Pine Court
F. A. Limbaugh
Cumberland
Dean
Lander County
Betti
North Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
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