State Board to Revise High School Study Courses
The State Board of Education met at Corsoo on September 11 1909 to direct Deputy Superintendents to form a revision committee from each district. The committee will review graduation units electives and course order and report to the board for adoption. Governor Dickerson urged stricter rules for temporary teaching certificates and the board adopted the measure.
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State Board of Education
Corsoo
University of Neveda
Dickerson
Board of Education
Bie
Ruby Hill Correspondence Highlights Local Events
The report notes the arrival of a child and mother from Salt Lake, Superintendent Lightfoot visiting the school, ore shipping from Prospect Mountain, and staff changes including J. Lee moving into company housing. Repairs to water pipes underway for winter, school opened with Banks principal and Janet McNaughton assistant, Rebecca Eccles leaving to teach in Skelton, Foreman Carpenter Fulie arriving from Salt Lake, and a Labor Day band escort to Eureka. A lumber train incident near Caribou caused rails to shift but no damage occurred.
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Heart and Child
Tuseday
Salt Lake
A. B. Lightfoot
John McNaughton
Prospect Mountain
A. F. Mayberry
J. Lee
F.C. Garland
Raby Hill
Schoor
Banks
Janet McNaughton
Rebecca Eccles
Skelton
Elko County
Hamilton Not Representable at Exposition
Local committee in charge of the White Pine mineral exhibit for the American Mining Congress at Goldfield reports Hamilton lacks a suitable display. Mine owners away at present, those remaining wary of partial representation, though some praise fair play. A fireside style exhibit might still attract attention and direct investment to Hamilton.
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Congore Io
Hamilton
Osarps
Hess
Mining Congress
Oras
Wmill
Nevada Senatorial Fairness and National Banks Debate
A Reno letter argues for a practical financial reform focusing on national banks with real government deposits. It critiques direct primaries and party fealty, urges brains over politics, and highlights figures like Aldrich Depew Cannon Payne Nixon Newlands and local press influence in shaping the Senate race and fiscal policy.
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Hana
Nevada
New York
Ouida
Platt
Washington
Hopkins
Ilinola
United States Senate
Reno
Morgans
Rockefellers
Harrimans
Hitie
Aldrigh
Nixon
Little George
Senate
Aldrich
George Nixon
Newlands
Democratic Party
George
Francis
Aldriches
Depews
Platts
Cannons
Paynes
Nixons
Death of E. H. Harriman reported from Arden New York
Private telegrams in Eureka announce the death of Edward H. Harriman the noted financier and railroad magnate at his Arden New York home around noon after a year of ill health and recent return from Europe where he sought expert medical care.
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Eureka
Edward H. Harriman
Arden
New York
Harriman
Europe
Nevada State News Roundup From Exchanges
H F Kane leases Blair Prean in Rhyolite and a Carson hospital report notes a governor’s wife birth. Reno forges arrests and Sacramento train fatalities appear alongside local editor changes and school night programs. A Virginia City miner and a Tonopah assayer face hazards, while a dog survives a mine shaft fall and drownings occur near Carson. The Virginia Chronicle reshuffles editors as Round Mountain pays a large dividend and Carey Act irrigation plans progress with Salt Lake and New York capital. Rate cuts and end to discrimination on Tonopah and Goldfield line follow a railroad commission finding. Final notes mention Old Territorial Enterprise and Virginian consolidation rumors.
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H. F. Kane
Dickerson
Carson
Frank Baldwin
Fred L. Bowen
Reno
Salt Lake
Branson
Tonopah Sun
Los Angeles
Tonopeh
Patrick McKay
Goldfield
Sacramento
California
Mary Jane Jacobson
Samuel Mills
Goldfield Episcopal Church
Placerville
John Laughlin
Virginia City
Grass Valley
Tonopah
George ©. Carroll
Pluteburg Silver Peak Company
Mair
Joe Ivy
Ward
Ehew
M. Davie
E. D. Blake
Clark
J. Beigel
Welle
Nevada
Pacific Irrigation Company
Bedte of
Wells
Salt Lake and
New York
Tonopah and
Ihe Roa
GuldGeld
Mina
No Death and Old Glory in the Sky Reflections
A meditation on immortality and faith contrasts with patriotism in verse. Poems by Hila Wheeler Wilcox and Kipsey D Saunders envision no death and the flag’s enduring meaning across history, from liberty’s dawn to shared sacrifice.
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Hila Wheeler Wilcox
Atrife
Kipsey D. Saunders
The Blind and the Sighted in Poem Fragments
Fragmentary poetry contrasts blindness and vision with lines about light day sky and mind. The text blends imagery of light, beauty, and emotion, referencing a poet identity and a dawn scene with suggestive, incomplete verses.
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Edward M
The Pacific Monthly Offers Subscriptions and Deals
An early 20th century ad blurb promotes The Pacific Monthly of Portland Oregon with price details and gift bundles. It outlines trial offers involving McClure's Magazine Women's Home Companion and other titles, plus a note on sending stamps and money orders. A separate item urges proof of labor on patented mines for the Virginia City Chronicle with Board of Equalization sessions on September 21. Includes a brief stage production quip about a roar from The Beauteous Damsel In Distress.
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The
Pacific Monthly
Portland
Oregon
McClure
Woman’s Home Companion
the Pacific Monthly
McClure’s
Review of Reviews
Human Wife
Ideal Homes Ees
Virginia City Chronicle
Board of Equalization
County Commissioners Pass Bills At September Meeting
The September 7 meeting approved numerous bills for salaries, road work, bridge tasks, supplies, and miscellaneous services. Names include W. Cromer, J. Toncey, H L Fine & Co, Tom Casey, Barlow, B. Merialdo, G. Esterson, M. Fletcher, and M. Tenvourde among others. Indigent allowances and hospital matron costs listed. clerk BR McCnance certified the record.
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W. Cromer
Toncey
HL Fine & Co
Trovelli
Heidge
Boick Barlow
B. Merialdo
Mele
Tom Casey
Win
Hawking
B. Tenvourde
Doherty
Henderson
T. H. Hicks
Geo. K. Cox
G. A. Fletcher
Orince Sentinel
Keto Gazette
A.p.tenvoord
Itmore
Ie M. Fletcher
McClarlen
B. Marlow
Indiganta
Onna
Gina
Joe Deltevien
Ira
Stone
Hin K
Davey
Dan
Mra T Bessky
Weil S BR. McCnanca
Apples for Sale at Rancho Newark Valle Nevada
William H. Smith announces sale of twenty tons of fat apples at his ranch in Newark Valle White Pine County Nevada after September 6. Price is 1 cent per pound for ranch delivery and 25 per ton for smaller lots. Public notice of fruit sale and delivery terms.
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Newark Valle
White Pine County
William H. Smith
Strawberry
Nevada
Delamar Mine Closes Painting Town’s End in Nevada
Searchlight Bulletin reports the Delamar mine near Caliente 35 miles south east of Caliente Lincoln County Nevada is closed and dismantled. Once a major employer the town of Delamar declines with the plant. The mine's unique wall rock mining and dust hazards are noted as the town faces abandonment.
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Searchlight Bulletin
Delamar
Caliente
Lincoln County
Nevada
Plocha
Utah
Prac
Cally
Prosperity Returning To Ireland Says John W D Urimmine
John WD Urimmine returns to New York from a trip abroad praising Ireland’s prospects under recent legislation. He notes emigration decline and happier farmers, predicting Ireland may prosper with a government similar to British colonies. He cites over 160000 cars in use in the United States, more than all Europe.
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John WD
Urimmine Naa
New York
Ireland
England
Ase
United States
Europe
United States Buys Copper Property in California
The United States and Smelting Company purchase a low grade copper property in Cortes Canyon near Grass Valley. The deal involves Charlie Schmidtlein, Johnie Francia, and George Schmidtlein, with a 40 foot tunnel showing turquoise deposits. Inspectors Paul Tarpey and Merry Stimler tested specimens as part of a planned purchase and railroad development for ore transport.
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U. S
California
Grass Valley
United States
M. C. Taylor
Ban Francisco
Smaking
Utle
United States Company
Wight
Lander County
Cortes Canyon
Charlie
George Schmidtlein
Johnie Francia
Paul Tarpey
Merry Stimler
Blakeslee
Tonopali
Paper Dance Postponed for Recital Night
The Paper Dance set for September 17 is postponed to September 24 to accommodate a recital by Mina Whitmorry that same evening. Advertisements note the change and invite attendance.
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Bey
Fae Buen
Nina Whitmorry
Advt
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Sturgia
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Madison Cavein
E. H. Harriman
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Round Mountain Company
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H. F. Goupino
H. Gonmas
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