Nevada Freight Rates Cut Across Reno to Tonopah
Nevada Railroad Commission orders reduce freight rates by about 40 percent affecting multiple classes between Reno Tonopah and Goldfield effective September 20. Tonopah mining firms paid out over 250000 on Saturday, largest in camp history, with Tonopah boasting the state’s biggest payroll. Shifts shift to nine hour days at Ogden and Sparks shops, while Tonopah Bonanza calls recent Retene Eula 800 foot level strike pivotal, potentially rivaling Belmont in ore development. Also: Honey Snake, daughter of Indian Mike, escapes from Indian School, vanished with Silver Peak region contacts. insane violinist John Freeman escapes Reno asylum, captured later. Rumors of rediscovery of Barclay Mine on Hobart estate near Comstock. Proskey Casserly and Wel ling spearhead lease and prospecting efforts.
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Reno
Ioldfield
Tonopah
Railroad Commission of Nevada
Bonanza
Ogden
Sparks
Mike
Carton
Silver Peak
John Freeman
Nevada
Taft Declines Reno Visit on Current Tour
The Reno Commercial Club invited President Taft to greet Nevadans during his national trip, but Secretary Charles JD Hilles advised that Taft cannot include Reno in his itinerary, deeming it absolutely impractical to visit this time. Etna Eruption Spreads Fear at Catania.
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Taft
Reno
Mapes adds Windfall mines to Secret Canyon district maps
Eureka mining district dealer Mapes announces new black and white prints of the Bureks mining district plus the Pardy map, with Windfall and adjoining mines in Secret Canyon. Price per map is 200 cents. Gollar by mail extra.
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Eureka
Bureks
Secret Canyon
Gollar
Metal quotes and prices in New York market
The latest metal quotations show Silver at 82 cents per ounce in New York and Copper at 11.95 dollars per 100 pounds with Land priced at 4.45 dollars per 100 pounds.
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New York
Is Burski Nevada Birth Announcement in 1911
A fragment notes a birth in Burski Nevada on September 14 1911 involving the wife of Charles P Barnum and their son. The brief item preserves names and relations as readable.
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Burski
Nevada
Charles P. Barnum
Morocco Crisis Predicted as France and Germany Eye Talks
A 1911 analysis argues France will fight to deny Germany control in Morocco, with Britain backing France to block a German naval base. It suggests a money settlement may end tensions, as Germany’s finances threaten war risks and France holds liquid assets while Germany relies on fixed wealth. The piece warns the money power favors peace through credit leverage.
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France
Germany
Morocco
Atlantic
Egypt
India
San Francisco Chronicle
Africa
Europe
Goldfield Officials Censured Over Death of Lindval
Reno September 11 coroner s jury found Mrs Lindval died from acute peritonitis and was hurried to Nevada Hospital for Mental Diseases due to gross neglect or incompetency of examining physicians and officials who sent her there The jury urged Elmore County Grand Jury to review the case noting the woman died in Washoe County and there was no evidence she was insane The inquest showed gall stones and peritonitis as causes with suffering during treatment
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Reno
Nevada
Mre
Tilda Lindval
Goldfield
Nevada Insane Asylum
Nevada Hospital
Lee J. Davin
Elmer
Iida
Washoe County
Frank J. Byington
P. H. Martin
W. D. Phillips
C. E Bingham
W. J. Oran
H. L. Field
Sol Hilpers
Lindval
Bejing Iosane
Sanity Commission of Goldfield
E A. Wheeler
C.C. Dorham
Joseph Haemilton
Insstead
Somers
Shirley
Aho
Davis
Woman in Goldfield Non Insane Says Coroner Jury Faulted Care
Officials and a coroner's jury in Kono claim the woman was not insane but suffering great pain and deserved medical treatment. She did washing in Goldfield and had a 17-year-old son.
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Kono
Searching for All American Fertilizer Deposits
The United States Geological Survey hunts for nitrate salts and potash deposits to complement known phosphate resources. Finding concentrated sources would boost domestic fertilizer supply, reducing reliance on imports. The effort notes that soluble nitrate and potash ores are not surface outcrops, making discovery challenging but essential for American agriculture.
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United States Geological Survey
Geological Survey
Card of Thanks from Mr and Mrs James Evans
Ar ana Mra James Evans offer gratitude to neighbors and friends who kindly assisted them at this time.
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Ana
James Evans
Honest John headline from a saloon tale and theft
A fragmented 19th century gossipy column recounts Honest John Kelly earning his nickname after holding a horse and witnessing a wagon of tinware vanish as peddlers and bystanders react. Other anecdotes feature prankish students ordering cocktails as drinks and an overbearing hotel guest challenged by the proprietor. Mercy Melcy’s harmless, humorous misreadings end with a Turkish minister’s awkward, affectionate remark at a White House ball.
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Kelly
John
Keenliy
Nick
Kelly Hiuself
New York
Haware
Tower Ninth Avenue
Henora
Sore
Andry
Dolly Madison
White House
Melcy Meley
Washington
Mercy Melcy
Abe
It Suited Him Garrett P Serviss on Bailey's Comet
Noted science writer Garrett P Serviss told a Brooklyn University audience that fear of the comet echoes Millerite panic in 1872 during Grant’s reelection drive. He cited a Maine Millerite preacher predicting Oct 1 as the world’s end and a man in the front row who cheered, saying anything to beat Grant.
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Garrett P. Serviss
Brooklyn University
Bailey
Grant
Maine
Washington Post
Notice of Eureka County Equalization Board Meeting 1911
Board of Equalization in Eureka County Nevada announces the 1911 tax list and assessor roll. The county commissioners will meet at the County Clerk's office in Eureka on Monday, September 14, 1911, at 7 o'clock p.m., and continue until business is disposed of, not meeting after October 2, 1911 unless statute allows. Clerk TR McGHARLES issues the public notice.
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Board of County
Eureka County
Nevada
Ursluresald
Auld County
Eureka
Peanl
McGharles
Board of Equalization
Kuroks
Carson City Land District Notice of mining claims filed
Notice from Carson City Nevada informing that Frank C. Favier authorized to act for Buck Mines Company filed Kanter No. 1 3 991 survey in Eureka County Nevada. Describes Easter and Farther No 4 Lodes with compass bearings distances and concrete markers, ponds and posts set in official field notes and plats. details include post marks and corner descriptions to establish mining claim boundaries.
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United Sates Land
Ion
Carson City
Nevada
Lockdown Mines Company
Arabe County
Carson City Land District
Pureaxni
Congres
Buck Mines
Frank C. Favier
Winpowersd
Golitelit
Kanter
Eureke
Townehty
Snievey
Ward
United Mates Land Offoe
Caronity
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Nevada State News
Frankstown
Barclay
Hobart Estate
Comstock
W. 8. Proskey
Barclays
John B. Casserly
Casserly
California
Richard Welling
Etna
Catania
Mount Etna
Albany
Inger
Weill
Cortier No
Matuin
Leeks County
Gerfidoain
Aurvey
Raina
Louis J Cohn
Reginter
Automobile Service
Palisade
Brown Hotel
J. A. Gilbert
Lobster Club Orchestra
Sife Marcicchi
George &. Nixon
London
National Bank Be
Gap
Reney
First National Bank
Elko, Nevada
Ale. Kinball
C.K. Noble
J. A. Semel
F. Williams
Conhier
E. K. Kanur
Asst
Cualier
First National Bank of
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cTors
W. V. Rie Gro, KE Gexs
HN. Byase
Eureka & Palisade
Takeo
Patlade
Mineral Jim
Cps
Raat
West Beat
Holal Zadow
Palisade Plummer
Henderson Banking Company
Pleo, Nevada
L. C. Hewnenson
Tanunat Hisxognaor
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