Nevada crops in September report show mixed yields
The September crop report notes improved potato and garden truck conditions but poor tomatoes and reduced peaches. Hay and alfalfa yield higher, while water shortages eased. Wool output falls despite more fleeces, and Count Adrian d Aleria returns to work as an organist in Los Angeles.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Nevada
Bet
Elko County
Lovelock
Adrian d'Aleria
Reno
Los Angeles
Notable fasts stir debate on self denial and health
The piece surveys historic fasts from Lord Mayor MacSwiney to Dr Henry Tanner and others, noting durations from 31 to 45 days with limited harm. It contrasts motives, cites cases in Boston and Europe, and links endurance to political aims and personal resolve. It also mentions Nevada mining yields and a CHAPLIN split with Harris Chaplin over property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac8winny
Brixton
Salt Lake Tribune
Henry
Tanner
Europe
New York Medical College
California
Boston
Levanzin
MacSwiney
Seedless Oranges Found in Riverside Growth Story
In 1872 a US envoy learned of seedless orange trees inland on the Amazon. Horatio Tibbetts of Riverside, California, propagated four shoots, grafted later, and by year five two trees bore 16 fruit. Riverside grew into a major seedless orange center, safeguarding the original trees as they aged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Coneal
Bahia
Rest
Procure Oil From Birds On St Kilda Island
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune notes sea birds on St Kilda yield oil used as lamp fuel and export. Birds disgorge oil when attacked. legal hunting occurs for one week yearly with 18 000 to 20 000 destroyed. Mutton birds of the Antarctic also yield oil resembling sperm oil.
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St. Kilda
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Antarctic
Tasmania
New Zealand
Birth of the Cash Register by Kitty and Patterson
Jacob Kitty, a Dayton merchant, conceived a coin counting cash drawer after seeing a propeller revolutions counter aboard a steamer. John H. Patterson, a grocer nearby, ordered one, bought Kitty’s interest, and founded the National Cash Register Co. which now sells over 60,000 machines yearly with about 1,800,000 in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Kitty
Dayton
Europe
Mr. Kitty
John H. Patterson
Primitive Station at Blackwell Mill a Weekly Stop
In England a single weekly train calls at Blackwell Mill between Miller's Dale and Buxton. Blackwell Mill hosts eight railway workers cottages on the Wye bank. The stop aids wives traveling to Buxton for markets. two rough stone platforms and a platelayer hut serve as the waiting area. the stationmaster distributes tickets aboard the train.
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England
Blackwell Min
Miller's Dale
Buxton
Blackwell Mill
Wye
Balloonist performs looping stunts in storm at sea
A young balloonist in a captive balloon test aboard a battleship convoyed in rough weather when a 40 mile gale hit. The gas bag dived and swung the basket through multiple loops, with fifteen smaller spins reported as the storm raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics
Former Elko County physician in trouble
Dr. Galen Hickok formerly practicing in Death and Wells, Elko County, is jailed in San Francisco on charges of performing legal operations. San Francisco detectives raided a castle near Salada Beach finding three women with evidence of criminal operations. Information came via an unmarried woman’s husband. Governor Boyle injured finger in Virginia City incident amid a V T train tunnel closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen Hickok
San Francisco
Elko Independent
Hickok
Salada Beach
Ttfa
Henderson Banking Co Advertisement Offering Deposits and Services
Henderson Banking Co advertises four percent annual savings on deposits and invites customers to review deposit rules. It promotes safety deposit boxes from $3 yearly, drafts on world cities, fire and life insurance, Travelers checks, and steamship tickets, with Cunard Line mentioned.
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Cunard Line
Cotton to Become a Nevada Industry
Las Vegas valley shows promising cotton growth with plants up to four feet high at the Winterwood ranch of Chas S Sprague. One plant bore 122 bolls and squares, suggesting a high yield potential for Pima long staple cotton in Clark County, Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas Valley
Winterwood Ranch
Chas. S. Sprague
Las Vegas
Sprague
Clark County
LKO County Considers Six Team Class Baseball League
Nevada may enter organized baseball next year with a Class league formed by Elko County teams. Proposed clubs include Monteiro Wells Elko Carlin Ruby and Lamoille. The league would use over 600000 feet of lumber annually for paper shipping cases used nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Elko County
Monteiro
Wells
Elko
Carlin
Ruby
Lamoille
Lamb meat for sale in Eureka on Main Street market
We have leased the F. J. Repet property on South Main Street in Eureka and starting Wednesday August 11 will offer four months old lambs at 26 cents per pound in four pound or larger lots for cash. These lambs are fed Breen alfalfa and slaughtered twice weekly. Whole carcasses at 22 1/2 cents per pound. John Landa Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Repetto
South Main Street
Eureka
Main Street
John Landa Company
Nevada Transportation’s Eureka Train Plan Faces Post Ride
J E Sexton reports the Nevada Transportation Company will run a daily Eureka line except Sunday if locals abandon Parcels Post. If not, service reverts to thrice weekly and a post office fight is planned to restore a stage line. Wages drop to under 100 dollars monthly from a stage line’s seven thousand per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada Transportation Company
Eureka
Post Office Department
Nevada Transportaton Company
J. E. Sexton
Nevada Transportation Bulletin on Carrier Freight Payment
Notice from Nevada Transportation to rail carriers under the Railroad Act of 1920. Effective July 1 1920 carriers must not deliver freight until all tariff charges are paid. The railroad company will pursue prosecutions for violations. J E Sexton General Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Sexton
Eureka County Tax Notice for June 1920 Proceeds
Notice that taxes on the proceeds of the mines in Eureka County for the quarter ending June 30, 1920, are due and payable. W. J. Hooper, Assessor, Eureka County, Nevada, warns that the law will be strictly enforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka County
Eureka
W. J. Hooper
Nevada
Notice for Pedlar heirs final proof in Nevada land case
Department of the Interior notice from Elko Nevada dated August 12 1920 states guardian R R Pedlar for Frank and Isa bell Pedlar heirs of Alfred Pedlar deceased seeks final three year proof on enlarged home stead 03274 for the SW NEM BE fee. 5 Twp 49 DP with witnesses Warren Ferguson Edgar Eather William Hooper James Mackey all living in Tonkin Eureka Nevada. The hearing before the Register and Receiver is set for October 19 1920 with first publication August 21 1920 and last publication September 18 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Elko
Nevada
R. R. Pedlar
Frank and
Isabell Pedlar
Alfred Pedlar
Tonkin, Nev
Warren Ferguson
Tonkin
Edgar Eather
Eureka
William Hooper
James Mackey
John ER. Robbins
Register
Four-room Cedar Hill House For Sale Eureka
Four-room house in good condition on Cedar Hill in Eureka offered for sale. For further particulars apply at Sentinal office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Cedar Hill
Eureka
Sentinal
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Kelley & Rebsleaui
Salt Lake
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People’ S Market
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