Gloudburst at Goldfield leaves two dead and town damaged
A Saturday cloudburst flooded Goldfield Nevada causing two women to perish and widespread destruction. Dwellings were washed away and the Nevada California Power Company suffered heavy damage. All mines in Goldfield and Tonopah halted operations temporarily, with losses estimated at 100000. The Goldfield Tribune issued a condensed edition next morning, printed by hand due to power and equipment loss.
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Goldfield
Nevada- California Power Company
Tonopah
Goldfield Tribune
Tribune
Auto Hearse Breaks Down On the Desert
The hearse bearing Michael Moran's remains, en route from San Francisco to New York, broke down in Skull Valley 75 miles west of Salt Lake City. Funeral party leader William A. Peck reported all tires punctured and a broken spring after a desert road trip with boulders. Repairs were sought in Salt Lake City.
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Eureka
San Francisco
New York
Michael Moran
Ely
Salt Lake City
William A. Peck
Salt Lake
Skull Valley
Mr. Peck
Nye County assesses 1913 roll totals and increases
Nye County Sheriff Ed Malley completed the 1913 assessment roll totaling 5,070,196.32, up from 4,435,714.79 the previous year by 635,471.53. Tonopah district realty and improvements are valued at 2,026,044.08 and personal property tax at 124,959.00, totaling 2,151,403.88.
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Nye County
Ed Malley
Tonopah
Elko County Tax Roll Rises in 1913
Elko County shows taxable property totaling 20,552,486 dollars for 1913, up from 18,418,064 in the previous year. Tax rates are 1.34 dollars for county and 0.66 dollars for state, totaling 2 dollars in combined taxes. Real property assessed at 19,803,234 dollars and personal property at 749,262 dollars.
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Elko County
Elko
Wounded Boy Dies After Hunting Accident
Bly Nevada September 15 A hunting accident claims the life of Theodore Makai a 10 year old. He was carried about two miles to a hospital by 17 year old Dewey Knutson after his gun discharged while he tried to dislodge it from a bush. The bullet struck near the heart and he died late yesterday.
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Bly
Nevada
Theodore Makai
Dewey Knutson
Makai
Nevada Mine Tax Plan Reaches Agreement With Commission
The Nevada Mine Operators Association met with the Nevada Tax Commission to set 1913 mine assessments on a scientific basis. The plan eliminates subsidiary milling costs, prescribes depreciation over mine life, and requires a 60 percent net payment to equalize bullion assessments, with prior evaded taxes to be settled.
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Nevada Mine Operators Association
Nevada Tax Commission
Nevada
Mine Operators’ Association
Tax Commission
Commission
Counties to settle with mining districts for large cash gain
The Goldfield Consolidated and the Tonopah Belmont volunteered to settle amicably with the counties on, this basis is acceptable to the latter. It is calculated that the southern counties will get considerable in excess of $100,000 from the adjustment, and that the State will get its pro rata, while all other mining counties will be benefited.
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Goldfield
Tonopah Belmont
Steninger in San Francisco Hospital for Appendicitis
E M Steninger Free Press editor traveled to San Francisco last Saturday and underwent an appendicitis operation at Lane hospital. Telegram to Mrs Steninger says operation successful and he is resting after anesthesia. Sheriff Malley had a narrow auto accident en route to Goldfield. car overturned, deputy Walker freed him. State Board of Pardons pardons former Lincoln County Sheriff O H Smith and ex Reno deputy clerk A F Cunningham. Cunningham’s chief Christie already paroled.
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E. M. Steninger
The
Free Press
San Francisco
Lane Hospital
Will Walker
State Board of Pardons
O. H. Smith
Lincoln County
A. F. Cunningham
Reno
Cunningham
Christie
White Pine County Pay Roll Under Nevada Insurance Law
The White Pine County pay roll lists 32 appointed employees covered by Nevada Industrial Insurance. The monthly payroll is about 3181.75 with a premium of 48.02 at roughly 1-2 of one percent. Elective officers are not subject to the Industrial Insurance law.
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White Pine County
Nevada
Ely News
Pearl Oil Ad Offers Reduced Prices for Bulk Orders
A carload of Pearl Oil from Standard Oil Company guarantees satisfaction and reasonable prices. Discounts apply for five ten or fifty case lots. Red Crown Gasoline available in any drum quantity. Country orders receive prompt attention. Rupoiru Zapow. Advt.
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Standard Oil Company
Advt
The Two Greatest Specialities Ever Inverted
An obscure circular from San Francisco promotes a universal writing device with ink that pens distinguished lines. It claims utility for hunters motorists smokers miners and fishermen and promises guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Offered by T Jouxson & Co at 288 Townsend Street with free descriptive circulars.
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T. Jouxson & Co
Townsend Street
San Francisco
California
An-Tz
Notary Public Advertisement in Eureka Nevada
Notice from R A Broy Notary Public at the Eureka Post Office announcing typewritten notices and legal backs for sale in the Sentinel office. A pair of spectacles and a rush were lost in Eureka this week with a reward offered for their return to the Sentinel office.
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Tnenrance
Eureka
Nevara
Sentinel Vette
Apectocles
Sentinel Office
Little Breeches and the Snowbound Rescue Tale
An improvised verse fragment recalls a boy named Gabe lost in a winter blizzard near Taggart's store. A motherly search by torches and a friend Isaiah Parr yields warmth, saving the child as neighbors endure frost and fear. The piece wanders into reflective poetry about loyalty, faith, and heroic acts.
Lines on Laura and Beatrice Infatuation in Petrarchan Voice
A collage of Petrarchan sentiments about Laura and Beatrice figures with fragments from Bangs and jokes. It contrasts immortal verse longing with modern quips on love and aging, noting the elusive poet’s spell and the burden of carelessness in accounts.
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Dante
Laura
John Kendrick Bangs
Elko Saloon Spending Estimate Attracts Attention
Four of Elko County's leading men estimate Elko's annual spending on saloons and houses of ill repute at about 250000 dollars. They describe Elko as a town of 2000 people and assert the figure is roughly correct, per the Independent.
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Elkoites
Elko
Elko County
Notice Lis Application For Change of Public Waters Use
Nevada water authority announces a lis application seeking permission to alter the paint of diversion and change the manner of use of public waters within the state. The filing outlines proposed adjustments to allocation and flow management under state water laws. Public comment or objections may be requested by a specified deadline.
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Lis
State of
Nevada
George Arthur
Cariin
Elko County
James Creek
Rilke County
SLE
Boa
Anid Jamnen Creek
Dan
Anid Pusersuir
Sl BM
BK & M
W. M. Kearney
Will Probate Hearing for Henry R Bradley Estate
B F Curter petitions for admission of Henry J Bradley s last will and testament and letters of administration with will annexed in Eureka County Nevada. Hearing set for September 27 1918 at 10 o clock am at the Eureka County Courthouse to show cause why the petition should not be granted.
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Board of County Commissioners
Eureka County
Nevada
Id County
Board of Equalization
Burska
Monitay
Seid Board of Equeization
K. McCharles
Eureka
Henry R. Bradley
B. F. Curter
Third Judicial District Court
State of Nevada
Henry J. Bradley
Peti- Honer
Buteh
R. McCharles
Cr Burak
Edney Bler
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Isrul Parr
John Hay
Roland
Leotine
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
SAS
Petrarch
Beatrice
Houston Post
Chicago News
Levi Straus
MEM
Third Judicial District Court of the
Zureks County
Angelo Bereolo
Prop
Bureke
Eureka Nevada Railway
Palisade
Leary Palisade
Eiday
Expres
Koreka
Eureka & Palisade
Irvin Karrie
Palleade
Kareks
Mineral Hill
Paliaade
Tiuredaye
Sateriays
Zakow
Kurika
Palisade Plummer Bros. Reprictors
B. Repetto
Eureka Brewery
Evnera
Porutan
Garner Main and Clark Streets
LAN & Revetto
People’s Meat Market
Rudolph Zadow
Nevad
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Nevaos
Bures
W. N. Corto
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