City of Gloom: Disastrous Oil Tank Fire Ravages Town
A Montana mining town reels after a massive oil tank blaze. mines shut, workers laid off, and businesses paralyzed as Amalgamated mines report steep production cuts. Locals say communications falter while unions limit operations to hospitals and fire stations. Oakland also suffers a spectacular oil tank fire at Blue Lakes, destroying property and drawing multi-city fire response.
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A. Groetteer
Gait Lake
Strip
Montana
The
Herald
Bante
Mr. Groottner
Hennessy ‘Marcantile Company
Conoery
Batts
Butte
Mint
Amalgamated
Ggninet
North Butte
Red Metals
Bktone
Berkeley
Diamond
Bell
Belmont
Gilling
Boston
Oakland
Cal
Bay Cities Power Company
Blue Lakes
Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company
Alameda
Oak Nnd
Bay
Millionaire's Daughter Quits Her Husband
New York society story about Mrs. Aurel Batonyi former Burke Roche Work leaving her riding master husband to share in the Work estate. Her father Frank Work seeks the fortune he expects to leave posterity, amid rumors of birth and social status.
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Aurel Batonyi
New York
Burke- Roche
Miss Work
Frank Work
Work
Burke-Roche
Batonyi
Cohn
Crete
Beachis
Young Rockefeller Surrenders Bible Class Lead
New York Sept 26 John D Rockefeller Jr four years old and the wealthiest boy of his age is said to be nearing a nervous breakdown from overwork His resignation from the leadership of the Young Man's Bible class at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church is announced in a letter stating he must step aside due to frail health
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Mil- Honsire
Nevada and regional notes mix of county actions and finance
Lovelock constable Wolf sues Humboldt County for 1600 in fees for transporting prisoners to court. Nevada Printing Co. of Reno lands a one year stationery contract worth 2515. White Pine County licensing receipts for the quarter end Sept 1 total 10400.25 with breakdowns for gambling liquor dance halls and general merchandise. Nevada horse disease hits Ruby valley and Battle Mountain. Mina residents press Esmeralda County to revoke Mina dance hall licenses. Nixon theater dedication ceremonies held in Winnemucca. Weldon bond posted after embezzlement arrest. Indian reservation land tax challenges. Washoe County assessment roll rises to 14.6966 million. Nevada State Fair features Eloise Grimmon in riding tournament. Chicago beef trust probe planned by federal government. Rogers tied to Tidewater Railway exposure and Rockefeller wealth tabulation.
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Nixon
Winnemucca
United States
Hi. T. Weldon
Koenig-Weldon Company
Goldfield
Tennie Donohoe
Esmeralda
Gambler Hires Ely Brass Band to Celebrate Winnings
Walter Rynearson, former Ely saloon owner, celebrated a $1700 Faro win by hiring the Ely Brass Band to play one number in front of his club house. The band wore working clothes, played briefly, collected $100, then dispersed, as Rynearson resumed gambling and extended his run.
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Ely
Nevada
Walter Rynearson
Rynearson
Holly Gets Eighteen Months In Nevada Prison
Henry Howard Holly was sentenced by Judge Pike to 18 months in the Nevada State prison for embezzling $700 from Wells Fargo Express Company funds in Reno. His aged mother traveled from Oakland to plead for him but arrived minutes after the sentencing.
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Holly
Henry Howard Holly
Pike
Nevada
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Reno
Oakland
Nevada Diocese Proposed At Episcopal Convocation
At the 33d annual convocation in Petaluma scholars debated forming Nevada as a separate diocese. Nevada would be led by a Nevada bishop, with Salt Lake and Sacramento districts agreeing. A Reno candidate Rev Samuel Unsworth was urged as the Nevada man for the post.
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Santa Rosa
Val
Episcopal Church
Petaluma
Samuel Unsworth
Reno
Nevada
No Shiness Wanted Three Chinamen in Aa Mow Case
Three chinamen and witnesses in the Aa Mow case were brought to Goldfield from Luning and then kept pending the Luning case. The crowd’s hostility lessened when it became known they were witnesses. Also offered: blue linen mining maps by County Surveyor John Pardy showing patented mines and new locations on Prospect Mountain and nearby hills in Eureka Nevada.
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Luning
Tribune
Goldfield
John Pardy
Prospect Mountain
Raby, McCoy, Cariboo
Adama Hill
Eureka
Nevada
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Rogers
Willions
TOOL
Hier
State News
Lovelock
Wolf
Humboldt County
Nevada Printing Company of
White Pine County
South Fork
Mound Valley
Ruby Valley
Elko County
Mina
Esmeralda County
Washoe County
Elko Independent
Eloise Grimmon
Robert Grimmon
O. BE
Muel
Neil West
H. B. Labigan
Labigan
Battle Mountain
George Russell
Elko
Chicago
Beef Trust
Grosscup
Federal Building
Charles L. Bonaparte
Standard Oil
Wall Street
H. H. Rogers
Standard OU Company
Virginia
Hi. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Consolidated Gas
Union Pacific
St. Paul
West Virginia
Norfolk & Western
Tidewater
Kellogg
Oil Trust
New York City
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Co
Jos D, Rockefeller
John D, Rockefeller
Ikly Gambler
Episcopal Diocese
EKA Lodge
Eureka Lodge No
Masonic Hall
W. H. Russent
W. M. Joux Haxcoox
Sewrixxs
Fish Creek Flat
Pinto Creek
Chas. P. Barnum
Palisade, Nevada
St. John’s
St. John's
J. H. Vern
J. H. Jonr
Eureka Loige
LO. C. F. Hall
J. B. Bulls
N. GC. CO
H. Hall
V. G.ww
Zavow
J. H. Tour
Diamond Rebekah Lodge
1.C.C.F
I. C.C.F
Juste Zavon
N. G. Kare Swick
Anteod
A.c. Harris
Beatific Lodge No. 7
K. of P
Castle Hall
Smith & Richard
An Baor
D. C
Attest
D. EB
Nostacea KE
the Brown Hotel
A. C. Florio
Eureka Brewery
Eureka’s
Paul Yost
Main & Clark Streets
ZADOW
Mrs& Louise 8. Zadow
Main and Clark Sts
City Brewery
W. J. Lucey
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