Wells Fargo to absorb Pacific Express on regional rails
Wells Fargo & Company will take over the Pacific Express Company on the Salt Lake and Las Vegas and Tonopah rail routes. Agents were in Las Vegas last week to audit the local office. The change, linked to Harriman interests, may reduce charges between Las Vegas and Los Angeles though impact elsewhere remains minor.
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Wells, Fargo & Company
Pacific Express Company
Salt Lake
Las Vegas
Tonopah
Sorenson
Pampany
The
Pacific
Harriman
Wells Party
Los Angeles
Local notices and business tidbits mix with social events
Readers encounter a collage of promotional blurbs and society items. Mentions include Nevada dealers C H Griffith and a Seattle trip, Las Vegas Mercantile Co advertisements, Bell’s transfer service, The Gem Saloon cigar offer, Mrs J E Westlake opening a confectionery on First Street, John Dalis purchasing Bravee meat markets in Beatty and Rhyolite, the Eagles masquerade ball on Christmas night, and various railroad and electric light company notes in Los Angeles Cal.
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Eagles
Oil and Dew Mercantile Co
John F. Miller
Christa
Las Vis
Ariosit
Capital
Los Angeles
Consolidated
Barbara
Cal
Republican Convention Chicago Set for June 16 1908
The national Republican convention was chosen to be held in Chicago with the date fixed as June 16, 1908. The announcement confirms the city as the gathering site for party leaders and delegates.
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Chicago
New Overland Hotel Adds Ornament to Jos Wisner Town
The New Overland Hotel in Jos Wisner will be an ornament and credit to the town when finished. Interior finish and arrangement are praised as finely done, likely unmatched on the Salt Lake Route. The bar and dining rooms are large and nearing completion. more description will follow. Br. J Deverell and Tom Sharpe have secured gaming privileges and will install fine layouts, promising a bank roll to command patron respect.
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Jos
Lawrence acquitted in water hole shooting near Fo ton
B M Lawrence shot and seriously wounded W B Devereaux in a water hole dispute near Fo ton last August. A San Bernardino jury acquitted Lawrence after a surprising verdict. The mining corporation Devereaux helped prosecute Lawrence reportedly influenced the jury in Lawrences favor. Lawrence and Devereaux are said to have since settled their differences over the water holes.
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B. M. Lawrence
W. B. Devereaux
Foton
San Bernardino
Yverdet
Theoining Corporation
Devereaux
Lawibiy
Lawrence
Goldfield Bullfrog Camps Restored by 400 Soldiers
Goldfield, Beatty, and Bullfrog area see 400 troops deployed to restore order after years of lawlessness. Mine owners plan immediate reopening under protection, with wages at 4.00 to 4.50 and precedents for workers. Calls grow for permanent barracks to deter agitators while railroads and banks resume activity in a recovering mining district. Senator Clark hints at smelter plans for Las Vegas with railway links aiding southern Nevada camps. Mining blanks offered at the office.
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Roosevelt
Gov- Starks
Acs
Goldfield
Anelesam
Desert road survey notes urged abandon of Vegas route
HL Bigelow, touring desert roads in a Reo, passed through Searchlight and El Dorado canyon on the way to Las Vegas and Mesquite Springs. He reports the road in bad condition and recommends abandoning the route for autoists, planning a marked desert road system for Southern California and Southern Nevada. He is accompanied by his wife and H E Paggett.
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Clark
Nevada
Las Vegas
Salt Lake
Searchlight
el Dorado Canyon
San Bernardino
Inyo
California
Salt Lake Railroad
HL Bigelow
Southern
Compliment from Kingston Reader on Las Vegas Weekly
A Kingston Ontario reader from December writes praising the Las Vegas weekly for being the best printed and most newsy paper in a newly developing community. He commends its quality and novelty and signs off as W H Stevenson.
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Kingston Oat
Canada
Dee
Las Vegas
W. H. Stevenson
Chamberlain Cough Remedy Aids Nature in Healing
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts on the plan of aiding nature. It quiets the cough assists expectoration relieves the lungs opens secretions and helps the system throw off a cold. Sold for sale by Wilson Drug Co.
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Nature
Wilson Drag Co
Editor shoots Francis L Burton at Mina in deadly dispute
Francis L Burton, a banker and promoter, was shot and killed Tuesday by J Holtman Buck editor and proprietor of Western Nevada Miner. Burton went to Buck's office to confront him over a paper roast. Buck, known as a gun fighter, fired first. Back is described as having a good reputation.
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Francis L. Burton
Mina
J. Holtman Buck
Nevada
Burton
Buck
Rawhide
Back
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Wells, Farbo
Pacific Express
Mr. Dees
Emmet Pettitle
Mrs. Dillon
Ane
Lester Hing
Ghosts
Furkener
Xmas
Furnitu
Freemont
Wes
Derd
Vegas
C.H. Griffith
Seattle
Washington
Las Vegas Mercantile Co
Beaty Bros
Bell
Gem Saloon
J. E. Westlake
Kazy Kitchen
First Street
John Dalis
Beatty
Teno
Winmerland Vil
Cali
Hubler
Opany
Big Idaho
M. H. Walker
Chris. N. Brows
T. Fibbon
L. H. Farnsworth
J. Ross Clark
John S. Park
E Bank
NK Ft. de Bot
Venas Home Bakery
Belgen & Son
LAS Vegas Mercantile Co., Inc
New Overland Hotel
Smelter
Beatty and
Bullfrog
Desert Autoing
Chamberlain
W. E. Hawkins
Fremont Street
Las Vegas, Nev
Post Office
Guggenheimer
Hermitage
Harry R. Beale
Prop
Cigars
Tan Dyke Clear
Havana
Leland Stanford Clear
Robt
Burns Domestic
Supires
Porto Rico
First St
Arizona Club
L. C. Smith
Lefevre
Iver Johnson
Winchester
Colt’s
Clayson & Griffith
Las Vegas, Nevada
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