Bullfrog and Goldfield Railroad Shuts Down After ICC Ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the Bullfrog and Goldfield line to cease operations, ending a service long strained by unprofitable running. From Beatty to Goldfield the district endures delays and loss of rail connection, with mail routing now via Tonopah to Reno and Sacramento. Residents hope for a broad revival through new development and production, not a mere stock boom, bringing sustained benefit to town and state.
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Beatty
Goldfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
Las Vegas
Tonopah
Reno
Sacramento
Bullfrog and Goldfield
Good Old Days Begin With Lindbergh Flight
The reception in New York and radio coverage mark a new era as Lindbergh’s triumph inspires reflections on progress. The speaker argues that today’s revolutions in transportation, electricity, and mass media redefine life and will be judged by future generations as the good old days of 1927.
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Lindbergh
Washington
New York
Magaine
Coolidge Seeks Higher Yields At Soil Congress
President Coolidge told twenty scientists at a soil congress that boosting crops per acre through intensive farming will solve the agricultural problem, not simply expanding farmland.
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Coolidge
Soil Congress
President predicts farming shift from hands to machines
The president notes fewer workers on farms as harvest machinery increases output. A single wheat harvester lowers required extra hands by 25,000 in Kansas. Henry Ford cites River Rouge tests showing machinery can finish farming in eight weeks, freeing the rest of the year for other work.
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Kansas
Henry Ford
River Rouge
Enlargement of Reno Transcontinental Exposition Tent City Grows
Reno's Transcontinental Highways Exposition expanded with 200 workers and multiple tractors erecting a tent city spanning two and a half blocks. Khaki, yellow, and green tents filled the grounds as crews rush to complete preparations before opening to the public. Visitors including Odd Fellows and Rebekahs noted the event's scale and pledged to spread word of Reno as a worthy trip. The road into the park undergoes oiling under city engineer Harry Chism to accommodate five weeks of auto traffic.
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Reno Evening Gazette
Nevada
Foly
Burke
Rebekahs
Grand Lodge
Gil
Reno
Harry Chism
Bullet wounds Tonopah boy in hospital from unloaded gun
Bernard Flores 11, of Tonopah, was wounded in the left knee when a 32 caliber automatic pistol, believed unloaded after two bullets were removed, fired while he examined it on a table. He was seated, the bullet entered the upper knee and exited lower, with risk of lifelong handicap. He was rushed to the county hospital by Chief Galvin for treatment by Dr. J C Cowden.
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Tonopah
Bonanza
Bernard Flores
Lif
Young Flores
Cona Avenue
Theospital
Galvi F
J. C. Cowden
Miner James Loynd Killed by Ore Car at Local Mine
Lincoln County Record reports James A. Loynd died after an ore car struck him while he was repairing an air line in the mine Friday night. He came from Los Angeles and had long worked for the company. An inquest found death an accident. The body was shipped to Los Angeles with Mrs Loynd and their son.
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Lincoln County
James A. Loynd
Loynd
Tent City At Exposition To House Visitors
A tent city of more than four hundred tents has been erected near the exposition gates at an estimated cost of 35000 dollars. It will shelter about twelve hundred visitors, with Dacre’s dining hall offering meals on site so there is no need to leave for meals.
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Exposition Gates
Dacre
Daily Vacation Bible School closes with program
The Daily Vacation Bible School conducted by the Methodist Church completes its fourth week Friday with a program of recitations songs pantomimes and a half hour play. The public is invited to attend the closing exercises at 7 30 pm featuring a complete program including the judgment of Solomon play and certificate presentations.
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Ant
Methodist Church
Senator Oddie Returns Home from Washington Visit
Senator Tasker L. Oddie returned to Reno after delays from federal road aid work and forest service matters. He witnessed Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s Washington demonstration and Lindbergh’s New York reception. Oddie, Pittman, Arentz met Colorado River Commission members in Carson Tuesday.
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Tasker L. Oddie
Nevada
Forest Service
Reno
Oddie
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Lindbergh
New York City
Pittman
Arentz
Colorado River Commission
Carson
Pineapple Popularity and Recipes From Hawaii History
The Smooth Cayenne pineapple, once grown in English hothouses, became Hawaii's sole variety after Captain John Kidwell and later James Dole fostered canning. The Hawaii pineapple industry grew to export nearly two hundred million cans annually, making pineapple a dominant canned fruit. The article offers recipes including Rice Pineapple Cup, Epicure Salad, Supper Salad with lamb or veal, and a Curry with Pineapple featuring rings of pineapple and boiled vegetables.
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Harvard
James D. Dole
Hawaii
Hawaiian Pineapple Company
California
Poor Welch rabbit proves nemesis of mean men
A terse critique notes that some men repeatedly seek to lower others by cruelty. It asserts that a penniless man with nowhere to go should seek work, implying work as remedy and urging practical effort over hostility.
A Modest Man and His Unfinished Endeavors
A reflection on modesty and debt, noting that some men boast by starting projects but lack time to finish them. It cautions against telling a man his son resembles his mother when money is owed, and wryly observes the habit of talking more than acting.
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White Gross - Drug CO
Carl D. Farrar
Las Vegas, Nevada
Elo
Lindy
Paris
Raymond Orteig
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Orteig
Daily Vacation Bible School
Yeu
Solomon
Raita
Viole
Oppedyk
J. H. Haruean
E. Busch
Alva
L. U. Mitchell
G. W. U"on
Irene Ble
F. A. Gibson
M.K. Stone
Job
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T. L. Oddie
Capital
E. C. Chamberlin
Denison
Iowa
Clarence Chamberlin
America
Germany
Styligh Shoes
Finney Shoe Company
South Second St
First State Bank
Ed von Tobel
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