Nevada artesian wells proposal for federal aid
A 1951 letter discusses Congress funding for artesian wells in Nevada to irrigate lands. It argues Nevada lacks navigable rivers, so federal river improvements are irrelevant locally, but a dozen wells could unlock vast acreage. the piece notes potential public gain and minimal risk, urging legislative action. It also covers Franco French women electors, a Storey County pledge on railroad fare regulation, and reports on Peru Chile battles and Holland land reclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Bureau of Agriculture
Great and Plains
Congress
Jewish colony aims to reclaim Kneaal land in Chicago event
The meeting in Chicago organized a practical step to support a Jewish colony, electing Michael Peabody as president and naming officers and directors. Funds were raised on the spot as talks concluded, while a separate report covers a brutal beating case, Apache clashes near San Marcial, railroad rate debates, a court tumult over juries, and other varied items from New Mexico and New York.
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Cuttesco
Groenbaw Ieee
Euitelem
York
Philadelphia
Kneaal
Chicago
Michael Peabody
M. Greenbaum
Ieee
M. Ocaturrichor
Fisher
Cai
Nawang
Ovent
John Cummings
Old Nou
Senae
Bahl
Newark
Dexven
Los New Mexico
Sat
Pereca
Northwest
San Marcial
Freethinking Slave and a Kentucky Mob Tale in Fragment
A Mississippi darkey proposes Abraham Lincoln as the true abolitionist by noting Lincoln’s pressure on Jefferson Davis to surrender arms. The piece shifts to a Somerset Kentucky incident where Mr. Dove faces a mob angered by his wife’s leadership, ending with a bleak, incomplete scene of pursuit and peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess
Somerset
Dove
Nevada News Roundup Reflects Turmoil and Trials
A hodgepodge of notes covers the Senate salary debate, Carson and Eureka county affairs, crime, divorces, and census data. Mentions James E. Anderson returning from the East, Senator Fair's planned Washington trip, smallpox near Pyramid Lake, a prison death, a divorce bid in Virginia City, and railroad needs across Eureka White Pine and Lincoln counties.
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Olive N. Preston
Virginia City
Albert Preston
Olive N. Doris
James Crawford
White Pine
Carson
The
Enterprise
Dick Snowden
Pyramid Lake
Ormaby
Snowden
Nevada
McClure
Churchill County
Thin State
Churchill
Douglass
Elko
Burks
Eameralds
Humboldt
Bareks
Lincoln
Man passes as son of Don Proctor in Wadsworth
A man claiming to be Don Proctor's son arrived in Winnemeca. He bought about 180 in goods at Levy & Co. and borrowed an overcoat from J. F. Abel to travel to a toll house to buy 700 head of sheep. He hired a team at Frank Naramore's, ran a tab at saloons and hotels, then disappeared. Dan Proctor says he has no son buying sheep in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renn Journal
Don Proctor
Wadsworth
Winnemeca
Levy & Co
J. F. Abel
Lovas
Abova
Frank Naramore
Dan Proctor
J. P. Abel
Humboldt Irrigation and Development Company
Orcans
Morning Star
Trinity
Evening Star
Trinity Mountains
Oreans
Fragments of English and French Folklore in a Fragmented Read
An English writer laments a sister's meddling and moralizing ways stirring family dissension amid hints of social satire. A French peasant narrates a near drowning in a river as he vows abstinence after escaping, joking that raw eggs saved him by divine mercy.
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Tm Cy
Zie
Paria
Mme’ Grievatrant
Ayn
Tradition
France
Virginie Chronicle
Story County
Storey County
Groray County
Buenos Ayres
Miraflores
Pierila
Peru
Lima
Polidas
Charallas
Senor Pierola
Holland
Harlem
Zuyder Zee
Waldorf
Mr. Waldorf
Coffin of
Ormsby
Johnaen Alana
Drezler
Penoyer
Othe Fry
D | Versera
Reece
Fee
Ahisen
Jude
Foreman
Young Rallo
Charles de Young
Nene
Alex. Sweeny
United States
San Quentin
Cullen
Robert Burns
St. Andrews Society
Red Men's Hall
Mississippi
Jeff Davin
Jeff
Senate
Austin Reveille
James E. Anderson
Ruby Hill News
Kuroken
Jake Martin
Senator Fair
Washington
Garfield
Arizona
New Mexicio
William ‘Thompson
Reno Savings Bank
Treloar
DeBocie
Bodie
Bishop
Eureka County
New Mexico
Pyramid Reservation
Sheriff Swift
Jamoa I. Fair
Comstock
Norvend
Virginia Chronicle
B. H. Carrick
Su Re
Carrick
J. M. Yeates
Storkville
Mis
Simippi
Robert Pipsi
California
Consolidated
Virginia
Gold Hill News
Industria
Hamilton
Eureka Leader
Oliver Drake
Aurora
Drake
Edward
Pioce
San Francisco
J. Myers & Bro
Ficche
Wevada
Brown & Sparks
Bristol
Whlle
Aban Rs
Eureka Daily Sentinel
Anbre Samm
Meadow Valley
Pioces, Ney
Pont A Nemusey
Mteer
Sth Judicial District Court
Lander
Nevads
Pioche
Lincoln County
Hered
Towaa Oli Ho
Lake Ho
Fioche
Talweeely
Cherey Creer
Salt Lake City
Leeds
Gilmer & Balisbury, Proprietore
S Wells
S Express
Raliroed Tare Jrean Amnilien
Wells
Farge A Os
Lincoln County, New
County
Avéior
Lisle Fione
Neywas
Roy
Philadelphia Brewery
Sebastriah & Kietns
Prop
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