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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
2
The notice reports a separation issue at Vine Postoffice with details indicating a Sunday or weekend publication. Named editors include WM. E. Orr and Eugene Goodrich, with mention of a business manager and the Nevada location.
Inquiry into local tax needs shows 25 cents per hundred valuation would cover interest and a sinking fund of about 900 dollars annually. A 15000 dollar schoolhouse could be funded, with Mr. Ross and trustees set to discuss the plan soon and broad community support anticipated.
A column notes proposed omnibus service from the county seat to the court house amid fire safety moves and local scenery. It reports on Pengine mine prospects with a tunnel plan and ore value, praises Pioche mining activity, then jokes about Pioche dogs and a suggested county pound to curb nuisances. Freight routes from Salt Lake and Toano improve, with expected delivery times dropping to sixteen days.
The L Shel ton Company Lumber and the Cinéred announces Sunday business hours as part of a broader move to extend operations. Local shoppers see increased access for timber needs and related goods in the weekly schedule.
A young New Yorker stranded in Albany sought funds to return home. He offered two autograph letters from famous figures, including Rudyard Kipling and Burne Jones, to a local bookstore owner. The owner bought both letters for 4.76 dollars, enabling a possible meal, while later events remain unclear.
A gravestone uncovered during excavation near abandoned wells in Teeworth Yined Rectan bears the inscription Wil dey Trew son of William and Hilsebeth Trew Dewd Aug 27th 1731 aged year and ￢ mo The stone features a border of acanthus leaves and a top echierwb bead with wings, neatly carved.
An Evatt reviewer condemns Landever a famous paint Neg titled Ragink Allacking Swans. The critique claims the work mocks nature and animals, suggesting fanciful depictions misrepresent reality. The piece reads as a sharp but sorrowful comment on artistic exaggeration.
A fragmented survey description outlines a land patent in Nevada tied to mineral rights. It mentions survey numbers, bearings, distances, and lines, with references to coastlines and corner points. The text alludes to a plat survey and claims affecting Seventy acres in a section, with mineral deposits and claims under a public survey.
M A Ne Jatt publishes notice of application for United States patent for 1800 linear feet of the Mother Lode No. 1 lode mining claim in Ely Mining District Lincoln County Nevada survey No. 1216. The description lists legal bearings and areas totaling about 20.041 acres, with related surveys Mother Lode No. 2 and Punacker lod. Public notice appears in the Weekly News-Hewatapar with first publication April 2, 1808.
The document announces an application for a United States patent for a mining claim in Nevada, listing locations, claim numbers, and measurements. It notes publication in the Pioche Record weekly and identifies Lunia J. Cohn as Register with the first publication date in April.
A garbled 1908 notice references the Board of County Supervisors of Lincoln County Nevada. It mentions a May date and a project involving pipes and fire protection, with unclear details about contract scope or responsibilities and how costs may be shared between town and state authorities.
A girl laments the lack of long hatpins to secure oversized hats. She complains that standard pins fail, leaving hats wobbling and hair snagged. She jokes about the impractical sea of pins and the strain of stabbing and jabbing throughout the morning.
In a vivid depiction from Everybody's Magazine, an operating room is described as a ceremonial rite. Surgeons and staff wear white caps and gowns, cleanse thoroughly, and perform meticulous sterilization before any incision. The scene likens the ritual to sacred rites surrounding a blood sacrifice and the Immaculate Goddess of Cleanliness.
In a tale from Old Schuylkill Tales by Ela Zerbey Elliott a stern early Pottsville minister denounces vanity and the love of dress. He proclaims humility from the pulpit while admitting his own wife Mia indorses elegant gowns and lace. The story notes his earnest appeal against frivolities and his sorrowful confession.
A narrator recalls a third day boat trip from St Louis on the Mississippi. Passengers hear a bottle afloat tale of shipwrecks, rescue, and suffering, with a supposed remedy from Mystko’s Malaria Mystifier amid a watery ordeal and two more bottles later adding to the woe.
The article discusses knighthood awards in England as a difficult, delicate process. It notes aging figures John Hare and Mr. Santley nearing retirement, with Hare on a farewell tour and Santley long retired yet respected for his oratorio and ballad performances. It suggests their knighthood would be a safe choice.
A speaker likens automobilists to steamboat captains, noting noisy horns and flashy machinery. He compares a mighty touring car with oversized features to smaller runabouts, asking if big displays of noise reveal character. The piece ends musing on whether everyone loves showing off wealth and power.
A jeweler ridicules women as winders of watches, claiming a left handed customer wound a watch the wrong way to prove the point. The story leads into a note about a precious fragment of early English carving in Purbeck marble thought to be from the shrine of St. Swithin, now brought to light.
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