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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1907
Page
2
Preserved OCR text appears as an office memo with unclear names and dates. The readable items include a location at Masonic Building and references to a publishing firm, a person named Burr and a person Gowdrich, plus scattered garbled terms that resemble dates or permissions from a 19th or early 20th century record. The legible entities suggest a public notice or internal record entry rather than a coherent event.
Report details mining activity near Pioche with Silver Chief and Silver Monarch leads. Chlorides found at shallow depths, prior sale offers mentioned. Pioche boiler installs planned at Piobe Mine. hoisting works nearing readiness. Daily stage line to Salt Lake planned by Gilmer and Salisbury to move bullion. Wood shortages eased but prices rise. cedar and pine priced higher. Bullion shipped by Wells Fargo totals $81,844.23. New 10 stamp mill planned at Bullionville. Raymond & Ely Mill shows progress and high fineness. Lumber demand remains strong and prices high. several delays noted due to winter. Shooting incident in town with no arrests. Local agent note on baggage storage and train procedures.
We are getting in shape for business as lumber arrives daily from Panaca. The yard now stocks 12 inch boards in lengths 12 14 16 18 and 20, plus 2x4s 4 6 and 8 inch stock flooring rustic and ceiling materials.
A violent melee near Reno leaves Officer Charles Brown dead and a civilian wounded after clashes with three foreigners amid liquor influence. In Goldfield graft probes Sheriff Ingalls is cleared, deputies Ellingston and Scott arrested. Jeweler W L Kline fatally shot during a botched $3,000 amalgam theft at the Nevada Goldfield Reduction Works.
Notice to patrons states the Pioche office will open for shipments and freight delivery once the railroad is complete. Hours appear on weekdays 8 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 6 pm, Sundays and holidays 9 am to 11 am. Deliveries to billed consignees only. charges due and goods receipted before removal. goods must be removed within 48 hours after notice.
A fragment from Caspel's Journal quotes a father asking Lenon to define a phrase and the youth replying with a cryptic, hopeful line about darkness and purpose. The brief exchange frames a moment of interpretation and mystery within a family dialogue.
A Chicago Journal excerpt discusses the correct way to smile and avoid sarcasm, warning against artificial friendliness. It quotes a barber lamenting long, stubborn "rocks" of hair used to hide baldness and notes location notices and proofs of labor for sale at the office.
Official court notice from Clark County Nevada district court warns Allie L to appear by a stated date. The document references Lillian and a named attorney John M Beers and lists court dates and actions.
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Notice to creditors of Milton Lafayetta Lay deceased in the Fourth Judicial District Court of Nevada Lincoln County. The administrator Adriaan Perlin appointed to the estate of Milton Lay requests claims by creditors by November 8.
Notice to creditors with claims against Ellen Dair and estate. Creditors must present claims by September 26, 197. Filing details and the administrator’s name are provided, with further dates and instructions as noted in the public notice.
A magazine editor recalls William Dean Howells noting that love before marriage exists and takes courage to admit. He recounts a Long Branch couple, married five months, the wife asking if she must meet him nightly at the station and the husband quietly reflecting on their brief marriage as the summer unfolds.
A town bursts into a fad of family portraits after Mrs S. shows an amateur photo of her six month old with a dog. The scene features a back turned baby and a dog, later altered to show the baby facing forward in a dress. The laundress Mrs S. explains Towser was removed from the image to focus on the infant.
Five year old son of Frederick William Shepherd of the Soldiers' Institute Frimley narrowly escapes death after tumbling from a moving train between Reading and Maidenhead. He was struck by an express, thrown to the ground and left with a bloody head but recovered enough to walk, then run to his father the next day.
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