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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text shows a repeated line about an issuance or notice issued every Saturday credited to Eugene Goodrich. The readable pieces suggest a small public or personal notice with a weekly schedule or directive. No clear event dates, locations, or organizations are evident in the readable text.
Lively Tonopah meeting of the state Democratic convention drew delegates and visitors from across Nevada. Lincoln county was represented by F A Clark and J A Denton with others absent. Discussions formed planks on police law, depositor protection, direct senatorial election, employers liability, and reopening the Carson City mint due to the mining wealth of Esmeralda and surrounding districts.
The article cites mining labor rules, noting that annual labor may count for actual mining benefit but not for district benefit. Notices of location must describe locality using landmarks to fix the claim's position. It adds that relocation requires open land and prior work, and mentions a 1908 London sale of Sophia Person’s work on women's rights, titled The Vindication of the Right of the People of a Perfect Royalty With the Men.
Local newspaper notes the J and Kueton Company lumber plant in Lamber end Ie Kindred ceases operations. Workers affected and property disposition planned as market conditions shift.
A damaged 1908 notice lists the polling locations and a roster of expected attendees for the county convention. Names include Hulee, James Knight, Witnet, Jarret Cantle, Sohn F W T Stewart, Richard Joe Rowder, W M Weather, Geo T Pinpin and others, with August 27 as the date.
Fragmentary OCR text presents names and titles with garbled phrasing. Readable items include DESTOM as Chairman and W. CLANK with unclear roles. No coherent event or outcome can be established from the readable portions.
The Goldfield Chronicle urges all Nevada political parties to unite on revising and purifying state laws. It calls laws relics of pioneer days and absurd remnants for removal, urging serious, nonpartisan revision to benefit the people and welfare of Nevada.
In a vivid account, a young lieutenant describes Nagasaki style tattooing, claiming Japanese artists drink blood during the process. He shows a right arm Uncle Sam, left a peacock, and a coiled serpent around his neck, saying 19 hours under the needle left him marked and bloodied. He says the tattooists drink blood and lick wet ink to avoid smearing.
In a rustic scene a man known as a gifted speaker struggles to convey his thoughts after his horse is stolen by strangers. His friends crowd around, offering a chance for him to ride again, while he addresses the audience from a barrel and sighs that he cannot do justice to the subject.
A public notice describes a United States patent application for the Apex Gov soliciter Miting Claim with extensive field notes and plats. It names locations in Lincoln County Nevada and references lode claims and mining districts, including Bearse and Sugerce Wenchy Lode, with dates and publication notes dated July 11.
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