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Newspaper
Tonopah Daily Bonanza
Location
Tonopah, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
2
The Bonanza management asks readers to refrain from purchasing the paper from carriers as this is strictly prohibited. Regular carriers have no authority to sell papers.
An inebriated passerby in Tonopah halted before the electric bulbs from the Sallen der block to the Palace hotel honoring the Democratic state convention. He challenged Manager Thompson with hiccups about twenty three lights, wandering off muttering that twenty three was enough.
Local items list residents visiting from Reno Round Mountain and Goldfield and moving to California Alameda and Rawhide. United States Senator Newlands passes through Tonopah en route to Goldfield. Ex-State Senator Bell visits Reese River amid talk of Ames Berlin.
A Tonopah Democratic caucus delegates nomination session erupted with cross talk over ballots and official recognition. Speakers attacked ballot rules as plans for a September 5 primary were debated, with figures like W R McFadden and George B Thatcher guiding decisions. The discourse touched on ticket structure and financial trust in local banks.
Records of a party convention debate reveal tensions over the ballot system and free speech as names for the official ballot are chosen. The amendment passed 74 to 57, and the list includes Thatcher Lewis Malley Drysdale Tro Clendenning Bateman Grimes Downs Owens Pittman Schr er, Robb Wittenberg Tenney McNamara Falkenstein Tarpey Smith MQuillan Gort Bell Lydon Douglass Hall McCabe Yates Crossell Murphy Kendall Walker Cole Hayes Ross Davidovich Walker Perry Dougherty Haag Baldwin Lynth Klepper McCloskey Sherman Gregovitch DarTagh Kellhofer Hertel Farrell Dougherty Haag Baldwin Baldwin.
The Republican county central committee meeting scheduled for last evening was postponed to tonight at 7 30 at L A Gibbons office due to late-arriving members from the southern part of the county. An informal discussion covered delegate apportionment and meeting time.
Notice to voters states Tonopa registration is available at Judge Brissell's court from morning to 6 p m. All wishing to vote must register regardless of prior registration. Certificates of operation predate at a stated time.
The Blair trip tomorrow promises one of Tonopah’s largest excursions as Pittsburg Silver Peak opens its plant to the public. A saline springs bath, a baseball game, and a Tonopah brass band entourage add to the lure. Train departs 9 26 with round trip fare of two dollars. sponsorship by J Grant Crumley of the Nevada Club.
A jumble notes a County Republican Convention in Tonopah with mention of Dr Cecelia Gustaf and a sensational claim about locating a kidnapped boy Cecil Britain. It references a famed predictor and a push for readings at Golden Eagles hotel and includes rental and sale notices with incomplete details.
Cards under this heading will be ren up to date of conventions and will be charged for at the rate of ten dollars, payable invariably in advance.
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