21 Jun 1915
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Newspaper
Tonopah Daily Bonanza
Location
Tonopah, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1915
Page
1
In Atlanta Georgia Leo Firnale known as Frank not to hang was spared the gallows after a secret transfer to Milledgeville. He was sentenced to die for the April murder of Mary Mhagan, with crowds quiet and police reinforced as a governor’s order commuted the punishment to life imprisonment.
A strange mix of Nevada mining notes and historical polygamy proposals appears as Round Mountain shipments of bullion to Tonopah are described, while distant echoes recount 17th century Archival debates on replacing men lost to war and disease with polygamous arrangements, highlighting radical social ideas amid a rough mining season.
A mass meeting on the capital grounds denounces the governor's commuting of a sentence. The protest, labeled as a call for justice, ends with multiple arrests as demonstrators reach the street.
London reports show wartime patriotism fading as the early “Business as Usual” mood wanes. The public, once eager to display loyalties at the outbreak of hostilities, now questions the lasting impact and pace of daily life amid conflict.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a legal motion discussion involving a tunepeh mintie company and the West East Consolidated Mining company, with references to Crom tat wonk and Jiddiew Aventis. A related note mentions Jabak Knox, a teenager from Pittsburgh, with a family visit.
A compressed sale notice from Tanopah Hardware promotes extremely low prices on items including a timer holder and refrigerator hardware. The ad line urges shoppers to hurry as prices appear to undercut normal costs, though some OCR garble obscures full details.
Extension Co ships 46 hare of bullion in June cleanup for accelerated project. The Tuna Mining company sent the bullion to EW Canaan Central on June 21 via Welle William H Hand. bullion weighed 11200 ounces and 66 bird belay ended the shipment.
The government won a forfeit judgment over the Oregon and California land grant, valuing the unsold portion at about 30 million dollars, with the option of future sale under conditions. The International Harvester matter and potential reconfirmation by the Supreme Court followed. The court held that a permanent 5 percent discount on imports in American bottoms under the Underwood Simmons act also applies to goods imported in ships of favored nation treaty powers.
The Supreme Court announced it will review Cum Invitt's conviction under white wave law and digs in the reaching decision. It also ordered the Lackawanna railroad to stop transporting coal under the 1908 contract, reversing lower court rulings against the government in the coal and railroad case.
The Tonopah Extension Mining company reports the new shaft at the ore body yields a six foot lens that extends up to four great unknown deviations, with miners probing east and west as they continue readings. preparations proceed to resume work on the flooded Long Mine to drain the Victor and enable redevelopment, while water flow and pumping progress are detailed.
Local report describes a Saturday night dance with a lively crowd and steady music. The article notes friendly attendees, clean venue conditions, and general enjoyment. It mentions management comments on popular attendance and orderly conduct during the event.
The sixty sixth annual meeting of the American Medical Association opened in San Francisco with Dr Victor Vaughn presiding. Dr Henry J Pavitt presented the council on health and public intervention report noting ongoing public health work and efforts to educate the public about scientific medicine. The council emphasized investigating public health conditions and enhancing public understanding of medical science.
The dispatches claim Kaiser's presence at Beskid while seeking Grodek line possession and Russian positions west of Lemberg. Further success in the Antro-German drive near Lemberg is noted, with Rawawa Ruska reported captured 32 miles northwest of Lemberg. Northwestern Meande, Lorraine, and Vosges sees new gains, including a German fest line capture in Lorraine amid intense fighting.
A night shift at the Monarch Pitts mine last night began dismantling the Merger mine operations after its purchase by the Tonopah Extension. Two north crypts started and work on the large 860 level vein of about 186 feet width will continue vigorously, with ore to be developed through the Tonopah Extension for economy.
The Tonopah council of Knights of Columbus held its annual memorial in the Columbus hall with a large turnout of local and visiting members. Speakers Frank F. Kearns and P. J. Gallagher eulogized the deceased brothers, as musical numbers by Bithjer Degan Raxch and F. P. Crane accompanied the ceremony.
General Chrynian De Wit, a rebel leader in the South African uprising, was found guilty of treason in a war court at Clo mpontain. The ruling comes as British forces press the rebellion and charges were read amid wartime tension.
Supreme Court action annuls the grandfather clause restricting Negro voters. In related notes, a poem reading titled The Shooting of Dan McGrew was planned for an evening at the Mather Theater before a film.
London dispatch notes Baron de Reuter, a private in Kitchoner's army, holds a German title by grant to his grandfather, authorized by Queen Victoria. The title stems from a German conferment though the baron is part of a British army unit.
Geneseo June 21 Henry Siegel ex owner of department stores and a banker in New York who was convicted last November of a misdemeanor and given ten months imprisonment and a $1000 fine unless restitution is made began his journey to Rochester to begin serving his sentence.
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