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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
3
Pasquital Silvers, a dairyman at Warm Springs, found that running cider through a cream separator yields a clear amber liquor with 93 percent potency. The accidental discovery, seen as a potential aid during prohibition, spurred nationwide cider testing and prompted talk of commemorating Silvers.
Justice Grier of Tonopah issues arrest warrant for Homer Wilson on complaints by miners at United Lodi Mining in Lodi Nye county for misrepresentation to workmen. Plaintiffs Simi Parone and Olero seek $161, $164.50, and $86 respectively. Wilson once led the Keane Wonder mine and promoted Goldfield ventures. warrants to be served upon his return from San Francisco.
Carl Anderson from the mineral section near the quicksilver mines criticizes the assessment work suspension on mining claims. He argues a prospector should abandon a claim if yearly work value falls short of one hundred dollars, saying the law slows development and concentrates claims. Local readers note many share his view.
At a state board of paroles meeting held last Monday Carmella Biegas from Lyon county was granted parole after serving time for assault with a deadly weapon. John Diamond, also from Lyon county, received parole for a prior burglary.
Mrs. Cley Fry of Ferguson Station Missouri extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as splendid and urges families to know it. She says she gives it to her children at first signs of croup and uses it for herself to relieve coughs and lung fullness, noting quick improvement after a few doses.
The Internal Revenue Service announces early December issuance of 1919 tax forms. Taxpayers must file between January 1 and March 15, 1920, with quarterly payments one-fourth due at filing. Forms 1040A and 1040 apply by income level, with rates 4 and 8 percent, plus surtax scales. Exemptions: single $1,000, married $2,000. alien nonresidents taxed at 8 percent on U S income above exemptions.
A voluntary agreement between Rochester Mines and its workers sets a bonus based on silver price. If monthly average is below 1.21 to 1.25, 25 cents per shift. at 1.25 or higher, 50 cents per shift. Wages at Rochester match Tonopah levels of 3.50 a shift for machine men and 5.00 for miners. Agreement signed by C A Bennett and P E Prichard M W Hubbard and B V Volman, runs to May 1 1920.
A blaze in Paradise Valley destroyed the Kembler store, one of the town’s oldest buildings, leaving only adobe walls. Contents and a large mail shipment were lost. postage stamps, money orders, and most records were saved. The Golconda Telephone & Power exchange in the same building also burned.
An older health advice snippet urges moderate eating and timely chewing. It promotes Champ lain's Tablets said to improve digestion and make meals a real pleasure after supper.
Wayne Everett of Minden and partners have taken over the Poco Tiempo group near Alkaski Lake south of the Mountain House. They report new shipping ore and a silver lead vein valued at $0.03 per ton, with ore assays up to six dollars per ton and a large vein suitable for concentrating. The site features a 150 ft incline shaft and a 400 ft main tunnel, with plans for winter development and a modern concentrating plant next spring if ore warrants.
The Virginia Chronicle notes new openings on the 2150-foot level of the Consolidated Virginia mine reveal ore assays over 300 per ton. Explorations seek the downward extension of the famed bonanza, once spreading 300 feet and delivering 70 million dollars in dividends from depths near 1100 to 1167 feet.
Tomy Mahara, a Gillis range wizard and friend of Yerington contractor Mr. Mathews, sent him a hind quarter from a wild horse. In a letter the gift was said to be equal to choice beef. Mathews tried a piece at supper and found it caused a night mare, keeping the household awake braying like a burro, leading him to suspect a burro yearling was sent instead.
William Dewar of Virginia City Nevada was found guilty by a jury before Judge Franklin A Griffin of obtaining gold by high grading while an employee of the Chollar mine on the Comstock lode Nevada He was captured in San Francisco two months ago while attempting to move four sacks of gold bullion valued at four thousand five hundred dollars Dewar had claimed the bullion came from Henry Tobener twelve years earlier but Tobener was produced in court by mine lawyers Bert Schlesinger and W R McWood to refute the alibi The case drew close attention from mining men in California and Nevada
Physicians argue that severe colds warrant complete isolation to stop spread within families and workplaces. They suggest that recovery is aided by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, comparing its usefulness to other treatments and noting the belief that a milder approach reduces risk with time.
Miss Alice Neilson outlines the home hygiene movement in Yerington detailing its aims for schools and communities. The program emphasizes preventive care, personal and household sanitation, nursing basics for women, infant care, and public health education to reduce mortality and improve community health.
The State Board of Pardons granted parole to Mrs Ellen Connell of Elko for memory care by her son in Idaho. She is seriously ill and not expected to live long. Connell was convicted of administering poison with intent to kill her husband.
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