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The Weekly Elko Independent
Elko, Elko County, Nevada
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A group of Tuscarora travelers arriving by special stage in Elko complained of mistreatment at Lute Dorsey's station, where the proprietor held their overcoats for a dollar each after a passenger tried to steal turkeys, despite cold weather. They vowed revenge on the return trip.
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Monday, December 8, 1878.
LOCAL and State NEWS.
(From Saturday's Daily.)
The party of Tuscarorans who came down by special stage, complain of a gross lack of courtesy towards them after taking dinner at Lute Dorsey's. Just because an acquisitive passenger attempted to appropriate a turkey or two which were running about loose upon the premises and liable to attack strangers at any time, the unfeeling proprietor of the house station extorted an American dollar from each one of them before he would relinquish a single overcoat—and the weather was awful cold, too. They swear that they'll get even by the establishment on the return trip, if they have to go hungry while in town to do it.
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Primary Location
Elko
Event Date
December 7, 1878
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travelers paid one dollar each to retrieve overcoats; no injuries reported; they plan revenge on return trip.
Event Details
A party of Tuscarorans arriving by special stage dined at Lute Dorsey's station. An acquisitive passenger tried to take loose turkeys, prompting the proprietor to withhold their overcoats in cold weather until each paid a dollar.