21 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1916
Page
1
President Wilson pressed railroad executives to reach rapid agreement amid wartime controls. He warned action must move to prevent delays and protect the nation’s defense and transport needs, urging concrete proposals and unity from all parties.
Berlin August 21 Kaiser Wilhelm has returned from Warsaw where he arranged preliminaries for Poland's freedom under Central Powers protection. He enjoys a detailed report on the Deutschland voyage to and from America and expresses keen pleasure at Captain Koenig's assurances of American friendliness. He also notes courteous German treatment of Poles.
The suspect pleaded not guilty as legal proceedings begin. The blast killed a witness and wounded fifty others. The case centers on the Witnes bomb explosion and the planned attack linked to Billings and Weld. Court dates set for trial.
A garbled but period style report notes reduced infantile deaths and public health concerns. It mentions Chief Dispatcher W S Peace, engineers, and a hospital scene with officials and a horse act. The piece references widespread fear, rail and street activity, and a conference with New York financial figures.
F Thomas Hamill 29 married vice principal of Carson City High School was found murdered while on homestead work near Twin Falls Idaho. Masons sent guard of honor. wife Jessie Mitchell visited North Dakota. Tonopah races, Reno conventions, and local incidents fill the statewide notices with names, dates, and places across Nevada.
Berlin and Paris dispatches claim Teutons and Bulgarians gained on the Balkan front with renewed offensives and heavy fighting along the Serbian and Romanian areas. British and French accounts describe fierce clashes, evacuations, and tactical retirements as both sides press for advantage amid chaotic front lines.
Carson and Reno members of the 1 OE and Bee supporters urged sending the 200 children from the Lutte Orphans Home to a rodeo as honored guests for at least one day. Rodeo managers promised no transport cost, railways partly donated, Elks and local citizens backing the effort with a planned Sept date and fundraising to cover entertainment.
Fragmentary report notes various names and places including Lyons Spring and Moonlight grain of gold climnie with references to Elliott, Thomas Graven, and a truck accident near a pond last Thursday. Details are corrupted and partially unreadable.
A grand barbecue feast will close the Elko County Rodeo and County Stock Fair on September 7. Nelson Ouderkirk says the event features prime beef prepared on the ground by expert cooks led by G. S. Garcia, drawing epicurean interest and Nevadan hospitality.
Washington reports say Japan purchased 60 000 acres along the Atlantic coast near the Panama canal for a naval base. Officials mum on the claim, raising the prospect of an international crisis if true. Separately Congress advances immigration bill with literacy test for aliens by a narrow Senate majority.
New York City August 21 The Public Morals Committee received a report from the Catholic Societies convention announcing Catholic Week. It denounces evils from divorce laws the lack of uniformity and the rise of radicalism. The annual report lists over a million divorcees in ten years and membership exceeding 165 000.
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