Negro Troops Riot In Houston Killing Officials
In Houston on August 24 more than 100 soldiers from the twenty fourth infantry rioted killing sixteen whites and wounding many. Martial law was declared by Governor Ferguson as police and troops clash near Camp Logan.
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Houston
Texas
Twenty-Fourth Infantry
Earl Gintey
Fred Schofield
Ginley
Schofield
Wilson
Patton
Daniels
Rainly
Nivt
N. G
Logan
Badt & Company Sold to J P Burke by Wells Firm
The Wells Herald reports M Badt & Company has sold its stock to J P Burke of Oakland California. Burke will arrive to take charge next week and plans an up to date establishment with a large stock, offering close buying to Elko county residents. He foresees a strong future for the region and will dispose of the entire M Badt stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Badt & Company
Herald
J. P. Burke
Oakland
Cal
Elko County
Wells
Burke
M. Badt & Co
Wells Herald
Rendezvous Arranged for Territorial Guard Troops
A rendezvous is prepared for Territorial Guard soldiers from Deming New Mexico. Their home station is Port Russell Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natonal Guard
Deming
New Mexico
Port Russell
Wyoming
Successions of Bad Accidents In Carson and Austin
Donald Hoskins, printer in Austin, filed papers in Carson with the industrial commission for his sister in law the widow of Louis C. Dyer killed by a Dalton mine boiler explosion. Herbert Hoskins, his brother, near blinded by a bottle injury in Reno while heading to the California Institution for the Blind. he plans to pursue schooling at the school for the blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hoskins
Reese River Reveille
Austin
Carson
Industrial Commission
Slater
Louis C. Dyer
Dalton Mine
Bray
Herbert
Carson News
Poison in Salt Lake water supply suspected
Salt Lake City August 24. Bert Hunt head of the sanitary division reports the city water from City Creek canyon has been found contaminated with the colon bacillus. He believes the waters were intentionally poisoned as contamination appears unusually severe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
City Creek Canyon
Bert Hunt
Sanitary Division
City Board of Health
Hunphy Estate to Be Heard by State Board
Carbon City August 24 The Dunphy estate one of the state's largest taxpayers asks for a hearing before the state board of equalization to support claims it has been overassessed in Eureka Lander and Elko counties The board set the hearing for today Robert Tucker travels to Vallejo California to settle affairs and then will return to Elko County Uncle Bob prefers to spend the rest of his life in Elko County over anywhere else he has seen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon City
Dunphy
State Board of Equalization
Eureka
Lander
Elko
Robert Tucker
Vallejo
California
Bob
Hom Fe
Eiko County
Italians Storm Southern Line Near Isonzo Front
Italian forces stormed Austrian positions on the Isonzo front and repelled violent counterattacks. About twenty thousand prisoners were captured and removed from the Austro Italian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Cadorna
Isonzo
Record Freight Move Sets Southern Pacific Division Pace
The Sacramento division moved 1600 loaded freight cars on Saturday, the greatest in years. More than half carried California fruit eastward. total tonnage surpassed prior records, with cars averaging 50 000 pounds for an estimated 40 million pounds in one day. A single train of 87 cars topped the effort, and 1260 cars pass the summit daily on average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Southern Pacific Railroad
the Gazette
California
Southern Pacific
Renogo
Verdi
Sparks
Reno
Trina
Remove Chinese Bones for Burial at Home
In Portland Oregon five hundred graves in Lone Fir Cemetery are being opened to exhume Chinese remains from the last twenty years. The bodies will be sent to China for reburial in accordance with ancestral customs. Four white men extract the remains while Chinese workers clean and pack the bones for shipment in tin cans along with coins once buried with the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Lone Fir
China
Confucius
Shipping Board Seeks Billion Dollar Funding For Fleet
Washington August 24 The Shipping Board requests a new billion dollar appropriation to support a shipbuilding program that calls for twelve hundred seventy ships with seven million six hundred eight thousand tons carrying capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Shipping Board
Nsking
Shipbuilding Program
Anaconda Copper Mining Shuts Montana Properties
Hutth August 24 The strike of the Washoe works smeltermen leads the Anaconda Copper Mining Co to announce another shutdown on Montana properties.
List of men passed by board for exemption review
The local board certified a list of men passed by the district board after examination. Exemption claims were denied for several, with pass rules favoring married men with minor children. The roster includes Frank Thomas Anderson of Tuscarora and many others listed by name, residence, and file numbers, spanning Elko, Montello, Wells, and surrounding areas.
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Board of Examiners
Te “Poara
District Board
Frank Thomas Anderson
Tuscarora
George Earl Arnhold
Lee
Jose John Berueta
Deeth
Chas, Brown
James Edward Boyd
Rogerson
Idaho
John Brady
Contact
Edward Tom
Churchfield
Ruby Valley
Harry Callahan
Elko
George L. Caster
Hugh Clark
Frank Cooney
Loyd Carroll
Charleston
Francis Joseph
Carroll
Ogden
Utah
Daniel H. Drinbn, Jr
North Fork
Joe Lewis
Montello
Chartle Eck
Wells
Fred Ehlenfeld
Raymond BE
Eager
Lamoille
Francis Horton
Alfred Ventura Facha
Tuckers Station
Norman L. Frazier
Edgemont
Henry Fischer
William Harry Ford
Hugh Franklin
Kingman
Ariz
Austrian Prince Advances Troops Near Riga Coast
Berlin Aug 24 Prince Leopold is advancing his forces from Riga and has reached the Gulf of Riga coast according to an official today. The update places Austrian troops near a Baltic location as the war progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Leopold
Riga
Berlin
Leopold
Gulf of Riga
Army Man's Risk Not Great In World War I
Marine Corps officials in Washington report that allied losses are lower than expected. Only about one in fifteen combatants is killed and one in five hundred loses a limb. About 95 percent recover from wounds and roughly 90 percent can return to the firing line. Marines note that fighting in Halt yielded less than one percent losses across varied terrain and urban combat, signaling a shift from trench warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marine Corps
France
Spy Alleged Russian Diplomat Arrested at Sea
Doris Delaskine claimed to be a Russian diplomat and was arrested this morning on a steamer as a German aDV. A Pythian Sisters gathering and St. Pauls Episcopal Woman's Guild enjoyed a lively Lamoille picnic with many auto loads in attendance.
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San Francisco
Doris Delaskine
Lamoille
Pythian Sisters
Woman’s Guild of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
List of names and numbers from an archival record
A dense extract lists numerous individuals with associated numerical values and places, likely an archival registry or ledger. Names include Wm. K. Phipps Charleston, Harry B. Pelley Midas, Frank Peters Lee, Elmer Stains Jail, Joseph Frank Mark Ruby Valley, Jamies David Maher Ogden Utah, and others across Elko Wells Montello Carlin and related towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Albert Glaser
Elburz
Harvey M. Gooch
Halleck
Edson Gregory
Lee
Carlton Grass
Carlin
Marinus Hansen
San Jacinto
Ernest Weston Harper
Montello
Carl Hagenhord
Dennix Hoeksema
Charleston
Henry Hagar
Cave Creek
Russell Hall
John Leslie Hancock
Reno
Virgil Othoe Johnson
North Fork
Tom Korosianakis
James Joseph Leary
Elko
James Everett Lowe
Calisto Laucirica
Tuscarora
Ralph Lewis
Wells
Fred Linsen
Alfredo Lucetmgi
Jesse CL Larsen
Deeth
William ©. Moell
Harry S. Menagh
Pete Paul Martinez
Edgar Ray Munsee
Montoetlo
Barney Monasterio
White Rock
Wm. K. Phipps
Harry B. Pelley
Midas
Frank Peters
Henry Porros
Metropolis
Loyd J. Politte
Nick Pappas
Walter Mel
Ela Quiliei
Luigi Rovai
Lynn Truman Smith
Cobre
Pitte Sultehi
Lamolile
George W. Small
Tugearora
Elmer Stains
Jeas Edwin Sepulveda
Marcello Saviozzi
Roxy W. Slater
William Taylor
Rowland
Joe Turner
Ati Otto
Taufer
Pedro Urizar
Jim Vice
Wellington Welland
Jess Womack
Everett Daniel Whipple
Tecoma
Paul Loula Winstead
Blaine Lestie
Alejandro Zuazo
Tisenrors
Rosa W. Thomson
Joseph Frank Mark
Ruby Valdey
Jamies David Maher
Ogden
Utah
Frank Tove
Energetic Young Ladies Start Tour Of County
Miss Lucille Rogers and Miss Kate Israel begin a countywide tour to solicit subscribers for the Elko Independent and promote the Sixth Annual Rodeo on September 3 5. They travel by horse and buggy with signs and hand bills hoping to gain two hundred new subscribers and earn commissions or compensation if unsuccessful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko Independent
Lucille Rogers
Kate Israel
Independent
Lamolile
Woman teaches men art of war flying in Sandusky
Mrs. Alys McKay Bryant widow of aviator Johnny Bryant trains aviation students in Sandusky Ohio turning out six to twelve aviators weekly. She arrived to assist Tom Benoit after his death and continues teaching despite denied permission to fly over battlefront. Grant Pyle, beef buyer, is in town seeking cattle for his firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Alys McKay Bryant
Johnny Bryant
Vancouver
France
French Capture Hill 604 After Severe Struggle
The French report capturing Hill 34 near Verdun after a brutal assault at dawn. They claim an average advance of about 1.25 miles between Avecourt Wood and Dead Man's Hill, gaining control of key Verdun front positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Verdun Front
Avecourt Wood
Dead Man's Hill
Paris
Will Teach Trades to Wives of Soldiers
Denver August 24 Thrift House names classes by the National League for Women's Service to train wives of soldiers in Morse telegraphy wireless typing stenography and general fire work. An employment bureau will place members in positions as they become competent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Thrift House
National League For Women's Service
National Army
New York Metal Quotations From Associated Press
Market bulletin lists silver copper and lead prices with notes on electrolytic copper near term settlement details. Mentions September terms and nearby values, with reference to Spelter and St. Louis smelter settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. St. Loui
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Tex
Elko Mercantile CO
Salt Lake
Hunphy
State Board
Montana Copper CO
Edith Story
Alverez
Vitagraph
Grant Pyle
Tis Firm
New York
Swift
Sunset Grocery Company
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