Locals and Personals recount Elko news and notices
Locals list visitors and residents in Elko including H Gazier and A Griswold families. Five marriage licenses on November 28 set a county record. Red Cross Christmas Seals cause funds for tuberculosis. Judge Averill heads to Tonopah. motions concern jury eligibility. Oil prospecting near North Fork and Beaver Creek. Two Elko men seek military service. names withheld pending exams.
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Red Cross
Plunkett's
Reinhart's
Dupont
Elko Drug Store
Tuberculosis Fund
J. L. Workman
Commercial
Elko
Sam
Christmas Bazaar and Holiday Notices from Local Organizations
The Woman's Guild schedules its Annual Bazaar at Leonard Hall on December 8 with many handmade items for Christmas gifts. The Dorcas Society invites all to its annual bazaar December 6 in the Presbyterian church dining room, offering a variety of items.
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Woman's Guild
Leonard Hall
Dorcas Society
Presbyterian Church
Lloyd George Praises Airmen as Cavalry of the Clouds
In a House of Commons speech Premier Lloyd George honored the British air forces calling them the chivalry of the army. He praised aviation service noting their heavens as battlefields and their unseen daring above mud and squalor as they fight for right and wrong.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Armion
Earth
Miltonle
Knights of the War and the Army Chivalry
The passage extols air force heroes as knights of the war, fighting foes in sky and ground, skimming like swallows over trenches. It lauds their courage, destroying convoys and scattering infantry, and links their deeds to chivalric legend and noble spirit. Continuous gratitude is urged for this army chivalry.
Women in Orchards Save Apple Crop in Idaho and Oregon
Portland reports that women laboring in the Snake River valley orchards in Idaho and Eastern Oregon saved the apple crop. They work long hours in fields driving teams pitching hay operating threshers and handling farm implements. Average wage noted as $3 a day with board and room. Bend Oregon sawmill workers also paid $2.75 daily.
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Portland
Ore
Snake River Valley
Idaho
Oregon
Bend
Many Germans Deserting to Denmark Across Line
Sophus Vanborg of Haywards California reports German sentries deserting to Denmark. He describes patrols 200 feet apart, shortages of food, and resentment toward officers. One guard even eyed an opportunity to shoot his company leader.
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San Francisco
Denmark
Sophus Vanborg
Haywards
Cal
Forestry
Engineering Corps
Market Street
Germany
Concrete boat to be launched in Pittsburg press
In Pittsburg a single reinforced concrete barge will be built for experimental use by a major coal company. The 164 foot long vessel, 26 foot beam, seven foot draft, sits 500 tons and uses no timber except flooring, whales and timber heads. It is fireproof, unsinkable by design, and cheaper to build than steel or wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Preent
Desert Land Final Proof Notice in Elko Nevada
Land Office at Elko Nevada November 1 1917 notice that Al bert Hankins of Lee Elko County Nevada holder of Desert Land Application No 02132 filed intention to make final proof to establish claim to lots 3 and 4 section 3 township 29 north range 56 east Mt Diablo base and meridian before the register and receiver December 11 1917 witnesses Julia Hankins Belle Hankins James G Gregory Simon Young. First publication November 2 1917. Last publication December ? 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Nevada
Albert Hankins
Lee
Elko County
Mt. Diablo Base
Meridian
U. S. Land Office
Julia E. Hankins
Belle Hankins
James G. Gregory
Simon Young
John E. Robbins
Register
Mining Claims Holders Urged to File War-Era Waiver Notices
Mining men are urged to file notice with the county recorder to avoid the annual assessment work on mining claims during the war year. The Independent prints a form drafted by Attorney E. E. Caine, available by writing or visiting the office.
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County Recorder
Independent
E. E. Caine
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H. Gazier
Starr Valley
W. &. Raine
Pine Valley
Hunter
A. Griswold
Scott
A. H. Truett
Evelin Dewar
Wells
Frank Dewar
Averill
Tonopah
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Whitesides Dental CO
Jie
Clifton Hotel
Madeira
Cluny
M. Lamey
Railroad Street
Naar
J. W. Vowell
Department of the Intuuar
U.S
Silver St
nZitt
Krent
Ed. Stein
P. O
Ni Osutt
Smith
E. W. Waynick
Telegraph Office
W. P
C. A. Lang
North Fork
B. Bleroth
Rowland
Garcia Saddle
Riata
Ales. Weiland
Goldberg Saddlery Co
Winnemucca, Nev
W. P. Round House
E. Hansford
el Dorado Hotel
Winnemucca
Far
Saphires
Commercial Street
S. P. Freight Depot
R. C. Toombs
Mente
Cleaners
Eiko
Eiko, Nev
French Baking Company
Ferest
Henderson Banking Company
Elko Ne Terariusoereks
Carload
Elko, Nevada
Geo. Russell Co
Richard Soroc
Elko Transfer Company
Parker & Pay
First National Bank
Elro, Nevada
J. A. Sewell
Co. F. Williams
A. E. Kimball
E. E. Ennor
Elko Hotel
A. Puccinelli & CO
Silver Street
Western Pacific Railroad
Ed Carville
Borge L
Brandt
Adams Express
Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
VIA
Salt Lake City
Denver
G. M. Blair
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