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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1917
Page
4
W W Weathers visits Elko while Starr Valley folks travel home to Ely and Lamolille residents plan San Francisco trips. Teachers examers in Biko. Dr G McKenzie from Reno scrutinizes army medical boards. A quiet Christmas precedes a big Elks dance funding the county high school. The draft board is busy. Booker leads hours. Tonight Bradley Opera House features The Slacker. Oriental Needle Work Shop advertises fabrics and kimonos.
Sunday dinner features roast goose and suckling pig at Elk Cafe with a hot special served nightly from nine to one. The Whitesides Dental Co offers quality dental care for a little less money.
The Ameri can Steamship Tuscarora, once a lake vessel and now under the United States Shipping Board, with a crew of thirty five, is believed lost at sea north of Cape Breton, Ireland, per shipping circle advices from Nova Scotia.
A new rule in draft questionnaire series 7 requires all registrants to answer every question regardless of citizenship status. Previously a negative answer to question one exempted the remaining questions from the series. The adjutant general’s telegram confirms the change.
Red Cross campaign managers extend the drive to the new year after bad weather slows progress. Oregon surpasses its 28,000 quota while Washington and Idaho expect to meet theirs. Gulf division reports 283,014 of 204,000. Pennsylvania near 92,000 of 1,192,000. Pacific within 34,000 of 400,000. Central division raises quota from 1,189,000 to 1,500,000 and expects to reach it.
Francis G Newlands a gifted speaker and staunch Democrat shaped California politics through party divisions between Northern and Southern factions. He opposed the 1879 California constitution, aligned with Perkins to reunite Democrats, and endured the Stockton convention era led by Stephen M White and anti railroad Democrats.
The article traces Francis G. Newlands his 1892 Nevada congressional win after moving from California and building local influence. It notes his connections to Bryan and his steady rise amid party shifts, plus brief family details including his two marriages and surviving daughters.
The article details Nevada leader Newlands successive election campaigns from 1894 to 1921. It notes victories against Bartine Riley and Doughty, multiple party alignments with Silver and Democratic tickets, a 1903 direct senatorial election shift, 1908 and 1909 victories, and the 1914 close win with Platt as rivals in the first direct senatorial vote.
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