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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1915
Page
4
In Jackson v Jackson the plaintiff reveals he was in the county just under six months at filing. He claims the six month residence rule not met and the suit continues as he hopes witnesses will prove required residency. Other briefs note local travel and visits from Sherman, Ely, Goldfield, and Wells with various social notes.
George Hennen reports rabid coyotes terrorizing Lamoille and Pleasant valleys with multiple encounters with local dogs. In Bremen ranch incident a rabid coyote was shot after dogs were killed. Hennen urges government intervention to deploy a hunter to exterminate the coyotes.
A brutal cold wave sweeps the middle west. Chicago reports bitter winds and subzero readings as Fond du Lac Wisconsin records its coldest weather yet at 2 degrees below zero.
In Semil Bohemia a young woman Lena Dolensky becomes the town's first female chimney sweep as war expands work for women. When her brother left for military service she donned his soot stained outfit and began cleaning local chimneys with his help.
The state has collected nearly $300,100 from county treasurers in recent weeks. Ormsby reports $4,565.03, Lyon $17,658.48, Eureka $15.2, Douglas $6,789.29, White Pine $342. details of other counties are listed in the report.
Tax totals for six counties are listed with amounts in Humboldt Churc hill Mineral Nye and Washoe. Six more counties Esmeralda Etho Clark Lincoln Story and Lander pending their returns.
London crowds gathered as a long cabinet meeting ended without a statement from Premier Asquith. Disputes over conscription split the cabinet with some members in favor and many violently against enforced enlistments.
The New York federal grand jury indicted six members of the Nations Peace League and two others, Davie Lemar the Wolf of Wall Street and Franz Von Kittelsen a Friend of the Kaiser. Indicted officials include Buchanan of New Jersey East Orange, Robert Fowler of Illinois, Frank Monett of Ohio, Herman Schulties, and Henry B. Martin. The charges carry up to one year in prison and ten thousand dollars in fines. Lamar and Rintelen are alleged founders. Rintelen is detained in England with uncertain extradition prospects.
A roster of guests at Mayer Hotel including A. E. Kimball Elko Mrs J J Scheer Wells Mrs Lila Welshons Lamoille E W Anderson and wife Deeth F D Wilson Ogden Frank Smiley Deeth Jas H Jackson Carlin J A McAllen Valmy L Alther Salt Lake F G Pressele San Francisco W S Elliott Ely HM J Sadler Sherman A L Phillips San Francisco and others listed from Bullion and nearby areas.
A fragmented passage lists individuals and places including Aaron Hylton Hylton Man Rey nolds Mrs Thos Parks Parks Station H E Bundy Elko W C Paul W P Ry R V Orenit Yes well W R Wright E J Massman rs Hansberry Elko Ted Johnson and Lake, suggesting a local notice of residents or stakeholders in Elko and nearby locales.
Paris reports Corporal Teugeot the first Frenchman killed in the war, shot by a German officer at Joncherey on August 2, 1914. French frontier neutrality orders prompted guards to withdraw, a German patrol crossed into French territory, and Peugeot and his men confronted them at Faverois.
A German officer fatally wounds a corporal in Mulhausen after a failed speech by Lieut Major of the Fifth Regiment. The corporal dies after seizing a rifle and firing at the assailant who falls from a horse. Peugeot dies soon after. Notice announces a Nevada property sale in Elko County from Ella James estate, to private bidders after court approval. Property includes Lots 12, 14, 16 in Block I, Town of Carlin.
Notices detail a sale of a carlin area plano and household furniture with cash in gold coin terms and bids in writing via Cantwell and Carville Elko Nevada, dated December 17 1915. Also notice for grazing permits in Ruby National Forest Deeth Nevada with February 1916 deadline and grazing fee info from Supervisor D M Ryan.
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