LOGALS AND PERSONALS IN ELKO AREA
Glaser the Tobar merchant is an Elko visitor today Henry Garat White Rock rancher is in Elko Mrs Frank Horn passes through on her way from Salt Lake City to Tuscarora B G McBride deputy state engineer will aid water users and review proofs at the county courthouse Red Cross talk by Mrs Jene Baldwin at 2 pm Saturday Dec 29 1917 all ladies invited Mrs Charles Henderson chairwoman The Whitesides Dental Co promises more quality for less money Elk Cafe offers hot specials daily Roast goose and suckling pig for Sunday dinner Oriental Needle Work and Kimono Shop Madeira Cluny Filet Florentine Venetian Turkish Rugs Silk Underwear Negligees Shirt waists Kimonos etc M Lamoy 435 Railroad Street n2stt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jene Baldwin
Red Cross
Charles Henderson
Madeira
M. Lamoy
Railroad Street
Commercial Hotel Arrivals From Various Cities
Mrs. Frank H. Horn of Salt Lake and guests including Guy Empey B L. Jones Idaho Falls E Edwards Wells 8 R Holmes Jerome Idaho Paul C. Winter LaMoille J H Alpers H A Martin Geo W Ferey Chas Gorman and others checked into the Commercial Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Horn
Salt Lake
Guy Empey
B. L. Jones
Idaho Falls
E. Edwards
Wells
R. Holmes
Jerome
Idaho
Paul C. Winter
Lamoille
J. H. Alpers
H. A. Martin
Geo. W. Ferey
Chas Gorman
Registered at the Mayer list of names and places
A fragment lists individuals registered at the Mayer establishment and associated locations including White Rock Lamoille Los Angeles San Francisco Elko and Wells with married couples and single registrants such as Henry Garat G H Ivory Mrs Tremewan Mrs L F Wel shon Clifford Welshon E A Marden and wife C S Parker J B McKee D Rathman and Lee among others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Garat
White Rock
G. H Ivory
Mra
Blacksmith Evangelist Gets Shower of Eggs
In Pin Hook, Tennessee, Rev. J. T. Sexton the blacksmith evangelist received 103 eggs from children, each bearing the giver's name, after a revival. He refused to accept more than one egg from any child and a few had wanted to shower him with more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Pin Hook
J. T. Sexton
Mr. Sexton
Pinochle Dispute Soothed by Local Savant in Denver
Denver dispatch reports a debate over whether pinoche is German in origin, with a local savant asserting the game is not German after heated talks and a resolution allowing players in St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit and other centers to resume evening sessions without fear of implying Kaiser sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Antony
Cleopatra
Actium
Cleo
Polly
Origin of pinochle myth and 1918 grazing notice
Explains a dubious origin tale for pinochle crediting Antony and Cleopatra before Actium. Also appears a government notice inviting grazing permit applications for cattle horses and sheep in Humboldt National Forest for 1918 with filing by February 15 in Elko Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt National Forest
Elko
Nevada
Jewish Battalion Begins Final Training for Palestine Front
The British army forms the Jewish Battalion under Colonel J. H. Patterson. About half are British born or naturalized, with Zion Mule Corps veterans and Russian Jews among the ranks. Training in western England precedes departure for Palestine. officers praise high fitness while Patterson advocates temperance, blaming drink for army crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Palestine Front
J. H. Patterson
East Africa
Gallipoli
Zion Mule Corps
Egypt
Palestine
Dardanelles
Zion Corps
Patterson
Multinational Battalion Formed With Kosher Diet
The guardroom stands empty since inception and cells were converted to guards' bedrooms. The battalion hosts tailors, artists, sculptors including Jacob Epstein, violinist Anton Tchaikov, and a Russian claiming Kerensky kin. Orders issued in English and Yiddish, many soldiers speak Yiddish, and a corporal knows nine languages. Kosher meals provided, Saturday off, fast days observed with military formality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Epstein
England
Anton Tchaikov
Epstein
Kerensky
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glaser
Tobar
Frank Horn
Tuscarora
Salt Lake City
B. G. McBride
County Court House
THE
Whitesides Dental CO
Elk Cafe
MAYER
Silver St
W. FP. Round House
T. BE. Jovey
Fred. Voight
Dain
Phone
Walt
Mayer Hotel
Addrean P. O
Biko
Niitt
Bille
Adams Express
G. M. Blair
Sutherland A Mtfarlane, Per
J. D. M'Farlane
Independent Meat CO
A. L. Hopely
French Baking Company
Bissinger & Co
E. J. Ly's
United States
Geo. Russell Co
McNew
McDermott
Eiko
Eiko, Nev
A. ©. Toombs
First National Bank
ELRO
J. A. Sewell
Carload
Elko, Nevada
Commission House General Storage
Silver Street
Western Pacific Railroad
Ed Carville
Debs Sri
Hurr
Elko Transfer Company
Parker & Paul, Prope
Elko Hotel
Flrst Close
A. Puccinelli & CO
Prah
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