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Newspaper

Elko Independent

Location

Elko, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1917

Page

4

Locals and Personal News From Elko and Vicinity

Local visitors include H H Hunter and D B Salls with brother E H Salls in Elko, plus several prominent stock men like Fred Jordan and J F Murphy in town. William Phillips returns from Wyoming where he worked in the bit and spur trade for a year.

Fred Jordan W. J. Gardner Albert Hawkins J. F. Murphy E. J. Milne B. A. Bohne Elko William Phillips Wyoming

Oriental Needle Work And Kimono Shop Ad

Madeira Cluny Fillet Florentine Venetian Turkish Rugs Silk Underwear Negligees Shirt waists Japanese Kimonos and all kinds of Oriental Goods wholesale and retail M Lamey 435 Railroad Street Sunday dinner goose and suckling pig regionally featured.

Oriental Madeira Cluny M. Lamey Railroad Street

Hogs, pure and simple

Investigators probe cornering of food by San Francisco hog traders for speculative gain. Secret service uncovers hoarding of eggs beans potatoes and canned goods by buyers aiming for huge profits. War times harsh penalties proposed, with talk of penitentiaries or harsher measures for traitors.

Sacramento Bee San Francisco Mercantile Secret Service

Beloved Winnemucca Woman Dies At Christmas Event

Mrs Ross Turman wife of the Episcopal rector died suddenly of heart failure during Christmas tree festivities at the Winnemucca parish hall. She collapsed while chatting with friends as her husband served as Santa. Funeral services were led by Bishop Hunting and Rev Ernest H Price with the body sent to Berkeley for interment.

Winnemucca Ing Ross Turman Episcopal Turman Santa Clause Bishop Hunting Reno Ernest H. Price Berkeley

Deceased Husband Leaves Three Minor Children

The husband of the deceased leaves three children aged eight, one, and three years.

Rancher Arrested for Cattle Stealing

Isadore Sara filed a complaint on December 19 before Justice of the Peace J. J. Lucey at Eureka charging Burl Overton with grand larceny. He was arrested that night when arriving from his ranch about forty miles south of Eureka. The complaint alleges he stole two head of cattle on December 16 valued at $150 from the Eureka Land & Stock Company.

Isadore Sara Justice of the Peace J. J. Lucey Eureka Burl Overton Eureka Land & Stock Company

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