Senator Pittman Wins 125000 for Coyotes Extermination
Special to The Independent from Washington July 7. Senator Key Pittman of Nevada secured a $125,000 appropriation for coyote extermination after a failed strike vote. He argued forcefully, quoting letters from Nevada officials and associations. The measure passed after two days of debate. The piece notes ongoing coyote activity and rabies risk.
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Miner Recruits Americans After Foreign Laborer Fear
E R Holden Jr, a Colorado New York mining operator at Tuscarora dumps, reports a dozen foreign-born laborers fled after threats of bodily harm by local workers. He sent fifteen American workers in their place, paying three fifty a day for shovel work on the dumps.
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Tuscarora
Hurricane toll rises with ships lost and property damage
New Orleans July 7 The toll from the recent hurricane grows with the loss of the steamer Frieda crew of 22 and a Gulfport schooner plus five small boats from Chandler Mississippi crew of at least six. Wreckage found on Island No. 1h. The storm mirrors the 16 years ago Galveston disaster but spared populous cities this time.
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Horses Break Loose From Freight Car Near Carlin
A carload of horses from California, aboard a Southern Pacific freight, was unloaded at Carlin at 1 am. They escaped into a corral after feeding, attracted by the Elko plains and mountains, with one colt claiming a longing for the mountains in a frontier-tinged exchange.
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German High Seas Fleet Threatens Battle Off English Coast
Berlin reports say the German high seas fleet captured the 1384 ton steamship Lestria off the English coast and torpedo boats destroyed the 1127 ton Gannett as a show of force. A decisive naval clash with the British grand fleet is seen as imminent.
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Lestria
Gannett
London
North Sea
Champion Fishermen of Elko Report Great Fun
Harry M. Yer Western Pacific dispatcher Arnold M. Laumberty W P night telegrapher and engineers Carl Muhl and Bert Dyer enjoyed a day of fishing on the South Fork in Muhl s Overland. They arrived after 7 am and a rainbow bite capped by Lamberty s two pound rainbow were noted amid lively mosquitoes and worm bait.
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Western Pacific
Arnold M. Laumberty
W. P
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Bert Dyer
South Fork
Mr. Muhl
Mr. Lamberty
Lost horses spark pursuit after corral delivery
A colt and his mother escape in a humorous exchange before the horses vanish on the mountainside. A freight train brakeman alarms a pursuing posse with the cry that the horses are gone and no trace was found by morning.
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Nyre
Actress and gasoline blast injures Mrs Boyd near Lamoule
Mrs Boyd of Rabbit Creek near Lamoule sustained painful injuries yesterday in what reports say was a gasoline explosion. The William Fox film The Unfaithful Wife adapted from The Vendetta by Marie Corelli, starring Robert Mantell and Genevieve Hamper, is set to be shown at Bradley tonight.
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Robert Mantell
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Carranza seeks U S aid as Villa advances on border
Carranza orders Ambassador Arredondo to ask the State Department to deploy U S troops to guard the border. Secretary Lansing says Villa looms as a factor, while Pershing’s forces wait for Villa near Chihuahua amid government doubts about Carranza’s stance.
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Greatest Battle Rages as Fronts See Heavy Fighting
War Office reports German trenches captured east of La Boiselle on a 1000 yard front near Ancre Mont Auban. In Riga to Galicia the German line retreats feared but strategic. Russians blamed for rushing too eagerly. Paris notes Somme artillery duels while Petrograd claims Russian officer and man captures. Berlin reports ongoing Somme clash with mixed German gains and French Meuse repulses.
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Five Jurists Up For Nevada Supreme Court Bench
The Democratic state convention will likely select a justice from five candidates: ex-Justice George F. Talbot of Orm e dy County, Judge Emmet Walsh of Esmeralda County, Nye County District Attorney J. G. Sanders, Judge B. A. Dicker of Humbol at County, and George A. Bartlett of Washoe County.
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Ormedy County
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Esmeralda County
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Nye County
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George A. Bartlett
Washoe County
Miners Bond Rich Safford District Claims to Millionaire Backers
J W Ebert and C W Pratt of Palisade bond six rich Safford district claims to H J Sisty and associates for 30000, with others in Onondaga Dar win and Plato group deals for 15000 76000 and 25000. Work to start by August 1 after testing ore and prospecting. Ebert meets financiers in New York.
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Palisade
H. J. Listy
Colorado
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R. Z. Marold
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Sisty
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Barth
Humboldt River
James Safford
Earth
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Humboldt
Double Births Reported in Elko Homes in July 1916
A birth notice lists two newborn sons in Elko. On July 7 1916 Mr and Mrs John Angelo of Jack Creek Alabama welcomed a son. on July 6 1916 Mr and Mrs Ignacio Landa welcomed a 74 pound son.
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Japan and Russia sign defensive alliance pact
Tokyo reports that Japan and Russia concluded a defensive and offensive treaty. The agreement binds both nations not to join arms pacts against the other and to cooperate on joint defense if territorial interests are menaced. The pact allows Japan to defend itself if its alliance with Britain ends.
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Infantile paralysis toll rises in New York
The epidemic continues to claim about one infant per hour with 22 deaths in 24 hours ending at 1 pm. The total surpasses 200 as doctors despair and warn the disease will likely rage through the summer. Dr. Simon Flexner notes a 25 percent mortality, the highest in America.
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Mad Outlaw Villa Wild for Revenge in Mexico
Pancho Villa leads a strong force against Carrancista troops at Corral ranch south of Jiminez and quickly occupies Jiminez as garrison forces retreat. General Obregon vows to personally lead fields against Villa while Consular Agent Rodgers urges full resources to curb the outlaw and delay Pershing’s withdrawal.
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