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Newspaper

Elko Independent

Location

Elko, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1918

Page

4

Local notes and court actions around Deeth and Reno area

The report covers hotel registrations with humorous names, legal papers served near Deeth over water rights with a temporary restraining order, county commissioners boosting fire safety and street renovations, a proposal to build a subway beneath railroad tracks, and Ivy Taylor winning a divorce after threats and a pistol incident. An animal sound ends the piece in a playful aside.

Harris Deeth Union Land & Cattle Company T. W. Thatcher W. S. Floyd Board of County Commissioners Ivy Taylor John Taylor District Court Cain

Town News Roundup From Elko Community

Local residents arrive home from Santa Clara and Lee while Elko hosts officials and visitors. Draft registration begins nationwide with local names to be published tomorrow and news on new local business moves and upcoming Senior Clans farewell ball at the high school.

High Schout Bradley Theatre Orchestra

Border feud erupts in Ruby Valley dust up

Sheriff Harris and District Attorney Carville investigated a quarrel in Ruby Valley. Maggie Duck and Suzie Stickhorse clashed after initial beating, followed by rival retaliation as families mobilized. A rock hit Maggie Duck, escalating the border row toward a feud while authorities urged quiet.

Ruby Valley Harris Carville Maggie Duck Suzie Stickhorse Ducks

Printer's Devil Casey Bea Reflects on Printing Pranks

A quip about a man who calls printers crazy and proves it by writing to half a dozen printers whenever he needs printing. The lighthearted verse mocks overreliance on multiple sources and the quirks of the trade.

Casey Bea

Local Bid Prices Set Amid Postage Costs

A bidder notes quotes from the day showing bids from the lowest at one dollar and sixty-five cents to the highest at one dollar and ninety cents. He mentions spending twelve cents on postage to send his bids.

Classified Ad Snippet Signals Local Rentals and Goods

Notices list short classified items including WANTED to rent a furnished house or apartment via Dupont Pharmacy and inquiries for saddle and work horses from Gibson Gully in Afton Nevada. Also offers a pair of rimmed spectacles and a ranch cook vacancy, with contact through this office.

Dupont Pharmacy eSeen Gibson Gully Afton Nevada

Job Bid Gone Wrong Discounts and Paper Costs

Albert M. Freeman notes in American Printer that a job spent three cents on envelope four cents on writing paper and eighteen dollars weekly to the clerk who prepared letters and applied stamps. The lowest bidder offered 165 but the final cost reached 214.

Tle Albert M. Freeman

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