Eighteen Leave Elko Grammar School for Graduation
Eighteen Attle residents graduate from Elko Grammar School in a June 6 1918 commencement at the Elko Grammar School program featuring orations recitations and songs. Speakers include Myrtle Viana Sulo Angelica Carvalho Daniel Israel and Dorothy Martin with diplomas presented by Chief Superintendent Welday.
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Clus
Elko
Nev
Glenn Norman Butler
Angelica Martin Carvalho
Hilario Borges Carvalho
Alma Rae Griswold
Nannie Hay
Vivienne Hunter
Daniel Israel
Katie Maurie Kilgore
Dorothy Gifford Martin
Regeu Anderson Martin
Bama
Marty Murphy
Ernest Rena
Frank Steingich
Agnes Kathrine Thompson
Florence Rose Thorne
Carroll William Truett
William Sfunter van Volkkenberg
Myrtle Marie Wilcox
Elko Grammar School
the Old Guard
Myrtle Vae Viana Sulo
Griswold
Teelanion
Frank Stenovich
Ste
Douglas Castle
Germany
Daniel Israel Panu Solu
Angelica Carvalho
Rove Thorne
France
Lily
LW. van Volkenberg
Dorothy Martin
Cargoes
M. L. Merting
Supt
Welday
Iplomas
J. J. Hunter
Woman Arrested in St Louis for Selling Love Powder
Mrs Enna Hracken thirty of this city was arrested after a report that she offered love powder to win affection of any man. The charge centers on fortune telling tied to the sales.
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ST. Louis
Enna Hracken
Fortuny
Baby and Bird Day At Broadway Baptist Church
In Knoxville Tennessee on June 6 members gathered with babies or canaries for a Sunday school event at Broadway Baptist Church. The youngest infant was rocked in a cradle while the oldest member Mrs Christina Schroeder aged eighty four rocked the child. The day celebrated babies and birds as part of the church’s activities.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Broadway Baptist Crch
Christina — Schroeder
Tony Cuce Desertion Case Ties to Steel Mill Incident
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on June 6 Tony Cuce, charged as a US Army deserter, allegedly placed a band in a local steel mill and cut off three fingers after learning officers pursued him.
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Tony
Johnstown
Tony Cuce
United States Army
Spelman Raised to High Position at Western Pacific
J. Spelman formerly superintendent of this division has been named general superintendent of the Western Pacific railway. Announcement was made in San Francisco yesterday. He succeeds E. W. Mason, now major of engineers in the U S reserves. Spelman helped build the road and held key posts during its expansion. He led government car service and the munitions plant material project in Washington.
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Spelman
Government Car Service Bureau
Charleston
Washington
Jurdanh
Western Pacific
Syatem
Southern Pacific
Winnemucca
Wells
Carlin
Elko
Roaduaster PB
F. Connelly
Joe Greller
Southern Pacific No. 5
Star
Irish Protest Green Paint on Germans in Connelsville
Irish residents in Connelsville Pa protest the use of green paint on the bodies of pro Germans. The incident followed a local foreigner refusing to buy a Liberty Bond and denouncing the United States.
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Connellsville
United States
Alabama Prohibition Issue Shapes Next Legislature
In Birmingham on June 6 the political scene centers on a proposal to elect a legislature pledged to ratify the federal prohibition amendment. Prohibitionists expect a favorable majority in the next session, following their earlier defeat in attempting to apply the amendment to this election.
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Birmingham
Ala
Politica
Alabama
Legin
Amendiat
Edward R. Baird Sunk by German Submarine Off Cape Charles
The schooner Edward R. Baird was sunk eighteen miles off Cape Charles on Tuesday. Captain B R K,Couman and the crew were landed at the Atlantic port by an American destroyer. Charles W. Grover, state fish and game warden, now owns a Maxwell automobile.
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Atlantic
Associated Press
Edward R. Baird
Cape Charles
BR. RK. Couldman
Charles W. Grover
Maxwell
Carsoh News
War Dept seeks sixteen million to guard coast against U boats
The War Department asked Congress for sixteen million dollars to build balloon and airplane stations and to establish sixteen coastal defense stations. Thirteen on the Atlantic coast and three on the Gulf coast would deter submarine and air raids. Locations are not yet fixed and guns would be moved along railroads to meet attacks.
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War Department
Washington
Associated Press
Congress
Department
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Fire sweeps Jerome Arizona destroys over a hundred homes
A large blaze in Jerome Arizona's Mexican district left more than a thousand homeless and destroyed numerous homes and several large residences. One Mexican resident was badly burned and feared dead. Local authorities investigated the fire's undetermined origin.
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Jerome
Associated Press
Elko City Council Minutes June 3 1918
The Elko city council met at 8 p m with Mayor J A McBride presiding. Minutes from the previous meeting were approved and a motion to elect J F Gallagher fire chief was carried pending fire department approval. The council rented a room for the city marshal’s office and as a free employment office and meeting space. Various bills were reviewed and approved totaling numerous payments including salaries, police, supply, and street work. The meeting closed with no further business.
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Elko
Board of Supervisors
City of
J. A. McBride
Williams
Brennen
Fire Department
W. R. Mayer
C. F. Williams
FH. van Volkenberg
Seasromesee
Fred Sutton
John Gallagher
Sevaveneanaea
Max Armstrong
Circus Police
A. Capriola
Taber
Express
Newman Supply Co
Free Press Pub. Co
Geo. Russell Co
Hiko-Lamoille Power Co
Howe House
Elko-Lamoille Power Co
Haht Globes Co
Fiko-Lamoille Power Co
Senate Clash Over Diver Attacks and Navy Warnings
Washington June 6. A Senate debate erupted over submarine attacks on American ships off the Atlantic coast. Senator Lewis charged that officials misrepresented conditions at home and named statements he called inaccurate. Senator Brandegee read editorials criticizing the Navy for not warning mariners and for the absence of destroyers and submarine chasers.
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Washington
Associated Press
Senate
Navy Department
Atlantic
Lewis of Hinds
United States
Brandegee
Connecticut
Navy
Rotating garden crops guidance and a Nevada engagement note
The article advises soil salting in winter to deter worm damage on early radishes and outlines crop rotation rules including which crops follow others. It also notes Spinach maturity, fertilizer needs, and sowing timing. A separate item reports Mr and Mrs George Moreland Lowkworth announcing the engagement of Hole de uachler and Louiwe Trehaine Jenkins with Captain Ernest Marvel US Army. wedding planned June 7.
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George Moreland Lowkworth
Winnemucca
Nevada
Hole de Uachler
Mise Louiwe Trehaine Jenkins
Ernest Marvel
US. A
Miss Jenkins
Miss Hamlin
San Francisco Examiner
Dorothy and
Louise Jenkins
B. R. Newman
German Women Ordered to Register in U S War Measures
United States marshals postmasters and police chiefs will register German alien women in all U S cities from June 17 to 26. Registrants must provide four signed photos and a detailed personal history for an identification card to be kept during the war. Noncompliance may lead to internment or deportation. some exceptions apply to women with American citizenship or prior marriages.
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Washington
Associated Press
United States
Gregory
Alsace-Lorraine
Schleswig-Holstein
Clites
Germany
Falke
Admontah
Hawaii
Philippines
Americans Kill Thousand Hun Army In French Front
A U S Army machine gun battalion near Chateau-Thierry accounted for about a thousand German troops while losing only one gun and a few wounded. French forces reportedly eliminated three hundred Germans on the south bank of the Marne. Reports say Americans prevented a river crossing amid heavy enemy fire and captured strategic hill positions.
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France
Associated Press
Chateau-Thierry
States
Marne
Paris
Havas
Rheims
Oise
Sampigny
Aisne
Haute Braye
Veuilly-La-Porterie
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