Elko Development Promises Big Race Grounds Venture
Great interest surrounds the Elko Development Company project to build a half mile oval track for auto motorcycle and horse races at Elko. The plan includes a three thousand capacity grandstand, rodeo grounds, a baseball diamond, stables, booths, a dance pavilion, and extensive parking. 100 acres are laid out with 80 lots offered at 300 dollars each. stock is non-assessable and designed to cover construction costs under 15000 dollars, with expected three year returns.
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Elko Development Company
Elko
Pendleton
Oregon
Elko Capital
G. S. Garcia
Joseph Snelson
Nels Ouderkirk
State Racing Commission
Decree settles Humboldt river water rights dispute in Nevada
Judge Ducker finalizes a three year case Union Canal Ditch company v Pacific Reclamation company and receivers over Bishop Burnt and Trout creeks. The decree declares plaintiffs' rights to water for irrigation stock domestic use and crops, bars storage by the defendant except as specified, and makes the injunction permanent with costs totaling 13,500.
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Winnemucca Star
Ducker
Union Canal Ditch Company
Pacific Reclamation Company
Humboldt River
Lovelock Valley
Metropolis
Elko County
Bishop
Trout
Bishop Creek
Prince A. Hawkins
Cheney, Downer, Price and Hawking
Cole T.tarnoon
James P. Raine
Bullion Mines Awarded Prize for Nevada Exhibit
Word from San Francisco says that a silver medal was awarded the Nevada Bunker Hills Mining Company of Bullion thirty miles south of Elko for its ore exhibit. The exhibit is said to be attracting marked attention and helped Nevada win first prize for mineral exhibits. The medal honors the company and will attract mining world interest to the state. Mr and Mrs John Cohn of Carlin are in Elko on a business trip. Walter Brown, an old Elko resident now of Tonopah, is visiting Elko.
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San Francisco
Nevada-Bunker Hills
John Cohn
Carlin
Elko
Walter Brown
Amd
Tonopah
England plans to use three thousand aircrafts for air supremacy
Special to The Independent reports England intends to deploy three thousand planes to control the skies and strike German targets, promising battles in the air and against Zeppelins. Two hundred British were reported killed in an aerial attack at Karevule, Ome. C.H. Asbury, superintendent of Indian affairs in Nevada, spent yesterday here settling water disputes.
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Independent
London
England
Karevule
C.H. Asbury
Indian Affairs
Nevada
Nevada Flags Displayed In Honor Of Ship Nevada
Flags gifted by Nevada Women’s Relief Corps were placed on display at Dupont Pharmacy for public viewing as the state readies to present the banners to the battleship Nevada. The display honors Carson City, Tonopah, Virginia City, and Reno with patriotic ceremonies and reflects the state motto All For Our Country.
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Nevada
United States Navy
Dupont Pharmacy
North Street
Independent
Biko
Relief Corpa
Dupont
Woman's Relief Corps
Carson
Tonopah
Virginia City
Reno
Carson News
Union
Galaxy
Percr
Leviathan
Lincoln
Enginemen Die in Mina Road Wreck Near Reno
John Fitzgerald 26 and Oliver 38, both from Canada, were killed when a second engine on a southbound freight train derailed on Southern Pacific narrow gauge near Mina. They died en route to Reno hospital, with Fitzgerald burned and Oliver injured. two freight cars left the rails and no other fatalities reported.
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John Fitzgerald
Wizard Liver
Southern Pacific
Warrow
Mina
Reno
Tonopah
Sait Lake
Sparks
Fitzgeratd
Oliver
Canada
Fitvervald
Submarine Torpedo Attacks Reported Abroad
Special to The Independent Rome June 17 A submarine torpedoed another during wartime in a historic moment with reports of an Austrian sinking an Italian submarine and British forces sinking three Turkish transports.
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Independent
Rome
Nations Jor Americas Protest Nations Jor America's Protest
Sweden Norway and Denmark will join the protest against German submarine warfare. The nations will send notes to the Kaiser aligned with President Wilson. Bryan warns that military preparedness provokes war while promising Wilson's peace policy. Names include J Davis Emberly Idaho J W Bousfield Mrs D J Bous Held Mrs A T Cabaniss New York Monica Brady Ellen Kelly Elizabeth Kelly Butte Montana Daily Independent.
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Washington
ITI
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
America
Germany
Kaiser
Wilson
Bryan
J. ON. Davis
Emberly
Idaho
J. W. Bousfield
D. J. Bous Held
A. T. Cabaniss
New York
Monica Brady
Ellen Kelly
Elizabeth Kelly
Butte
Montana
Battle Rages On Across Eastern Front
Berlin reports one of the war's greatest battles in progress as General Mackenzen’s forces clash with Dayknow and Russian units retreating beyond the Galacian border. Austria-German troops launch a coordinated assault along widely 600 miles of frontier.
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Berlin
Mackenzen
Dayknow
Jubilee of Madison Square Garden 25th Birthday Observed
In New York a Madison Square Garden birthday celebration marks the 25th anniversary of the arena. The park statue of Diana and the gilded tower draw attention as crowds recall the 17 000 opening night with Edouard Strauss and his orchestra. The Garden's history spans horse shows circuses cat exhibitions and six day bike races now hosting major movie screenings.
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New York
Madison Square
Diana
Madison Square Garden
Edouard Strauss
New Grand Officers Installed for Odd Fellows and Rebekah Assembly
Reno hosted grand lodge sessions where new officers for the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge and the Rebekah Assembly were installed. Key figures include Charles B. Rappler as grand master and Mrs. K. Kenneth as Rebekah president, with several hundred members in attendance.
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Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Reno
Grand Lodge
C. E. Mack
Mia
Josephine Jacobs
Carson City
Charles B. Rappler
Carlin
S. T. Kelso
Hawthorne
Gray Mashburn
Virginia City
William Sutherland
C. Novacovich
Brewster Adams
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Andrew Maute
John Lothrop
Dayton
al W. Holmes
Rebekah Assembly
K. Kenneth
Elko
Kate Loring
J. Barnum
Big Year for Wheat in Nevada Says J M Fulton
J M Fulton district freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific company predicts Nevada will raise and market more wheat in 1915 than in any prior decade and notes low rates to Reno and tide water to encourage grain production. He cites large alfalfa hay stocks and a potential market if processed into meat. He also mentions the Root Garden and its historical notoriety related to the Thaw-White tragedy.
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J. M. Fulton
Southern Pacific Company
Nevada
Reno
Fulton
Opaque price list fragment shows small increases
A fragmented OCR piece lists minor price increases across multiple items with repeated notes like Up and small cents shifts. The text is largely unreadable and lacks clear item names or dates, offering only scattered price up ticks and letter nonsense.
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Naid Bishop Creek
Enterprise OF Dupont Pharmacy
Elko and Vicinity
The
Daily Independent
Lemnos
Mudror
Tele
Mrs. Kenneth
Mammoth
Root Garden
Pride OF Utah
South Fork Creamery
Cai
HEINZ
Bo Snyders
Sunset Grocery Company
Fifth Street
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