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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
4
Elko residents report visitors from Montello North Fork and Cave Creek along with court actions. A key case involves Joe Tunney pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. sentencing under murder statute looms. Major Griggs appointed in ordnance. a Roman Catholic funeral and a large dance mark town life.
Five theater parties travel monthly from England to the front in France to entertain troops. Miss Lena Ashwell heads the effort and directs the performances in M. A. buildings for weary soldiers.
John Masefield and Prof Grant Robertson narrowly escaped as shelling collapsed two houses near a YMCA camp in France during a lecture to American war workers. The incident occurred while the duo rode in a motor car amid ongoing combat.
A vehicle was moved away from the scene after a shell fell on the spot where a person had been standing, prompting immediate precautions.
In one week more than 15 000 American soldiers in camps signed war rolls agreeing to live moral and Christian lives while in the army.
A.C. Harte, in charge of POW work overseas for the YMCA, appealed for twelve capable men to take responsibility in the prisoner camps. The call seeks men to oversee and organize activities among the incarcerated service members.
The Canadian Y M C A has taken over the Hotel d Iena in Paris for use by Canadian soldiers.
In England the YMCA reaches munition workers while the national YMCA program expands work in industrial centers, mirroring similar outreach in the United States.
A gentleman's ring engraved D KL is missing from the Hot Springs baths. Reward of 5 dollars offered for its return to D Recatune at Star Hotel. June 26. Also listed: sale of a 1913 Buick, two furnished housekeeping rooms for rent, two room furnished home for rent near the Western Pacific Roundhouse, Hamiltonian and Shire work horses for sale, inquiries to Gibson Gully in Afton Nevada, and a pair of rimmed spectacles found.
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