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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1917
Page
2
A brief notice lists the Daily Independent publication details with editor Keith Rugbell and pricing for subscriptions by mail or carrier per month. The text presents the newsletter’s pricing and editorial credit for readers.
Nevada editors warn Nevada newspapers will face strict enforcement of the new dry law effective July 1. Penalties include 1000 dollars and one year in jail for each offense. Publishers consider diverting ads outside state circulation but fear enforcement and complexity. By year end Utah and other states go dry, creating a broad nationwide effect.
A McGill disturbance over World War I allegiances left Austrian Joe Piscovitch wounded by Serbian Joe Hoswich, who was arrested. Authorities say pro German propaganda spread among about fifty aliens amid a broader national agitation across several western states.
A gray haired man claiming to be Alfred Fields Rhodes appeared at the News office saying he was released from a Governor's Island military prison and traveling to Santa Clara. He described his service in the Philippines, the Calabidge massacre on Samar, and alleged mutillation of survivors, showing scars as proof.
A former quartermaster sergeant recounts capture by the Morros, brutal imprisonment, and a presidential pardon by Wilson last February. He describes his injuries, time at Alcatraz and Governors Island, and asks to enter the Old Soldiers' Home in Santa Clara to ease his suffering while recalling loyal service to the United States.
In the Fourth Judicial District of Nevada fourteenth district for Biko county Julius John Altube named executor of the estate of Bernardo Altube deceased by order dated June 7 1917. Creditors must file claims with proper vouchers and affidavit within three months from first publication or be barred. First publication June 7 1917 last July 12 1917.
Notice announces that Claude L. Womack of Mountain City Nevada filed a Carson City homestead application in 1938 for unsurveyed public domain land in Nevada under the 1908 act. The description references Biko and related file numbers and a bounded parcel near H. B. Burney 91.
A compilation of 1917 notices includes a 39.94 acre parcel description in Section 18 Township 45 North Range 65 East Mount Diablo Meridian with two witnesses named from Mountain City Nevada, a public waters appropriation request for Bruneau River at multiple Secions, and a Nevada homestead entry for Dave Kunz Sr with detailed boundary courses and the Register John B Robbins filing dates May 31 to June 30 1917. The notices name witnesses Louis Wells Dave King Sr Dave Kunz Jr Jesse Womack and others.
public notice records show Kunz Jr of Mountain City Nevada filed a homestead application on September 24 1913 under act of June 11 1906 for H B Survey 92. It covers 169.71 acres in Nevada described by boundary coordinates and a referenced official plat. This notice pertains to Carson City and Elko County areas and lists parcel details and location monuments.
Public notices include an irrigation application by Ethel L. Carter for water diversion from Battle Creek in Elko county Nevada to supply irrigation and domestic needs April to October. Also a summons in the Elko County divorce case Lulu Belle Hurley vs Charles Webster Hurley seeking dissolution of marriage and child custody with service deadlines.
In Elko Nevada on May 24 1917 Louis G Wells of Mountain City Nevada filed for final proof to establish a homestead claim No 0899 for H B Survey 110. The land lies in Mount Diablo Meridian parts of sections 18 and 13 township 47 north range 63 and 64 east. Public notice lists witnesses Dave Kunz Sr Dave Kunz Jr Dave Helms and Burton Jarvis. Final proof set for July 18 1917 before the register and receiver.
Notices detail applications for water appropriation on McDonald Creek Chimney Creek and springs, with terms from April to October, water not returned to stream, and public notices for creditors and an 1917 homestead and three year proof in Elko County Nevada. People named include J G Schughham, V Burner, Clarence R Kleckner, and others. dates range May to July 1917.
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