METROPOLIS LOYALTY RECOGNIZED FOR RED CROSS EFFORTS
The Wells Herald lauds Metropolis residents for exceeding the Montropolis Red Cross fund goal with gifts over 400 dollars. It notes hardships from drought, rabbits, and scarce precipitation, yet praises the community for steadfast liberty, unity, and willingness to “do their bit.” The piece frames Metropolis as building a regional empire through patriotism and support for national relief.
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Metropol
Wells Herald
Metropolis
Elko County
Red Cross Fund
Herald
Montropolis
Pacific Reclamation Company
Nevada
Red Cross
Second Camp to Open in San Francisco for Officers Training
A second series of officers training camps begins August 27 1917 at the Presidio in San Francisco to produce line officers for the western department. The camp runs until November 26 1917 and admits reserve corps members, NCOs, resigned officers, and other qualified men under age 60 with war service and related eligibility.
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Military Training Camps Association
Presidio
Western Department
M. Lansdale
United States
Pine Street
San Francisco
Cal
National Army
War Department
Infantry
Cavalry
Field
Coast Artillery
Presidio Reservation
Regular Army
Army
England's Poets Burst Into Song Of War And Fury
The piece notes English poets turning patriotic after declaring war on Germany, highlighting Bath porter Harry Chappell whose verse The Day in the Daily Express speaks against the Kaiser. It condemns aggression, laments the dead, and questions the moral weight of those who aided the war.
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England
Germany
Tommy Atkins
Tipperary
Harry Chappell
City of
Bath
Daily Express
Notice on Cleanups and Nevada Divorce Proceedings
Notice requests residents to clean premises and cut alley weeds by June 30 with rubbish hauled away by city teams. It also covers a Nevada District Court divorce case Lizzie Irene Yates vs Adna William Yates, custody of two minor children, dates June 13 1917 to August 1 1917, and estate notice for Bernardo Altube with executor appointment and claims filing requirements.
Starving dog in tower halts city clock in Rome
In Rome on June 29 a hungry dog blocked the city's clock at the Fil Htout tower on College Hill. City timekeeper Williamson found the mechanism paused when he went to wind the clock two days earlier, the dog following him on the winding stairs.
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Rome
College Hil
Tinekeeper Williamson
Clock Dog Rescue Shocks City Chronicle
A timekeeper locked a dog inside a clock and left. For two days the dog whined 600 feet above the city without water or food until passersby noticed the clock had stopped. A police officer retrieved the animal as it lay by the pendulum and the dog recovered after a two day fast.
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Earth
Nevada Indian Maids Sought on Coast from Carson School
The Carson Indian school at Stewart reports strong demand for its graduates as housekeepers in Oakland and San Francisco. Forty-three girls have left for bay cities this year, earning positions in prominent families while some delay at Reno evokes mixed feelings about pleasure and duty.
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Stewart
Oakland
San Francisco
the Gazette
Bay Cities
Reno
Land Office Notice of Homestead Final Proof in Nevada
LES LIE H. MARTIN of North Fork Nevada filed on July 11 1914 for the Sif NEW and St NW of section 10 Township 40 North Range 54 East Mount Diablo Meridian with intent to make final three year proof to establish land claim. Witnesses: Aron Evans William E. Jonson Charles E. Butler Sidney Tremewac. Register JOHN E ROBBINS Elko Nevada June 25 1917 last publication July 26 1917.
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Department of the Interior
U. S
Elko
Nevada
Leslie H. Martin
North Fork
Range
Mount Diablo Meridian
Aron 8. Evans
William E. Jonson
Charles E. Butler
Tuscarada
Sidney Tremewac
John E. Robbins
Register
Carson City
U. S. Land Office
Claude L. Womack
Mountain ‘City
H. E. Survey
General Land Office
Surveyor General
East
Mount Diablo
Louis G. Wells
Mountain City
Dave Kunz
Dave Kunz, Jr
Nevada notice of land claims and water rights 1917
Notices declare claims and water appropriation applications in Elko and Carson City districts. Executors named for estates, dates from May to July 1917, listing homestead proofs, witnesses, and deadlines. Public water permits seek irrigation use on Bruneau and Battle Creek, with hearings by the Nevada State Engineer, and a Nevada court action involving Lulu Belle Hurley.
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Fourth Judicial District
Neovada
County of
Elko
Lulu Belle Hurley
Charles Webster Hurley
Suit for Dissolution of Marriage and Custody Involving Harvey Hurley
In the matter of a petition filed by the plaintiff for dissolution of the bonds of matrimony due to neglect to provide common necessaries for more than a year and for custody of the minor Charles Wesley Harvey Hurley. Service within ten days if in the county or twenty days otherwise. Dated June 18, 1917. Clerk of Said Court. First publication June 18, 1917. Last publication July 31, 1917.
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District Court
Fourth Judicial District
Loyi Lemuel Yates
Louise Irene Yates
Robert B. Hunter
H. C. Sproul
Algo
Charles Wesley Harvey Hurley
Water appropriation notice for McDonald Creek area irrigation
Application filed June 1 1917 by S B Bieroth Rowland Elko County Nevada seeks appropriation from McDonald Creek Elko County for irrigation via ditches two tenths cfs conveyed to parts of W14 of BW Sec 33 T47 N R65 EB for irrigation from April 15 to October 1 annually with water not returned to stream State Engineer first published June 15 last July 15 1917
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Nevada
J. G. Scrugham
Notice to Creditors in the Lindsay Estate 1917
In the matter of David Lindsay deceased the District Court of Elko County Nevada on June 18 1917 appointed C A Monroe administrator with the will annexed. Creditors must file claims with the clerk with proper vouchers within four months from first publication or be barred. Last publication July 19 1917.
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District Court
Fourth Judicial District
State of
Nevada
Filko
Bernardo Altube
State of Nevada
County of
Elko
David Lindsay
Usis
A. D
C. A. Monroe
Application to appropriate public waters in Chimney Creek Nevada
F W Burner of Elko County Nevada applies to the Bay Engineer of Nevada for permission to appropriate public waters. The plan uses Chimney Creek and springs with a dam and small reservoir to convey one cubic foot per second to land in section 4 for irrigation and domestic use from April 15 to September 30 each year. Water is not to be returned to the stream. First publication May 31, 1917. Last publication June 30, 1917.
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State of
Nevada
Eva Phipps
Charleston
Erio
Stite Engineer of
Bruneau
Ney
Ethel L. Carter
Lurline
County of Elko
State of Nevada
Battle Creek
Elko County
J. G. Bcrugham
Laat
F. W. Burner
Ley
County of
Homestead Claim Notice at Eiko Nevada 1917
CLAT BNUB I Kleckner of Lee Nevada filed for homestead on March 12 1917 for southeast quarter of section 16 township 31 north range 57 east Mt Diablo meridian. Notion to make final proof entered before Elko Land Office July 12 1917. Witnesses listed Charles H Kleckner Burton Stoddart Hannaford Bolton Charles Lima Joane Rowding. First published June 6 1917 last July 6 1917.
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Eiko
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Nevada
CLAT
Bnub I
Kleckner
Lee
Eiko County
Range
Mt. Diablo Base
Meridian
U.S. Land Office
Elko
Charles HH. Kleckner
Burton Stoddart
Hannaford Bolton
Charles Lima
Joane
Rowding
Register
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Daily Independent
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G. O
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National Defense Act
Army of the United States
Secretary of War
Presido
Information Bulletin
San
Francisco, Cal
Rhine
Pers Uader
Board of Supervisors
J. A. McKitibe
Connecticut
Julius John Altube
Professional Directory
J. R. Eby
Ao Farrington
H. S. Taber
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Farrington
Thos. E. Agee
Edwin E. Caine
Hesson
Morley Griswold
C. B. Henderson
Milton B. Badt
Harold P. Hale
Chas.e. Henderson
DRS
John E. Worden
Pio- Neer Bldg
Nev
H.C. Mentz
DR. C
Alexander
Dearmond & McBride
U. G. Mineral Surveyor
B. F. Race General Contractor
Third Street
J.D. Lewis
W. S. Dayton 1
A. F
A. M
Edgar Reinhart
Elko Lodge NO
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Chas, Garoner
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