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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1915
Page
2
The piece contrasts German and pro German versus English and pro English reporting on the Lusitania sinking. It notes claims of 4200 crates of cartridges and the ship as an armed cruiser versus assertions it carried no ammunition and violated wartime rules. Memorial Day observances halt Monday issues in respect.
Rev Chas McHarness leads memorial day services at 11 a m with Sunday school at 12 10 p m and evening service at 7 30 p m Special Radiophon pictures highlight the Northern Baptist Convention report and music A cordial invitation is issued to all.
Regular Sunday service at 11 at 223 Fifth Street. Subject Ancient and Modern Necromancy Denounced. Sunday school at 12 20. Testimonial service Wednesdays at 8. Reading room open daily except Sundays and half holidays front 2 to 4, with religious literature for reading or purchase.
Memorial day will be appropriately recognized in the Pauls Church services with morning prayer and sermon at 11, evening prayer and sermon at 7 26, Sunday school at 12 10, and a Friday litany at 7 30 led by Rector Ernest H Price A Presbyterian service features a Memorial Day evening gathering at 7 30 with the sermon The Debt We Owe Our Veterans and a 10 am Sunday school session J M Swander invites the public to attend all services
Memorial Day program at Arlington National Cemetery will begin at noon with a march to the unknown dead grave, graves decorated, and services in the amphitheater. President Wilson, Secretary Daniels, and Governor Willis will speak. The Maine memorial will be dedicated with naval rigging by eighty bluejackets as a feature.
Thousands of Norwegians from across the West attend a weeklong set of national group events at the Panama Exposition in San Francisco. The synodical meeting of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church and the Pacific coast Norwegian Singers association lead the program. Attendees arrive from Portland Los Angeles Seattle Tacoma Spokane Everett Salt Lake City Astoria Eureka and other communities. The Luther College band from Decorah Iowa provides music and Norway Day celebrations are planned for Thursday at the fair.
In Paris at the Sorbonne the Be nevolent Society of Artists offered an album of original drawings and author addresses to William G. Sharp, the American ambassador, as a tribute to American wartime aid and gratitude from the French people.
The new Topanga canyon boulevard in Los Angeles opened to the public, hailed as America's most magnificent scenic highway. It runs through Topanga Canyon to the sea, allowing three cars abreast, descends from about 5200 feet to sea level in under 15 miles, with grades not exceeding 10 percent, and cost over 8,000 dollars per mile to construct.
Several navy officials traveled to Camden to attend the launching of the torpedo boat destroyer Jacobs at the New York Shipbuilding yards. Meanwhile Postmaster Donald G. Means charged Portmaster J. P. Reynolds with failing to account for 375 dollars after a books examination. a hearing before U S Commissioner Warren adjourned with Reynolds bound over to the grand jury as Means testified.
Chinese merchants touring the United States arrived in Baltimore to inspect major local industrial plants. They were hosted by city officials and local business groups at lunch, reflecting a broad exchange of commercial methods amid 1915 context.
Notice invites all members and interested women to a Friday 3 PM gathering at the Grammar School gym to organize a civic league led by Ida M. Swartz. Public notice appeared in the Daily Independent to promote civic engagement and voting education.
Affidavits of protest must be filed in this office by June 25 1915 for the SE of BW of Sec 20 Twp 34 N R 63 B M D M containing 40 acres. First publication May 22 1925.
Notice records multiple entries for Nevada lands filed under U S R S sections 2306 2307 with locations in Elko Carson and Deeth. Names include John Laval Carl H A Gerding Jr Albert Eastwood and witnesses Frank Smiley Charles Black Joan Riddell Ebenezer Riddell with dates May June 1915. Public notice of filings and final three year proofs in Elko Nevada.
Notice to S W Tindell and C L Tath that co owners expended 1914 labor and improvements on the FLIPPER lode claim in Jarbidge District Elko County Nevada. If co owners fail to pay fifty dollars due within 90 days by service or publication, their interest will vest in the undersigned. Dated at Jarbidge Elko County.
State of Nevada items list guardianship for Thomas Patrick Driscoll with dates of publication. notices cover final survey and contest of land claims by various Nevadans, school house bid invites, tax delinquency warnings, and land patent applications with June 1915 deadlines.
PR John E Worden physician and surgeon with office upstairs near Pioneer Ridg. Residence until further notice at office with hours 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 evenings. Call answered day or night. Phone 4 Nevada Milton B Badt attorney at law Pioneer Building Nevada Harold P Hale attorney at law.
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