Germans Reach Marne River Front in Ten Miles of Advance
World War I dispatches report German forces reaching the banks of the Marne on a ten mile front. The German wedge extends to Le Charmel near the river. Rheims is portrayed as likely to fall. French and allied positions face continued pressure with Cantigny operations and artillery activity noted.
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Marne River
London
Marne
Associated Press
Oltawa
Rheims
Fereen-Tardenots
Damia
LE Charmel
Ailette
Solasuus
Thillois
Thillols
Rhelme
Villers
Brettoneaux
Villers Trettoneaux
Amiens
Flanders
Pestubert
Clarance
Ottawa
Parke Chalans Fairway
Paris
Verdun
Maine
Somme
Altho
Allette
Soissone
280000 Men Called In June
Washington May 31 Official announcement has been made that 280000 men will be called to the colors in June. They will report June 24 but the corps to which they are assigned is not yet determined as the apportionments list is being withheld.
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Washington
Associated T
Additional Nevada films to be taken and shown
Ayres, filming historical Nevada scenes for national theatres, departs to secure extra footage at Lovelock Winnemucca Elko and Ely. The Nevada films, including Comstock mining half a mile underground, will screen at Hinito theatre for two days June 15 and 16 with matinee and night shows. They will be distributed to twelve picture houses statewide and nationwide, highlighting Nevada’s mining and pioneering history.
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Ayres
Nevada
Lovelock
Winnetaiven
Elko
Ely
Comstock
Hinito Theatre
Twelien
Iso
Moonlight picnics off due to Spooners in Brooklyn
Brooklyn May 31 Epworth League cancels annual moonlight excursions after severe criticism of young people who frequent shady decks and exclusive sections during moonlight trips. The board of control says the events are abandoned this year.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Epworth League
Tas
Board of Control
Gas Mask Squad Finds Leak in Ammonia Pipe
Cincinnati Ohio May 21 Fire department's gas mask squad responded to an explosion in an Ice print plant locating a leak in an ammonia pipe The fumes forced occupants to evacuate while a nearby drug store patrons left for fresh air The enamel board of pharmacy held its semiannual meeting yesterday afternoon and last night in Woutmeer regarding the week’s board discussions Examinations for prospective pharmacists will not be completed with Sunday The board members present except William A Brown included N B Wilson Joseph Viorey Joseph M Taber and Bred M Clark Cizette
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ean
Hate Board of Pharmacy
Woutmeer
Willian A. Brown
N. B. Wilson
Keno
Joseph ©. Viorey
Tonopah
Joseph M. Taber
Mike
Bred M. Clark
Cizette
Hello Girl's Answer to Kaiser Is Liberty Bonds
Ohio May 1 Miss Margaret Hibbard a Bland telephone operator mourns a brother lost in action in Europe. Her Liberty Bond purchase is framed as her answer to the Kaiser, then she buys another bond to support democracy and the war effort.
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Kaiser
Liberty Bonds
Ey Bland
Ohio
Margaret Hibbard
I Bland Jong
Liew
Bodo Bibbard
Europe
Tor Anewer
Teary Plain
Eheard
Walters' Reward Sparks Tracker Dispute After Murder
Reported as of the Walters crime the posses led by Skinny Pascal and the Laut Walter killers claim a state reward. The governor had planned a proclamation to raise the reward from 1000 but died before it could be issued. Multiple groups including Pallon and Faljon claim shares, with talks of splitting the reward.
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Walters
Skinny Pascal
Laut Walter
Eberitt Mark Wildes
State Board of Revenue
Inc Ae Fe
Lovetock
Faljon
Pallon Posse
German Airmen Raid Behind American Lines Hospital
German airmen carried out a bold raid in Picardy behind American lines. Bombs fell around a large hospital in a town well behind the front. American and French wounded soldiers were sheltered in cellars and caves by American nurses with only a few injuries reported.
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France
Associated Press
Picardy
U. S. Hydroplanes Reach Havana in Flight from U S Port
Havana May 31. Two United States Hydro lines arrived at a Cuban port after flying from an American sea port. The Associated Press report notes the successful crossing and arrival, marking a notable development in early hydroplane operations between the United States and Cuba.
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Havana
Associated Press
United States
Nevada Declares Coal Week 1918
Governor Emmet D Boyle proclaims the week of June 3 to June 8 as Coal Week in Nevada at the request of the United States Fuel Administration. The notice aims to encourage price ordering through local channels to ease expected fuel shortages during the spring season. The proclamation is dated May 28, 1918, and bears the Great Seal at Carson City.
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Emmet D. Boyle
Nevada
United States Fuel
Mie
State of
Carson City
Orge Brodigan
Bolshevik revolt in Kiev provience threatens government
Strong detachments of demobilized Russian soldiers and peasants with machine guns and artillery have risen in the Tschigerin district Kiev province to seize governmental power. The Bolsheviki government has been asked to send troops to subdue the uprising.
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Moscow
Associataion
Tschigerin
Kiev
Bread crumbs collected for starving children in Croatia
London May 19 Bread crumbs are collected by Austrian children to aid starving Croatian children. Barajevo reports 18 boxes dispatched. In Herzegovina the population, mainly Slavs, faces severe hunger with farms receiving only four pounds of flour since Christmas.
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London
Austria
Croatia
Barajevo
Terzegovina
Popular Elko Couple Marry in Reno Union
Herbert C. Sproule son of Mrs H Sproule and Fern Woodgate daughter of Mrs Alice Woodgate were wed yesterday in Reno. Sproule works at Union Iron Works in San Francisco while Woodgate formerly worked as bookkeeper for Elko Lumber. He long served as deputy county clerk under Voight and Hunter. Woodgate, Colorado native, moved to Elko four years ago with her family. The couple, long acquainted, receive community wishes for a long happy life together.
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Herbert C. Sproule
H. Sproule
Fern Woodgate
Alice Woodgate
Reno
Elko
Sproule
San Francisco
Union Iron Works
Miss Woodgate
Elke Lumber Company
Harbert
Fred Voight
Robert B. Hunter
Mr. Voight
Elko County
Grace Lusk Sobs for Lover in Prison Cell
Grace Lusk cried out for Dr David Roberts in a Waukesha prison cell after being convicted yesterday of second degree murder in the death of Roberts wife. She pleaded I love him and demanded to kiss him as nurses watched her on the cot amid her agitated cries.
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Waukesha
Wis
Grace Lusk
David Roberts
West Point admissions announced for Krause and Vogel
George Hasbrouck Krause and Harold Vogel, Colorado appointees to West Point, qualified in the March examination and will be admitted. Announcement comes from the War Department via a Washington dispatch reported by the Denver Post. Gustav Harold Vogel is a nephew of Mia Lulu Hurley of this city.
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George Hasbrouck Krause
Gunslave
Harold Vogel
Colorado
West Point
War Department
Washington Today
Denver Post
Gustav Harold Vogel
Mia
Lulu Hurley
Thie City
Court sheds tears as judge warns jury at probe
In Wo Va on May 31, Federal Judge Aleton G Dayton charged the grand jury with its duty to probe alleged profiteering. He said the nation must not allow such actions to imperil ships, children, and women, urging pity for those who stand for such deeds.
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Wiebling
Aleton G. Dayton
Grand Jury
Vanderbilt Engagement Announcement Headlines
Washington dispatch reports the engagement of Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt to Ray Baker, director of the United States Mint. The note adds a playful aside about Bakers’s reputation for easing tension when aviation mishaps occur at altitude.
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Washington
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Ray Baker
United States Mint
Ray
White House Wool Auctioned for Red Cross in Reno
Elko Independent reports that the White House wool will be sold to the highest bidder on June 8, 1918, at Reno public park. Bids under $100 are contributions. over $100 deducts $100. County councils of defense urged to secure bids by mail or telegraph, proceeds to Washington for the American Red Cross. Governor Emmet D. Boyle signs off.
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Carson City
Elko Independent
Elko
Nevada
White House
Reno
American Red Cross
Sanitary Fund
Washington
Colorado capitalists to exploit shale oil
A group of Colorado capitalists including Senator Penrose Berner Hopkins and Charles M. MacNeil plan to develop oil shale deposits in Utah and Colorado using the Scott process. They will build a unit in Yark after eighteen months of lab work in Detroit, with Eugene A. Sunderland as managing director. The aim is a nearly automatic extraction of oil and gas, with ammonia recovered via steam and a multistep, high temperature retort process. The venture signals growth for the western shale oil industry despite challenges.
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Colorado
Utah
Colorado Springs
Denver, Mining and Financial Review
Senator Penrose
Berner H. Hopkins
Charles M. MacNeil
Yark
Detroit
Scott
Eugene A. Sunderlan
West
Ditch screens not to interfere with crops
Carson May 3. In response to letters from all parts of the state, the state warden orders temporary dispensation for fish screens that clog ditches and hinder irrigation. C W Grover says nothing should block irrigation now, but owners must install suitable screens after the irrigation season ends.
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Carson Cy
C. W. Grover
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