Mining Lease Landed Near Aura in Hidden Treasure Group
W D Chambers of San Francisco signed a lease and bond on the Hidden Treasure eight-claim group near Aura. Owners R S Carmichael and Wm Vore have held interests for fourteen and six years respectively and completed about twelve hundred feet of development. Ore includes gold silver and lead. Chambers plans winter work and spring expansion. Terms not disclosed.
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W. D. Chambers
California
San Francisco
Hidden Treasure
Aura
R. S. Carmichael
Wm. Vore
Carmichael
Mr. Vore
Vote by thirty six precincts shows three unheard
Incomplete returns list results from Butte Cloverdale and Contact to Lear with candidates for President United States Senator Member of Congress Justice Supreme Court Clerk Supreme Court Long Term Regent Short Term Regent Members of Assembly and County Clerk under vote totals for each candidate. remaining precincts pending.
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Butte
Cloverdale
Lear
Voters Ratify Both Amendments In Statewide Referendum
Returns from across Nevada show both 1916 constitutional amendments approved by large margins with Washoe County alone reporting a majority over 3000. Amendment No 2 raises bonded indebtedness to fund roads, while Amendment No 1 allows school funds to be invested in farm loans benefiting farmers and lenders.
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Reno Gazette
Washoe
Villa Now Raiding Country
El Paso dispatch reports Villa moving through Chihuahua with impunity as Carranza troops mutiny after being paid in devalued paper money. Villa seizes the railroad, Torreon is isolated, and Carrancistas retake Parral and Santa Rosella as refugees recount the advance.
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EL Paso
Carranza
Villa
Chihuahua
Junrez
Villa Hae
Torreon
Parral
Santa Rosella
Diary of a Tank Crewman in World War I
A young Australian soldier recounts a week aboard a tank in active combat. He describes shelling, narrow escapes, and rivets singing as the crew presses through trenches, parades in wrecked towns, and captures of prisoners amid fierce German resistance.
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Sivanehs
Hans
Fritz
Saving the Kid Instructive Lecture Recited
A fragment shows a humorous classroom moment with a speaker stressing that what you eat shapes you. A student or listener repeats the idea, and another line references a remedy for Tommy's sour mood. The dialogue captures a light, informal teaching scene.
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Tommy
Romanian Victory Report and Allied Air Raid Losses
LONDON reports a Romanian war office claim of a great victory with Mackensen fleeing and the Constanta railroad taken west of Cernavoda Bridge. BERLIN cites gains in Galicia and Russian positions at Naragovka River captured. Nine civilians killed in an Allied air raid. ten Allied planes downed yesterday.
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London
Romanian War Office
Mackensen
Cernavoda Bridge
Constanza
Teutons
Berlin
Galacia
Naragovka
War Office
Johnson Explains Hughes Defeat in California
Gov. Hiram Johnson, senator elect, released a sharply worded statement detailing why Hughes lost in California. He accuses old guard Republicans of petty politics, labels Otis a journalistical ghoul, and says Crocker and Oulis helped create the president while Wilson owes them a debt.
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San Francisco
Hiram Johnson
California
Hughes
Republican State Central Committee
Otis
Times
Johnson
Ouis
Crocker
Ouls
Wilson
British Navy losses rise to 501,790 tons in war toll
Overseas News Agency reports the sinking of a British small cruiser off the Irish coast pushes total losses of battleships and cruisers to 501,790 tons. It notes 39 ships totaling 443,500 tons destroyed and lists percentages of loss across battleships, armored and protected cruisers while mentioning torpedo boats and submarines.
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Derlin
Sayville
Republicans to Control State Senate Likely in Nevada
The Carson Appeal reports returns indicate Republicans will control the state senate while the assembly appears likely to be Democratic by one to three seats. The assembly has 37 members, Democrats hold 19 with Clark County undecided and several close races in Washoe Nye and White Pine counties.
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Assembly
Clark County
Washoe
White Ping
Nye
Mn.e Yor
Democrate
Carson
Polygamy debate as Europe faces wartime marriage crisis
A European sociological debate links wartime losses to marriage needs and possible legal reform. Analysts consider polygamy or expanded legitimacy to address nine million women without mates, while preserving social and religious norms. In New York, the latest U S election results show Wilson's victory and a calm transition with a busy post election schedule.
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Europe
Russia
Beal
Well Known Doctor O. B. Johnstone Found Dead in Reno
Dr. O B Johnstone a former director of Nevada hygienic laboratory and noted Reno physician was found dead in his office chair at the Masonic temple by Ada Houseman. Autopsy by Dr Morrison and Dr Mullins determined death caused by degeneration of the heart.
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O. BP. Johnstone
University of Nevada
Reno
Masonic Temple
Ada Houseman
8. K. Morrison
Mullins
Nevada Becomes Potatoes Center With Record Crop
Nevada ships over 1000 carloads of potatoes this year, totaling 15009 tons the largest on record. Fallon Yerington Minden Reno and Wadsworth farms lead production under Southern Pacific figures.
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Nevada
Southern Pacific Company
Fallon
Yerington
Minden
Reno
Wadsworth
Becker Brewing Company to Move to Ogden
A report states Becker Brewing Company of Ogden plans to relocate its large brewery to our area with an advance securing of land. The piece notes the political move toward prohibition in Utah, with governor Spry vetoing a dry bill last session and a strong dry effort prevailing.
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Becker Brewing Company
Ogden
West
Utah
Spry
Drys
Potato crop boost in state yields added shipments
The campaign to raise the state potato crop, backed by Southern Pacific and the university, increased plantings in the Minden district as well as Yerington and Fallon. Farmers expect about 2000 cars of potatoes next year amid rising prices. a marriage license was issued to R V Hunt and Clara M Gates of Salt Lake City by Judge Castle.
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Southern Pa Elec Company
University
Minden
Yerington
Fallon
R. V. Hunt
Clara M. Gates
Salt Lake City
Judge Castle
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