British Press Reports Gains on Western Front
Associated Press reports British forces pushing beyond the Hindenburg line toward Cambria and other German supply links. French and British actions claim advances near Cambrai while German counterattacks on the Aisne front face repulse with losses. Fontaine and Notre Dame villages captured by British forces north of Cantigny.
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Associated Press
Hindenburg
Cambria
Dow
Somme
Ainse
Paris
Aisne
Germany
Berlin
Cambrai
London
Fontaine and
Notre Dame
War Office
Canting Yea
Fontainend Notre Dame
Officials Deny Chain Letters In Red Cross Appeal
Sedge Doughty, secretary of the Go Red Cross Chapter, received a communication from Washington denying the chain Letter fund raising. The American Red Cross reiterates no chain letter project has approval and warns donations may not reach the treasury. Donors are urged to use recognized channels to ensure aid goes to the intended object.
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Sedge Doughty
Go Red Cross
Frm
Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Crown
Standard Oil Shale Company Forms With 1.5 Million Capital
Articles of incorporation filed in the county clerk office name Elko as principal business location with Salt Lake City as a potential branch. Incorporators include R. T. Harris FP M Shirer and others from Salt Lake City. The firm claims shale lands totaling more than four thousand acres near Bullion across multiple townships and ranges.
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Standard Oil Shale Company
Elko
Salt Lake City
R. T. Harris
FP. M. Shirer
Chas
R. Bates
M. P. Braffet
Otto Stallman
John Pingree
Samuel A. King
William D. Donober
D Annunzio Describes Perilous Air War Efforts
Rome reports Gabriele D Annunzio writes a friend of undying effort with Italian army aviators in a dangerous mission whose results are hidden. He compares airmen to Antaeus and Anticus, predicting allies gain from air power and eventual mastery with American aid.
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Rome
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Rmen
Anticus
Antaeus
Hercules
Mother Earth
Assiatmer
America
Second Liberty Loan Subscriptions Hit 3.81 Billion
The Second Liberty Loan subscriptions total 3.8086 billion dollars, exceeding the 2 billion offered and the oversubscription by about 1 percent. Secretary McAdoo says only the original basis will be used, and the government will not adjust the terms after subscriptions.
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McAdoo
United States Civil Service Examination Announcement
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for the position of male clerk at the post office in this city on January 12, 1918. Qualified applicants are urged to enter. application blanks and further information are available from the local secretary of the board of civil service examiners at the post office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Wingfield dismisses suit for divorce in Reno
The divorce petition filed by the Wingfield aunt against Maude Murdock Wingfield in Reno was dismissed Tuesday night by Wingfield's attorney, ending a case pending since July 23 in county court.
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George Wingfield
Maude Murdock Wingfield
Reno
Wingfeld
Nevada draft board advisors named for second draft work
A list of Nevada attorneys chosen to advise registrants for second draft classification was announced by Homer Mooney. The 48 appointees include three lawyers from each of sixteen counties and were chosen by a panel led by Governor Boyle, Chief Justice McCarran, and Attorney-General Thatcher. The Elko County trio are Judge Taber Otto T Williams and E E Caine.
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Homer Mooney
E. D. Boyle
Nevada
Boyle
P. A. McCarran
Geo. B. Thatcher
Reno
United States
Select Service Army
District’ Draft Boards
Elko County
Judge Taber
Otto T. Williams
E E. Caine
I Would Rather Be a Soldier Than a Slacker
A Nevada native son J I Bettencourt from Camp Grant Rockford Illinois urges readers to join the front lines for home and country. He condemns slackers and celebrates duty with lines that picture families and sweethearts urging men to enlist. The poem ends with a pledge to claim heritage and become a regular man.
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Billie Brown
Drew
Uncle Sam
Nevada
Bettencourt
Camp Grant
Rockford
Condition of G. W. Carty Seen As Unfavorable
G W Carty Western Pacific yardmaster taken to San Francisco about a week ago remains in serious condition. A thorough several day diagnosis found pernicious anemia with complications and outlook pronounced very unfavorable. He resides in Elko where he once manufactured cigars.
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G. W. Carty
Western Pacific
San Francisco
J. J. Mangan
T. W. Huntington
Carty
Mr. Carty
Elko
German Naval Reservist Spy Arrested at Fort Logan
Max Linder a soldier in the quartermaster department at Fort Logan in Denver is arrested on suspicion of being a spy. He enlisted in Ellis Kansas and later transferred to Fort Logan where he worked in the bakery.
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Denver
Max Linder
Fort Logan
Linder
Ellis
Kanaan
Elko High School Cadet Day Promises Big Thanksgiving Plans
Elko prepares a school wide Thanksgiving event with a cadet football game against Winnemucca High and a grand military ball. Cadets will march city sections, uniforms to be inspected, funds raised to pay for uniforms and gear, and the day declared Elko High School Day with community backing.
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Elko
Winnemucca High School
Elko High School
Winnemucca
Elko Boys
K. P. Lodge
K. P
Nevada silver producers plan Reno protest meeting
The governor called a Reno gathering of Nevada silver producers to oppose a proposed eighty six cent silver price. Notices went out by mail and telegraph and a civic protest to Washington is expected. Ray Baker, director of mints, replied denying government intent to corner silver but withheld details.
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Nevada
Washoe Club
Reno
Ray Baker
Washington
Governor Resigns to Become Colonel in Seventh Regiment
Lincoln reports on November 22 that Governor Keith Neville resigns to take command as colonel of the Seventh regiment, a move presented to the secretary of state today.
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Lincoln
Reatana Lon
Keith Neville
Red Cross official dismisses peace talk as bosh
W A Kling field director of the American Red Cross war fund condemns peace talk as harmful propaganda. He stresses Americans must support the Red Cross and Y M C A to win the war and praises Nevada for strong Red Cross contributions during the latest drive.
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W. A. Kling
War Council
American Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross
San Francisco
Kling
Germany
Washington
Mr. Kling
Reno
Arizona
Nevada
Mr. King
Los Angeles Courts Move to End Saloons in Citywide Vote
Practically complete returns show Los Angeles voting for elimination of saloons and strict liquor restrictions by about 20 000. Effective after March 31 1918 the initiative makes LA the largest US city without saloons. Other measures to regulate liquor failed. The harbor district within city limits will be dry under the ordinance.
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Los Angeles
United States
Los Angeles Harbor
Red Cross Expands Care for Belgian Orphans
The American Red Cross Belgium relief department led by Ernest P. Bicknell will intensify aid to thousands of Belgian orphans. Funds exceed 340000 dollars for Belgian children with additional grants for footwear, clothing, and refuges in France and Switzerland. New facilities are planned for very young children near Wulveringhon under royal oversight.
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Belgium
American Red Cross Department
Ernest P. Bicknell
American Red Cross
Europe
Red Cross War Council
Red Cross
France
Switzerland
Wulveringhon
Queen of
Should Work Both Ways In Uncle Ben’s Moral Note
An old dialogue depicts Uncle Ben praising reciprocal respect. The speaker argues that a man who never forgets a friend while making up for enemies upholds a guiding ethic. The phrasing echoes dialect and moral values from a bygone era.
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Ben
British ships suffer heavy losses as U boats claim ten vessels
London reports reveal seventeen British merchant ships were sunk last week by mines or submarines. Ten over 1,600 tons and seven under 1,600 tons were lost, marking the greatest weekly total since late October and reflecting the intensified German submarine campaign.
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London
British Admiralty
Germany
Lloyd George
Admiralty
Germans Mass Troops Against Italian Line
Italian headquarters report a major German attack along the upper Piave river as reserves pour in. Berlin claims Monte Fontana and Monte Spinucela captured between Brenta and Piave. Rome says Germans reached slight Italian positions on Monte Zecca but were repulsed elsewhere.
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Associated —Press
Piave River
Alps
Italy
Berlin
Monte Fontana
Monte Spinucela
Brenta
Ape
Cially
Rome
Monte Zecca
War Office
English Subjects in U S to Be Drafted Soon
Brigadier-General W A White heads the British recruiting mission in the United States and forecasts conscription of British subjects here. He notes many exemptions claimed by aliens are not fair and says negotiations will allow authorities to fetch volunteers. White reports 13 000 British and Canadian subjects have volunteered in four months.
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Pittsburg
United States
W. A. White
White
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United States Civil Service Examination
Wingfield
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Harry Morey
Draft Board Advisors
Churchill County
Hed Cross
House of Commons
Eric Gehkes
The
North Sea
Arctic
Atlantic
Piave
U. S
Sunset Grocery Company
Fifth Street
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