26 Sep 1917
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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1917
Page
1
Six people killed and sixteen injured in a London area air raid last night. German planes crossed the coast and were harried by British fighters, with reports that a large German formation was broken up as it neared the capital. One aircraft reportedly turned back before being pursued.
A large Elko gathering heard Dr. Chas. F. Aked recount wartime horrors in Turkey. The lecture stirred strong empathy for Armenians and a pledge to support relief efforts, with a committee named to coordinate Armenian relief in Elko.
The state board of equalization adopted new next year valuations for sheep and cattle raising to 10 and 40 per head, with hogs at 12 and pigs at 5. Lands will be valued at 90 percent for first class and 65 50 36 for second to fourth class, while autos will be assessed using cost prices with depreciation. new cars at 90 percent of cost.
Governor Emmet D Boyle proclaims September 24 1917 as soldiers library war fund week urgingNevada residents to raise one thousand dollars toward a national fund of one million dollars. The campaign is led by state librarian Frank J Pyne through women’s clubs and libraries to support soldiers with books and reading material.
Washington reports the shipping board forecasts an ocean going merchant fleet of more than 1600 ships within a year, valued at about nine million dollars with a capacity of 200000 tons. A separate boxing card notes Joe Rivera will fight Johnny McCarthy ten rounds at Reno track next Saturday week.
Berlin agrees to withdraw from Belgium with stipulations. Germany seeks freedom to run economic enterprises in Belgium including Antwerp and proposes sharing compensation for war damages. Belgium must guarantee no future threats akin to 1914. The note responds to the Pope's peace initiative.
An order issued in New York sets Nevada No. 1 wheat at 3.23 per hundred pounds for towns including Metropolis Wells Deeth Elko with softer varieties 3.13. The base price equals 2.10 per bushel after freight deductions and applies to California Arizona Nevada interior points. Mills must sign to hold prices and report weekly deliveries with strict compliance risking license loss. About 825000 bushels in Nevada area affected. flour oats barley and mill feed pricing to follow.
Washington report states coal operators in Illinois Indiana Ohio and Western Pennsylvania did not meet miners' representatives in a conference. They claim they cannot meet the twenty five percent wage demand unless the government revises bituminous coal prices.
A well known society performer volunteered to entertain residents of Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum with a humorous monologue. Most patients were mildly bored, but one intelligent patient praised the act and urged fellow inmates to relax and accept madness with humor.
Poem-like note mocks a girl claiming wide knowledge of man through anthropology psychology and physiology yet never completing or enrolling in the program. It hints at restraint and disbelief in her assertions.
Chicago crowds flood Comiskey Park for World Series games with nearly two hundred thousand dollars in cash and checks deposited for reservations. The park’s thirty three thousand seat capacity means most of the funds must be returned.
A Baltimore American quip contrasts medical authority and parental choice asking why not hire an alienist to examine a son while defending an American doctor as sufficient. The remark reflects attitudes toward expertise and independence in medical care.
Fragmentary item cites a playful exchange about a measles case with rustic dialect phrases. The snippet references Eve and Adam characters and a Jack o Lantern motif in a rural humor context. Readable as a brief puzzle-like aside in a late 19th or early 20th century page.
Mra Will Irwin warns that brash styles persist unless men oppose them. A woman reports a too short skirt sent home by her tailor, wearing it briefly then feeling ashamed. A library visit prompts a man to mutter a grim remark about ultrashort skirts never fading.
London Sept 26 The German naval base at Ostend was bombarded yesterday by British naval forces. In aerial combat six hostile aircraft were involved and two enemy planes were shot down.
Governor Emmett Hoyle of Nevada declares a five hundred dollar state reward for the arrest and conviction of the killer or killers of Vasili Pilipenko in Reno Washoe County in September 1917. The reward supplements existing incentives and is payable only upon conviction.
British and German forces clash along the Ypres front with reports of British advances from Zonnebeke and scattered fighting across a broad frontline. Descriptions note heavy German resistance and urgent, desperate actions near the Menin road perimeter.
Washoe County's quota of eighty four new draftees for Camp Lewy was twenty eight short at the scheduled report time. Some joined enroute, others prepared to depart from different points, and daily reports to headquarters show only four or five still unaccounted. Adjutant General Sullivan noted other counties met their quotas on time.
Governor Boyle proclaims September 24 as War Library Campaign Week to raise Nevada’s share of 1 million dollars for books for soldiers and sailors. The American Library Association leads, with Carnegie endowment funding 350000 for 31 library buildings at Cantonments. Books may go to France and then to permanent barracks at home.
International union officers oversee a Norfolk Navy Yard strike involving over three thousand mechanics. Local union heads urge a return to work while negotiations proceed to settle differences.
The News notes a small section of marble flooring and wainscoting in the capitol corridor will be marked improvements for the building.
British forces launched a morning assault on a wide front northeast and east of Ypres at 5:20. Commanders report the troops are making good progress in the battle sector.
A Washington dispatch reports the government weighing further limits on coal exports to South America and European neutrals due to U S shortages. Export officials met to discuss fuel conservation, with orders expected soon as Allied needs rise and European shortages threaten winter coal supplies.
Deputy Sheriff Yewelle remains on the stand with his testimony likely to occupy most of tomorrow. The direct examination extended into this afternoon and has not yet been finished.
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