Progress of the War Across Fronts and Naval Actions
The weekly war report details renewed German Zeppelin raids on northeastern England and Amiens bombing in France, with casualties among civilians. Strassburg and Baden see attacks as French forces press near Arras and St Mihiel remains stalemated. Allied actions include British–Indian troops defeating Turks near Baghdad, French ships shelling Asia Minor defenses, and a Dutch cargo steamer sunk in Dutch waters by a German torpedo. Count von Bernstorff denounces U.S. arms sales to belligerents, while Austria halts the campaign against Serbia for now.
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England
Tyne
Amiens
France
Taubes
Carpathians
Arras
St. Mihiel
Persian Gulf
Bagdad
India
Asia Minor
Gulf of Saros
United States
Amsterdam
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Servia
Nevada parcel post in trouble in star routes readvertised
The government re advertised bids for parcel post routes between Winnemucca National and McDermitt and Willow Point Paradise Valley for June 1 1915 to June 30 1918. The Star routes face reforms after contract terminations and alleged abuses, with Fallon Fairview Wonder routes also being readvertised through July 1 1918.
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Winnemucca
National
McDermitt
Willow Point
Paradise Valley
Windemucca
G. W. Summerfield
Amos and
Summerfield
Star Mail
Amos
Parcel Post
Uncle Sam
United States
Fallon
Fairview
Wonder
Benadum
Cigarette License Tax Cuts Occupancy Fees Shown
The last Legislature passed a bill cutting nearly all occupancy tax except for cigarettes and cigarette papers. Vendors will owe tax and a license collector will inspect businesses. $15 per quarter in license fees. Edwin Gladwin, a Reno resident and longtime newspaper correspondent, died in Reno Tuesday night after visiting a lawyer's office for an item, with acute stomach trouble suspected as the cause.
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Yerington Times
Edwin Gladwin
Reno
Hawk Trained to Fish in Lake Lid Camp 49
In Reno Gazette items Grab the hawk is taught to fish on Washoe Lake aided by inflated bladders. Pete, Indian Pete, and Grab the hawk terrorize catfish, while Sam Davis reports on Camp 49 at the Panama-Pacific Exposition gambling lid and Nevada University plans with Dr. David Snedden as May 12 speaker. Supplies reach Battle Mountain readying wiring and lighting.
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Reno Gazette
Pete
Grab
Washoe Lake
Sam Davis
San Francisco
Qnoth Sam
Hendrick
David Snedden
Education
Massachusetts
Lincoln Hall
University of Nevada
A. E. Turner
Accuracy Over Speed In Tonopah Goldfield Typing Test
Reno Gazette argues for accuracy over speed in a Tonopah and Goldfield Commercial High School typing and shorthand contest. It urges strict spelling capitalization and punctuation, notes common business letter structures, cites speed’s limits, and highlights recent crime news about bandits Wells and Steele, their capture, and a Las Vegas lock-up incident with a deputy sheriff assault.
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Reno Gazette
Tonopah and
Goldfield Commercial
Arthur Wells
James Steele
Las Vegas
Seele
Wells
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Station Touring Club of America
Daniel Morrison
Eureka
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W. M
Mary J. Laren
Diamond Rebekah Lodge
Loop
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N. G. Gace Anpenson
Beatific Lodge No. 7
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Warner
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First National Bank
Elko, Nevada
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E. E. Exxon
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F. Kopp
J. B. Biale
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