Nevada Voting Totals Reflect Women’s First General Ballot
Complete Nevada returns show Wilson carried the state by 5790 votes and Pittman defeated Platt by 2152. Roberts led Caine, Sanders beat Moran, and Henderson showed strong single handed support in regent races. About 33 000 votes were cast with women voting for the first time. Tonopah gambling was shut down after a grand jury order.
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Newlands
Plenty Money for Nevada Eastern Capital to Invest Western Mines
Former Nevada Governor Tasker L. Oddie reports eastern capitalists see mining as a safe West investment amid European war prospects. He predicts a mining boom in Nevada in 1917 and notes funds secured for a copper project at Jerome Arizona with an 800 acre estate development near Senator Clark's United Merger property.
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United Merger
Engineering Bill May Pass Affects Land Grant Colleges
Dean Scrugham reports the engineering experimentation bill likely to pass Congress. If approved, the University of Nevada would receive 15000 dollars annually for underground water studies and electro chemical and metallurgical experiments. The Association of Land Grant Colleges backed the bill with 350 delegates present in Washington.
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National Research Council
New York City
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Unusual field mice plague prompts home remedy hose method
Lovelock ranchers report many field mice this year and experiment with control. Barney Wiley of Lower Valley proposes using car exhaust directed into mouse nests. Anker ranch reports success with this method. Navy awards contracts for 29 submarines to three builders at about 1.2 million and 0.7 million per boat. readiness in two years.
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Beatrice Withera Claims Self Defense in Las Vegas Killing
Beatrice Withera of Las Vegas shot her husband after a violent quarrel she says he began with drinking. She claims he attacked her and she was compelled to shoot in self defense as tensions rise during hard economic times.
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Beatrice Withera
Las Vegas
Sausage Factory for Rabbits in Texas and Nevada Rail Progress
A Texas plan envisions a rabbit sausage factory to cut living costs while eradicating jack rabbits described as a pest. Nevada farmers report coyotes gone, rabbits proliferating, and efforts like poison and drives to curb them. Deep Creek railroad progress continues with grading near Wendover, three miles of track laid, and an arriving engine heading to connect Nevada’s fertile mining region to the Western Pacific.
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Gazette
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No Neutral Can Satisfy All Belligerents Says U S
The United States states it cannot meet every belligerent demand and will not try to. The remark frames a stance of cautious neutrality amid growing conflicts.
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