High School Notes Include Contests and Plans
Nevada Fine wins the Underwood typewriting contest with 47 words a minute for 10 minutes earning a Good Typist certificate. A Hygiene course introduces First Aid and Red Cross nursing options, while play plans, equipment upgrades, and attendance figures reveal school activity and governance. Conference notes urge prior to 1912 graduates to supply complete records for historical publication. A Lynn Big Six mill project and a federal postal rate readjustment debate are also mentioned.
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Nevada
Fine
Underwood Typewriting Company
Underwood Company
Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Miss Berlin
Underwood
Remington
Ruby Hill
Eileen Breen
Clotilde Biale
the Sentinel
Nevada Population Rises Over Twenty Five Percent in Five Years
Unofficial estimates put continental United States population on New Year’s Day 1916 at 101,208,315, up from 99,599,321 last year, while Nevada’s population grows from 81,875 in 1910 to an estimated 104,732, a rise exceeding 25 percent in five years.
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Nevada
United States
Porto Rico
Alaska
Hawaii
Nevada Livestock Totals and Sheriff Fight in Elko
Nevada reports January 1 livestock counts with horses 77 000 and cattle 472 000, with values per head across species. Elko Sheriff Harris ends the practice of gamblers taking a percentage from saloon games, while deer and other wildlife fear starvation due to heavy snows and scarce forage.
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Nevada
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Weather Bureau
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Elko
Carsin Valley
Highlands
French government buyers in Carson City for Allies horses
Representatives of the French government are in Carson City to buy horses and mules for the Allies. They have secured a number of animals with prices from 120 to 125 dollars for horses and 100 dollars for mules.
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Nevada
Carson City
Emergency War Tax Extended. Merchants Urged to Renew Licenses
W A Kelly deputy collector of the U S internal revenue for the First district of California was in Nevada last week. He warns merchants that the emergency revenue act extended for another year requires renewal of licenses before February 1 or a 50 percent penalty. No appropriation funds exist to publicize the change, so readers must check local papers or contact Kelly at Reno for details.
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W. A. Kelly
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
California
Nevada
Revenue Service
Congress
Kelly
Reno
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Lynn Big Six
Carlin
Salt Lake City
U. S
Eureka
Bereka Temple
Pythian Sisters
K. of P
Allojourning
Avruxa Batnes
Jack Axpersos
Ory
Phigenia
C. E
Masonic Hall
Maretine Fraser
W. M. Maar
J. Laren
Diamond Rebekah Lodge No
Loo
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Beatife Lodge No. 7
Castle Hall
North Main Street
O. D
D. EK. Nosrsosa K
the Brown Hotel
Station Touring Club of America
Daniel.morrison
Main
Henderson Banking Company
Elko, Nevada
L. C
Sthecline Banking & Trust Co
General Banking
Trust Company
Business Exchange
Savings Department
Estates Acta
Corporations Acta
John Williams
John L. Williams
Ladies Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
The
Country Gentleman
Curtis Publishing Company
Edward Skillman, JR
United States Federal Reserve Bank
First National Bank
Hike
A. E. Enwsam
O. F. Wittiams
J. A. Szwet
E. E. Exxor
V. D. H. Jones
Osshier
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