Nevada Suffrage Leader Seeks Civic League Transformation
Miss Anne Martin returns to Nevada from New York where she promoted suffrage, planning to transform the Nevada Equal Franchise Society into the Nevada Civic League. The goal is a non partisan statewide network emphasizing civics, with a legislative program including raising the age of protection to 18, civic use of schoolhouses, stronger child labor and property laws, joint inheritance rights for mothers, and abolition of capital punishment.
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Anne Martin
Sevene Equal Franchise Society
East
Miss Martin
New York City
New York Sun
Nevada Equal Franchise Society
New York
Nevada
Nevada Civic League
National Arts Club
Nashville
Civic League
Miss Bird Wilson
West
United States
Pullman
Marriage and legal wrangles mix in Nevada reports
Nevada State News covers a Carlisle student White Feather wedding to Maggie Grimes, a Fallon allotment owner, plus remarks on licenses. The Nevada State Fish Commission plans to handle three million spawn next year, with 1,000,000 already on hand and a 150,000 shipment moved from Marlette Lake to Verdi hatchery. Nearby, Peter Thorout’s death at Jarbidge recalls early gold rush fortunes and an estate around 50,000 dollars.
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White Feather
Carlisle
Maggie Grimes
Fallon
Adam and
Eve
Nevada State Fish Commission
Marlette Lake
Verdi Hatchery
Jarbidge
Peter Thorout
Mike Paviak
Dave Bourne
Thorout
Nebraska
Elko Independent
Tonopah Bonanza
John de Costa
Las Vegas
Tonopah
Marino
de Costa
Ralston
Truckee River General Electric Company
Carson
Virginia City
Sparks
Fred Preston
Miss Kane
Preston
Frank Tomaino
George Carson
Salem
Utah
Nevada
Clark
Juriich
White Pine County
United States
William T Woodburn
Patrick Walsh
Lander County
Promising 1914 Cure For Pyorrhea From Amoebae Discovery
Saturday Evening Post reports scientists identify a tiny amoeba linked to pyorrhea root disease. Emetine shown to kill amoebae, with trials favoring its use in toothpaste to attack stray amoebae and prevent toothache, pending everyday practice trials.
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Saturday Evening Post
Nevada Press Comment Lost Nevada Bureau Found
Nevada publication notes 1915 Legislative Handbook revealing a legally created State Bureau of Immigration with State Controller, Surveyor General, and Superintendent of Public Instruction. Questions whether the bureau is dormant or legally defunct persist, while an assemblyman jokes about tickets for his wife at the San Francisco exposition dedication.
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Nevada
Joe Farnsworth
House
State Bureau of Immigration
Democrat
Schmidt
Nye
Humorous aphorisms mix bite and whimsy from Luke Meluke
A collection of wry sayings on love, pride, cannibals, and social folly attributed to Luke Meluke. It contrasts soft hearts and hard heads, notes the tenth wedding anniversary, and riffs on fashion trends, mirth, and human foibles with a Cincinnati Enquirer voice.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Suspect Caught in Nye County Killing Inquiry
Victor Barron, a Mexican section hand, is suspected of killing foreman John De Costa and fellow worker Angel Moreno. Barron was captured Monday near Bonnie Claire station in Nye County by Sheriff Slavin, according to the Goldfield Tribune.
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Victor Barron
John de Costa
Angel Moreno
Bonnie Claire Station
Nye County
Slavin
Goldfield Tribune
Robbery Attempt in Las Vegas Targeted Courier
Two masked men accosted Newell Leavitt, a Clark Forwarding Company delivery man in Las Vegas, on Tuesday morning. Leavitt had only ten cents on him, and the robbers did not locate any larger sum.
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Moapa
Dick Kirkham
R. N.binker
Sloan
Newell Leavitt
Clark Forwarding Company
Las Vegas
Leavitt
Toyn will leaves $1000 to each brother widow inherits estate
The Elko Independent reports Charles Toyn's will leaving $1000 to each brother and the remainder of an estate valued near 20 000 dollars to his widow. The estate includes a ranch, beef steers, and other property. The article notes many photographs look unlike originals because people usually try to look pleasant.
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Loaves
Elko Independent
Charles Toyn
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Wuttaw H. Rossgn
H. P. KK. McCuaanes
Viamond Rebekah Lodge
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N. E. Gor, Tork & Franklin Sts
Sann Francisco
Telephone Franklin
the Brown Hotel
Station Touring Club of America
Daniel Morrison
Eureka
Main
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General Banking
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Business Exchange
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United States Federal Reserve Bank
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First National Bank
Elko, Nevada
A. E. Bammatt
C. E. Nosus
J. A. Sewext
E. E. Ewxon
V. D. H. Jones
F. Kopp
Bopeka Cash Store
J. B. Biale
Kureks
Giant Powder Co. Consolidated
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