How Nevada Became a State
Nevada's path to statehood began as Utah territory and moved through two constitutional conventions in Carson City. A 1864 enabling act and a second constitution, completed in July, led to adoption in September and statehood proclaimed by the President on October 1. Senator William M. Stewart notes Washington sought loyal states to aid postwar restoration and cites Lincoln’s support for Nevada’s patriotism and mineral wealth.
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Nevada
Utah
Territory
Carson City
Congress
William M. Stewart
United States
Washington
Senate
Lincoln
White House
Union
Jail Sentences Transported Prisoners and Famed White Slavery Case
Constable Earl Cobb and Henry Williams traveled from Palisade with a prisoner convicted in Justice court for furnishing whisky to and consorting with Indians and were sent to EuReka for 30 days due to jail fuel shortages. The article also notes the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Diggs Caminetti white slave conviction and sentences.
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Earl Cobb
Palisade
Henry Williams
F. E. Leonard
Beowawe
Eureka
Kiams
U.S. Supreme Court
Maury I. Diggs
F. Drew Caminetti
Marsha Warrington
Lola Norris
San Francisco
Reno
California
Diggs
Berkeley
Nevada Legislature Opens with Organized Bodies and Appointments
Carson City reports the twenty eighth Nevada Legislature convened at noon with both houses organized. Assembly officers include Speaker Ben D Luce Nye and others. Senate leadership names feature Speaker pro tem A W Keddie Churchill and secretary Richard McKay White Pine. Governor Boyle to address joint session urging road funding reforms and railroads.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Ben D, Luce
Nye
R. M. Hardy
Humboldt
H. W. Edwards
White Pine
Miss Moe McNamara
Elko
Esmeralda
Dora Burns
Lincoln
Alma Fettice
Douglas
Edna Ambler
Harry Dawson
Mineral
August Glanzman
Ormssy
George Gooding
Kenneth Raycraft
Ormsby
Luce
Williams
Clark County
Hardy
Coryell
Senate
A. W. Keddie
Churchill
Richard McKay
Helen O'Neil
Clark
Dorothy Russell
Lucile Golden
Washoe
Mabel, Slingerland
Lyon
E. Monton
Mae McLeod
Minnie Flanigan
A. T. McKenzie
Stanley Lockwood
Anna Warren
Miss Hogan
Lander
Page
A. Blackwell
Frank B. House
G. A. Allerman
Obeline Soucheras
James Reed
New Governor Nominated for Panama Canal Zone
President Wilson nominates Lieutenant Colonel Chester Harding to be Governor of the Panama Canal Zone succeeding Gen. Goethals. He has long served as the general's chief assistant.
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Canal Zone
Chester Harding
Wilson
Panama Canal Zone
Goethals
First National Bank of Elko Plans New Two Story Building
At a stockholders meeting in Elko the First National Bank selected a plan for a new two story building to be started in spring at an estimated cost of 50000 dollars. The ground floor will house the bank while the second floor will hold offices. J A Sewell was elected president succeeding A E Kimball who remains vice president. Sewell now holds a controlling interest in the bank and Kimball will focus on Eureka Land & Stock Company and other ventures. Capital surplus and undivided profits rise to 145000 dollars.
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First National Bank of Elko
J. A. Sewell
A. E. Kimball
Sewell
Kimball
Bank
Eureka Land & Stock Company
New Homestead Law Allows 640 Acre Stock Raising Entries
The new 640 acre stock raising law lets homesteaders who have not filed final entries or who still live on their original entry claim contiguous land up to 640 acres total with the original entry. It targets grazing lands designated by the interior secretary and requires permanent improvements worth at least $1.25 per acre within three years.
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Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Interior
Beets to Sugar Plant to Feature Sweetland Filters
The new beet sugar factory near Stockton California will use Ernest J Sweetland of Carson invented filters praised as the most efficient for sugar manufacture. Sweetland filters are in use at Spreckles factory Spreckels California and in many large East refiners.
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Carson Boy
Stockton
California
Ernest J. Sweetland
Spreckles
Spreckels
Carson News
For Sale Milk Cows Wagons Sleds and Equipment
Four first class milk cows and a horse and barn with two spring wagons one cart and one heavy and one light sled in good condition suitable for full sale. Will sell all or any part at low price. Inquire at county hospital before February 1.
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County Hos
Pital
Grazing Permit Applications Open in Nevada Forest
Notice announces grazing permit applications for the Kehata Forest during the season. Blank forms will be furnished upon request, with details on fees and submission to the Red Supervisor in Austin Nevada by February 6.
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Austin
Nevada
Progress of the War Report from the Salt Lake Tribune
The entente powers suffer sea losses as Cornwallis and Ben My Chree are sunk in the Mediterranean and Kastelorizo harbor. Regina Margherita sinks after hitting a mine near Aviona. Teutonic advances slow in Romania due to snow and resistance, amid ongoing battles near Fokshani and Galatz Braila. In Asia Minor a Caucasus blizzard halts fighting, while British operations extend from Kut toward Persia. In France raids near Serre hint at a possible spring offensive resurgence.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Cornwallis
Mediterranean
Kastelorizo
Asia Minor
Aviona
Albania
Teutonic
Romania
Teutons
Galatz Andorth
Braila
Fokshani
Caucasus
Mesopotamia
Sinai Peninsula
Tigris
Persian Gulf
Kut
Persia
Hamadan
France
Ancre
Serre
Jon
Somme
Handsome 1917 Calendar From Reno National Bank
The Sentinel reports receiving an artistic 1917 calendar from the Reno National Bank in Reno Nevada. It features a color picture titled The End of a Perfect Day, with a quotation about snatching opportunity from the passing day. The painting is by Miss Zula Kenyon, noted as a foremost American artist. Judicious silence is described as wise.
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the Sentinel
Reno National Bank of
Reno
Nevada
Zula Kenyon
America
August and the Last of August Bar Sign Legend
A Sioux City saloon keeper named August confronts rising rents and costs after July 1. Each supplier demands higher pay for rent gas and beer but August negotiates by posting a new sign stating after July 1 will be the last of August. Saturday Evening Post.
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Sioux City
August
Iater
Deak
The Noble Life and the Path of Kindness
The verse extols true worth as daily deeds over dreams of grandeur. It asserts that kindness and truth are kingly, and justice follows every action. It emphasizes moral discipline, the need for a narrow straight path, and humane regard for all creatures.
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Rome
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Bingle
Democrats
Assembly
Boyle
Senate and
Tax Commission
Ambu
Ambu the Yetentific
AMBA
Eureka Garage & Supply CO
Eureka, Nevada
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