Nevada 1918 election registration and candidacy notice
A synopsis of Nevada registration rules for 1918 elections. Electors must register by June 1 for primary and by June 1 for general. primary closes August 13 and general closes October 15. Registration can be at county clerk or deputy registrar. Citizens aged 21 with six months in state and ten days in county before election are eligible. Transfers allowed via county clerk certificate. Names carried if no vote. errors require a certificate. Nonpartisan offices appear on regular ballots. party affiliation affects primary voting. Declarations of candidacy due by August 3. acceptance by July 30. Filing fees vary by office from 10 to 100 dollars. Independent candidates need 10 percent of last general vote. Registration changes allowed until August 20.
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Nevada
U. S
Neral
Coun
Mgressman
Sena
Worried Mothers and the War Return Odds
William Allen White urges mothers not to overreact about their sons in uniform. He notes insurance and government backers concede a high chance he will return from the war. The piece contrasts war fatalities with civilian road and industrial accidents, cites New York deaths from states, and mentions Sparks payroll and Southern Pacific oil payments amid a labor market excerpt.
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William Allen White
New York
Nevada ranch sale and other regional news items
W A Marsh and Tony Martiletti have bought the McCann ranch in Hunt's canyon, Nye county for 5000 dollars. The 73 acre tract includes 40 acres under cultivation. Thomas Soden, Verdi postmaster, is sought on a 4000 dollar embezzlement warrant. The adjutant general orders nine colored Nevadan registrants to be entrained to American Lake for a colored regiment. Lander County Council of Defense closes all gambling and bars nonessential patrons. Al Shidler, Tonopah, jailed two years on each of four sedition counts plus fines. Five wool sacks stolen from a Ledlie railroad yard, heavy loss. Battle Mountain area begins harvest with light yields due to water shortage and late spring, with fair labor conditions and high wages.
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W. A. Marsh
Nye County
Tony Martiletti
Joseph McCann
McCann
Hunt’s Canyon
Lander
Shidler
Tonopah
Sheriff's Office
Ledlie
Lander County
Eiko Girls On the Farm Patriotism in Haying Girls
Eiko girls Blanch Gobin Nellie Gobin Allene Wright Bernice Davis head to Glaser ranch near Elburz to work in hay fields driving buck rakes and rakes while Margaret Patterson joins Riddell ranch crew in Starr Valley the all-women haying unit honors patriotism and calls for enlistment in the great army of War Savers.
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Eiko
Blanch
Nellie Gobin
Allene Wright
Bernice Davis
Glaser
Elburz
Margaret Patterson
Riddell
Starr Valley
Biko Free Press
The Kaiser Will Not Beat Sea Power Alone
A Saturday Evening Post column argues the Kaiser cannot prevail by land power alone and must shatter Allied sea power. It warns that England and the United States will resist through industry, markets, and public resolve, despite optimism from profiteers and labor leaders.
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Saturday Evening Post
England
United States
Ely Is Tied Up by Shopmen's Strike
Fully 3,500 workers in the Ely district are idle as 200 shopmen strike for a 20 percent wage increase. They halted ore trains between Ruth mines and McGill mill, shutting the mill and mines while fires stay burning and some repairs continue. Nevada Northern Railroad between McGill and Ruth serves Ely. Kimberley Consolidated Copper Mines keep running. Labor Commissioner Cole arrival may spur settlement after long brewing trouble.
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Ely
Nevada Northern Railroad
Ruth
McGill
Nevada Northern Railroad Company
Consolidated Copper
Kimberley
Cole
Increasing His Hay Grop In Weld County Farm Sandwich Method
A Weld County Colorado farmer proposes a novel hay crop method stacking straw and alfalfa greens in layers to extend the harvest. He claims the straw absorbs moisture keeping the alfalfa bright green and mold free, with animals eating both components. The plan targets second-cut alfalfa on meadow acreage as a war saving in scarce years.
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Weld County
Colorado
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Tte
Southern Pacific
Nevada State News
Thomas Soden
Verdi
Soden
Adjutant General's Office
American Lake
Ing
Battle Mountain
McAdoo
America
Army of War Savers
The
Sentinel
United States Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Postal Savings Depository
First National Bank
Bloe, Nevada
J. A. Srwett
A. E. Enrsann
F. Williams
E. E. Enxor
Henderson Banking Company
Elko, Nevada
Joan Henperson
L. C. Henpgaeon
Harpen Huxperson
Lasing At
Henpenson
Seheeine Banking & Trust Co
General Banking
Trust Company
Business Exchange
Savings Department
Acta
Eation
Reno
OLD Pioneer Banking House
E. Humphrey
F. M. Rowland
J. B.van Nagell
G. H. Taylor
F. Stadtmuller
C. W. Mapes
Rudolph Herz
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