Registration Opens June 1 for Primary and General Elections
County Clerk R. McCharles reports supplies received and sent to precincts. Registrars or deputies handle registration, with changes due to recent law. Voters must be on printed lists. party affiliation dictates ballot type. Ruby Hill and Prospect voters must register in Eureka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. McCharles
Justices of the Peace
Winnemucca Star
Ruby Hill
Prospect
Eureka
Court House
Move to raise enlistment age to fifty five
Secretary Baker sent to Congress a bill to raise the voluntary enlistment age from 40 to 55. Men over 40 would be assigned to non combatant service while those under 40 would fill line troops as needed. Bakers letter urges passage to gain experienced mechanics and artisans for staff corps and departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Baker
Congress
Clark
Baker
Death of Walter W Kermeen in 1918
Walter W. Kermeen died at Phenix Arizona on January 3 1918 at age 27 and was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery Las Vegas Nevada. Funeral services were held at the Chapel of the Las Vegas Undertaking Company Rev W H Rogers officiating. He leaves his mother Mrs J J Kermeen and sister Miss Ruby Kermeen both of Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nevada
Walter W. Kermeen
Phenix
Arizona
Woodlawn
J.J. Kermeen
Miss Ruby Kermeen
Germans Renew Drive Near Rheims Tough Fight
A New York telegram reports a German offensive along a 25 mile front northwest of Rheims with 25 divisions breaking through four miles on Monday and six miles Tuesday. Fifteen thousand prisoners taken. Allied flank pressure grows on southern salient. Americans seize Cantigny and repulse further German pushes in the ongoing action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
New York
Rheims
Fismis
Pacardy
Ypres
Palisade
Cantigny
Nevada draft evader killed in Nevada desert shooting
Paul Walters alias draft evader was killed near Parton six miles from Fallon by Indian trailer "Skinney" Paschal after he shot and killed Churchill County Sheriff Mark Wildes. Walters had been called by the draft board six weeks earlier and fled to the mountains, later robbing to evade capture with supplies and armed readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fallon
Nev
Paul Walters
Mark Wildes
Churchill County
Parton
Skinney
Paschal
Walters
Walter
Wildes
Skinny Pascal Wests Greatest Trailer and Lawman
Winnemucca Star reports Skinny Pascal, a Winnemucca Indian living in Lovelock, famed for trailing and killing bandits including Indian Mike and his renegades in 1911. He helped Sheriff Lamb capture Tramner and Urie, the Quillicis murderers, now serving life terms.
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Skinny
Pascal
Walters
Winnemucca
Jackson Mountain
Clover Valley
Mike
Hin
Ang
Lamb
Tramner
Urie
Quillicis
Imlay
Unclaimed Lett ers at Eu reka Nevada Post Office
Postmaster Laura Hobgh lists unclaimed letters remaining at the Eu reka Nevada office dated June 1 1918. Names include Mayberry Rey R R Chavez J B Sanchez Wallace K Strong Mrs Oscar Pross Mrs Alice Fedgew Signor A Ferro Cambler Bautista Barratin Pantitta Saliia Wilhelm Affenbash Hermengilito Mendive Mayorby Felix Accove Isidoro Anchovens and others while readers are asked to request items by advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Nevada
Mayberry Rey
R Chavez
J B Sanchez Wallace K Strong
Oscar Pross
Alice Fedgew
Ferro & Cambler
Bautista Barratin
Pantitta Saliia Wilhelm Affenbash
Hermengilito H Mendive
Mayorby
Felix Accove
Isidoro Anchovens
Laura Hobgh
The High Cost of Illness
The Public Health Service estimates 3,000,000 people nationwide are ill at any moment, 80,000,000 workers lose about nine days yearly, totaling wage losses of 500 million dollars and medical bills around 180 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States’ Public Health Service
Eureka High Defeats Elko 16 to 4 In Local Baseball Showdown
Eureka High School routed Elko High 16 to 4 on the local diamond in a game lauded as the best in years. Peter Merialdo and Peter Breen starred in the field and at bat as Eureka built an 8 0 lead by the sixth inning, with Elko rallying briefly in the seventh. A postgame dance honored Elko, while Eureka thanked supporters and invited future contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka High School
Elko High
Eureka
Elko
Elko Boys
Peter Mernaldo
Peter Breen
Victor Rattazzi
Eureka Boys
Peter Merialdo
Rureka
Elko Merialda
Elko High School
Rattazzi
Willis Skillman
Judson, Hooper
Richard Hooper
Elko Free Press
Wahlund
Stoker
Breen
Mercaldo
Cassidy
Magee
Robear
Third Liberty Loan Bond Installment Reminder
All purchasers of Third Liberty Loan Bonds must pay an installment of 20 percent to their banks by May 28, 1918. A small government interest charge applies. listed amounts include 109, 300, and 120 bonds with due dates May 28 and August 15.
Quality of Love and charitable care
A reflective passage urges improving love offered to others, comparing fresh mountain spring compassion to stale ordinary charity and citing Maeterlinck as the source of the sentiment. It emphasizes ongoing, sincere care over perfunctory aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maeteriinck
Deciding Game Set for Elko After Eureka Losses
Elko and Eureka split the series with Eureka winning 16 to 4 in Eureka and Elko prevailing 16 to 5 in the rematch. The third deciding game is expected in Elko with a large crowd anticipated and Elko holding a 1-1 tie in the best of three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko Boys
Eureka
Elko
Canaries Prove Hardy In Varied Climates
A biographer notes canaries thrive in climates not too severe and endure cold when hardened to it. In England they stay outdoors year round and can revert to wild states under favorable conditions. A 1909 release of domestic canaries on Midway Island grew to about 1,000 by 1914.
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England
Midway Island
Grant Got Him a Job From a Confederate Leader
Col. John Mosby, famed Confederate cavalry head, admired General Grant. In Mosby's Memoirs he quotes a 1885 letter asking Grant to help him get employment with a corporation. Grant, on his deathbed, dictated a note to Governor Stanford of the Union Pacific asking for a personal favor. Mosby says he became an attorney for the company and served sixteen years, feeling Grant was his best friend at his death.
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Grant
Col
John 8. Mosby
General Grant
Mosby
Stanford
Union Pacific
Revival of Graham Flour and Bread
The text recalls Rev. Sylvester Graham, a New England clergyman who died in Northampton, Massachusetts sixty six years ago. He introduced Graham bread in 1839 made from unsifted wheat flour and promoted vegetarian theory through books pamphlets and lectures. Initially unpopular, Graham bread gradually gained acceptance and became a commercial product.
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Sylvester Graham
New England
Northampton
Mass
A Bad Precedent in a Divorce Case
A friend questions why a wife seeks divorce from her husband. She cries that he isn’t the man she thought he was at marriage, but the elder warns that applying such a principle would threaten nearly every home in the country.
Progress of the War in Western Front and Air Raids
The week saw French advances near Locre and Kemmel with about 400 prisoners taken, British gains near Merville, and Australian reconquest of Ville-sur-Ancre. Allied actions spread through Picardy, Macedonia, and Koritsa fronts, while Turkish forces moved toward Enzeele. Aerial raids intensified with bombing on London, Cologne, and Metz Sablen stations. Molndavia torpedoed with 54 American deaths. U-39 damaged Cartagena harbor. and German hospital raids caused hundreds of casualties.
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Salt Lake
Flanders
Lacre
Merville
Picardy
Ville-sur- Ancre
Italy
Mount
Corno
Macedonia
Koritsa
Devoli
Osum
Protopapa
Cernevada
Lake Urumiah
Enzeele
Mesopotamia
London
Paria
Cologne
Lorraine
Liege
Belgium
Manheim
Rhine
Metz- Sablen
Bruges
Zeebrugge
Moldavia
English Channel
England
France
Cartagena
Spain
Cattaro
Subscriptions Solicited by Eureka Agent for Curtis Publications
Edward Skillman of Eureka Nevada solicits new and renewal subscriptions for Ladies Home Journal Saturday Evening Post and The Country Gentleman through his agency. He notes commission on all subscriptions sent to Curtis Publishing Company and requests placing renewals and new orders via him. Dated November 25, 1917.
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Eureka
Ladies Home Journal
Buroning Post
Country Gentleman
Curtis Publishing Company
Edward Skillman
J&r
Nevada
Ore Sample Envelopes for Metal Parts
Strong metal-clasped Manila envelopes designed to mail ore samples and small machinery parts through Burruxmt offices. Durable design aims to secure contents during transit and support efficient handling in postal and shipping workflows.
Smoking Jacket Leads Tom to a Hidden Match
In 1911 a bachelor receives a smoking jacket from his aunt Elisa with a note hinting a girl who made it. Tom pursues a romance via the Woman's Exchange, learns the maker's identity through his aunt, and later marries after a settlement by Mrs Crawford. The note then reappears in his wedding day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Tom
Elisa
Bobe
Elza
Mrs. Crawford
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Walter Kermeen
Tegel
Skinny Pascal
West
Liberty Loa
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