Local News and Arrivals in Eureka District March 9 1918
J Biale returns from Elko by Tuesday train while W R Reynolds comes back from Reno and Carson. Thomas Dixon arrives from Elko and northern county. Robert Kelley returns from Bishop California visit. Mr and Mrs W A Barnes arrive from Berkeley. Sheriff Mackey heads north for official county business. W R Venton, ex Ruby Hill resident, enlists in the Marine Corps in Reno and is now in California. Rev Father J J McNally to celebrate Maas in Eureka Catholic Church Sunday at 10 m. Harry Faull of Ruby Hill enlists in the 319th Engineers Corps and departs Reno for Fremont California. Baptista Minoletti travels to Salt Lake City with wife and sister-in-law Miss Della Robinson. Venezia Hotel receives a new piano for dining room. Manuel Aguirre promotes progress during wartime by upgrading hotel music. W F P Loofbourrow Mike Donnelly and James Morrison return from Bull Creek ranch to Eureka. tunnel work increases spring water flow to about 50 inches, meeting needed demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Biale
Elko
W. R. Reynolds
Reno
Carson
Thomas Dixon
Robert Kelley
Bishop
W. R. Venton
Ruby Hill
Marine Corps
California
Father J. J. McNally
Maas
Eureka
Venezia
Manuel Aguirre
W. F P. Loofbourrow
Mike Donnelly
James Morrison
Bull Creek
Eureka Land & Stock Company
Nye County
Poem Fragment Shows Rural Life and War Commentary
A rustic verse blends dialect and whimsy with wartime observation. Rural towns glimpse shortages, spring blossoms, and lingering hope as Kaiser Bill looms and rivers sing in a gray dawn turn to bloom. M B Grant Hope signs the piece as the author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser Bill
M. B. Grant Hope
War Stamps Sales Report From Eureka Schools
Weekly figures show Eureka Schools raising funds through War Stamps and Thrift Stamps. The week ending March 6 lists amounts by department and color, with cumulative totals for High School and District School divisions and a grand total of 485.28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Eureka County Commission Meeting Adopts 1918 Tax Rates
The Eureka County Board of Commissioners met March 5 with Sabler Reid Raine present. They approved the 1918 tax rates including a town fire fund and several county taxes, and adjourned to March 13 for road work planning. The Eureka County Liquor Board reviewed requests to abolish saloons in Palisade Township and denied a liquor license for Tom Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Edgar Sadler
R. J. Reid
W. S. Raine
Sentinel
Nye County
Eureka County
Roy Treloor
Eureka
J. E. Sexton
Palisade Township
E. 8
Cobb
Eureka County Liquor Board
N. P. Morgan
James Mackey
Palisade
Eureka Chapter completes February Red Cross garment drive
Local Red Cross report details Eureka Chapter members sewing 102 bandages 86 hospital bed shirts 48 bed socks 17 handkerchiefs 13 comfort pillows 8 wash cloths 2 woolen sweaters 20 hospital bags. Schools and individuals contributed pillows handkerchiefs wash cloths paper dolls and more with a March 13 benefit raffle planned to dispose of two wool smoking jackets. Secretary D States provides February balances and remittances to the Reno Chapter.
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Eureka
Reno
Ruby Hill
Simonsen
W. C. Ferguson
J. B. Venturino
Red Cross
D. States
Rijatiate
Aees
Local Board Medical Advisory results Elko Nevada
Men sent to the Medical Advisory Board in Elko Nevada were examined and found fit for general military service. Thomas Barry Edward T. Delaney Edward J. Moyle William Gerry Reetor Holly Holbert qualified. Roy Charles Russell qualified for limited service. Frank McBride deferred group B. Peter Saffratto and John Vaccaro also qualified for general service. Pacific Mail Steamship Company revenue note mentions 1917 earnings and prior threats to sell ships.
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Medical Advisory Board
Elko
Nevada
Thomas Barry
Edward T. Delaney
Edward J. Moyle
William Gerry Reetor
Holly Holbert
Roy
Charles Russell
Frank McBride
Peter Saffratto
John Vaccaro
Eureka County Loses First Soldier Boy
News of Will Flynn's death at Camp Lewis Washington reached Eureka yesterday He fell ill with pneumonia after measles and died soon after An elder brother Joseph had left for Camp Lewis The body is being shipped home for burial funeral arrangements not made The Flynn family Mr and Mrs Joseph Flynn of Mineral Hill endure a heavy loss Surviving: father mother brother Joseph sister Migs Kitty all of Mineral Hill Eureka County
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Will Flynn
Camp Lewis
Washington
Eureka
Joseph
Sentinel
Joseph Flynn
Mineral Hill
Eureka County
Migs Kitty
Eureka County Defense Council names precinct chairmen
On February 28 the Eureka County Council of Defense met in the Assessor's office and appointed precinct chairmen for nine districts including Ruby Hill, Garrison, Beowane, Palisade, Mineral Hill, Alpha, Prospect, and Herbert Burdick. A $25 donation by J. E. Sexton was thanked for expenses, and thanks were given to Mrs. D. States for supplying Eureka Theatre lights and fuel for a mass meeting during the State Council of Defense visit. Date noted as March 3, 1918, in Eureka Nevada.
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Eureka County Council of Defense
Ruby Hill
L. H. Rogers
Garrison
M. Hough
Prospect Precint
Herbert Burdick
J. E. Sexton
Sudden Death of Young Son Mau
Richard LaVern Mau, five young son of Mr and Mrs O R Mau of Eureka, died Sunday after meningitis struck a few hours earlier. He had lived in Grass Valley since June and attended Bell Hill school. Funeral and burial were held in Eureka with family present and pallbearers from local high school.
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Grass Valey
Cal
O. R. Mau
Eureka
Richard LaVern Mau
Jones Memorial Hospital
Richard LaVern May
Nevada
Bell Hill
Hbis
Richard
Moving Pictures at Eureka Theatre With War Time Thrills
Gail Kane and Carlyle Blackwell star in On Dangerous Ground at Eureka Theatre on Sunday March 10 portraying a secret service tale of a French spy fleeing to France from Germany. Robert Warwick appears Friday March 15 in The Man Who Forgot a journey from Shanghai opium den to Washington DC. Red Cross benefit planned March 13 with unknown five reel film. Dance after show charges 75 cents for gentlemen and 25 cents for spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Kane
Carlyle Blackwell
Eureka Theatre
Secret Service
France
Germany
Robert Warwick
Shanghai
Washington, D. C
The
Red Cross
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Bureka
Harry Faull
319Th Engineers Corps
Fremont
Baptista Minoletti
Miss Della Robinson
Salt Lake City
Wes.s
County Liquor Board
Very Truly, J. E. Sexton
Tom Marshall
RED Gross
Ben Repetto
M. Fletches
Chinaman Sam
Harry Fine
W. H. Russell
A. Martelletti
T. H. Rogers
D. Nostrosa,Jr
Glen Logan
Affranchino
J Asibellini
Mn. Gilkey
Vaccaro
Dorothea Jensen
Tony Polari
J. B. Minoletti
V. Picetnin
W. H. Kennedy
Dave Morris
Lizzie Bennett
Edgar Eather
Mina Connell
Paul Pedrioll
Abram K. Laird
Theodore E. Johnson
Mra
Raine Granville Fletcher
Frank F. Nostrosa
James D, Morrison
Harry Eather
James Rogantini
Jim Charles Estella
Tracey H. Hough Williams
Laird George F. Ebert
T. A. Burdick
H. M. Burdick
R.A. Laird
Minda Nostrosa
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
National Army
Anawera
County Council OF Defense
Edesco
Eureka, Nevada
LaViern
Grass Valley
Ed Wilhelm
Viola
Ernest Mav
Will Mau
O. R. Heidrich
Grace Heidrich
St. Matthew
St. Mark
Althea Eather
Winifred Smith
Odd Fellows
Gustave Mau
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