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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1918
Page
2
Eureka County Council of Defense appeals to residents to back the war, fund relief for soldiers, and report sedition. It warns against pro German sympathies, urges education over accusations, and asks all to cooperate to maintain unity and safety for troops.
Postmaster announces remaining unclaimed letters at Euresa Nevada with list of names and call to state Advertising. Measles epidemic reported in Tonto pah schools with 85 cases under treatment and rising concerns over school health.
Washington reports the first draft will entrain 95,000 men over five days beginning March 29, including 72 from Nevada. The second draft of 800,000 is delayed pending House action on a new allotment basis. Sheriff Mackey notes no notice yet. Eureka County lacks one qualified draftee after John Hourihan’s disqualification.
General Crowder testified before the Senate Military Committee urging swift action on a registration bill for men reaching age 21 since last June 5. He expressed concern upon learning the measure had stalled in the House.
Sealed bids for Ride for Road Work on Diamond Valley Road will be received by Eureka County Board of County Commissioners until April 9, 1918 at 10 a.m. at the courthouse Eureka. Work covers 4.25 miles from a monument north of town to Pan Canyon with 18 feet bottom 16 feet top road at 18 inches height. Completion required by June 1 1918 with final acceptance by June 5 1918. Bids may be rejected in whole or part.
Trains leaving Palisade for Eureka are due to leave at 8 30 a m and will not wait more than thirty minutes for Southern Pacific train No 10. J E Sexton.
Fire in Elko restricted district destroys the Ollie Day residence early Friday. The upper story blazed rapidly forcing the occupants to flee in night attire. a girl jumped from the porch roof, breaking a leg and suffering other injuries. The $9,000 house stands on the site of a previous blaze about two years ago.
Documents of record list certificates of location for the Casey and Casey No 1 mines by Al Thatcher and land patent deeds for multiple parcels in sections 3 4 9 10 township 23 north ranges 54 east and 28 north in the M D B and M and Rich C E M D B and M. Recorded dates include March 7 and March 12 1918.
Nevada urges 100 additional skilled laborers to reach a 386 quota for shipyards volunteers. To join, men with wood or steel skills should contact N. P. Morgan of Eureka immediately for classification in the public service reserve, a vital effort alongside trench fighting.
Lieutenant George L. Kaeding has left San Antonio and is now stationed in Massachusetts. Mrs. Kaeding has gone to Atlanta to visit relatives while her husband remains assigned east.
A Philadelphia Ledger piece argues American business must cut waste to survive amid war pullbacks. It urges saving fuel and transport costs by canal and rail reforms, proposing ship canal links, repurposing coal content into electricity, and reducing purposeless shipping to fund broader aims.
A Pennsylvania attorney in the South is visited by a bruised old man who claims a mule owner assaulted him. The mule owner asks about money as the lawyer probes for facts, revealing the narrator owns the mule. The piece appears as a humorous docket snippet from West's Docket.
The Diesel engine is an internal combustion engine using crude oil and low grade fuel oil. It burns cheaper fuel and less of it than a gasoline engine. Construction is heavier but simpler, needing neither magneto nor carburetor. It uses compression ignition and sprays liquid fuel into hot air under high pressure. It is claimed to convert a greater percentage of fuel heat into mechanical energy than any other engine.
A Mother's Magazine piece urges balance in wartime home economics urging Americans to save without starving, recommending substitution of plentiful foods for scarce items, and to avoid extreme parsimony while maintaining a balanced menu and minimizing waste.
The State notes a $1072.60 payment from the Bureau of Biological Survey for 130 coyote hides at $8.25 each. Winnemucca imposes tighter food rules requiring affidavits for flour and potato purchases, with two pounds of potatoes per pound of flour.
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