Mrs Mackay Joins Equal Suffragists as Honorary Vice President
Mrs Clarence Mackay has notified Miss Ann Martin that she will accept an honorary Vice President post with Nevada Equal Suffrage League. Martin leads the suffrage campaign in the state and previously led the movement in London about a year ago.
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Clarence Mackay
Nevada Equal Suffrage League
Ann Martin
League
Miss Martin
London
St. John
Kansas
Sunflower
Stubbs
Ohio
Nevada
Texas
Nebraska
New Jersey
Princeton College
Harvard
Yale
South Carolina
New Rabbit Trap Hero Invented Near Jerome
North Side News describes a new rabbit trap using a fenced pen with a ground hole. Rabbits enter through the opening, then follow a wire tunnel inside the fence, and, after retracing paths, fail to find the exit. The method relies on a layered setup and dirt to seal edges.
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North Side
Jerome
Equal Suffrage Notes and Local Las Vegas Gas Stoves Ban
National Woman Suffrage Association leader Rev Anna Howard Shaw tours New Hampshire urging support. Reports on suffrage drives across states with multiple unions and university leagues. Las Vegas bans gasoline stoves within city limits due to fire risk from faulty units after recent incidents.
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Anna Howard Shaw
National Woman Suffrage Association
New Hampshire
Shaw
Dartmouth College
Men's League For Woman Suffrage
Las Vegas
Canal on Sleeping Volcano Kent's Cattle Co Settles
New York report says a sleeping volcano beneath the Culebra Cut threatens the Paosma Canal, with a pessimistic Division Engineer note. In Carson, the Golconda Cattle Company pays 2600 dollars for 2300 acres over 25 years. government drops Little Rock Creek indictments. Fanned by steam and pale blue smoke, drills test every hole to prevent premature blasts. The geologist links steam to pyrite oxidation, not volcanic activity. Kent moved fences prior to suit. damages set at 7000 dollars, later adjusted to 1500 yearly for 25 years. Congressman Kent had investigated encroachment and ordered cessation.
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New York
Paosma Canal
Colon
Associated Press
Culebra
Carson
Golconda Cattle Company
Little Rock Creek
Cattle Company
Elko County
Kent
Platt
William Kent
California
Oregon and Nevada Choose San Francisco for Exposition
Oregon Governor Oswald West and Nevada Governor Tasker L. Oostie led their states to plant the first flags for the Panama Pacific Exposition. Oregon raised its colors on a fir pole by the bay shore while Nevada planted its gold emblem a few hundred feet away. A large crowd at the Presidio cheered as the governors and staffs attended the ceremony amid a brigade drill.
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San Francisco
Oregon
Nevada
California
Oswald West
Tasker L. Oudie
Bay Shore
Presidio
Cabinet officers approve banning saccharine in foods
Secretaries Wilson Nagel and MacVeagh issued a split ruling on saccharine in prepared foods. The majority declared saccharine adulterated and gave manufacturers one month to eliminate the additive before enforcement begins.
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Wilson
Nagel
MacVeagh
Mormons to Move to Nevada and Spokane Mining Congress
A Calgary dispatch reports Mormons who improved Cardston country will move back to the United States settling in Nevada by order of President Smith of Salt Lake City. The American Mining Congress says Spokane earned the 1912 meeting and the congress will likely be held the week of November 18.
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Nevada
Calgary
Canada
Cardston
United States
Smith
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Mining Congress
Gallbreath
American Mining Congress
Brodigan Seeks Baker Resignation For New Warden Appointment
Political circles say Secretary of State George Brodigan a Democrat will ask Warden Ray Baker to resign if Governor Oldie who wanted Baker ousted stands in. Brodigan opposed Bakers initial appointment by Governor Oddie and Attorney General Oleve Baker.
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Brodigan
George Brodigan
Ray Baker
Nevada
Oldie
Baker
Bradigan
Oddie
Oleve Baker
Unwritten Law Clears Dr Eikner in Mason Murder Case
After five minutes of deliberation the jury found Dr. Eikner not guilty in the Mason murder of W J Otter. The verdict rested on unwritten law as Otter had entangled with Mrs Eikner, prompting the fatal shooting at a Mason hotel dining room. Eikner fired twice as Otter left, then two more shots after he fell.
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Dr. Eikner
W. J. Otter
Mason
Otter
Eikner
Elko Judge Orders Return of $73 From Gambling Raid
In district court Judge Taber ordered returning to Mark Johnson the $73 seized during last July’s gambling raid at the Commercial Hotel, described as the bank roll. The court is also weighing destruction of gambling paraphernalia captured then, having so far refused to forfeit the faro box to any party.
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Elko
Taber
Mark Johnson
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Mrs. Mackay
First National Bank
Elko, Nevada
Mali
A. BE
Kimball
Anne Martin
The
Nevada Equal Franchise Society
Kent's Cattle CO
Culebra Cut
Canal Commission
Rodeo
Eureka Lodce
Eureka Temple No 15
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Hall
Caxonne Lewis
Eureka Lodge No. 22
Clark and
Main Sts
Wuttaw Lawer
N. G. F. J. Buossesiz
Iphigenia Chapter
C. E
Masonic Hall
Vicurr
W. M. Many J
Laran
Eureka Lodge No
R. McCuannes
W. M. Rosenr
A. Larry
St. John’s
St. John's
Eppan Savoka
H. P. R. McCuances
Diamond Rebekah Lodge
I. 0
Narsatia Buossemen
N. G. Grace I. Travers
Beatific Lodge No. 7
K. of P
Castle Hall
North Main Street
Josefa Resatxati
O. D
D. E
Noemnosa K
Seheeline Banking & Trust Co
Reno, Nevada
General Banking
Trust Company
Business Exchange
Savings Department
Levi Straus
Mes
A. Fraser
Reka
Johnson Mercantile Co
Hiram Johnson
James A. Rattazzi
Eureka, Nevada
Hotel Zadow
A. T. Taylor
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