Germans and Allies Mark Time in War News
Eureka reports no decisive action by either side for days. Rome peace rumors circulate but are deemed unlikely. The NYSE shows buoyancy and fears of a German breakthrough fade. Congress pushes to declare war on Turkey and Bulgaria, but the President and State Secretary oppose under current conditions.
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Eureka
The
Sentinel
Palisade
Rome
New York Stock Exchange
Congress
Turkey
Bulgaria
School Officials Visit Eureka With Bray and Ford
State Superintendent John Edwards Bray and District Superintendent J W Comerford toured Eureka schools this weekend. Mrs Bray addressed the Eureka Theatre on Red Cross work urging public support for war relief efforts. The visitors met students and spoke on educational matters before departing for Palisade.
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John Edwards Bray
Eureka
Austin
J. W. Comerford
Bray
Comerford
Eureka County High School
Eureka Theatre
Red Cross
Charles Priest
Palisade
Supt
Mrs. Bray
Less and Less by a Mealtime Knockabout
A humorous verse laments shrinking meals and comforts as days pass. The speaker notes meatless Tuesdays wheatless Wednesdays and growing poverty yet rising wisdom. The refrain catalogs shortages from home heat to coffee, implying a satirical decline.
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M.C A
Eureka County High School Party Sparks College Spirit
Eureka County High School students hosted a party at the Eureka County Normal School in the English room, decorated in purple and green. Guests enjoyed games, a supper in the Commercial room, and prizes named "Liberty Bells" with guests like Winnie Smith and Peter Breen. dignitaries including Mr Bray and Mr Comerford attended.
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Eureka County Normal School
Eureka County High School
Winnie Smith
Peter Breen
James Jury
E.C. Hls
Bray
Comerford
Desertion divorce and swift navy enlistment headline Nevada man
Nevada reports a Reno man divorced on desertion grounds then immediately wed Miss Mabel Lucas and enlisted in the navy. White Pine County plans a Lund flour mill of 25 barrels daily to start June 1 after delayed machinery. Elko sailor Charles F Oldham died when Lake Moor was torpedoed in English waters April 11. Fallon principal J R McKillop resigns to report for war service by April 28 after medical clearance.
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Guy Turnhow
Reno
Mabel Lucas
White Pine County
Lund
Charles F. Oldham
Elko
Lake Moor
Oldham
Navy
J. R. McKillop
Fallon High School
New York
War Dept to use German POW labor on base road projects
The War Department orders army officers at Fort McPherson in Georgia and Oglethorpe to employ the 1370 German prisoners of war held there to build a new system of roads around the posts. The move aims to have the POWs contribute to base infrastructure and maintenance.
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U. S. War Department
Fort McPherson
Oglethorpe
Harvest hiring mix draws 900 applicants to 40 positions
The Elko Independent notes Mr. Rickey employs forty women and widows to run mowing machines and rakes for harvest while 900 young men apply for jobs. The contrast highlights labor demand during the season.
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Rickey
Elko Independent
Red Cross Auxiliary Adds Palisade Members and April Expenditures
The Palisade Red Cross Auxiliary reports 18 new memberships, lists members including Frank Consers and Jim Bates, and details April work shipped to Elko. Finished items total 16 pajamas, 2 coats, 7 sweaters, 2 wristlets, 3 socks, 1 scarf, 2 helmets, 1 operating loggia, 89 handkerchiefs, 34 wash cloths. Funds turned over to Elko headquarters total 267.00 plus 64.50 from a supper booth and other donations 14.15 and more from individuals.
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Red Cross
Palisade
Frank Consers
Jim Bates Shelton Haines Harvey Hawkine
Frank Hale
Frank Cook
Charlie Gupton
J.D. McLaughlin
Bbi
Joseph Flynn
Joseph Fipan
Joseph A. Flynn
Hattie Murdock
Pratt Edwin Gily
Sam Baglin
William Jones
Wil Buckskin
Elko
Wendell Jones
Keller
Batten
Richardson
Albino Siri
Merialdo
Eureka Schools Report War Stamps Sales Weekly Totals
The Eureka Schools weekly War Savings and Thrift Stamps sales show High School totals of 967.20 and district department receipts of 182.75, with grand totals 1428.13 for both schools. Eureka County April sales reach 3210.70, with year to date 6578.19 and a monthly quota of 3000. The article notes a limit of 1000 maturity value per person and urges weekly purchases to meet the campaign goal.
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Eureka
Ruby Hill War Savings Society
Eureka County
War Savings
Mining location blanks for sale at the Smurrnel office
A listing notes mining location blanks are available for sale at Smurrnel office. The notice specifies the sale location and time, indicating an auction or bidding process for the blanks used in mining operations.
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Smarruel
Standard wages for Nevada ranches proposed in Reno meet
At the Reno war conference set for May 16 and 17, a state wide standard wage scale for farm laborers is discussed. Elko County Cattlemen propose 3.00 a day for field laborers and 3.75 for stackers plus room and board for nine and a half hours. The plan aims to curb local wage competition and align with food regulations across farms.
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Reno
Nevada
Elko County Cattlemen’s Association
Elko
Elko County
H. A. Lemmon
State Council of Defense
Dancing Party At A E Birch’s And War Casualty Totals
A letter from Duckwater dated April 15 recalls an April 12 dance at A E Birch’s with about 80 couples dancing to a new Birch family piano. A midnight turkey supper followed. a fire at the Birch warehouse damaged case goods but most of the Summer stock was saved. Paris reports German war losses and prisoners totaling about 5,000,000 across fronts through early 1918.
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Duckwater
A. E. Birch
Birch
Paris
West Front
Primary War Savings Show Delights Eureka Students
On April 2 the Primary War Savings Society of Eureka public school held a well attended schoolhouse entertainment. Tickets at ten cents raised 36.60, invested in War Savings and Thrift Stamps, with each child keeping the proceeds from their sell. Miss Mernaldo led the program aided by Miss Connell and Eureka County Normal pupils who trained the dances.
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War Savings Society
Eureka Public School
Orphan Children Tour State to Raise Funds for Ranch
H. M. Draper, superintendent of a Des Moines Washington Children's Home, with two assistants and 11 children aged 5 to 14, toured Eureka from Austin to seek funds for a second ranch payment. The group performed at the Eureka Theatre and planned onward stops in Hamilton and Ely.
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H. M. Draper
Des Moines
Washington
Eureka
Austin
Fallon
Nevada
Eureka Theatre
Hamilton and
Ely
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D. Downey
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J. Hooper
Yates
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Gapton
T. F. Plummer
Dan Rand
Chas. Rand
F. Martinelli
Shelton Raines
Plummer
J. Bates
S. Raines
H. Ebert
J. D. McLaughlin
W.S.S
Ahan
Bok
Enoch Morgan's Sons CO
Sapolio
R. McCharles
Treasus Eureka
Sentinel Office
Holly Mine
L. W. Hops
Yearling
Cotswold Bucks
Stanley L. Wines
Raby Valley
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