Nevada Implements Sugar Certificates for Manufacturers and Households
New regulations effective May 15 require all Nevada manufacturers grocers and households to obtain sugar certificates. Applicants must swear to past consumption from Jan 1 to Apr 30 1918 and present estimated future needs. Certificates cover May 16 to July 1 and are issued by the State Food Administration or county offices.
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Nevada
State Food Administration
State Food Administrator's Office
Federal Food Administration
Farm labor problem solvable with bureaus says California official
Reno today hosted C B Sexton superintendent of public employment bureaus California. He outlined a plan to solve Nevada farm labor needs with 3 4 bureaus at rural centers funded jointly by state and federal governments. Sexton urged placing offices in common shops to supply labor for farms and improve returns.
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Reno
C. B. Sexton
California
Sexton
J. E. Sexton
Eureka County
Nevada
Report from Reno War Conference outlines labor plan
County Council of Defense and Red Cross members hear Mr Sexton summarize the Reno War Conference held May 16 17 1918. The speech emphasizes labor questions and calls for efficient legislators. Resolutions propose a statewide wage scale for harvest labor at three dollars a day and board and close saloons in agricultural counties from Saturday midnight to Monday 6 AM June 15 to October 1.
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County Council
Defense
Red Cross
Reno
Sexton
Allen L. Burris
Big Five
Lovelock
James T. Boyd
A. W. Keddie
Fallon
C. A. Norcross
C. 8. Knight
C. H. Duborg
Conference of Farmers and Stockmen
State Council of Defense
Agricultural Extension Division
Nevada Farm Labor Plan Sets Uniform Wage Scale
A Nevada meeting adopts a basic plan for farm and range labor distribution. It mandates a uniform wage scale for harvest labor from June 15 to October 1, 1918, with board included and provisions for boys in the working reserve. It also calls for daily reporting of hotel and saloon patrons by owners and police, penalties for noncompliance, and a committee of ranchers and stockgrowers to press measures through county and municipal officials. The drafting committee includes J H Clemmons C H Duborg Reno and James P Byrnes Fernley.
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Nevada
State Council of Defense
J. H. Clemmons
C. H. Duborg
Reno
James P. Byrnes
Fernley
Debates Between Sophomores and Juniors at High School
Physics class inventory of equipment was conducted Thursday. A debate on whether England should grant Ireland absolute freedom was held Tuesday between Juniors and Sophomores. The Juniors Clotilde re and Robert Laird spoke for the affirmative. Sophomores Thelma Smith and Ethel Clark for the negative. Judges ruled unanimously for the affirmative. this closes the debate series. Addie Merialdo was absent collecting for the Red Cross drive.
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England
Ireland
Clotildere
Robert Laird
Thelma Smith
Ethel Clark
Addie Merialdo
Red Cross
Government Fixes Wool Price for 1918 Clip
The War Industries Board fixed the wool price for the 1918 clip at June 30 1917 Atlantic seaboard market levels on a secured basis. Government retains prior rights to the clip at those prices and the rest will be allocated for other uses under board direction. Distribution centers will be noted to concentrate wool near consumption points.
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Washington, D. C
War Industries Board
Atlantic Seaboard
Masquerade Ball Aids Red Cross Drive In Palisade
Last Saturday Palisade hosted a masquerade ball for the Red Cross auxiliary, drawing crowds from Pine Valley Carlin and Beowawe. The event raised over 200 dollars and featured Nevada Whitmore Albina Siri Clorinda Mernaldo organizing. Charley Rand family donated a large ice cream freezer. A post event meeting and dance is planned for the 25th with external speakers including E. E. Caine of Elko to close the Palisade auxiliary drive.
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Ade
Palisade
Red Cross
Pine Valley
Carlin
Beowane
Charley Rand
Pine _valley
Booth
Nevada Whitmore
Albina Siri
Clorinda
Elvira Mernaldo
Palisade Hall
Red Cross Organization
E. E. Caine
Elko
The
Death of Nevada Senator Gallagher Quietly in Ely
W C Gallagher longtime Eureka Nevada resident and Eurekan pioneer died May 17 at his Ely Nevada home after a paralysis stroke. He helped found Eureka wood and draying firms, later ranching on Duck Creek White Pine County with major holdings at Gallagher's gap. Elected county commissioner in 1885 he served sixteen years and moved to Ely in 1904. He then served four years in the Nevada State Senate.
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W. C. Gallagher
Nevada
Ely
Gallagher
Eureka
Duck Creek
White Pine County
Gallagher’s Gap
State Senate
Death of John D. McLeod in Smokey Valley Nevada
John D. McLeod, longtime Nevada resident, died at his home in Smokey Valley Nye County on Saturday April 27 after a period of heart trouble. Born in Nova Scotia he was 75 years old. He came to Eureka in 1871 worked in wood and coal, later mined in Idaho, and returned to Smokey valley in 1881 to farm and raise stock.
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John D. McLeod
Nevada
Smokey Valley
Nye County
Nova Scotia
Eureka
Idaho
Death of Martin Horton Pioneer Resident Dies in Connecticut
Martin Horton long time Nye County resident and Nevada pioneer died last week at his Southington Connecticut home. He was about 76 years old and had lived there since selling his Blue Eagle ranch and stock years earlier with his wife.
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Martin Horton
Nye County
Nevada
Southington
Conn
Blue Eagle
Moving Pictures at Eureka Theatre May Shows
Lew Fields headlines a May program with Old Dutch on Friday and The Stolen Paradise starring Ethel Clayton on Sunday. Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea debuts Thursday in a 9 reel Universal epic. Admission for the film is 50 cents and 25 cents. a high school dance follows the ball game with 50 cent admission and dancing to midnight.
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Eureka Theatre
Lew Fields
Vivian Martin
Broadway
New York
Ethel Clayton
Jules ‘Verne
Jules Verne
Universal
Elko Boys
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ST B. A. Seillman
J. E Sexton
Eureke County
State Council
Wasquerade
Senator Gallagher
Recorder of
D. G. Kelley
T. J. Drow
Belmont
J. A. Reynolda
N. P. Morgan
Minnie R. Morgan
Edna Covert Plummer
C. C. Jensen
Elko High School
NEW Today
Mra
G. A. Englebright
Geo. A. Englebright
Evy
Aya
Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Company
P. H. Hill
Haul
Bupuka
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