Thanksgiving nostalgia fades as holidays lose their meaning
Dy B. Baer laments the loss of old time Thanksgiving rituals from grand dinners to prayer and corkscrews, noting modern life with deli meals and telephones drains tradition. He questions the true date of the holiday and suspects holidays across the year erode their significance, ending with a jab at political calendars.
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Dy B. Baer
Ml- Bortty
Folka
Grandpop
Bell Company
Prohibition Case In Reno Involves Wine For Sacrament
Two cases of wine ordered by Bishop Blunting were seized by Reno's prohibition officer as shipped from California for sacramental use. United States District Attorney Woodburn says the wine exceeded authority and should be released. The matter has been referred to federal officials for adjustment, with no charges filed as church authorities followed prohibition regulations.
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Blunting
Reno
California
United States
Woodburn
Yeather Murphy
Virginia City
Federal Department For Adjustment
Bolshevist cocktail and divorce case in district court
The text reports on a Red Cross bulletin mocking drink trends in prohibition era Finland and Soviet Russia, mentioning a Bolshevist cocktail made of kerosene and vodka. It also notes a District Court divorce case, Mary Cox versus Thomas Cum, where the judge found the evidence insufficient to prove cruelty and dismissed the decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Riga
Finland
American Red Cross
Soviet
Russia
Mary Cox
Thomas
Breen
Opportunities for Nevada candidates to Annapolis
Senator Key Pittman announces three vacancies at the United States Naval Academy to be filled before the April 20 1921 examination. A preliminary exam at the University of Nevada January 13 1921 will identify top candidates and alternates for June 1921 entry. Candidates must be 16 to 20 on April 1 1921. Publicity urged.
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Hureka Sentinels
United States Naval Academy
Naval Academy
Benate
State of Nevada
Annapolicq
J. P. Ryan
University of Nevada
Ryan
Navy
Key Pittman
Mrs Bradley sued for $100000 damages
Mary Morgan of Salt Lake City sues in San Francisco Superior Court for $100,000 claiming alienation of her husband Earl J. Morgan a Reno rifle shot. Defendants include Mrs Mary Bradley of San Francisco and her daughter. Case cites events from 1915 1916 with alleged enticement and letters and a Denver confrontation.
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Mary Morgan
Salt Lake
Superior Court
San Francisco
Earl J. Morgan
Reno
Morgan
Elko
Nevada
Denver
Reno body to fight divorce law change
Reno Nev Nov 24 preliminary organization of the Nevada Development Company was held to block changes to the Nevada divorce law. Forty prominent business and professional men attended in the Chamber of Commerce. Counter petitions will circulate statewide opposing an Episcopal Church backed proposal requiring a longer residence before a final divorce decree. Mint coinage news follows.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Nevada Development Company
Chamber of Commerce
Episcopal Church
Oddie Elected by 148 Votes in State Election
The Reno Gazette reports Charles B. Henderson won by 1,146 votes over Samuel Arentz for Congress, with other results showing Belle Boyd, Louis Campbell, and H. V. Morehouse electors leading their rivals. U.S. Senator totals reached 27,427 statewide, while Washoe County led with 6,924 votes and Eureka recorded the smallest at 508. The proposed constitutional amendment expanding Supreme Court criminal appeal jurisdiction passed by 8,800 votes.
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Bent
Charles B. Henderson
Samuel
Arentz
Charles R. Evans
Bradigan
Saya
Reno Gazette
Supreme Court
Belle B. Boyd
Louis G. Campbell
H. V. Morehouse
William Foreman
Ben W. Coleman
J. Emmet Walsh
George F. Talbot
A. B. Cheney
B. ¥. Curter
United States
Henderson
Oddie
Emmet D. Boyle
Anne Martin
Supreme Bench
Elko
Clark
Humboldt
Lincoln
White Pine
Evans
Washoe
Nye
Esmeralda
Washoe County
Eureka
Tumulty to be named chief judge of customs appeals
Democratic sources in New York disclose Joseph P. Tumulty, President Wilson's secretary, will be appointed chief judge of the United States court of customs appeals for life with a $10,000 yearly salary. The post, based in Washington, aligns with Tumulty's long service since he was Wilson's secretary when he governed New Jersey.
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Democratic
New York
Joseph P. Tumulty
Wilson
United States Court of Customs Appeals
Washington
Tumulty
Sheppard
Risco Stock Exchange Beats Come High
Seats on the San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange have sold for as high as 25 000 on several occasions during the last year. The volume of business has reached 124 000 000 annually, showing an increase of 22 329 000 in the last local year. It is estimated that 226 000 000 yearly in investment securities are absorbed in this State in addition to the business of the exchange. Slamming the door closes the honeymoon season.
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San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Ford Plans to Distribute Seven Million in Bonuses
Detroit Nov 24 Ford Motor Company will issue payroll checks totaling more than 7 000 000 for employees. Distribution starts January 1 next. Ford also announced an extra 3 per cent for six months ending December 31 on employee investment certificates, in addition to a guaranteed 6 per cent. A 14 per cent total on the certificates for 1920 was cited. The statement refuted reports that price reductions cut employee pay and noted 6000 Detroit workers quit voluntarily in 90 days, with increased production by remaining staff.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Hdsel
Ford
Marquis
Ford Educational Department
Alchuler
I Chicago
Verdi Lumber to Build Paper Pulp Mill in Loyalton Area
Verdi Lumber plans a new paper pulp plant connected to its large sawmill east of Randolph in the upper Sierra valley. The mill sits on extensive timber holdings with high quality pulp material, said to be the state's largest supply per the National Forest Service. A branch railroad to reach the timber belt will be extended several miles from the Davies mill.
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Loyalton
Verdi Lumber Company
Randolph
Upper
Sierra Valley
National Forest Service
Davies Mill
Republicans Appeal for Funds to Cover Campaign Deficit
New York Nov 23 Will Hays chairman of the Republican National Committee urged contributions to cover about 1 million dollars of post election deficit. He noted that while the dollar buys less than in 1916 the 1920 campaign spent less than Hughes campaign yet left a net shortfall. He said over 50 000 donors gave about 2 million and urged broad popular subscriptions under 1000 dollars rather than a limited elite appeal.
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New York
Republican Naonal Committee
Will Hays
Washington
Hughes
Mr. Hays
Republians
Nevada News in Brief: Protests, Raids and Rail Crashes
Nevada dispatches report tenants opposing a Clay Peters building rent rise plan in Hene with a meeting set for protest. Mason Valley hay sold at 18 per ton, boosting local stacks to 12 per ton for farmers. Elko to get a cold storage plant with a 50,000 venture filing. Nevada Industrial Commission awarded 1784.20 to Thomas Burr for eye injury from a rivet while an iron worker. Elite shipon raid by federal agents yielding arrests of Louis Mantel and J Heltmann with $500 bonds. jackass brandy seized. Auto traffic moves on a near finished Austin summit road. Camp dismantled and gear sent to Tonopah. Hippodrome in Goldfield being torn down for Deep Springs potash project. seats sold in Mina and Tonopah. Nevada’s largest still raid yields two large stills producing whisky. Martin Indiana detained. Reno Social Club raid finds no liquor. former Frank Golden home turned gambling parlor under complaint. Tonopah school trustees contest Christmas period institute cost. Basque sheep herder Jose Elardi found dead in Elko with throat cut. Harry Treat, injured in Sparks crash, arrested in Reno on tires theft charge from a Baltimore & Ohio car, linked to Chicago inquiry.
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Shipon
Reno
Prohibition
Louis Mantel
J. Heltmann
Federal Grand Jury
Austin Summit
Cook
Tonopah
Walter C. Clark
Bishop
Calif
Deep Springs
Mina
Nevada
Martin Indiana
Frank Golden
Jose Elardi
Overland Hotel
Elko
Harry Treat
Sparks
Chicago
Treat Im
Baltimore & Ohio
Funeral planned for former Judge Lindley in San Francisco
In San Francisco on November 21 funeral arrangements were set for former Judge Curtis H. Lindley who died last night. His son and daughter from Arizona awaited arrival. Lindley, born 1850 in Marysville, was a mining jurisprudence authority and late adviser to Herbert Hoover on war activities after returning from Arizona where he handled a mining case. The report notes his birth and career. Also reported is American Smelting and Refining Company selling 136 million pounds of surplus copper at 16 cents per pound with deliveries to start in December and continue through February 1921.
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San Francisco
Curtis H. Lindley
Arizona
Lindley
Herbert Hoover
Judge Lindley
Marysville
California
American Smelting and Refining Company
Dentist Dr Mabel K Young To Visit Hureka
Dr Mabel K Young renowned dentist will be in Hureka for a short time offering complete dental services. All work guaranteed. Office on Spring Street near Hooper gar not-Adrt.
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Mabel K. Young
Hureka
Spring Street
Hooper Garnot
Adrt
Inertia of League Urges Armenia Action At League Session
Geneva November 20 M La Fontaine Belgian delegate urged universal disarmament but warned the League cannot save Armenia without an international force under the League He called for an immediate settlement of Poland Lithuania dispute Delegate Rowell of Canada criticized the council saying it wastes time and must back actions to retain world respect
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Geneva
M. la Fontaine
Assembly of the
League of Nations
League
Armenia
Rowell
Canada
League Council
Ume
Poland
Lithuania
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