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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
1
Mr H Sonne of the McConnell mine prepares ore for shipment to the smelter as the first coke shipment starts for the plant. Ore shipments to the smelter will begin within a week. Freight teams of Henry Slingerland are contracted to haul Jumaber to the Blue Stone and remain with ore for the Thompson plant.
A United States Geological Survey release describes a new topographic map of the Yerington quadrangle, noting it as the most complete survey yet of the area. It explains contour lines, elevations, and features such as roads, towns, and drainage, with benchmarks for future surveys. The article also covers university museum acquisitions, safety lamp donations, and Nevada mining extension activities, including the upcoming Prospectors Short Course at Mackay School of Mines January 1917.
Gale Seaman national secretary visited the campus to boost support for the European war prison camp fund. The student body and faculty donated generously, with registrar overseeing a total nearing 150 dollars and expected to grow. An amateur theatre event at Manzanita Hall and a YMCA hot dog sale aided the cause, while Seaman continued outreach to Western universities to rally sympathy among students.
Government ads seek ten men at one dollar a day plus expenses to seek new markets in foreign reigns. The piece argues this exposes perceived unsoundness in current trade, noting a massive export surplus. It contrasts Democratic efficiency claims with Republican warnings of temporary wartime gains and questions funding for more foreign market work while Americans struggle to buy domestically.
Judge W W Griffin of Carson City a leading state lawyer represented his client A J Barlow of Mason in the district court this week alongside friends in Lyon county confirming a notable legal action and regional ties.
A thirteen year old, Lice Bryant Whiting, died after a pony kicked him in the heart while being led from his family home near the city. The incident occurred as he hurried to school and struck him with a stick. Funeral services were held Monday at the Groesbeck O Brien Company chapel. The boy leaves parents, a grandmother, aunts, an uncle, and grandparents in Peti toma. The piece notes a previous similar accident involving a boy riding a horse.
Local items report residents traveling to Spokane Tonopah Vacaville and Maryland with others returning home. A Reno Canary Cottage attendance and a Silver City basketball win over Virginia City are noted along with coaching by Miss Lydis Gallagher. Obituary notices honor Mrs Margaret Hardwick and Gwendolin Bonjiorne with funeral details and community sympathy.
The article notes an unprecedented copper shortage with limited refining capacity. Allied governments removed much expected 1917 production, prompting panic buying by domestic users and sellers. It predicts a future dull market as six to seven months of output are sold, with limited small trades and eventual resales as reserves are released.
The United States Geological Survey clarifies how assays differ from analyses. Most private samples are commercially valueless. surveys perform limited inspections or simple tests, not full analyses or private assays, reserving comprehensive work for official scientific investigations.
An obituary fragment describes a funeral with a casket adorned in floral tributes. The deceased, admired by many, is laid to rest beside loved family members including Luke J. Hardvick and Allee Van Fossen.
Dan Doran, Virginia City native and well known in western Nevada, died in a cabin at the Demantelle mining property near Mount Grant. Cameron of the Commercial hotel, who had gone to locate mining ground, was found dead in the same cabin last Tuesday night. The body showed a fatal shotgun wound, with the weapon found between the legs and the head shattered. Cameron entered the cabin after locating his team and, with matches, lit candles to inspect Doran’s corpse. Sheriff Gratz of Mineral County was notified but had not arrived. Doran's death is described as either suicidal or accidental. He left a brother and sister in California who were notified.
The postal reform push advances as lawmakers in Congress consider a single rate system to replace the old forty-year rate. Backed by petitions, the plan aims for lower rates, possibly a one-cent stamp for certain mail and a zone structure. House committee members say action will come next session, with debate over local versus distant deliveries and the impact on publishers and merchants.
Mr Rendall voices a plan to run the postal service on a business basis ending discrimination against stamp buyers and local publishers. He notes the one cent per pound rate as a subsidy to national papers has yielded vast fortunes for private interests, costing the postal department over eighty million dollars yearly.
Mr and Mrs William P Dexheimer announce the wedding of their daughter Evalyn Elizabeth to George Thomas Nugent on December 10 1916 A Monday shower party for the bride-to-be included numerous named guests with flowers and refreshments described as festive and generous gifts.
Morning service 11 a m subject Jesus His Temptations. Evening service 7 30 p m mar shal program. Special singing. December month program details include December 3 Jesus His Tempta tions December 17 Jesus as Teacher December 24 Jesus As the Worlds Desire December 31 The Years the Lord has Eaten. Men's Club meets Friday in church hall. Invitation extended by Pastor WM Henry Rogers. Also notes President Wilson and Henry Ford on equal suffrage and women in government service and pay disputes amid protest by National Woman Suffrage Association.
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