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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1918
Page
8
Communications addressed to THE YERINGTON TIMES at the Yerington post office are designated as mail matter of second class. All remittances should be payable to THE YERINGTON TIMES.
The Seattle lumber industry shows women and girls in nearly every department, nicknamed lumberettes and lumberjanes by male coworkers. They prove courage and stamina, while men feel challenged by the new labor shift as a photographer notes a hammer strike when a coworker harassed a woman. The piece also laments attacks on Mooney’s trial and notes President Wilson's War Message and Peace aims, urging civic participation and restraint in politics.
A reader asks whether the absence of a regular fish market in Yerington bears any significance to the claim that fish food builds brain function. The note highlights local market absence and broader dietary science in a speculative inquiry.
Dr Richard B Moore of the Bureau of Mines presented to the American Institute of Mining Engineers that mesothorium, a radium substitute, is excellent in many ways and can be used as efficiently for luminous paint in aircraft dials compasses and gun sights. It could boost night firing efficiency but has a shorter life, making it less desirable for cancer treatment. The institute discussed conservation and production measures for minerals with war-winning potential.
W. H. Brainard offers a 2-3 interest in eight mining claims near Yerington Nevada. Property includes water and timber for mining and domestic use, a wagon road to dump, and shipping sites in sight at five locations. Cash sale preferred for the buyer, with terms on a good bond and lease. Address Yerington Nevada.
A competitive examination for three appointments to the United States Naval Academy will be held at the University of Nevada starting January 21, 1919. The government entrance exam will be on February 9 or April 1, with selected appointees entering June 19, 1919. Open to bona fide Nevada citizens aged 16 to 20 at the exam date. Candidates should notify the President, University of Nevada. Reports due January 21 at 9 AM. Subjects tested include grammar geography U S history arithmetic algebra and geometry.
All sugar purchase and consumption limits are suspended effective immediately. Grocers may sell any reasonable quantity to families, restaurants, bakers and others without certificates or proof of sale. The change, supported by refinery surplus and new Cuban and Java sugar, does not affect existing Food Administration hoarding or license rules.
FOR SALE The Hugh Brady ranch 160 acres 100 under cultivation Good water right Cash terms See J C Gallagher Also for sale Broadway front lot known as old Star Laundry with equipment 800 California street lot opposite High School 13 feet four room house water sewer 750 Broadway five room dwelling 1000 Details with Gen FH Willis Lyon County Bank Belgian Percheron stallion three years old black 2000 pounds Inquire Mrs L D Wedekind Fernley Nevada
In a dugout in No Man's Land Corporal Leo Comer Twenty third United States infantry writes to his sister Cecelia Comer from France. He describes gathering flowers on patrol and recalls promising his younger brother a German steel helmet as a war relic. He notes the helmet’s electrical charge after a fellow soldier was struck down.
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