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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1917
Page
2
A Yerington Times notice lists postage and advertising rates. Single column ads cost $1 per inch per month, double column ads $2 per inch per month, with special rates for cuts and yearly contracts. Reading notices mention Avenue 1.
The writer condemns those who profit while avoiding support for Red Cross and Red Triangle campaigns. They call for boycotts or law to bar idle, profiteering individuals and note women entering war work in Nevada, with drafts touted as the remedy. Congress faces grave wartime tasks as public sentiment must act.
An editorial compares Salt Lake and Utah tobacco spending to Los Angeles with estimates suggesting huge potential savings from a tobacco free day. It argues tobacco is a poison, not food, and urges self denial for economic and health reasons drawing on Los Angeles Times figures.
John D. Walsh, a well known miner and city resident, was crushed to death at the Comstock-Phoenix mine shortly before noon today. A rock slab from the hanging wall fell on him in a stope above the 200 foot level, striking him on the head.
Archie Miller arrives from Lovelock to lead survey party for the state highway system. The crew will start today laying out the road from Carter's Station to the Mountain House, marking the start of permanent highway construction under the federal Record-Courier postroad act.
The Sam Gay removal case drew the Supreme Court yesterday to fore noon with all parties agreeing to submit without oral argument. Carey Van Fleet argued aricus curiae for the state, while Attorney General and Stevens of Clark County appeared for the state. The state has five days to file briefs, Gay's attorney ten days to reply, then the case will be submitted. The court will decide the constitutionality of the law under which county malfeasance charges were filed, determining whether the counts are void or if action against county officials proceeds.
A distressed advertisement describes stock location notices bound in books of 25 certificates and 25 duplicates, priced 50c each at the Times office. It also includes a long, garbled legal-like passage referencing court matters, notices, and dates, with several unclear names and phrases.
A physician praised Chamberlains Cough Remedy as one of the best and most effective medicines for coughs colds and croup. It is described as pleasant and safe to take, a key point for children. Mothers widely endorse it with confidence in its safety and results.
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