Senator Newlands Dies of Heart Failure in Reno Home
Senator Francis G Newlands of Nevada died of heart disease at his Sherwin Circle apartment on December 4 after an apparent decline. A longtime public figure and irrigation advocate, he chaired the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee and helped author the Newlands Reclamation Act. He lived in Reno and San Francisco, with a California business connection to the Palace Hotel through his first wife, Clara Sharon.
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Francis G Newhouls
Nevada
Sherwhin Cirle
Interstate Commerce
Wilson
Capitol
Congress
Caliornia
Palace Hotel
Palith Moyelister
Tall McAllister
California
San Prancisco
DHS
National Silver Committee
Senate
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Anl
House of Representatives
Washingston
Newlands
United States Senate
Reno
Pacific Coast
Sant Francisco
Dickson-Beaman Wedding in Carson City Ceremony
Last Sunday at the Dickson home Myrtle Dickson and Clarence C Beaman were united in marriage by the Rev J J Collins. Witnesses were Miss Eva McNamara and one other. Continued on page four.
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Dickson
Carson City
Myrtle Dickson
Clarence C. Beaman
J. J. Collins
Eva McNamara
Ring Out Wild Bells When New Year Rises
Fragmented OCR of Alfred Lord Tennyson style New Year verse calls for ringing out the old and ring in the new. Repeated phrases praise removing vice and conflict while welcoming truth, peace, and goodwill. Contains garbled repeats and miscapitalized lines.
Nevada to receive draft credit on enlistments through year end
Adjutant General Sullivan reports to the provost marshal general that Nevada will gain credit for all men who enlisted between June 30 and December 15 for the next draft call. The first draft credit covered April 2 to June 30. Officials expect a much smaller quota and a February call.
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Nevada
Sullivan
Adjutant General
Land suit settled in Smith Valley case
The suit by A W W Gonder and J W O Bannion against D Simpson to quiet title to eighty acres in Smith Valley was decided for the plaintiffs. The supreme court modified to forty acres. The second trial before Judge Hart also favored the plaintiffs. Mack & Green of Reno represented Simpson.
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Chrson City News
Sanfiord
A. W W. Gonder
J. W. O'Bannion
D. Simpson
Smith Valley
Gonder
O'Lannon
Supreme Court
Jwige Jlart
Mack & Green of
Reno
Simpson
Nevada saving through meatless and wheatless days
Nevada reports from the Federal Food Administrator show thirty hotels and restaurants in the state saving food in November, about a quarter of totals. Three meatless and wheatless days yielded roughly 30 000 pounds of meat saved. The state official, Iraqt, Reno, says further days may not be needed given strong results. A millers conference discussed cheaper cereals as wheat substitutes amid rising prices for whole wheat, corn meal, graham flour, and bran.
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Reno
Income tax officer to visit Yerington county
A federal income tax officer will be sent into the county from January 12 to January 13, 1918. Col lector Justus S. Wardell informs readers that the officer will establish an office in the county during those dates.
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Yerington
Internal Revenue
Justus S. Wardell
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Sharons
R. R. Laws
Dickson-Beaman
Mfred
QLO
Gonder and
O'Bannion
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