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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
5
Dayton High School Board invites sealed bids for an electric player piano due by noon May 20 1918. Bids labeled Bids for Piano must be sent to F M Johnson Dayton Nevada. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Sunday June 2 features J Stewart Blackton's Wild Youth and a Paramount star attraction with Mack Sennet acts. Daily programs include Fox standard seven parts Rimrock Jones with Wallace Reid and Fatty Arbuckle comedy. Mae Marsh The Beloved Traitor. Vitagraph Earle Williams and Tramps and Traitors. Brownie Vernon Flirting with Death. Julian Eltinge The Widow's Mite.
Nevada grocers warned that California Food Administration will ban shipment of new potatoes to Nevada until after June 20. To conserve wartime food, use old potatoes first and curb price manipulation. Wheat conservation urged. a direct appeal to households may follow. Retailers asked to pay farmers no more than one cent per pound for first grade Nevada potatoes.
A critique contrasts German schooling under Prussian rule with American ideals. It condemns state control, militarism, and class barriers in Germany, arguing that public education in the U.S. fosters democracy, individual freedom, and a path from kindergarten to university, unlike the masses in Germany who face obedience schooling and vocational servitude.
The author denounces Prussian state control over youth education and notes requisitioning of critical supplies through June 30 1914. He cites German professors endorsing war and argues Americans should avoid study there until moral renewal occurs. The piece ends with J W Wilson Jr driving a new Buick Roadster.
A gunfight at an island in the Salt River left Paul Walters dead after Skinny Pascal shot him while Walters’ associate Joaquin Brown watched from Lovelock. A $8,000 reward funded by the state and locals had been posted for Walters, who had evaded pursuers with a khaki disguise and planned routes.
Sheriff Neil McLeod of Lyon County led a posse along salt grass edges to pursue a well armed fugitive. He notes the chase was tense and expected some shots to occur, but all concerned regard the ending as fortunate and successful.
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