Local notes and ads from a Nevada town column
Serial reports weather events and local travel while noting residents on ranches and in town. Items include Mrs N B Ryker and sons east of town, Long Beach sojourns, a piano wanted, measles confinement, plaster work on a residence, a cloud burst in Mason Pass, Tahoe vacation, Wabuska business, Grand Lodge Eastern Star honors, sale listings for houses and an old car, cattle shipments and feed shortages, trips to Bishop and Bridgeport, social league meeting and Red Cross work, subscription pitch for The Call, and an invitation to hear Capt Kilroy Harris at the Rink Theatre.
Local residents travel and visit relatives in regional towns
J B Gallagher is in Reno on business this week. Thomas Mayne of Silver City attended the Grand Lodge of the Eastern Star in Goldfield. Miss Ennis Ellis leaves for San Francisco hoping to enter the U S Navy as yeoman. Mr and Mrs George Frasier move to a W W Davis cottage on Main Street. L C DeArmond and H C Hansen of Mason Mercantile visited Reno. P J Conway of Sweetwater was a business visitor Thursday. Dr B Brown and Joe Lima left for Reno. Lima will not return to Yerington. Mr and Mrs Ruel Lothrop and Willie visit relatives in Silver City. Beatrice Carroll assists in the County Auditor’s office, filling the vacancy from Walter Whitacre’s departure. The Yerington Band accompanied speakers to Ludwig for the meeting where Corporal Guy E Smith spoke. Smith, a Pershing veteran, is on furlough at Ludwig and not on a Nevada speaking tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. DeArmond
H. C. Hansen
Mason Mercantile Co
Reno
P. J. Conway
Sweetwater
Beatrice Carroll
Walter Whitacre
Yerington Band
Ludwig
Guy E. Smith
Smith
Pershing
Nevada
Farm Bureau to honor Boys and Girls Club with banner
Lyon County Farm Bureau directors met in Wellington last Sunday and decided to present a banner recognizing the best work by August. The Home and Social Welfare Department led by Mrs. George McCutcheon will arrange baby weighing and measuring across the county outside Yerington this week. District workers to be announced next week. Mrs. HH Pohe has led Baby Welfare efforts in Yerington weighing and measuring most of the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon County Farm Bureau
Wellington
Home and Social Welfare Department
Farm Bureau
George McCutcheon
Yerington
Pohe
Whooping Cough Remedy Ad Claims Cures Charm
A Peruvian woman testifies that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy loosened cough and aided expectoration for her two daughters with whooping cough. The ad emphasizes ease of coughing and endorses the product as effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
P. H. Martin
Peru
Ind
Lalley-Light farm electric light for the farm
ALLEY-LIGHT provides safe clean and low cost electric light directly from a generator. Designed for farm use with extra large ball bearings and dual crankshaft bearings. Seven years of successful farm operation and a claim that light and power cost only a few cents daily. Free demonstration on your farm with testimonial book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lalley-Light
Senator Penrose Sells Large Ranch and Livestock
On June 24 Matt Penrose sold his 600 acre farm with 214 cattle 20 horses a tractor and all equipment to Mr and Mrs George Ric of Smith Valley for about 60000. The Pensros plan likely to build in Yrington and have not fixed future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Penrose
George Ric
Smith Valley
Penrose
Yrington
Businessmen Harvest Potatoes In Texas Counties
Texas potato crop was saved through local businessmen aiding farmers in Houston and Wharton counties. State extension officials coordinated with farm help specialists to mobilize business leaders who rehabilitated fields, boosting food supply and strengthening rural town ties. Similar efforts inspire other communities to follow. St Paul Minn May 31 Isle Minn story notes town loss as youth join Marine Corps. village loses baseball team and brass band as residents enlist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Wharton
Texas
Department of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
St. Paul
Minn
Isle
Soo Line
Mille Lacs Lake
Marine Corps
Classified Chick and Car Ad Notice
Classified ad lists White Leghorn chicks with two hatches left and strong youngsters from J H Stubbe Campbell California. Also offers Ford touring car in fine condition with Stromberg carburetor, good lights, shocks, recently overhauled for quick sale at 290 dollars. Contact T Schneider Hudson Depot Hudson Nevada. Ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Stubbe
Campbell, California
Owener
T. Schneider
Hudson Depot
Hudson
Nevada
Water dispute prompts order for 800 acre feet supply
Gover nor Boyle and ex governor Oddie as State Council of Defense members joined Attorney General Thatcher to address irrigation shortages in Humboldt Lovelock. An investigation resulted in an order directing the Humboldt Lovelock Irrigation Light and Power Company to supply about 800 acre feet to local farmers, protecting roughly 1200 acres of wheat from ruin due to water delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyle
Oddie
State Council of Defense
Thatcher
State Food Commission
Lovelock
Humboldt-Lovelock Irrigation, Light and Power Company
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East Walker
N.h.vanalstine and Sons
Long Beach
Geo. Butler
Mason Pass
J. O. Parker
Wabuska
Abe Charlebois
M. Aid
A. J. Orem
Ant Chikren
Thos. O'Brien
Ida
Murchie
Grand Lodge of the Eastern Star
Goldfield
W.s.graffam
Mason
J. A. Strosnider
California
Bert Bernard
Bishopa
Bridgeport
Lamberson
Loyd
Mre
Lanerson
Lora
Tom Dowd
Nevada-Doughis
Mex. Murchie
Red Cross
The
San Francisco Daily Call
F. W. Kellogg
John D. Spreckels
Call and the Times
Kilroy Harris
Royal Navy
Rink Theatre
J. B. Gallagher
Thomas Mayne
Silver City
Ennis Ellis
San Francisco
U. S. Navy
George Frasier
W.w.davis
Main Street
Dr. B. Brown
Joe Lima
Mr. Lima
Mrs
Ruel Lothrop
Willie
Burseu
Lalley- Light
Lalleylight
Joseph Nugent
Yerington, Nevada
Panamas
A. Fabri & CO
Senator Penrose Sells
Hotel Golden
Reno Securities Co
Tae C. F. Burton
Sec
Trens
H. G. Humphrey
W. P. Gee
Wingfield
Pres
Frank Golden
Reno, Nevada
Bulletin
Mason Valley
Pat Ryan
A. Th. Springer
Rene
O.K
D. Toleto
Mason Garage
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