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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1917
Page
5
Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. subject Out Today. Evening service at 7:45 p.m. Address by State Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League. Wm. H. Rogers, pastor. Shoe ad for dresswear from Sandmann. Yerington Paint and Wall Paper Company advertises new stock of paints and paper.
Brown works out at the Owl on Wednesday for the first time since arrival and excites fans with a potential buy with a punch in either hand. Williams trains in Mason with many friends, eyeing a decisive win to secure two fights next month with Barrien and McCarthy, aiming for a Fourth of July victory.
Enthusiastic crowd watches Carson Prison team defeat Yerington 14 to 0 on Sunday. Yerington errors mar effort while local band fuels the crowd. Verietor Paints ad and funeral notices appear. local sports scene notes players enlisting for service in San Francisco. Nevada still holds first place.
County moves to open free local government bureau with registration sites in farming areas for men and women seeking work. Joseph Wilson Jr. selects committees to assist Working, the federal agency, and State Food Conservation. Local agents named for Wellington, Mason, Yerington, Walrus, and Fernley districts. Wilson to Dayton to aid labor distribution.
A string of short items lists residents visiting Reno Carson City and Fallon, with travel to Rochester and Provo, and family updates. Notables include Judge Langan and Mrs Langan in town, Miss Vardy returning from Fallon, and Mrs McLeod visiting relatives in the Valley. An East Walker business figure Nelson Poli was noted, and several locals took trips to Virginia City, Palisade, and Sacramento.
Mrs Catherine Bettencourt wife of Manuel Bettencourt died Sunday morning June 24 at 5 23 AM after pneumonia proved unresponsive to treatment. Funeral held in the Catholic Church Tuesday morning with a High Requiem Mass by Rev Father Cunha. A host of friends extend sympathy. she was born in ...
Mrs Bettencourt Flores of the Azores died leaving husband Frank Bettencourt and two young daughters Mabel and Helen, with three sisters and two brothers as survivors. Arthur Fountain, a prominent local Negro who boxed in youth, died at Yerington after illness. he had worked as a hinter for six years and was buried after a M E Church funeral in the local cemetery.
A Valley bereavement card thanks many friends for kindness and sympathy. The Bettencourt family, the Borge family, the Hendricks couple, and the Prietag, Manha, and related households are acknowledged for support during the loss.
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