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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1920
Page
2
The notice sets subscription price at 3.00 dollars per year in advance and directs payments be made to the Yerington Times at the post office address. It designates mail matter as second class and directs communications and remittances to the same publication.
The Democrats will seat more delegates at their national convention than the Republicans in Chicago. Democrats allow larger Southern delegations and include Alaska and insular possessions with six delegates each, while Republicans admit three. Chicago had 84 delegates, San Francisco 1,029. The majority needed is 443 under Republican rule, 728 under a different rule, with Democrats favoring larger, regional delegations.
The piece cites Arthur Brisbane and Mr Hearst in a critique of repeated political gambits across cities states and nation with Hearst running for mayor governor and nominating third party candidates. It contrasts with Chicago Tribune views and mentions a broader tragic scene across the Baltic and Adriatic regions with widespread famine and disease.
The Hessian fly, an ancient and destructive wheat pest, is increasing. U S Department of Agriculture specialists urge crop rotation, avoiding sowing wheat on stubble, plowing under infested wheat, destroying volunteer wheat, preparing deep seed beds, conserving moisture, using good seed, fertilizing, sowing during the fly free period, and yearly adherence to practices to keep the fly scarce.
A loud blast at about 10 pm on Thursday startled the north side of town near Sut ton avenue and C street. Investigators found a badly wrecked can in the cellar of the old Dowling assay office building, with a theory that a giant powder joke caused the explosion. No injuries or property damage reported.
Miss Vivian Hattie Wightmer of Fallon boarded at 2418 Washington Street. She weighed her body with a suitcase filled with clothing and books, then jumped overboard from a Sacramento River steamer while en route to visit her Nevada mother. Her body was found in Carquinez Straits last Tuesday. fiancee of Arthur J. Terrill of 673 Haight Street and daughter of Mrs. E.R. Trassay of Fallon. An inquest returned apparent death by own action.
Receipts at the Emposium show a check paid for Indian baskets priced at twenty two hundred dollars. A Pennsylvanian buyer on a Pacific Coast visit learned of a number of specimens and later received an offer for all baskets sent for approval.
Fragmented OCR note shows a delinquent tax list item with names Del Hvervisite Della Hopiey Meyers tract and Taxwey Advertising numbers. unreadable parts limit clarity. topic centers on unpaid taxes and property assessment details.
Notice lists delinquent taxes for fiscal year ending 1901 and 1920, with sale procedures, redemption rights, and publication costs. It references Lyon County Nevada, the District Court, and Administrator Whitacre, detailing the sale date and property descriptions to collect taxes.
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