One Hundred Years Ago

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Take your hat off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zePIkXSB1kA

Ha.  Right on, Don!

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From the Imperial War Museum, March 31, 1918.

Limbers and troops coming back along a road, near Domart, 31st March 1918. Note shell burst in distance at side of road.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246503 © IWM (Q 10850)

Four soldiers eating back near Amiens for a rest after being in the retreat before the German Offensive, 31st March 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246496 © IWM (Q 10842)

Men of the South African Scottish resting by the side of the road during the march of the South African Brigade out of action at Dernancourt to rest at Condas, 31st March 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246497 © IWM (Q 10843)

German prisoners taken during German Offensive smoking in a prisoners' cage, near Albert, 31st March 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246500 © IWM (Q 10847)

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R.I.P. (From the Imperial War Museum.)

Lieutenant George Gordon Francis Greville. Unit: 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars. Death: 31 March 1918, Western Front.  Son of the Hon. Louis and Mrs. Greville of Heale House, Woodford, Salisbury.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205295818 © IWM (HU 115442)

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From the Library of Congress.  The Tombstone Epitaph, March 31, 1918.

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R.I.P. (From the Imperial War Museum.)

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205295818 © IWM (HU 115442)

Nice place! Too bad he never made it home. Apparently still in the hands of the Greville family but you can visit the gardens.
https://www.healegarden.co.uk/

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From the Imperial War Museum, April 1, 1918.

Observers and pilots of No. 22 Squadron at Vert Galand aerodrome, 1 April 1918. Each of them had brought down at least three German aircraft. Note the flying kit. Left to right: Lieutenant W.S. Hilltout; Second Lieutenant G.N. Traunweiser; Captain S.H. Wallage; Lieutenant B.C. Budd; Lieutenant G.S. Hayward; Lieutenant Hunter; Lieutenant R. Critchley; Captain W.F.J. Harvey; Lieutenant Moore; Captain H.F. Davison; Captain J.E. Gurdon, Major J.E. McKelvie; Lieutenant Berington; Captain R.S.P. Boby; Lieutenant Harrison and Captain D.M. McGoun.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205216508 © IWM (Q 11993)

Air mechanics of No. 22 Squadron filling Lewis drums and Vickers belts at the "Armoury" at Vert Galand aerodrome, 1 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247540 © IWM (Q 11995)

Air mechanic handing a drum of ammunition for a Lewis gun to an observer in a Bristol Fighter of No. 22 Squadron. Vert Galland aerodrome, 1 April 1918. The pilot is Lieutenant Davidson and the observer is Lieutenant Morgan, they had 11 victories in two weeks.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247541 © IWM (Q 11996)

Bristol Fighters of No. 22 Squadron in flight over Vert Galand aerodrome, 1 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247546 © IWM (Q 12001)

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R.I.P. (From the Imperial War Museum.)

Second Lieutenant Douglas Price Trollip. Unit: 57th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Death: 01 April 1918 Missing in action Western Front. Son of Roland J. W. and E. A. T. Trollip, of Mount Prospect, Witmoss Rail, South Africa.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205389903 © IWM (HU 119298)

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From the Library of Congress.  The Seattle Star, April 1, 1918.

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From the Imperial War Museum, April 2, 1918.

A tire-pressing depot of the Army Service Corps (Mechanical Transport) at Hesdin, 2 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244503 © IWM (Q 8671)

A tire-pressing depot of the Army Service Corps (Mechanical Transport) at Hesdin, 2 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244502 © IWM (Q 8670)

A tire being forced on to a wheel by hydraulic pressure at the Army Service Corps (Mechanical Transport) tire-pressing depot at Hesdin, 2 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244504 © IWM (Q 8672)

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R.I.P. (From the Imperial War Museum.)

Company Sergeant Major Lindsay Moore 1124 DCM. Unit: D Company, 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 02 April 1918. Missing Western Front. Son of the late Lindsay and Mary Jane Moore; husband of Jane Moore, of 15, Vincent St., Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205386035 © IWM (HU 125847)

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From the Library of Congress, April 2, 1918.


The Tonopah Daily Bonanza.

BIG WRESTLING BOUT STAGED AT BUSINESS MEN'S ATHLETIC CLUB - SIGNS BULL MONTANA TO MEET WILLIAM BERNE

  The Business Men's Athletic Club that is staging the last of the big shows on the night of Thursday, April 11 at the Airdome has signed up Bull Montana, trainer and heavy-weight actor for Douglas Fairbanks, and one of the best heavyweight Italian wrestlers in the world, to meet William Berne in a finish catch-as-catch-can wrestling match, best two out of three falls, for a large purse and side bet. Montana has just returned from the east where he engaged some of the best men in the country with great success. Among his most notable victories was his win over Cy Rice in Boston and Young Hackenschmidt in New York City. He also wrestled Irslinger, the world's light-heavyweight champion, three hours at the Madison Square Garden in New York without either contestant securing a fall.

  In addition to the big wrestling match one of the best and fastest ten-round boxing contests ever witnessed in southern Nevada will be staged between Johnny Morrison, the popular Goldfield bantam and Kid Bromeo of San Francisco.

  These boys are both clever and fast and Bromeo has been meeting all comers at his weight in Salt Lake, Ely and on the coast with great success during the past two years.

  The advance sale of seats was placed with the Cobweb, Bank saloon, Tonopah Club, Tonopah Liquor Co., and Mizpah Hotel bar today and the indications are a packed house will be on hand to witness the contests when King Pearce, the club's official referee, calls the boys together.


ASKS PROTECTION OF THE SHERIFF - SAUER WI8HES TO GO TO MANHATTAN TO CLOSE UP HIS BUSINESS

  J. B. Sauer, the alleged pro-German who was driven out of Manhattan, arrived in Tonopah last night and today called upon District Judge M. R. Averlll requesting that the sheriff accompany him back to Manhattan where he wished to go to settle up his business. His request was granted and he will leave for Manhattan tomorrow. Sauer stated that he wished to gather together his stock, settle his bills, and that he was then willing to leave the country.

  Sauer walked from Manhattan the greater portion of the distance to Tonopah, coming by way of the San Antonia valley via Millers. He was given a lift in an automobile from Millers to Tonopah by persons that did not know who he was until after he had arrived here, it is said.


EPIDEMIC IN FORD PLANT

  DETROIT. April 2. Ford officials confirmed the report today that more than two thousand employees have been affected in the last ten days with a mysterious epidemic resembling the grippe.


The Seattle Star.

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From the Imperial War Museum, April 3, 1918.

A 6-inch gun of the Royal Garrison Artillery firing near Arras, 3 April 1918. Note a camouflage netting screen.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244499 © IWM (Q 8665)

Soldiers of the Army Service Corps working on an overturned Maudslay lorry. An infantry working-party marching past them. Near Arras, 3 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244494 © IWM (Q 8660)

Men of a labour battalion of the Manchester Regiment (and Royal Garrison Artillery) taking barbed wire reels from a Royal Engineers dump near Arras, 3 April 1918. Note use of stake in carrying these reels.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244497 © IWM (Q 8663)

British soldiers outside an almost completely wrecked shop in Amiens, 3rd April 1918. The owner is sitting inside waiting for customers.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246509 © IWM (Q 10856)

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R.I.P. (From the Imperial War Museum.)

Captain Cyprian Henry Benson Slocock. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry. Death: 03 April 1918 Western Front. Son of the late Rev. F. H. Slocock, Rector of Mottisfont, and of Judith Emily Slocock, of North Lodge, Maidenhead. Buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205388745 © IWM (HU 126545)

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From the Library of Congress, April 3, 1918.


The Tonopah Daily Bonanza.

MEN IN TRAINING FOR THE BIG SHOW - BILL AT AIRDOME ON NIGHT OF APRIL 11 PROMISES GOOD SPORT

  Kid Bromeo who fights Johnny Morrison of Goldfield at the Airdome on the night of April 11, has been one of the busiest boxers on the coast for the past six months. Bromeo in addition to appearing at Dreamland Pavilion in San Francisco in a number of main events this winter, fought a main event at Stock ton Saturday night, March 30, winning one of the cleverest battles ever witnessed in that city. He is billed to box at Sacramento on Friday night, April 5, and will leave immediately after this battle for Tonopah to finish conditioning himself for his battle in this city.

  Johnny Morrison has commenced training at the Northern in Goldfield under the personal direction of Billy Shue, who is conceded to be one of the best seconds in the state and it is safe to bet that nothing will be left undone to have him in tip-top shape.

  The Berne brothers, who have been touring the state in their new Ford roadster which they purchased in this city a short time ago, wired from Reno they were leaving for Tonopah and would arrive tomorrow. William Berne, who is matched to meet Bull Montana in the big wrestling match, catch-as-catch-can style, best two out of three falls to a finish, states he is in the best of condition and confident he will win over the tough Italian next week. Henry Berne, who defeated Victor Ajax of Goldfield here last month, will arrive with his brother and condition him for his big match. Montana is at present with Douglas Fairbanks at the Lasky Moving Picture Studio in Hollywood, Calif., and wires he will leave Los Angeles Saturday night, arriving in Tonopah Sunday night and that he is always in the best shape and ready to enter the ring at a moment's notice.


The Evening Star.

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R.I.P. (From the Imperial War Museum.)

Second Lieutenant Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 4 April 1918, Western Front. Son of the late John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury and Alice his wife, of Kingsgate Castle, Kent; husband of Dorothy C. Lubbock, of High Elms, Farnborough, Kent. Also served in Gallipoli and Palestine as Capt. in West Kent Yeomanry. His brother, Capt. Eric F.P. Lubbock also fell.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205384795 © IWM (HU 124462)

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From the Library of Congress, April 4, 1918.


The Tonopah Daily Bonanza.

BOTH WRESTLERS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE - BULL MONTANA PERHAPS THE MOST NOTED ATHLETE TO APPEAR IN TONOPAH

  Bull Montana who meets William Berne in the big wrestling contest Thursday night, April 11, is perhaps the most noted athlete ever to appear in Tonopah as, in addition to his being trainer and heavy actor for the great movie star, Douglas Fairbanks, he is considered one of the top-notch light heavyweight mat artists in the game today. The Police Gazette of New York City in commenting, with illustrations, on his great match with Henry Irslinger, the holder of the light heavy weight championship belt of Europe, says; "Before a packed house at the Criterion Theater on the Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N. J., Bull Montana, the Italian light heavyweight wrestler and Henry Irslinger, the holder of the Lord Lonsdale belt, emblematic of the light heavyweight championship of Europe, wrestled three hours without a fall Thanksgiving Day. It was an interesting bout, but the men were so evenly matched that neither could secure an effective hold and the police called a halt when both were nearly exhausted, and referee Joseph Lustig declared the match a draw."

  Montana and William Berne met last year at the Potter Theater in Santa Barbara, Cal., and after three hours and one half of the most grueling wrestling in which neither contestant secured a fall and when both were exhausted and covered with blood the police stopped the contest and the present match is the result of that encounter as both men are anxious to get at one another and settle this old grievance. The Berne brothers are expected to arrive in Tonopah from Keno today while Montana will leave Los Angles Saturday night and arrive here Sunday night.

  Kid Bromeo, who meets Johnny Morrison, the tough Goldfield boy in the big ten-round boxing contest, is on in Sacramento tomorrow night, and will leave for Tonopah immediately after this fight. With everything lining up in good shape and the seat sale already large, it looks like a hot time in the old town a week from tonight.


WANTED

  Lady entertainer; good salary. Call Mozart Cabaret, Goldfield, Nev.


BAGDAD

  April 4. Nothing in the land of strange things strikes the European visitor so strangely as the "corpse ship." It is a huge barge piled high with native corpses, many of them several years old, which are being carried down the river to rest in a cemetery near the whitened bones of the Prophet.

  The bodies are piled on deck, packed tight in straw cases, on top of which the Arab attendants sit nonchalantly and play a native game resembling dominoes. Some of the corpses are comparatively new, others old. It all depends on how long it took the family of the deceased to save enough money to pay the cost of transportation.


The Seattle Star

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From the Library of Congress, April 4, 1918.


The Tonopah Daily Bonanza.

BOTH WRESTLERS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE - BULL MONTANA PERHAPS THE MOST NOTED ATHLETE TO APPEAR IN TONOPAH

  Bull Montana who meets William Berne in the big wrestling contest Thursday night, April 11, is perhaps the most noted athlete ever to appear in Tonopah as, in addition to his being trainer and heavy actor for the great movie star, Douglas Fairbanks, he is considered one of the top-notch light heavyweight mat artists in the game today. The Police Gazette of New York City in commenting, with illustrations, on his great match with Henry Irslinger, the holder of the light heavy weight championship belt of Europe, says; "Before a packed house at the Criterion Theater on the Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N. J., Bull Montana, the Italian light heavyweight wrestler and Henry Irslinger, the holder of the Lord Lonsdale belt, emblematic of the light heavyweight championship of Europe, wrestled three hours without a fall Thanksgiving Day. It was an interesting bout, but the men were so evenly matched that neither could secure an effective hold and the police called a halt when both were nearly exhausted, and referee Joseph Lustig declared the match a draw."

  Montana and William Berne met last year at the Potter Theater in Santa Barbara, Cal., and after three hours and one half of the most grueling wrestling in which neither contestant secured a fall and when both were exhausted and covered with blood the police stopped the contest and the present match is the result of that encounter as both men are anxious to get at one another and settle this old grievance. The Berne brothers are expected to arrive in Tonopah from Keno today while Montana will leave Los Angles Saturday night and arrive here Sunday night.

  Kid Bromeo, who meets Johnny Morrison, the tough Goldfield boy in the big ten-round boxing contest, is on in Sacramento tomorrow night, and will leave for Tonopah immediately after this fight. With everything lining up in good shape and the seat sale already large, it looks like a hot time in the old town a week from tonight.


WANTED

  Lady entertainer; good salary. Call Mozart Cabaret, Goldfield, Nev.


BAGDAD

  April 4. Nothing in the land of strange things strikes the European visitor so strangely as the "corpse ship." It is a huge barge piled high with native corpses, many of them several years old, which are being carried down the river to rest in a cemetery near the whitened bones of the Prophet.

  The bodies are piled on deck, packed tight in straw cases, on top of which the Arab attendants sit nonchalantly and play a native game resembling dominoes. Some of the corpses are comparatively new, others old. It all depends on how long it took the family of the deceased to save enough money to pay the cost of transportation.


The Seattle Star

The wrasslin match will be a great one. The ad for the lady entertainer is hilarious and the corpse ship is just bizarre.
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/goldfield.html


re: Corpse traffic:
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/430313/pdf

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Lieutenant Earnest David Jones, pilot, and his gunner/observer Second Lieutenant Robert Francis Newton took to the air in their RE8, intent on a bombing run on April 2, 1918.  When they got to the front lines they both searched for suitable targets when a shadow flitted across them from above.

From the combat report of Manfred Von Richthofen:  "Around 12:30 PM I attacked above the wood of Moreuil, an English RE at an altitude of 800 metres, directly under the clouds.  As the adversary only saw me very late, I managed to approach him to within 50 metres.  From ten metres range I shot him until he began to burn. 

When the flames shot out, I was only five metres away from him.  I could see how the observer and pilot were leaning out of their plane to escape the fire.  The machine did not explode in the air but gradually burnt down.  It fell uncontrolled to the ground where it exploded and burnt to ashes."

Newton was a dedicated gunner.  Even while he knew that death was imminent, he kept firing at Richthofen to the bitter end.

This was Richthofen's 75th victory and the first against the newly formed Royal Air Force.  He was flying his signature Fokker DR1 Triplane.


Triplanes of Jasta 26 at Erchin, France.
By USN - Naval Aviation News magazine, http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1943/15jun43.pdf, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6228757

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There was a lynching back on April 4, 1918.

Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Prager

"Outside a few persons who may still harbor Germanic inclinations, the whole city is glad that the eleven men indicted for the hanging of Robert P. Prager were acquitted."

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The wrasslin match will be a great one. The ad for the lady entertainer is hilarious and the corpse ship is just bizarre.
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/goldfield.html


re: Corpse traffic:
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/430313/pdf

That wrestling match would be very hard to call.  They wrestled to a draw on an earlier match, plus Montana drew a draw (ha) with that Irslinger guy.  Will the match at Tonopah be any different?  I like that boxer's name, Kid Bromeo.  It reminds me of something my dad used to take every so often...Bromo-Seltzer.  I'll bet on the Kid.

For some reason, the sight of deck hands playing dominos atop a cargo of stacked corpses tickles me.

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From the Imperial War Museum, April 5, 1918.

Battle of the Aire. A German shell bursting in a field near Moreuil, 5th April 1918. The Aire River is in the background.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246514 © IWM (Q 10861)

A Whippet tank on the moor. Near Albert, 5 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247091 © IWM (Q 11497)

A French naval gun mounted on an armored train in action near Boves, 5 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247163 © IWM (Q 11580)

Artillerymen resting in a hollow behind their guns in the fighting area, near Boues, 5th April 1918. One of the soldiers is reading.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246523 © IWM (Q 10872)

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R.I.P. (From the Imperial War Museum.)

Lieutenant Henry Spencer Ewen MC. Unit: 1st/23rd Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 05 April 1918 Aveluy Wood, near Albert, Somme. Son of Spencer and Felecia Evelina Ewen, of The Nook, Badger's Mount, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent. Lieutenant Ewen was awarded the Military Cross on 8 December 1917. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205023768 © IWM (HU 93416)

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From the Library of Congress.  The Free Trader-Journal, April 5, 1918.
Caption reads: Never mind' He can't stop my hoe!

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There was a lynching back on April 4, 1918.

Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Prager

Ha. "not only German but "unmarried, stubbornly argumentative, given to Socialist doctrines, blind in one eye,""

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From the Imperial War Museum, April 6, 1918.

British soldier diving for a cover after the burst of a German shell. Ayette, 6 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205238430 © IWM (Q 6494)

French troops setting up a 155 mm Schneider C17S artillery gun, south of La Faloise, 6 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205315516 © IWM (Q 70052)

The arrest of a suspected German spy in Amiens, 6 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247165 © IWM (Q 11582)

A group of pilots and Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5As of No. 32 Squadron at Humieres aerodrome, 6 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247552 © IWM (Q 12007)

Sopwith Camels of No. 32 Squadron at Humieres aerodrome, near St. Pol. The machine in the air is a Bristol Fighter. Photograph taken on 6 April 1918.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205215810 © IWM (Q 12014)

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R.I.P.  (From the Imperial War Museum.)

Captain Sydney Philip Smith. Unit: Flight Commander, 46th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Death: 06 April 1918 Missing Western Front. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith, of Morningside, Aldershot. Commemorated on Arras Flying Services Memorial.

(He was shot down by The Red Baron, Manfred Von Richthofen.)
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205388844 © IWM (HU 126647)

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From the Library of Congress, April 6, 1918.


The Tonopah Daily Bonanza.

REFUSE TO ARREST LYNCHING MEMBERS

  Four Justices of the peace have refused the coroner's requests for warrants to arrest five men alleged to have perpetrated the lynching of Praeger because they "Didn't care to get mixed up in the matter." The coroner said he would ask the state's attorney to act. Mose Johnson, district board member of the United Mine Workers, promised at the "proper moment" to issue a statement showing that the members of the mob have possession of information that caused the drastic action.

  One of the Justices of peace yesterday was surrounded in a saloon and asked to sign a loyalty pledge. He complied.


BOOTLEGGER SHIPS WHISKEY IN CASKET

  HURON, S. D.. April 6. A casket supposed to contain a corpse was seized here and when opened was found to contain twenty gallons of whisky. The bootlegger had ordered a grave dug in a Huron cemetery. The coffin had been shipped to Huron from the East.


MERLYN MANNING DIES SUDDENLY

  Miss Merlyn Manning, 21 years of age, well known in Tonopah, passed away last evening at her home on Bryan avenue. The body will be shipped to Oakland, Calif., tomorrow morning where It will be cremated. She is survived by her father, Louis Manning, of Oakland.

  Miss Manning came to Tonopah about one year ago and was employed, by H. H. Atkinson, district attorney, as a stenographer. Later she was employed in the office of the West End Consolidated Mining company in the same capacity, which position she filled until about ten days ago.

  While here she made many friends who will be grieved to hear of her death.





The Seattle Star.

[Lord Grantham]

From the Library of Congress, April 6, 1918.


The Tonopah Daily Bonanza.

MERLYN MANNING DIES SUDDENLY

  Miss Merlyn Manning, 21 years of age, well known in Tonopah, passed away last evening at her home on Bryan avenue. The body will be shipped to Oakland, Calif., tomorrow morning where It will be cremated. She is survived by her father, Louis Manning, of Oakland.

  Miss Manning came to Tonopah about one year ago and was employed, by H. H. Atkinson, district attorney, as a stenographer. Later she was employed in the office of the West End Consolidated Mining company in the same capacity, which position she filled until about ten days ago.

  While here she made many friends who will be grieved to hear of her death.

Too bad there isn't more information on how a 21 year old just up and dies. Was she terminally ill? Pregnancy complications? Suicide? Murder?

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Too bad there isn't more information on how a 21 year old just up and dies. Was she terminally ill? Pregnancy complications? Suicide? Murder?

Or the bad result from a euphemistically called "medical procedure?"

[Lord Grantham]

Or the bad result from a euphemistically called "medical procedure?"

Would explain the lack of an explanation. Wouldn't want to impugn the reputation of any local gentleman doctors.