See end of this email for instructions on how to unsubscribe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Nevada > Washoe Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=28407 (Follow the link above to contact the original submitter of the following article.) More articles for Washoe can be found at: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1006 Article Title: Albuquerque Morning Journal Article Date: September 30 1910 Article Description: Death Blow To Gambling In Nevada Article Text: Carson City For the first time in fifty years the doors of the gambling houses in this city haved been barred by the law. Under the recent action of the legislature of Nevada, gambling in this state will be prohibited on and after October 1. Despite traditions, influence, argument and politics, the law stands and the old line gamblers have bowed before it. Although another day of grace remained to them, the wheels that have spun since the days of the characters of Bret harte and Mark Twain are still and the faro tables have been stored away. Gambling is dead and Carson city,where fortunes have shifted on the turn of a card is closed. A decision rendered by Attorney General Stoddard today places whist, bridge whist,five hundred, solo, and all other card games played for money, property or the representative of value under the ban. Slot machines also are banished. The law then comes becomes operative at mighnight tomorrow aims the death blow at the game of chance in Nevada. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMPORTANT: To stop receiving these notifications, you need to know if you are receiving them through a mailing list or if you subscribed through the Newspaper Abstracts website. Either way, YOU HAD TO HAVE SUBSCRIBED YOURSELF, as we do NOT add people to our notifications. To determine what you subscribed to, look at the subject line of this message. If the subject line begins with the words 'Old-News' followed by 'New Article for', then you are receiving this notification through a mailing list. See the end of this message for instructions on how to unsubscribe. If the subject line says 'New Article for' - but does NOT have 'Old-News' in front of it - then you subscribed through the website. To unsubscribe, follow instructions found at: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=11191 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com