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12 May 1916
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Lovington Leader in Lovington, New Mexico
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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
1
French capture Le Mort Homme trench in latest reports
Western union dispatch notes a French trench seizure at Le Mort Homme as Allied forces press in the ongoing war. Russian troops begin arrival in France with a fifth contingent reported, while the British battleship Russell strikes a mine and sinks, with 702 saved and 124 missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mort Homme
France
Russell
Foreign appointee named to command Ojinaga garrison
Jose Cepeda will succeed Col. Jose Riojas as commander of the Ojinags garrison. Europe’s war material purchases in the United States reached 340 million dollars by the end of the first twenty months of the war. James M. Sullivan, former American minister to Santo Domingo, is arrested in Dublin for alleged Irish rebellion involvement. A German submarine reportedly torpedoed a large transport near Kara Burun east of Saloniki. The Zeppelin L-20 was destroyed and ashore at Hafso Firth Norway with some crew rescued. In Dublin a dispatch cites deaths in hospitals from the revolt: 66 soldiers and 122 rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Cepeda
Jose Riojas
Europe
United States
James M. Sullivan
New York
Santo Domingo
Dublin
Saloniki
Kara Burun
Hafso Firth
Norway
Stavanger
New Mexico State News Highlights Coming Events
May days bring a Democratic State Convention in Albuquerque and a teachers meeting in East Las Vegas. Other items note a new theater in East Las Vegas and a Silver City bank opening next month amid broader World War I dispatches and political upheaval across Europe.
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Albuquerque
East Las Veras
New Mexico Sunday School Association
Las Vegas
Cowboys
Laseras
Santa Fé
Rowwell
New Mexico Bankers’ Association
Grand Carton
Arla
Silver City
Willard Tours for $150000 Amid Circus Circuit
Heavyweight champion Jess Willard has begun a circus tour expected to earn about $150,000 over thirty weeks. The article also notes widespread New Mexico events including wheat yields near Springer, a fire at Roy theater, and local civic and crime items across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Willard
Two Killed as Saloon Shootout Ends Tragedy
Richard Lewis of Gallup is dead and Henry Moore of Plainview Nebraska mortally wounded after an encounter with Charles Murray the Brick saloon bartender in this city. Murray was arrested and taken to Los Lunas for a preliminary hearing. Moore died in an Albuquerque hospital. Lewis survived by wife and two children.
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Newpaper
N Belen
No. M
Richard Lewis
Gallup
Henry Moore
Plainview
Neb
Charles Murray
Murray
Los Lunas
Lewis
Moore
Albuquerque
Restored to Citizenship in New Mexico
Santa Fe reports Octaviano Telles and Elizondo Lucero, both released after completing terms for second degree murder and burglary respectively, have been restored to citizenship by Governor McDonald. In Alamogordo, Gus Carson was found dead near his home at Rice, a mining camp west of Oro Grande, with a gunshot wound to the chest and a single barrel shotgun nearby.
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Santa Fe
Octaviano Telles
Valence Iu
Elizondo Lucero
Dona Ana
McDonald
Alamogordo
Gus Carson
Rice
Orogrande
Slayer of Lane Bound Over in Carlsbad
Charles Lassiter charged with killing Ira Lane was bound over after a preliminary hearing before the local justice of the peace. He awaits action by the next grand jury and remains without bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
Charles Lassiter
Ira Lane
Typhus Case Reported at Malapais Station
A Mexican man tests positive for typhus fever at Malapais Station on the El Paso and Southwestern in southeastern Dona Ana county Las Cruces. In Las Vegas engineer Frank Snelling of the Santa Fe Railroad slipped while boarding a moving train and sustained an injury requiring amputation of his right foot and ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Snelling
Santa Fe
Las Vegas
Las Cruces
Malapais
el Paso
Dona Ana County
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fé
Not Guilty Verdict in Smith Embezzlement Case
Santa Fe reports the jury found Turner R. H. Smith not guilty on one embezzlement charge from Dona Ana County. The verdict does not resolve the remaining twenty plus indictments against him from the Dona Ana grand jury. Speculation swirls about possible further attempts to convict.
Reduced Rail Rate Sought for Democratic State Convention
Corporation Commissioner Oscar L. Owen reports an application for a reduced rail fare to Albuquerque for the Democratic state convention on May 24 has been filed with the railroads operating in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fé
Albuquerque
Oscar L. Owen
Father Montenarelli Dead
Albuquerque telegram from Father Brown J. S. announces death of Rev. Joseph Monte narelli former pastor of Immaculate Conception Church Home and Adjacent Buildings Burned Deming home of James Halloway near Waterloo destroyed by fire with a three year old child starting a bonfire on the bedroom floor
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Father Montenarelli
Albuquerque
Father Brown
S. J
Sacred Heart College
Denver
Joseph Montenarelli
Immaculate Conception Church
Deming
James Halloway
Waterloo
Santa Fe Railroad to Begin Las Vegas Improvements
Within thirty days the Santa Fe Railway Company expects to begin permanent improvements in Las Vegas at a projected expenditure of 32747450 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fé
Las Vegas
Santa Fé Railway Company
Inside Bathing With Hot Water And Limestone Phosphate Advise
A promotional snippet urges daily hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels and improve health. It claims this “inside bathing” will flush poisons and renew energy, citing varying ailments and urging readers to obtain phosphate from a druggist. Also included is a brief note on Alaska fur production and market prices with figures from 1913 and a remark on European war impact.
Swamp Root touted for kidney and stomach relief
An testimonial from E. C. Mendenhall of McNeil Arkansas praises Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for kidney and stomach trouble with weight loss and recovery. The notice includes a request to send ten cents for a sample bottle and a booklet and notes regular bottle sizes sold in drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Rhea
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Ady
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Offer Free Samples
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify and Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal troubled skin. Free samples are offered by mail with a booklet, sent to Cuticura Dept. L Boston, with postcard address. Also includes a car theft joke line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutiura
Dept. L
Boston
Kill the Flies Now and Prevent Disease Ad
A daily fly killer promises to kill thousands and last all season. Available for one dollar with six sent prepaid to H 80M ERE 150 De Kalb Ave Brooklyn NY. Also an ad for Red Cross Bag Blue launders clothes whiter than snow and a Dix product offer with ten dollar trial.
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de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
All Good Grocers
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