Russia loses vast territory and warns of bleak future
A Providence Journal syndicated report decries Russia’s surrender under the Brest Litovsk treaty, citing 301000 square miles and 56 million people sacrificed, plus wheelless railways and declines in coal, textiles, and other industries. The piece questions Russia’s leadership, laments Bolshevik policies, and suggests little hope for revival. It also notes Clovis New Mexico incident where Smith, a Melrose socialist, was tarred and feathered for anti bond stance.
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Providence Journal
Russia
Petrogod
Prest Litovsk
Commissioner of Commerce
Germany
Lenine
Trotzky
Clovis
N. M
T. Smith
Melrose
Smith
Albuquerque Journal
State Normal at Silver City Opens Summer School
The State Normal at Silver City prepares for eight weeks starting June 3 with rural school department features and plans for specialized training for government service entrants. The program targets teachers lacking advanced training, offers affordable expenses, refunds railroad fare above $400, and features capable educators and efficient management.
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State Normal
Silver City
Disease Toll From Drafts and Prohibition Debate
A 1918-era rant links syphilis and gonorrhea to the U S draft, claiming massive infection among registered men. It cites state ratifications of Prohibition and argues the Kaiser would deploy German prostitutes if able. The piece lists regional data on syphilis prevalence and references a Provost Marshal report.
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Cown State Board
America
Kaiser
United States
Towa
South Dakota
Delaware
Alabama
Maine
Kansas
Cilifornia
North Dakota
Oklahoma
North Caroline
St District of Columbia
Wory
Mississippi
Tennessee
West Virginia
Arizona
Iowa
Virginia
Colorado
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Utah
District of Columbia
Gil Cael
Alaska
M Chitin
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Texas
Sesssee
Porto Rico
Canal Zone
United
Missouri
Florida
Nesta
Ohio
Wyoming
Nevada
Pinto bean demand surges as New Mexico ad campaign spreads
Industrial and agricultural agent H M Ranner says the food administration’s push has rapidly raised the pinto bean’s profile from New Mexico to England. Orders pour in from Boston to Cincinnati. the agency aims to handle up to 95 percent of the crop, while El Paso Southwestern expects output steady but not acreage gains due to labor shortages.
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The
Food Administration
New Mexico
H. M. Ranner
Santa Fe Railway
England
Stration
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Rainer
Bainer Beleives
el Paso & Southwestern
R. S. Trumbull
Trumbull
Trambull
el Paso
Disloyalty Rebuked In Van Houten Camp
Constantinus Koch, a Russian German miner, carried the American flag through the Van Houten mining camp and kissed it while shouting patriotic slogans before being released on promise to curb such statements. The camp shows strong patriotism with high foreign-born representation and heavy Liberty Loan support, miners contributing over $21,000 to the latest issue.
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van Houten
Constantinus Koch
Liberty Loan
Raton Range
Hero of Santiago Coming to New Mexico
After six months of negotiations, Capt. Richmond Pear will visit Raton arriving Friday May 3 to rally support for the rational ratification of the state's prohibition amendment.
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Santiago
New Mexico
Capt
Richmond Pear
Captee
Raton
Willard Sees Major Improvements and New Rail Link
In six months Willard has added several new buildings and notable progress. The New Mexico Central Railway now operates a daily train between Willard and Estancia. A ten thousand dollar elevator with modern machinery for cleaning sorting and bagging grain marks another important Willard development.
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Willard
New Mexico Central Railway
Estancia
Crames
Household Wheat Ration Rules Under Food Administration
Householders must limit wheat use to 1.5 pounds per person weekly including Victory Bread. Substitutes such as cornmeal and barley flour allowed equal weight. Town residents may buy up to one eighth of a barrel of flour, country residents up to one quarter barrel, with a 30 day supply limit. Emphasizes conserving wheat, fats, sugar and growing local foods. Buy war savings stamps.
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United States Food Administration
SATTLE GROWERS ASSN MEET MAY IN NEW MEXICO
The New Mexico Cattle Horse Growers Association called its first executive board meeting for May 1 in Raton after naming a new slate at Las Vegas. Officers include president Victor Culberson and vice presidents Hicks and Webster, with Bertha Benson as secretary. many growers from Albuquerque Silver City Roswell and other towns are listed as board members. Officials urge cattle and sheep men to submit timely matters for government livestock policy discussion.
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New Mexico Cattle Horse Growers’ Association
Raton
Las Vegas
H. Bloom
Trinidad
GM. Cocke
Carlsbad
M. J. C Roswell
W. E. Everhart
W. S. Hopewell
Albuquerque
Ed. James
H. A. Jastro
Bakerfield
Cal
J. H. Kelly
Ae Trous
JA Task
W. W
Silver City
A. B. McMillen
McGaffey
Medley
Magdalena
T. E. Winnett Albert
Wm. R. Morse
Burton C. Mossman
Rosween Naylor
Sat Vegas
J. O. Neafus
Bertha Benson
Boys and Girls Help Lick Bill With Gardens
The public market in New Mexico proves a hit as women and children sell surplus produce direct from their gardens. Boys and girls cultivate with zeal, trading fruits vegetables and eggs at lower prices, while merchants and the Woman's Committee oversee quality and fair pricing to boost market success.
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New Mexico
Wom
Gardena
Makin
Atv
Jine
Las Vegas
The
Merchants Association
Santa Fe
Snow depth records reported across New Mexico and Colorado
The Weather Bureau noted the greatest average snow depths in the region. Anchor in Taos county reached 49 inches on March 31, while Crystal in the state’s northeast logged 96 inches. Colorado stations showed over 50 inches in many locations and over 61 inches in others, reflecting heavy winter snowfall.
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Mts
New Mexico
U. S. Weather Bureau
Taos County
Colorado
Anicon
Hearstism and pro-German sympathies targeted in wartime critique
The piece denounces William Randolph Hearst and his newspapers for fostering pacifism and disloyalty, arguing his vast influence across major papers distorts public opinion. It accuses Hearst editors of pro German bias, defending submarine warfare while denouncing losses like Lusitania and urging government action to maintain American unity.
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America
Fountain Head
William Randolph Hearst
Boston
New York
Atlanta
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Hearst
Mr Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Ameri
Hearst urged peace as war debate raged in 1917
The letter and editorials criticize William Randolph Hearst for urging immediate or early peace with Germany during World War I. The speaker accuses Hearst of exploiting neutral sentiment, promoting trenchancy against England, and advocating to keep US forces and funds at home. The piece cites three leading Hearst articles as proof of cowardice and discredit to American morale.
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Germany
America
Congress
Hearst
England
Messico
Jaiwan
United States
Germain
Muitas Fem
Mike
Europe
Hearstism
Keering
Austria Loyal to Germany Amid World Strife
The text portrays Emperor Charles of Austria denying desertion of Germany while insisting on loyalty to Vienna and Berlin. It alleges Austria aided peace talks and calls Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey mere provinces under German influence, urging opposition to their imperial aims.
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Providence Journal
Pyrix
Charles
Sixtus de Bourbn
Poitiéare
France
Justelaine
Alsace-Loraine
Germany
Charles Vishly
Paris
Berlin
House of Holenzalern
Woce
All Highest
Potsdam
Vienna
Susia
Constantinople
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Idaho and Montana Lands Open to Entry
An order signed by the president restores about 350 000 acres in southeastern Idaho near the Snake River from coal withdrawal. Lands are mostly non coal in character, with about 45 000 acres vacant public lands now open to entry under public land laws. Another order restores 88685 acres within the former Fort Peck Indian reservation in Montana with coal deposits reserved to the government. Entries may be made at the U S land office in Glasgow Montana. Prices range from 300 to 1050 dollars per acre with one fifth paid at entry and the balance in five annual installments.
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Idaho
Snake River
Charater
Fort Peck Indian Reservation
Montana
United States Land Office
Glasgow
Mont
Soldier's jab at buglers sparks wartime humor
A soldier laments buglers in a quirky wartime column. He recalls the old civil life wisdom about cats on fences, jokes about buglers replacing the bothersome feline, and imagines an exterminator for buglers. He notes patents, a monument won, and cites Camp Devens as the endgame for buglers.
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Smithsonian Institution
Camp Devens Trench
Urgent Demand For 1000 Y M C A Secretaries
Chicago April 13 A call from the Y M C A urges urgent recruitment of 1000 secretaries to support Allied front lines. The censored cablegram notes 73 French assignments and 67 American enlistments, with a demand for 25 men and five women weekly for French work. It frames the effort as essential to sustain liberty bonds and national defense.
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Chicago
Y. M. CA
Present term federal court will be long
Thirty five of the ninety four indicted by the last federal grand jury were arranged Monday The petit jury is at work and the trial term promises to be a long one probably running into ten The supreme board of directors of the Knights of Columbus then instructed D 7 treasurer to invest 50000 fonds of the organization in Liberty Roads Now will some of the other national organizations do likewise At present prices for his products are Ronds are the former.
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Supreme Board of Directors
The
Knights of Columbus
D. 7
Liberty Roads
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