AMERICA'S HONOR ROLL And the war year's casualty totals
A garbled summary notes a casualty total of 3,790 with 1,768 dead, and references to enemy allegations against Dr. Mack, editorials defending enemy aliens, and a New York court proceeding involving Max Eastman. It mentions Charlie Schwab's ship-building appointment, Mr. Hurley’s role, and various wartime patriotism efforts including Liberty Bond drives and political figures in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie M. Schwab
United States
Edward N. Hurley
Boa Ae
Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Inter
Bethlehem Stel Com
The Farmer and the World War
A 1917 appeal highlights farmers as essential to financing the war through Liberty Bonds. It argues that farmers are loyal patriots who support the nation’s credit, urging investment despite hardships and wartime strain, asserting bonds secure payments and national strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
der Wey
Belig
Gormer
Honda
United States
Liberty Bond vs the $100 Bill Inheritance Tax Advantage
A reader is urged to choose a Liberty Bond over a $100 bill. The bond earns interest and is tax favorable for inheritance and surplus war profite tax, while cash is taxable and not insured if lost. The piece contrasts safety, tax treatment, and insurance aspects of bonds versus cash.
Police haul pool-drowned man and a heavy water-filled suitcase
Albuquerque police recovered a soaked man from the Alserao hotel pool after a night of heavy drinking. He carried a suitcase that grew heavier as the officers walked to headquarters, containing water from the pool. The city’s defense council plans to auction remaining mesa camp buildings, funded by a $20,000 appropriation. Albuquerque Journal notes the hospital buildings were moved near the city’s south side for soldier care. The Orpheum Amusement Co opens a $4000 electric piano. dances move to Wednesday and Saturday nights on South Second street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alique Police
al Serao
Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque
Mesa Camp
State Council of
Dsfense
Orpham Amusement Company
J. 1 Romero
Ah Orpheum Dance Hall
South Second Street
Yellow Peril menaces shop. bond call sparks response
In Colfax and nearby towns a yellow painted window display at Santora shoe shop warned residents to buy Third Liberty Bonds or leave town. Some patrons rushed to pay for bonds, while local beautification and patriotic acts continued at Vaught confectionery and surrounding businesses. Four Holstein cows from Grant Munn’s farm were killed under tuberculosis orders by state inspectors. Mrs Katherine Keenan returned 350 pounds of flour to Floersheim Mercantile, praising patriotic sacrifice during wartime shortages.
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Buton
Santero
North Second Street
Santora
Joe
Holestein
Grant Munn
E. M. Keenan
State Cattle Sanitary Board
Katherine Keenan
Floersheim Mercantile Company
Keenan
Springer, Times
Worldly tides of trouble meet resilient tune
A fragmented OCR blends a recipe for a winter cake with a poetic meditation on seas and tides. It mentions ingredients like rye flour and honey syrup, then shifts to a reflective line about waves of trouble and firm resistance. The text lacks coherent news context and combines culinary, literary, and philosophical fragments.
Water Works Extension Reaches North Main Street
In Curry the water works extension along North Main Street to the court house is completed and water has been turned in this week. The improved system should enhance fire protection for the town portions mentioned with plans to extend the water mains further as maintenance progresses.
Enterprise men buy Toltewell works for new RP Forter Co
Dona Ana iow Hatch Enterprise KOOP Porter and Geo Tlneen along with Wollinger Mercantile owners recently acquired the Toltewell establishment at Hareh and will operate a hardware focused petral mercantile business as RP Forter Company. Mr Johnson will manage the venture. The group, part of the five-wir class of business men, aims to spur Hatch growth and town improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iow Hatch
Koop Porter
Fas Crapes Limber Vooter
Geo. Tlneen
Mansist
Wollinger Mercantile T
Estebtdhgert
TC Toltewell
Hareh
Petral Wercantite
RP Forter Company
Johnsons
Have of
Hatch
Las Crives Republic
Artesia Farm Installs 25 HP Pumping Plant
EDDY Than Land Syford operates a new pumping plant on the Artesia farm in the north tract. A 25 horsepower Prima engine delivers over 600 gallons per minute to a six foot by fifty foot deep well cemented at the bottom. A ten inch diameter hole was drilled to ninety feet below surface to access water.
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Syford
Artesia
Prima
Artesia well taps deep ground water flow
Report describes a well near Artesia reaching fifty feet with a larger water flow likely entering from the foot hole as the level drops. Syferd, owner of land water rights on about 25 acres, now has abundant water and plans a large artesian well pump on an alfalfa farm three miles north of Artesia. Water tests show about twelve barrels per day from the Brown coil well after mechanical revival.
Grant Term at Grant County Court Longest and Costliest
The present Grant County court term was among the longest and most important, with thirty five pleas of guilty, six murder convictions, three other crimes, and only two not guilty verdicts. Civil hearings began Monday, and cases tied to the Peoples Savings Bank are possible. The Parks trial alone cost over $3000. Vaccination updates include 520 yearlings treated for GOS Cattle Co. The Florida car trip of T Knight and family covered 2727 miles in 14 days.
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Grant Coury
Parks
Council
Peoples Savings Bank and Trust, Company
Silver City Enterprise
Cattle sale notes from Mora County reported by Santa Rosa Voice
A recent notice from Mora County lists cattle sales details including names Guadalupe ne y Beas, Boy Cottle Chavez and Diacottateru mat ad. The event is recorded by Santa Rosa Voice with debris of the docket and auction context.
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Ne Y Beas
Boy Cottle Chavez
Mc Nierner
Oeste
Mora County
Santa Rosa Voice
Horses for Government Move by Carrizozo Stock Co
Carrizozo Stock Commission Co visited Ruidoso country this week and assembled a cool herd of horses for the government. Another purchase is announced for the latter part of this week or the first of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrizozo Tve Stock Commission Co
Ruidoso Lecountry
Carrizozo Outlook
Luna County Agent Begins Deming Survey
A. C. Herman, newly appointed agricultural agent for Luna County, arrived in Deming on Tuesday and immediately began a preliminary survey of conditions he will face in the new role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C Herman
Tana ‘County
Deming
Recent Mora land deals and cattle theft cases
Mr Freq Edmonds bought 320 acres at White Lake three miles north of Mosquero from Cescario Garcia. Garms acquired 160 acres of J D Davis farm northeast of Mosquero, and Kidd brothers bought the old De metrio Garcia place five miles north of Masquero. In Levy Nolan, twelve neighbors including O E Hill and Jack Sanders face cattle theft charges. one confesses and implicates others. Alvie Self aided police by locating hides. all defendants bonded at one thousand dollars to appear May 1.
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Freq Edmonds
White Lake
Cescario Garcia
Mosquero
Garms
J. D. Davis
Levy-Nolan
O. E. Hill
T. J. Bolt
Jack Sanders
Edes Walton
John Simmons
E. C. Hill
Kirk Doudley
Duncan
Chas van Meter Clyde
Harl Kenrick
Jim Hemsley
Alvie S
C. Cunningham
Twin Buttes Oil Moves Derrick For New 890 Foot Well
The Twin Buttes Oil and Gas Company plans a new contract drilling by moving the driller Foster and equipment a short distance to bore a hole 890 feet deep after which the company will take over and drill further. The old well, sold to J. Stanley, yields about 1 000 gallons of water per minute and Stanley seeks a desert tract of 320 acres to farm kaffir cane and maize using minimal water.
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Twin Buttes Oil and Gas Company
Foster
J. Stanley
Mr. Stanley
Alamoxordo News
Quay Trapping Profitable at County Session
County commissioners in session at the county seat recently passed measures to trap and profit from local resources, outlining new guidelines and revenue opportunities affecting residents and businesses.
Jad Salts for Kidney Ailments Slips From Elusive Claim
Local ad-like note hawks Jad Salts as a harmless, inexpensive cure to flush and stimulate kidneys. It promises relief from backache headaches rheumatic pain and bladder disorders, claiming immediate action after four ounces daily in water before breakfast.
State Ownership Notice for New Mexico State Record 1918
A historical ownership statement sworn March 7 1918 lists publisher editor and business managers for the New Mexico State Record. It names Frank Staplin as Receiver and provides addresses in Santa Fe New Mexico. The form reveals major security holders including Linotype Company and American Type Foundry Co with stakes of record.
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Santa FE
Krank Staplin
Wits
Pores Gel
Tal
New Mexico
Bus Fess
P.O
State Publishing Company
Prank Staplin
Bomiholiers
Coral Ammount
Honda
Hisraeathaler Linotype Company
New York
Packard
Geneva
American Type’ Foundry Co
Denver
Cole
Would-Be Hero Feigns Rail Threat On Train
A would-be hero magged a passenger train near Hargis claiming broken rails ahead. He gained access to a car but had no money and sought a ride to El Paso. Dispatched to Tucumcari then Las Vegas asylum after a court found him insane or partly ill, to insure public safety.
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Hargis
el Paso
Tucumcari
Leib
Las Vegas
Roosvelt sues for damages in cattle dispute
Vaughn files two starter suits against Hermann Pener seeking damages after cattle allegedly broke into Vaughn’s pasture. The suits reference a prior tie men fight amid a dispute near Clovis and Texico Partaley News reports.
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Vaughn
Hermann Pener
Piener
Dark hair restoration recipe advertised for Lovington vote
A historical ad describes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a cheap remedy to darken hair, urging Lovington residents to approve a May bond issue of 420 for a new school. The piece touts easy application with a brush, claims long lasting natural color, gloss, and mask of gray.
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Lovington
Wyeth
Finest Ranch in New Mexico and Ford auto haul
The Finest Ranch in New Mexico by Jack Zurich lies 35 miles south of Clayton with superb stock of Hereford cattle. Clayton Citizen notes eight men led by Allen Wikoff, J D Eubanks and Billy Owens returned from Kansas City with eight Fords. Pioneer Auto Co. shows two cars on hand including seven Sedans and two trucks. Harold Rives and Dudley Snyder Jr. voyage to Kansas City to fetch more Fords. Pioneer Garage installed a new $400 storage battery to boost their output at Slayton Citizen.
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New Mexico
Jack Zurich
Clayton
Zurich
New Me
Clayton Citizen
Allen Wikoff
J. D. Eubanks
Billy Owens
Kansas City
Pioneer Auto Co
Harold Rives
Dudley Snyder, Jr
Pioneer Garage
Slayton
Benson Post Office Fire Shocks Town
Benson residents awoke to a post office blaze early Tuesday. Nearby at the Benson home Mr. Benson Mrs Reson and a young Indy named Hamlett were within about 100 feet of the building as flames consumed the office. County Superintendent Sam J Stinnett reports county schools all had their State Eighth Grade exams in March with a perfect attendance. Strong rains swept Roosevelt county, rainfall measured from under an inch to over an inch and a half. Clyde Moon of Eiland lost his Ford roadster after an Oklahoma man claimed it. Moon had purchased it six months earlier with a bill of sale but the seller had stolen the car and was recently captured.
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Florida
Ton T. Knight
Knicht
Silver Cite
Palm Beach Florida
Differens Places
Vairente
Charleston
San Antonia
Mire
Kaiett
Benson
Reson
Hamlett
Vortiles News
Sam J Stinnett
Santa
Clyde Moon
Eiland
Oklahoma
Mr. Moon
Orchard Bloom Amid Cold Fears and Mill Fire Losses
The Eastview orchard of B B Spencer burst into bloom but late cold may spoil fruit. Raymundo Romero’s mill above Manzano burned, likely incendiary, with no insurance and about 10000 loss. McGillivray estate ranch sale near Estancia totaled about 45000. Rental cottages by J E Chappell attract Willard Co. workers. a new 24 by 60 barn is under construction for cows and machinery.
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B. B. Spencer
Eastview
Mountainine
Omero
Raymundo Romero
Manzano
Drm
J. E. Chappell
Mr. Overstreet
Willard Mercantile
Moses Farm Sheep Club Forms To Boost Flock Size
UnioV farm group Moses community forms a sheep club with about 1 member aiming to co operate raising sheep by intensive farming. They plan weekly gatherings and expect to raise flocks to four thousand soon. Nearby clubs in Guy and Des Moines report larger contracts and growing memberships for hundreds to thousands of sheep.
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Moses Community
Sheen
Moses Club
Moses Cluthes
Guy
Des Moines
American Tobacco Company experiments on improved smoking tobaccos
For many years the American Tobacco Company has conducted experiments aimed at improving smoking tobaccos. The text notes a process replacing retheas bron ti Nest demand ed for any tulas o product in a e chanpe produced by toasting is wholesome and enhances flavor with faster cooking improvements.
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American Tobacco Company
Sint Sae
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Mack
United Stats
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Max Eastman
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Mc Hays
Govenor Lind
Tate
Col. Roosevelt
Dick Kayne and
Dillmansell
Leon Spring
Federal Reserve District
St Louis
Herr Hearst
Germany
Uncle Sam
NEW Mexico News Review
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Colfax
Vaught
de Vaught
Raton
Raton Range
Dona Ana
Sunday School
Grace Church
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W. E. Lindsy
Asion
CN. Sherman
Tom Sanders
Kansas
Fred Chase
Carlsbad
Rio Grande
Grant
S. J. Lane
Kansas Blacklee Serum Co
GOS Cattle Co
Hurley
Lane
Carthanen
Guadalupe
Lincoln
Luna
Otero
Orograde
Otero County
Alamogordo News
Congress
Garnete Smith
Frank Staplin
Roman L. Baca
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Quay County
Glennia
Roosevelt
Roosevelt County
Lee
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McGilliveay Ranch
Aneus McGillivray
Estancia Herald
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Popular Mechanics
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Gould Deeay
Sophie Bauer
First Ave
Faribault
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