Duty and Endurance in War Time Message from Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt praises American soldiers in France and calls for shared sacrifice at home. He urges constant effort, tax support, Liberty loans, and steadfast resolve to endure privation and mud while pursuing victory and a just peace. The speech links current duty to Washington era trials and emphasizes faith by deeds.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Kansas City
Perm
France
Washington
Valley Forge
Trenton
Grant and
Lee
Secretary Baker Should Send Campaign Speech to the President
Washington content notes Secretary at War Baker faced scrutiny over 1916 Maine campaign remarks and his role in Army delays. It questions his ability to finish the war and jokes about sending the Maine speech to the President. The piece also reports that state railroad commissions retain authority over transport lines and will refer issues to a Dallas committee if ignored.
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Baker
Washington
Maine
Garrison
Department of War
Roosevelt
Wood
Gardner
Fiske
State Corporation Commission
Dallas
Germany
New Mexico Bean Acreage Soars In 1917 Production
New Mexico reports 1917 bean acreage at 213,300 versus 64,000 in 1916, a rise over 300 percent, with production estimated at 50 million pounds. Following U S Food Administration guidance, the Santa Fe Railway will hold county meetings to boost further acreage and output, led by industrial commissioner C L Seagraves who will deploy top personnel and emphasize seed selection.
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New Mexico
Bureau of Crop Statistics
United States Food Administration
Santa Fe Railway
C. L. Seagraves
New Museum Building in Boston
A clipped report from The Christian Science Monitor notes two columns on an article by Jes Henderson of the State Normal School at Silver City. The piece describes a new Museum at Santa Fe with accompanying drawings and terms.
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the Christian Science Monitors
Jes Henderson
State Normal School
Silver City
New Museum
Santa Fe
National Forest stock numbers rise in New Mexico and Arizona
Cattle horses and hogs totaling 479 940 belonging to 3429 cattlemen and 882 584 sheep and goats owned by 692 sheepmen received forage on the New Mexico and Arizona National Forests last year an increase from the prior year. Free crossing permits were issued for 32 709 head of cattle and horses and 1 427 337 head of sheep and goats while in transit. Patented land owners within the forests received 4 186 head of cattle and horses and 64 179 head of sheep and goats grazing rights.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Internal Revenue tax visits Bolster New Mexico compliance
Field agents and special representatives of the Internal Revenue Service are in New Mexico to enforce income tax returns. Collector Lewis V. Carpenter lists itineraries for deputies visiting counties from January to February, urging publicity through local councils of defense and branches to inform taxpayers of visit dates.
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Internal Revenue Service
United States Treasury Department
New Mexico
Lewis V. Carpenter
District of New Mexico
Phoenix
Walter M. Danburg
New Mexico Council of Defense
Department
Washington
John R Rathom the eyes of this government story
A compact portrait of John R Rathom, editor of the Providence Journal, as a private citizen who exposed German plots in the United States and helped reform U S policy before World War I. The piece previews a World’s Work series detailing his wartime influence and the journal’s role in national security.
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John R. Rathom
Providence “Journal
Providence
R. I
French Strother
Rathom
Germany
von Papen
Roy Fd
Heinrich Albert
Huerta
Messen
Lusitania
Herlin
William — Tennitors Bryat
Dumba
Bopp
Francisco
Ottawa
Providence ‘Journal
United States
New York
Washington
State Department
Rhode Island Bible
Europe
America
Great Britain
France
Secret Service Report on German Propaganda Networks
The account describes reporters infiltrating German and Austrian offices in the United States from 1914 onward. It lists posts such as the German Embassy in Washington, consulates in New York Boston Cleves Chicago San Francisco Philadelphia Denver St. Louis and describes daily reports and documents on German plots and propaganda.
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Erton
von Bernstorff
von Papen
Dumba
von Nuber
Secret Service
Teutonic
United States
Washington
Crenman
New York
Boston
Cleves ‘Man
New Or
Chicago
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Denver
St. Louis
State Lands Bring High Prices at Torrance County Sale
Capt Fritz Mueller of the state land office conducted a sale of state lands at Estancia Tuesday. Six tracts were sold to homesteaders who plan to reside permanently in Torrance county. Prices reached above the enabling act minimum with per acre figures of 10, 1050, 30, 10.50, 4 and 5 dollars respectively.
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Fritz Mueller
State Land Office
Estancia
Torrance County
Three Major Generals recalled from France
Maj. Gen. William A. Mann Maj. Gen. Wilfr? Sibert and Richard M. Chford of the African Expeditionary Forces have returned. Gen. Mann will command the Department of the East Gen. Sibert the Department of the Southeast. Gen. Blatchford will serve in training camps in the United States.
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William A. Mann
Wil
L. Sibert
Richard M. Chford
Affrican
Mann
Department of the East
Sibert
Department of the Southeast
Gen. Blatchford
District Courts Power to Fix Assessments Declined
New Mexico Supreme Court rules district courts may fix assessments but deny right of appeal to state or petitioner in such special proceedings. The Rosenwald cases involve Bernalillo County and seek correction of assessment rolls to prevent a 40 percent rise in valuation. Appeals from district court judgments in these proceedings are dismissed.
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Supreme Court
New Mexico Supreme Court
Rosenwald Bros. Co
Appellees
Bernalillo County
District Court
Rosenwald Brothers
Appellee
Parker
Hanna
Roberts
D. S. Rosenwald
Sr. A . Rosenwald
New Mexico Cigar Co
Bern
Germany Must Pay for Its Atrocities and Isolated From Us
The author argues Germany bears full blame for wartime crimes and must be barred from the Western world. He denounces German ideas and methods as subversive, urges excluding German language from colleges, and calls for self reliance, chemical independence, and a severed postwar relationship to prevent future conflicts.
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Germany
Goethe
Kant
Lessing
Philospher
Luther
Meat inspections tighten to safeguard troops meals
The U S Department of Agriculture meat inspection service tightens controls to protect Army and Navy rations. Twenty six hundred inspectors nationwide ensure every pound of meat is checked from slaughter to canning with a government stamped Inspected and passed. Camp laboratories recheck products and condemn any unfit for consumption.
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Meat-Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
Department
Army
Navy
Lincoln County Council plans Spanish and English war speakers
The Council of Defense in Carrizozo arranged to secure speakers to visit each precinct and address native people in Spanish and the general public in English. Capitan Mountaineer will assist in coordinating duties during the great war crises.
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Council of Defense
Carrizozo
Capitan Mountaineer
General Crozier Linked To Tauscher In Wartime Inquiry
The Providence Journal notes Washington factions push for disciplinary answers over General Crozier and his ties to Captain Tauscher. It urges the Senate ordnance inquiry to reveal Crozier’s business connections, knowledge of Tauscher’s crimes, and decisions allowing Tauscher to leave the United States with Ambassador Bernstorff, amid calls for resignations if wrongdoing is proven.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Providence Journal
Washington
General Crozier
Ace
Baker
Tim Co
War Department
New York
Tauscher
Department of Justice
Tanscher
Welland Canal
Bureau of Ordnance
Senate
Bern~storff
Washingtons Voice Message for New Year 1918 War Hope
As 1917 ends, Washington speaks of United States and France united in war, honoring shared sacrifice and duty. The message urges continued effort in defense of freedom against imperialism and autocracy, praising President Wilson and the allied cause for mankind.
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United States
Neentes
Washington
France
Wilson
Belletin
Milwaukee Loyal Amid German and Polish American Tensions
Milwaukee shows strong American loyalty amid claims of German and Polish enclaves. Citizens, including German and Polish Americans, serve in large numbers in the National Army with little protest. The city seeks to prove its patriotism after losses of national conventions over loyalty concerns.
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Milwaukee
Milewanker
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