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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1918
Page
8
Jack Davis brought a sample of beans today revealing some of the largest frijoles seen. Mountainair notes beans still growing, corn better than last year, and farm activity rising with new metal shop management and home silo construction in nearby towns.
Union live stock shipments report multiple parties sending hogs cattle and dairy products to Denver and Ft Worth with Hennigh Brothers Abbott Ross Murphy boys and D es Moines area traders noted. Bank ownership shifts in Des Moines and Oklahoma investors acquiring First National Bank interest. local rail and ranch expansion described alongside hail damage to crops near Folsom Moses and Clayton with losses estimated over 100000.
The town joins a nationwide effort for Col Thompson's Home Paper Service to keep soldiers and workers in foreign service connected with home. Subscriptions fund, with names published, support sending the hometown newspaper to every service member, with surplus going to the Red Cross. Citizens urged to contribute any amount to brighten the troops’ spirits and unite the town in tribute.
The 1918 wheat crop in the Gila valley will total 30 000 bushels, per County Rural Agent W T Ellison. The average yield is about 20 bushels per acre, with some fields reaching 40. About 1500 acres were sown, showing an increase in plantings. quality is reported as excellent.
Thousands of soldiers who left school to join the service continue studies in YMCA classes while in the army. Colleges arrange to grant credit toward degrees for such work, allowing resumption on return. The photo shows college men studying trigonometry at a YMCA school at Camp McArthur Texas, aiding artillery training. The War Department and YMCA cooperate to teach reading writing and English to soldiers and foreigners, ensuring educational benefits during service.
A social room in Army Y.M.C.A. huts offers comfort for soldiers away from home with a fireplace, curtained windows, music, home papers, magazines, and chess. The Texas camp hosts soldiers from the Southwestern states while the Southern Department headquarters are in San Antonio with William E. Adams as executive secretary.
Fort Worth area schools will gain a recreation playground teacher through the War Work Council. Miss Mary Br. Parsons of Fort Worth acts for the YWCA with County Superintendent Carroll and J. F. Tarlton in charge. Five schools will receive one day weekly instruction for about one hour to aid lower grades during recess. Superintendents Kooken Clemens Howard Miller Whiter approved the plan. Artington Everman Keller Saginaw Handley schools likely first to receive services.
Parla France report on how surgeons rely on nurses facing long shifts amid heavy wounded flows. American doctors favor American nurses who boost morale and recovery. Young Women’s Christian Association secretaries at the front provide rest, refreshments, and practical aid to sustain the caregivers under extreme pressure.
Battleboro Vermont report details Rudyard Kipling’s former home used by the Girls Patriotic League led by Grace Holbrook. About 300 girls assist in Junior Red Cross and War Chest campaigns, plus clerical tasks for factory and store workers as wartime vigilance and morale efforts continue.
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