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Newspaper

The Evening Current

Location

Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1917

Page

3

Local notes include visits and travel plans across towns

D Shafner from Austin and Jud Alston in Roswell on business. No Presbyterian Aid Society meeting tomorrow. Will Merchant detained by illness. Mrs Marvin Livingston operated on at Eddy County Hospital. Mrs J F Hart to Kansas City and Nebraska visit. Hoyt family from Madison, Wisconsin visiting relatives in Roswell. Stray red yearling Pass branded J B. Reward for recovery. College and Company shipped sheep to Dayton New Mexico. Joe James and George O Conn or on ranch deal to Roswell. Robert Leck left for Kermit ranch after bringing relatives to town. Mrs J ikinson and son to Amarillo. Reeves improving. McBride brings large Lobo pelt for taxidermy. Mrs Fred Hock resting after operation. James Isaacs arrives from Knowles for Emerson Mercantile load. G F Isa to accompany. R E Platt buys auto. to run USPS to Frijole twice weekly. 65 miles each way. Platt endorsed for mail job.

J. Kircher J.B. Son College and Company Dayton N. M

Hog butcher nets eighty one dollars in valley trade

Joe Fessler bought a hog from a Mexican seller in the valley and sold it to the Model Market for eighty one dollars. Nearly the whole carcass will be rendered for land. A.V. Lindsay of the Army's H division at Silver City visits his parents on Black River. Peter Lindsay, previously in Artesia, came down to see his brother and left with J. W. Crane. Mr. Sellers is resting at his home due to ill health.

Joe Fessler A.V. Lindsay H. Division Army Silver City Black River Peter Lindsay Artesia J. W. Crane

Loving Post Office Robbery Updates and Local Notices

News notes confirm Mexican suspects in the Loving post office robbery last Thursday, with confessions and a search locating a ten dollar bill and a pocket knife. Prisoners held in Eddy county jail await further developments as local residents and travelers move through Carlsbad listings and events.

Hewitt Batton Eddy County P. O

Patroling the Border thrills Armory audience again

The Company B play Patroling the Border was staged at the Armory theatre with stronger laughs and a smoother performance. Bill y Foote earned standout reactions for his grin and timing while Bryan Mudgett joined in sharp audience moments. J Floyd Hart and two granddaughters plan an extended visit with relatives in Stella Nebraska and will travel via Kansas City along the way.

Armory Theatre Billy Foote Bryan Mudgett Mr. Foote

Fenton Family Visits Felmire Home This Week

Mrs Will Fenton stays at the Felmire home this week with the Toff nurse while their mother Me in Roswell attends the Circle convention.

Will Fenton Felmire Roswell

Niece Beulah Morrison Dies. Uncles Mourning in Oklahoma

HL Walker and N Walker reported the death yesterday at three o'clock of their favorite niece Beulah Morrison about 17. She spent months with her uncles, left before the holidays, and was the baby of three siblings. The uncles traveled to Ochelata Oklahoma for her funeral, heartbroken by four years since visiting their sister Mrs Morrison.

Walker N. Walker Beulah Morrison Ochelata Oklahoma Mrs. Morrison

Right arm broken in tree fall injury

John Wallie Baker fell from a tree late Monday evening and broke both bones of the right arm about halfway between the wrist and elbow. Medical staff treated the injured man at the scene and planned further care.

John Wallie Baker

Young Hone man dies in accidental target shoot

Homer Medcalf age about 19 of Hone was accidentally shot and killed Saturday afternoon while target practicing with a rifle. He was separated from two companions when the gun fired near him, the bullet entering near the ear. Dilley undertakers prepared the body in Hope and funeral services were held at the family home amid a large community turnout. Medcalf was the son of Hope’s blacksmith.

Homer Medcalf Hone Young Medcalf Prachime Theoung Dilley Medlealf Hope

Armory Meeting Plans Red Cross Dressings Drive

About thirty women attended the Armory session yesterday afternoon and began work on dressings. Mr. Pratt spoke on Red Cross dressings, Mrs. AJ Muzzy read a surgical dressing paper, and committees were formed with Mrs. Clarence Tell as chair and Mrs. COC Likes as finance chair. Mrs. George Hrinton was secretary, with Mrs. W. W. Dean on arrangements. They will meet again Monday to organize and store dressings for home use pending a Red Cross committee decision.

Pratt AJ. Muzzy Clarence Tell Coc. Likes George Hrinton W. W. Dean Red Cross

New Telephone Directory Arrives for Kent Residents

The Public Utilities Co announces a new telephone directory for Kent with guidance to keep it near the phone. Operators will be busy and may refuse direct connections. customers are asked to call for numbers as needed.

the Public Utilities CO

Santa Fe train on time. crews praised at Carlsbad stop

The Santa Fe passenger from the north arriving at 240 P.M. has run on time for a week. Carlsbad crews are described as the best qualified on the line, with some veterans in service since the road was built. Jean Musick and wife, from twenty six miles up Rocky Arroyo, are in the city shopping today.

Santa Fe Jean Musick Rocky Arroyo

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D. Shafner Austin, Texas Artsbad Jud Alston Presbyterian Aid Society Will Merchant Marvin Livingston Eddy County Hospital J. F. Hart Kanaas City Gliddings Nebraska F. W. Hoyt Madison Wisconsin Californid RH. H. Hemenway Joe James George O'Conner Robert Leck Kermit Fred Leck Mra. J.kinson J. K Ir Amarillo Texas Mra Reeves Mr. McBride Livingston Ranch M. A. Ohnemus Fred Hock James Isaacs Knowles City Emerson Mercantile Company G. F. Isai Lexington R. E. Platt United States Frijole Platt Mary Pickford Artcraft Peoples Theatre Mr. Sellers Mien Louine Baxter Queen Mail Mia Shattuck J. F. Rarey Fred Mabel Long Beach California Huttman Malaya Cou Beauticul Ned Shattuck D. W Olly Alston Carlsbad Springs Hotel D. W. Justice Orange Carlsbad Tom Gray Bates Hotel J. W. Tulk Poco Thelma Nevenger Gilbert of Baten Hotel The Tex Company L. E. Reeves H.C. Dishman Frank Barfield Bok RB. Forest R. E. Pith el Paso ES. Shattuck H. C. Adkins Studebaker G. W. Shrader CH. McLana Minneapolis Hubert Ryan John Stevenson Mrs. Baird Doepp Bates Chicago Ill Wr. G. McArthur Lovington Smith Block Robb T. C. Horne Hstian & Co.—Insura Armory Public Utilities Co
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