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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
2
The Evening Current edited by L. Perry enters second class matter April 16 under post office act. Published daily except Sundays by Carlsbad Printing Co in Carlsbad Mexico.
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Government figures show 1918 grain estimates across wheat oats rye corn and hay with 10 percent below prior month. Potatoes and sugar beets acreage fell as farmers shifted to higher returning crops. Prices rise but farmers insured profits. middlemen profits restrained. Bank clearings up 25.3 percent from 1917. building permits up 16.5 percent. Reverend Atwood of Albuquerque visited for prayer meeting and Western Baptist Association meeting in Lovington.
Hackensack New Jersey reports Corporal William Mung Je of Hackensack and Gustave Winkelstein of Bremen, a German prisoner, were linked as cousins after a raid in France. Mung’s letters describe the raid against German trenches and capture of prisoners.
James A. House of Clinton Montana enlistment to the engineers' replacement company brings news of a youthful veteran. He bids farewell to friends in Spokane Washington and leaves behind a son and three daughters in their own homes as he joins Uncle Sam's army.
Bulletin outlines wartime lectures and outlines for the week starting July 30 1918 with speakers Pratt McIivain Oliver Craig Grantham Tracy Mellvain and others presenting on topics from labor to agricultural needs and minority roles in the war Each outline is scheduled for specific evenings from August 1 to August 10 and mentions various themes and speakers for the Pour Minute Men program
It lists speakers and topics with dates August 13 to 17, names like Vath Jose Rev Pratt Oliver Minter Tracy Poore and JOHN W. ARMSTRONG as chairman. It requests notification if a speaker cannot attend or is substituted.
Piano for sale a Travelon mahogany standard high grade instrument offered cheap if taken quickly due to return. Enquiries addressed to Deaton at Houle.
Arrangements are under way to move the Pecos valley apple crop, estimated at about 300 cars, as frost losses and drought reduce production this season. The article notes a shorter crop and efforts to transport the fruit to markets.
Clouds of yellow butterflies swarm the alfalfa fields in the Suit River valley, damaging crops. State entomologist A. W. Morrell confirms arterial growth has spread among the fields, destroying the pests.
A suburban appeal urges readers to buy War Saving Stamps, linking civic duty to support for farmers and national prosperity. The slogan emphasizes mutual benefit of city residents assisting agriculture for the overall good of the Nation.
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