Local notes on Carlsbad residents and visiting figures
Little Emily Hardy spends part of the week at Frank Matney’s in Carlsbad from her home south of town. John Swift, formerly of the ranch and now in the San Francisco naval training school, shares his daily routine and misses Carlsbad friends. Cary Thompson the cattle dealer plans to leave for the home ranch southwest Saturday and notes showers on his range. Mrs William Hill heads to Portales for a brief visit, returning Sunday. State Normal graduates from Silver City return home to plan fall and winter work. The graduates include Misses Duncan Mozelle Warren James Stokes Hollingsworth.
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Emily Hardy
Frank Matney
Carlsbad
John Swift
Naval Training School
San Francisco
Althe
Cary Thompson
Home Ranch
Mr. Thompson
William Hill
Portales
State Normal
Silver City
Misses Duncan
Mozelle Warren
James Stokes
Hollingsworth
Mrs Davia and Miss Elizabeth Leave El Paso After Funeral
Mrs Davia and Miss Elizabeth return to El Paso on the southbound train after fulfilling errands in the city leaving the body of her husband and father by his side.
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A. A. Davia
Elizabeth
el Paso
Mrs Ada McCain Returns From Carlsbad Visit
Mrs Ada McCain of Roswell sister of Mrs A A Davis has been in Carlsbad since the first of the week and returned to her home at night.
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Ada McCain
Roswell
A. A. Davis
Carlsbad
Missing traveler suspected to have returned home
Few F. T. Lallance, last seen traveling from Hagermal through Carlsbad toward Las Cruces, has not been heard from here. Supposedly he went back to his home via Carrizozo, but his whereabouts remain unknown.
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F. T. Lallance
Hagermal
Carlsbad
Miss Jessie Johnson Travels to Roswell for Court Duties
Miss Jessie Johnson went to Roswell on Wednesday and plans to stay several days to attend to court duties.
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Jessie Johnson
Roswell
Thorne Family Plans Outing to Hegler Ranch
R M Thorne his wife and children join Rev H W Lowry for a morning departure to a small outing trip at the Hegler ranch near Frijole. Rev Lowry will conduct services Sunday at a neighborhood meeting in that vicinity. The local people seldom have preaching services and value Dr Lowry's address highly.
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R. M. Thorne
H. W. Lowry
Hegler Ranch
Frijole
Pearse to Visit Carlabad After Hamilton Trip
W. A. Pearse, after a brief stay in Hamilton Missouri for business and pleasure, will reach Carlabad early next week. He extended his visit to hear the chautauqua talk on Private Peet and plans a stop in Kansas during the trip.
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W. A. Pearse
Hamilton
Missouri
Carlabad
Mr. Pearse
Peet
Kansas
First Child Born to Mr and Mrs Birehell in Carlabad
A boy was born yesterday afternoon at the Birehell home in Carlabad. The baby is the couple's first child and Mrs. Birehell is Ed Burleson's daughter from Queen. May the child have success in life.
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Robert Birehell
Carlabad
Queen
Birehell
Ed, Burleson
Tiny Rainfall Rejuvenates Air Around Reclamation Gauge
Fifteen hundredths of an inch of rain this week was recorded by the Government gauge at the Reclamation building. The light shower, though small, freshened the air and produced a noticeable cooling effect.
Mrs Will Bumbach Visits Friends Near Otis
Mrs. Will Bumbach and her baby are spending a week at the Nichols home near Otis enjoying a reunion with friends from years past.
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Will Bumbach
Baby
Nichols Home
Otis
Five Mexicans Face Draft Board Over Unregistered Status
Five Mexican men of draft age appeared before the Selective Draft Board yesterday. They failed to register and did not understand the draft law applied to them. All were employed on a farm in the lower valley.
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Selective Draft Board
Local social notes and travel plans scattered this week
Mrs BE P Bujac spent a couple of days in Ronwell as guest of Mrs D W Lowe. T C Horne arrived from eastern markets to buy goods for his business. F G Tracy will depart early next week for Santa Fe then California to join family there.
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Mra. BE
F. G. Tracy
Santa Fe
California
Red Cross needs more knitters to finish August shipment
Fifteen workers met at the Red Cross rooms and finished sixty one abdominal bandages in one afternoon. Mrs. Lewis urges more volunteers in Carlsbad to join the effort to meet the August 25 shipment deadline and deliver at Division Headquarters in Denver by September 1. The knitters must stay at their work, as more hands are needed to complete the quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Gross
Red Cross
Carlsbad
Grandma Hill Weakened by Illness in Eddy County
Grandma Hill, mother of Mrs. John T. Bolton, already noted for a recent accident, grows weaker daily. She suffers intensely and prays for an easy release. The elderly Carlebad resident is the town’s oldest woman and has long received devoted care from family and friends.
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Grandma Hill
John T. Bolton
Carlebad
Eddy County
Ben
Schoolhouse renovations near completion for fall term
Repairs and an addition to the high school building nearly finished to welcome September. The auditorium becomes an assembly room with stage removed, and the superintendent’s office moved to the new section. Two extra rooms planned at the high school and four in the grade building, three in use this winter. Nine teachers to staff the first six grades, with a few vacancies remaining. Seats are being installed in the assembly room ahead of the opening week in September.
Bates Leaves Carlsbad for Roswell Institute Post
Bates and family depart Carlsbad for Roswell where he will serve as quartermaster at the Mexican Military Institute. He will oversee the new mess hall buying provisions hire staff and manage duties of a quartermaster with a handsome salary and housing on the institute grounds. Carlsbad regrets losing its hotel and catering standout already praised as the best in the west.
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Roswell
Mexico Military Institute
Bates
Institute
Allround
Carlsbad
School opening plans altered by removal of key member
The article notes a leadership loss affecting school prep for September. Building work on the cafe remodel continues with changes to plans, creating two Hecht housekeeping suites and a large storage area. The Bates house will be rented. Mrs. Bates and her daughters will stay briefly, with Miss Modene Bates to enroll at the State University in Albuquerque in October.
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Hecht
Bates
Death of Mrs Daisy Brady in Carlsbad china
Mrs Daisy Brady died after tuberculosis at her West Carlsbad home eight weeks after returning from Conway Arkansas. Survived by two sons Clifford and Horace Landrum, funeral at Thorne mortuary and Carlsbad cemetery with Woodman Circle rites. She was 36, a Baptist and Woodmen Circle member. Pallbearers named Woods Leck Homblen and King.
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Brady
Daisy Brady
Johnson
West Carlsbad
Thrady
Clifford
Horace Landrum
Carlebed
Conway
Arkanaae
Mra. Bradley
Carlabad
Thorne
Woodman Circle
The
Baptist Church
Holly Grove
Woodmen Circle
Arkansas
George Woods
J. B. Leck
Robert Homblen
Homer King
Thunder Showers Forecast for Cariabad Tonight
Cariabad New Mexico forecasts call for thunder showers tonight or Saturday with little change in temperatures. Early reports indicate unsettled weather across the region and showers likely to extend into the weekend.
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Cariabad
N. M
W C T U Meeting Set at Carlbad Methodist Church
The Womans Christian Temperance Union of Carlbad holds a regular business meeting at the Methodist church on Wednesday afternoon August 14 at 3 30. Program includes devotional exercises readings music and several solos and duets with changes noted. Mrs J D Rackley may be leaving soon for Colorado Springs to make her home, adding special interest to the gathering. Committee members Mrs J F Joyce and children depart soon for Nashville then Tennessee for family plans and John R joins in a church military school placement.
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Womans’ Christian Temperance Union
Carlwbad
Methodist Church
Miss Finlay
Reading
J. F. Joyce
Nashville
Tennessee
Local Girl Returns Home After Dallas Course
Mian Lucille Johnson, a popular Carlabad graduate from the class of 1916, arrived yesterday from Big Springs Texas. She studied business at Dallas business college after graduation and now works in a railroad office at Big Springs. Her classmates and many friends welcome her back to the city.
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Mian
Lucille Johnson
Carlabad
Big Springs
Texas
Miss Johnson
Dallas
Mrs Pauline Johnson to Return to Carlsbad Monday
Miss Pauline Johnson visiting Roswell as guest of Mrs M R Kirkley will travel back to Carlsbad on Monday.
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Pauline Johnson
Roswell
M. R. Kirkley
Carlsbad
Pacts of Packers Meat Profits in 1918 Statements
The mid year statements show the five leading packers reporting 1918 profits on all products from two to three cents per dollar of sales and gross sales around three billion dollars. Net meat profit per dollar of sales runs under two cents, with per pound figures a fraction of a cent. Total livestock entered in three fixed years equals 106,000,000 head: cattle 17,000,000 sheep 27,000,000 hogs 6,000,000. Proceeds paid for livestock in 1918 range from 90 to 91 percent.
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T. C. Horne
Oak
C. M. Richards
W.c T. U
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