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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1917
Page
1
Washington August 27 The government will reply this week to the Pope s peace proposals Secretary Lansing said the dispatch soon a is planned but he did not reveal its nature or timing Reports from the entente powers indicated they might be waiting for the United States to make the first reply.
London August 27 reports from Austrian headquarters that Austrian troops fighting north of Gorizia on the Isonzo front have retired. The dispatch comes via Central News from Amsterdam.
Rome reports a wireless press dispatch stating a desperate battle rages on the Bainsizza plateau north of Gorizia. It says Austrian resistance has been overcome at several points in the engagement.
Berlin reports German forces were driven from Beaumont on the Verdun front east of the Meuse in yesterday’s fighting but retook the village and surrounding woods. official announcement says the fighting continues.
The people of Germany face a food shortage and authorities struggle to distribute scarce supplies. William Bartholomew, former representative of an American oil company at Hamburg, arrived on a Danish steamship today to report on the crisis.
J Floyd Hart and wife motored to Queen on Sunday to bid Baby Wesley Stewart goodbye as his parents prepare to move this week. The Harts praise the boy and note a rain passed between Mosley and John Stewart’s canyon home. Dolph Shattuck’s area was the driest. Mrs Sifford at Dolph Shattuck’s is gravely ill with typhoid fever, delirious for 48 hours. Associated Press report from Phoenix notes federal protection for Attorney Fred H Moore returning to Bisbee, with Lt. Fred Wright from Douglas to accompany him.
A brief classified notice from J. A. Hardy seeks a mild horse suitable for a child to drive to school. The ad calls for a dependable, easygoing mount appropriate for daily use, offering contact through Hardy.
Miss Annie Wilson and her cousin Mary James depart after a monthlong stay with friends and relatives. They traveled with Mr. and Mrs. Joe James, returning from Hot Springs, and plan to continue to El Paso.
Mrs James arrived Saturday after a long stay in Washburn Wisconsin with her sister. Before returning she spent ten days in Chicago with close friends Mr and Mrs Simon who plan a visit later with their daughter Mrs Roy Waller.
By Associated Press Washington August 27 the president sent assurances that this government is willing to extend every material and moral assistance to Russia.
The first American naval flyer death at the front was announced today. George Herbert Manley, a machinist's mate in the naval aviation corps, died in an accident whose nature is not described. He was a son of Herbert Manley of Maplewood, N J.
Columbus New Mexico August 27 soldiers from Houston arrive and the men charged with implication in riots are placed in the stockade.
Omaha dispatch reports Mrs. C R Nethaway of Florence, 40, found murdered near her home with throat cut. A Black man was arrested at Blair, twenty miles away, and taken to Omaha jail amid lynching talk. Earlier, Mrs. Christina Anderson, 74, was killed by throat-slashing in the same vicinity with no clue to the killer.
Paris reports strong German assaults on the Aisne and Verdun fronts were checked by French fire and all French positions held. More than eleven hundred prisoners were taken yesterday. A tail light and license tag lost. Please leave at Weaver's Garage.
Washington August 27 Daneel Blumenthal a former Alsatian Reichstag member said Lorraine desires to return to France and would oppose Chancellor Michaelia s plan to make Alsace Lorraine a federal duchy He spoke as part of the Franco Alsatian issue news brief.
Washington August 27 Food stocks in retail stores across forty three counties will be inventoried August sixty to provide a basis for Department of Agriculture Bureau of Markets to estimate the amount of food products in hands of retail dealers.
An Associated Press styled note promotes Christian & Co Ins. with emphasis on quality and sanitation pricing. It highlights Carlsbad Steam Laundry as "The Sanitary Way" and frames pricing around hygiene standards and reliable service.
R M Thorne and family enjoying life at Hot Springs report benefit from baths. Thorne suffered rheumatism before leaving for the springs and finds relief. Mrs Wm Leck arrived from the plains visiting sons Robert and Fred Leck and daughter Mrs Fred Nymeyer. She plans to return with Fred and young B A for a visit at Eunice.
Mrs W H Hitson and her four younger children arrived Saturday afternoon planning to winter here and send the three younger children to school. They previously lived in Santa Rosa for two winters. Herbert, now seventeen, drove the car, with Miss Don driving on the return trip as well.
New Mexico supports nine steam laundries and ranks fourth among them. The state achieves sixty first in quality, indicating comparative performance across the group. Entities include New Mexico and nine steam laundries.
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