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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1917
Page
2
Footer masthead records say the paper is published daily except Sundays by the Carlabad Printing Company with AP affiliation. It notes second class mailing from 1917 and credits AP for exclusive news dispatches and local items.
This evening’s paper notes a brief local update due to no electricity to run the Intertype and vanes. The plant trouble has been fixed and readers are assured no further delay or trouble will occur.
A call to action urges local factories and housewives to increase production and conserve resources for the war, promising gains for families and the nation. Citizens urged to buy liberty bonds and support government finance, with plans to meet leaders and discuss efforts.
A stormy dispatch urges German people to overthrow the Kaiser and unite with the Entente to end the war. The text condemns the emperor as a tyrant and calls for mobilizing citizens to reclaim land from the aggressor and avert further bloodshed.
A German written article circulated abroad by German republicans in Switzerland aims to overthrow Hohenzollern rule and establish a German republic. A copy was received in the United States for press use by the Committee on Public Information.
A wartime call to Germans denounces the emperor and his government for pushing war. It appeals to soldiers and citizens to switch sides, end Prussian domination, and join the antiwar bloc with promises of liberty and justice. The speaker accuses the leadership of deceit and urges mass action to free Germany from militarism.
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