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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1918
Page
2
Second class matter notice dated April 16 1917 at Carlsbad New Mexico Post Office under the 1879 act. Publication is daily Sundays excepted by Carlsbad hinting 5.
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A 1918 letter from the national Council of Defense appeals to officers of local clubs and councils to promote thrift and economy. It stresses avoiding wasteful expenditure, conserving raw materials and fuel, and daily self denial as citizens fight against Prussia at home.
The War Industries Board adopts a resolution defining its policy to reward undertakings in new industries and public construction that can not be used for war. It notes not directly affecting Eddy County but plans to withhold priority assistance from such projects deemed impracticable. Everyone is in the game to win the war, signed by W P McLenathen.
A list shows men summoned to fill a 100 man quota slated for departure on July 16. Names include Joseph Hugh firyen, Ernest Derk, Dick Doseher, Sam Daugherty, Graham Spencer Holand, Willam Gerhardt, Joe Huffman, Thomas Houston, Emery Frank King, James Virgil Linam, Thomas Martin, Robert Lee Miller, Claude Nelson, Frank Pegnini, Laula Frank Rabey, Lee G Smith, William Swift, Charles H Weir, Lowell Otto Warren, and others with associated numbers.
A Carlsbad letter from Mrs. O Quinn Tella recalls pleasant surroundings in Nachitoches Louisiana where Mixx Grace attends the State Normal School. She says they feel at home yet miss their tried and true friends in Carlsbad more than they can express.
Local notes list guests at the Crawford hotel in Carlsbad including PD L McLauren from Albuquerque on a quarterly visit, Roswell resident L McConnell as a Sunday guest, and Mrs BR Boyes staying several weeks. Others include Mr C Eggleston from Kenwell, Mrs Kiser of Pecos, and Prof W A Poore bound for Silver City to speak at the State Normal.
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