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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
2
Allied forces push on the Aisne to Marne front with Americans and French making strong gains. German left flank threatened, possibly forcing redeployment to avoid being cut off. Final objectives reached in the sector within two hours of heavy fighting as counterattacks fail.
Challis Donald, a recent recruit at Camp Cody, allegedly cut off his left hand and reportedly quoted biblical verses as he did so. He was taken to the base hospital and later questioned about his motive, with authorities unsure of future action. Donald, from Artesia, NM, had been jailed in Carlsbad for failure to register and opposed service. He accompanied others to Camp Cody but protested against going.
Mrs Wright Kilgore shares a letter from her brother Williams Campbell who is in France praising the country and promising to prove his bravery at the front. He is described as a strong young man, a brother to Mesdames Kilgore and Jones of Rocky, and he sends a note of hopeful valor. Methodical Church announces infant baptism during Sunday service with preaching and choir songs and Sunday school at 9 50 with Epworth League at 7 30. C Meadows of Lovington, a local resident, is noted as having registered at a city hotel.
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