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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1918
Page
2
The Evening Current is recorded as second class matter on April 16 1917 at the Carlsbad New Mexico post office under the 1879 act. Published daily with Sundays excluded by the Carlsbad Printing Co.
The Associated Press exclusive rights to publish all dispatches credited or not and to use local news published herein, confirming the paper’s entitlement to republication of service material and local reporting.
Augustine and Louis Chaves, Navajo Indians, allegedly struck Pat Smith a 16 year old in charge of J R Tucker's store at Tsedatoh New Mexico, then doused the warehouse with coal oil and set it ablaze. Smith's body burned with head intact as books fell. Sheriff Roberts captured the pair and they await transfer to Sandoval County.
Two planes sighted a submarine, dropped four bombs, and scored two hits. The U boat sank after surfacing and fighting, with a crew of four officers and forty men lost. The piece recalls the Lusitania graveyard and a wartime horror image.
J. K. Weir and W. W. Danson with Danson’s Cedar Rapids daughter visited the Weir ranch in Monument country. They arrived yesterday and left this morning to continue their trip back home.
Minses Linde and Lucy Jones arrived Saturday from Globe Arizona and will stay several days. The sisters, daughters of Mr and Mrs Tom Jones, formerly lived in Carlsbad before moving in recent years.
In East Las Vegas on July 19 a mob stripped J F Tanner and an man named Heffner, tarred and feathered them, and smeared them with tar and mattress hair. Tanner faced vagabond charges and was ordered to leave town as locals escorted the two men to the city limits.
The College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of New Mexico grows from a local school into a state wide institution. About eighty staff teach across extension work and on farm and kitchen topics. This year it becomes a fully recognized military school offering affordable instruction.
An annual camp meeting will begin August 16 at Queen. The event lasts ten days with fresh meat for all and a welcome for everyone to join. Queen sits at 6,000 feet, offering cool, pleasant weather for a wholesome vacation.
Mrs West mother of Lieut Fred West will travel in early month with Edmond and sister-in-law Mrs Clyde Brainard to California. Mrs West seeks climate benefits and schooling for Fred while Mrs Brainard engages in Red Cross work. Eddy County hospital matron successor has been chosen.
Parents and others are invited to a Wednesday 3 00 P M gathering in the Presbyterian chapel to support the Girls' and Boys' Clubs. Mise Espinosa of State College will deliver the lecture, encouraging children in their work.
Washington July 22 Provost Marshal General Crowder calls all men of class one to begin immediate preparation as soldiers not waiting for camps. He urges them to act as patriots, uplift peers, inform the ignorant, and root out disloyalty at home warning that the enemy undermines loyalty here and that timely effort speeds readiness.
Brooklyn New Jersey appellate division holds that wordy quarrels and heated arguments do not prove cruel and inhuman treatment. Judges note a wife seeking alimony opposed a stepson and forced male family members out, but rule that living apart does not require exile to support a wife.
Nashville paper reports Poater Monk of Douglas and Mike Maurine Moore wed at midnight after a dramatic car ride from Douglas. The bride’s father and her twin sister pursued in an eight cylinder car, but Cupid won as the couple married before the chase ended. The father blessed the union and congratulated the groom on his skill.
Miltonvale man Emick, age 21, arrives for naval recruiting in Latins and declares I want to fight. The officer dismisses him saying no sailor suit fits him. He weighs 278 pounds and was recently registered under the new draft law.
Workmen at the Beech Pints Coal company mine near Rush Run uncover three Indian skeletons. They are well preserved with perfect white teeth.
The Evening Current curates city briefs and regional items for readers avoiding neighborly questions. It highlights community happenings, events, and notable updates in a concise daily wrap.
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