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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
2
The Carlsbad hinting Co. publishes The Evening Current edited by L. Perry. The paper is entered as second class matter April 14 1917 in Carlsbad New Mexico. A question is raised whether Carlsbad shall have a Fourth of July celebration this year.
Revised passenger train schedules on railroads west of Chicago take effect June 2 by order of the director general of railroads. The revision trims about 11 trains, saving roughly 18 million dollars annually while freeing equipment for troop moves. Carlsbad sees limited changes with trains 927 and 998 altered times. Pecos service remains unchanged.
A local Red Cross update from Carlabad Eddy County New Mexico praises hospital garment and supply work and urges more women to participate. It lists attendees including Mrs. Bush Mrs. Arthur and Mrs. Wyman Jenkins and notes an upcoming Mother-Daughter meeting in Albuquerque. The piece also mentions comfort kit donations and a teachers institute in the area.
Mesdames Isaac Garth and Ruth C Miller led a wheat substitute demonstration at Purdy furniture store in Carlsbad. Women from the area gathered to learn palatable flour substitutes and canning ideas for wartime food, writing recipes and notes for home use.
A wartime letter from Lieut Frank Sprong in France details cold stormy weather, two drives with another planned in May, and a longing for home cooking. He notes the danger to his unit, hopes for supplies, and requests a New York Times paper for a March 26 writeup about a marine night raid.
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