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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
2
The long rambling item compares local tax debates and county explanations to a grand war. It cites Generals Haig and Vetain and discusses union forces, urging decisive action to spare property harm, while noting delays and dual complaints from taxpayers.
The piece states that if British troops breach German lines the Central Powers' fate would be sealed. It asserts Allied forces would rest only briefly before resuming action, while Germany faces swift starvation if driven from their soil. The global gaze is on the Western Front as history may hinge on the next days of fighting.
A local memory recalls a woman's quiet wartime sacrifice amid Civil War bravado. She sent sons to battle, mourned losses, and preserved the plantation. The youngest returned as captain, while the war's toll reshaped fields and lives.
Fragmented OCR text reports a local sports rivalry involving the Zepps and another team. Mentions players, coaches, and a dramatic turn in a recent contest. Reading suggests a focus on standings and upcoming events with notable athletic figures named.
The June 4 1917 Carlsbad Board of Trustees meeting approves prior minutes and May treasurer reports. It considers bills for payrolls lumber and work, approves a depository bond, suspends rules to finalize ordinance numbers 1 and 12, approves hotel sewer connection, halts street sprinkling, allocates three team hires, and plans further talks with the school board on shared bill duties.
Report from a meeting at Rostoft eetbe-Don where thieves proposed reform aid and a chance at freedom. Attendees included leaders of labor and military groups who urged public support and condemned society for driving criminals to theft. A collection was taken to aid the reform effort.
A Monday event in Brownsburg drew 4,000 men to barbers seeking cheaper cuts. Barbers offered quarter-rate pricing, sparking a rush as patrons saved about 300 dollars collectively on 8750 cuts.
A Swedish delegation proposes allowing towns to buy barley and rye in a fixed proportion to wheat to stabilize prices. The effort aims to improve food distribution and lower costs during rationing, while authorities consider delaying decisions until barley and rye proportions can safely increase. A later march by 5,000 women through southern Stockholm protested the distribution system and urged broader price relief.
A fragmentary report describes a meteor blazing across the upper valley and striking near the Sierra Nevada foothills. Residents heard a crack and a blaze of blue white fire as stones dislodged from the granite range.
Morgen son of J Morgan assigned to ship duty in the naval coast defense reserve. He has enlisted in the marine patrol unit and previously served in civilian training programs. Janine Spencer Morgen, noted as a relative, is mentioned in relation to the same recruitment era.
On a ranch north of Santa Ana a mother dog adopted four coyote pups after a confrontation with the mother coyote. A local boy, Virgil Frit shard, and others witnessed the pack attempt to approach, but the mother dog defended her brood as the pups were drawn into her care.
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