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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1917
Page
2
The notice records second class matter status dated April 16 1917 at Carlsbad New Mexico under the 187 percent act. It states publication daily by Carlsbad Printing Company with Sundays excepted.
Fragmentary note proclaims broad American support for wartime sacrifices, urging national unity and commitment to the cause despite garbled OCR errors. Mentions Liberty and dignitaries, signaling a public morale message during the conflict era.
The excerpt argues wealth should be conscripted as labor is, urging equal burden across classes for national effort. It connects elite support or opposition to war with profits, taxes, and duties, noting few rich would back peace at any price and stressing duty to country, liberty, and international cause.
The piece argues pacifists exaggerate the rich as war culprits and warns against confiscatory income taxes. It contends such measures would drive capital abroad, shrink productive investment, increase unemployment, spur business closures, and provoke nationwide economic turmoil while acknowledging no such drastic taxation is needed.
A wartime article urges home front effort by women, urging frugality and use of substitutes. It cites Vera Simonton and discusses rationing, food economy, and kitchen practices to support troops. A tale recalls a young woman in disguise aiding a regiment and the dangers of the home front.
Salt Lake City June 16 government irrigation officers foretell a large homeseeker turnout for the Strawberry Valley project opening June 20. Four thousand acres will be shown for entry with land at foot of Heist Mountain near Lake Utah. Land valued up to 6000 dollars, with fertile soil and cement lined canals, promises small crop preparation costs and early wheat profits. Filings run June 16 to 20 in Salt Lake City, followed by a drawing. no water charges will be levied on lands entered June 20.
Washington reports that four European groups Bulgaria Turkey Germany Austria Hungary and others together constitute about 4.2 percent of the U S population based on 1910 census figures immigration records and mortality estimates The breakdown by country of birth shows Germany 149000 Austria 1976000 Hungary 748000 Turkey 188000 and Bulgaria 11000 with about 964000 foreign males 21 years and over likely in the United States.
The fragment describes a speaker recalling past schoolmates on a ship bound for the coast. It mentions a notable attendance letter and a line about once being at school together, with references to a fatal incident and a shore observation. The damaged text leaves key details unclear.
A Carlsbad drive led by Dr F F Doepp seeks $100000 for Red Cross work in the western district. Campaign runs one week from June 18 with captains and teams organized to canvass Carlsbad and nearby areas. A mass meeting at the Armory on Monday invites all citizens to back the effort and hear speeches urging timely contributions to aid wounded soldiers and families.
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