Local Town Rally Urges Red Cross Support
Citizens pledge to contribute to the Red Cross campaign, oppose tyranny, and uphold the town’s flag and equal stripes, signaling unity and resolve amid calls for collective effort.
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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
2
Citizens pledge to contribute to the Red Cross campaign, oppose tyranny, and uphold the town’s flag and equal stripes, signaling unity and resolve amid calls for collective effort.
A mass meeting appeals to the community to support the American Red Cross, urging donations to reach a hundred million dollars within a week. Speakers compare U S and Japan memberships, recount relief efforts since 1905, and invoke WWI needs and national loyalty.
The notice states the paper is entered as second class on April 16, 1917 at Carlabad New Mexico under the 1879 law. It is published daily Sundays excepted by the Carlabad Printing Company.
Citizens of Caribad rally to donate to the Red Cross in support of soldiers and civilians during wartime. The article praises the community spirit and duty, urging broad participation to fund relief at home and abroad and to uphold liberty and American values.
Washington June 10 Food speculators have taken fifty million dollars a month for five months totaling a quarter of a billion from Americans, Hoover told the senate as he explained the food control bill. He noted thousands who never owned food now speculate in the people's necessities and cited canning trade as an example with likely widespread pre-sale of 1917 vegetable and fish output.
Deputy Duceinski in Vienna said more than 90 000 Poles were hanged by German authorities according to the Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung. A deputy described harsh political treatment prompting calls for suspension of a session. In Washington the treasury receipts first reached a one billion mark in fiscal year with higher taxes and earlier payments.
Warrant issued for Dr Wile farm F Condon captain United State Army Medical Corps in connection with the murder of John Piper a Vermont graduate found dead with a gunshot wound. Prosecutors allege Condon transported the body from his home to a roadside area and discarded it in bushes as police investigate the case. Piper and Condon are described as having families including wives and two children.
In Carlsbad the vote on issuing 20 000 in bonds for repairing and improving two school houses was nearly unanimous with 76 votes in favor and only two against. The editor urges the school board to proceed with improvements, especially at the High school building and even criticizes the cupola atop the structure.
A fragmented verse fragment reflects on the Kaiser and war’s impact. It depicts a solitary monarch, a world in fear, and questions whether gods are jealous as men suffer, attributed to Fiorence Earle Coates of the Vigilantes.
A 25 000 strong Filipino force offered to President Wilson by Manuel Quezon, former Philippine delegate and senate president, could be ready in ten months. He urged acceptance of democratic duty and pledged volunteers beyond those needed at home. The piece also notes wounded veteran Hort Washington back from France and quotes a call to duty against hypocritical loyalty.
An article reports on a new class of German submarines being built in Kiel as part of a broader shipbuilding push. The craft are described as massive, stealthy, and capable of approaching ships, launching torpedoes or shells, then disappearing, with experts noting their potential impact on wartime dynamics.
Tom Runyan and family from Lavewood toured yesterday and may relocate to a summer ranch on Lower Penasco with possible permanent stay. W Jerome of Van Hor visited Heautiful. Td Nail and wife from Lake Arthur arrived and remain in town. the lady is under care of a Carlsbad physician.
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