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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
2
Readable text shows a partial line about second class matter at the post office in ow Mexico under the Act Seiada T9. The fragment lacks clear names, dates, or actionable details to establish a full notice.
A fragment recounts how during the Revolutionary War Copperheads were blamed for anti-war sentiment, noting enduring natures of factional hatred. It mentions the "bloody shirt" and the term Slacker as a later label, implying debate over proper usage and definitions amid public rhetoric.
In wartime rumor and sentiment a defense of German loyalty emerges amid accusations of disloyalty. The piece questions anti German hysteria, highlights government recruiting data implying many recruits have German ties, and argues history and court records should guide views of German Americans’ loyalty rather than prejudice.
The notice outlines a plan to begin operations here involving Sar and an entity named Kinkl and a funding or supply action described with unclear terms. Details are fragmented but indicate a local initiation with a referenced party and a preparatory step.
B H Gibbs chief of the Field Division at Santa Fe New Mexico requests all parties with fences on public domain and public driveways for cattle under the Homestead Act to meet Yelverton chief of the Field Service of the General Land Office from Washington with Gibbs and Assistant US District Attorney Henry G Coorn Jr at the Carlabad courthouse on the 1th instant at 2 p.m. to discuss the matter.
Home Guards meet twice weekly at the Armory on Monday nights drawing 15 members of all ages. They aim to replace Company B of the National Guard when ordered. At the first drill Eugene Roberts serves as Captain and a slate of officers includes ID Fuller as First Lieutenant J G Oxborne as Second Lieutenant J S Oliver as First Sergeant KL Halley as Sergeant J S Myers as Sergeant RL Gelf Sergeant. The next drill is scheduled for next Thursday or tomorrow night.
A meeting at Loving school house organized a home guard with about thirty men present. W. H. Laidhow named general and chief. Measles reported in Monument with Minn Alvis C Hale recovering. Wool shipments continue as Delk Bros. bring in 1,000 pounds. prices expected strong. Various locals arrive or travel, including Wier family with cattle shipments and Mrs. F. T. Cook returning from Douglas after a sister’s death.
Anger at a wedding procedures scene in Pittsburgh prompted a large yellow sign to be hung on the marriage license office desk. The notice hoped to deter quitters as 40 of 180 couples entering the room balked at the sight and left after a glance.
A mother in Dobyville, Oklahoma Arkansas, has given birth to twins, bringing the total number of her children to twelve. The family is noted as having two and a half years between siblings, with the latest arrivals increasing their brood to twelve.
The general medical board of the Council of National Defense disclosed plans to send 1000 American surgeons to Europe in three months. Selections will be by the American College of Surgeons, with rapid deployment to support Allied armies. Dental surgeons mobilize. hospitals to streamline staff and standardize supplies.
Professor Rieckwas cites efforts near Dumfries where 1911 saw about 60 percent more rain and 8 percent higher oats yields from overhead electrical discharge. He mentions scaling up at Huntington Court Farm to forty acres of cereal and other crops, hoping for world changing insights for agriculture.
The national daylight saving bill before Congress could aid amateur gardeners by extending daily usable time to cultivate crops. Marcus M. Marks, head of the Daylight Saving Association, says the extra hour could help even more people raise gardens and aid the food supply. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway agrees to provide 25 percent of section hands for planting and harvesting, with free transport for city workers to farms. About 10,000 acres are planned for planting with an estimated yield of 5,000,000 bushels, and over 2,400 acres offered for cultivation.
England seeks faster crepe production by electricity as a national effort under Professor V H Blackman. The claimed theory links overhead electrical discharge with plant growth, suggesting a sunlike effect to boost yields amid wartime constraints.
Fragmentary text mentions Germans and New York hail horn, a Jersey farm hand walker twenty five miles to Newark, and references to a baby and people named Frank Jacobole altance nine Tas Fliiu HHAN ree.
The Methodist Church announces Mother’s Day observances next Sunday with planned floral honors and a sermon. Grace Episcopal lists Lord’s Day services with morning prayers and Holy Communion.
Weekly church services listed with low mass and high mass options. Sunday worship includes a 7 am low mass and an English sermon. weekday masses noted with morning times. The text preserves era style and church schedule details.
The church schedules Bible school at 9 45 a m with communion and preaching. A special mother s service is planned. Junior services at 3 30 p m and an 8 p m preaching session on Lydia s conversion. Mrs Virginia Lowery Coffman will sign Cre t ing the Bar at the service. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m. A cordial welcome to all by Pastor D F Sellards.
Sunday school runs 9 45 to 11 with preaching 11 to 12 Missionary Band from 2 80 to Junior B Y P U 9 80 to 4 50 Senior B Y P U 7 to 8 preaching 8 to 9 prayer meeting 8 to Thursday Women's Auxiliary meets Thursdays monthly at the church Choir practice in the evening
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