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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
4
An editorial meditation links the nation’s founding ideals to Memorial Day observances. It recalls the Civil War and world war aims, honors fallen soldiers, and urges renewed devotion to the cause they died for, as flowers are laid on graves.
An unclear early wartime fragment mentions armed cohorts, a fight for peace, a costly price for freedom, and references to a leader or figure named Sprott Hloraide. The passage blends distorted names and archaic phrasing, obscuring concrete events and dates.
A reader’s fragment lists numerous Mrs and Miss names such as Mrs Geo Roberts Miss Jessie Lowry Mrs Judkins Mrs Clarence Hell and others, suggesting a society or club roster from a local social page. The text shows frequent misspellings and partial names, indicating OCR issues.
The following men depart tonight for instruction camps and are registered at the Palace hotel Ed ward Laughain Albert Daugherty Mollie Bartlett Tom H Amerson James Houston Davy Stephen Robert Holland Elmo Smith John Thomas Mimm Alfred W Thompson J L Bishop Ernest Hinshaw Henry P Yates and Young Neal Most are from the plains country and considered a fine looking body of young men.
Eddy Grove Camp No 5 W O T holds a last meeting Thursday night at the hall with Exteemed Sovereign A K O Quinn visiting before moving to Louisiana. Col T BE Patterson, Beaverinn Auditor of WO W, is expected. A featured program is planned and a noted Red Cross story about a boy who sewed a complete sweater inspires others to contribute.
A fragment notes Wo Wo Owen at the Hin Ranch near the point of the mountains with unclear surrounding details.
A fragmented newspaper item lists promotions for War Savings Stamps, Studebaker touring car trucks, rental notices for a suite and bungalow, a housekeeper request at the Metropolitan Hotel, and a sale of Mexican June Seed Corn with contact numbers 236 and 143.
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