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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1918
Page
2
An article urges rapid construction of state and interstate highways in the Southwest to aid wartime effort. It argues good roads will connect counties and states, boost commerce, labor, and supply lines, and advocate immediate local participation for a greener, better transportation network.
A misread wartime dispatch outlines senior engineers directing road and bridge projects for the English army. It notes the scale of motor tonnage planned, with thousands of workers and hundreds of thousands of tons in motion, and questions the cost and feasibility of keeping infrastructure intact amid conflict.
The state of Pennsylvania takes over the old York Pennsylvania road and removes toll gates, easing travel for drivers. Historic appeals from colonial inhabitants in 1089 era to the governor for a better road to Philadelphia are noted.
A group reports curing the building of a sign highway as a wonderful specimen of improved road. This section is now part of the Lincoln highway.
The government's rules for motorists on national park roads require passing on the outside of the road on steep mountain grades. The guideline emphasizes safety and courtesy on less traveled mountain routes.
During the war there should be no setup in highway construction and maintenance. Highways are more necessary than ever, demanding continued upkeep and efficiency despite the wartime context.
The piece warns that poor roads cause crop waste lost time in hauling and overall labor money loss, stressing the link between road quality and economic efficiency.
The article notes sorghum crops are comparatively free from disease while recounting combat tales from Korea? No, Tennessee veteran Hagan Loveday describes battles in France. He claims German bodies retreat when bayonets face them and asserts Americans can outfight them in close combat.
A fragmentary notice describes knitting work and tied trades under a local guild. Mentions apprentices and artisans in cities seeking new fibers and fabrics. References to materials, tools, and potential collaborations in a regional craft scene.
A quirky London scene centers on Admiral Sims and a Briste class wireless operator known as Swinger. In Grosvenor Garden a man tries to mislead a passerby about Navy headquarter directions while the admiral’s reputation draws interest and a passerby questions his naval history.
A badly gassed French theater soldier in France at a field hospital asks a nurse to pass a last message. He whispers a burning doubt about earning a wound stripe for being gassed, seeking recognition as he nears death.
The tallest gagpole in the world rises 848 feet with a 60 by 90 foot flag area. It stands in 12 feet of concrete at Camp Lewis Washington as recorded from M Peak files with the Stars and Stripes flying.
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