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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
2
The Evening Curren edited by L Perry. second class matter filed April 16 1917 at Carlsbad New Mexico post office. Published daily Sundays excepted by Carlshbad Printing Co. AP member with rights to local and contributed news dispatches.
A London despatch describes American soldiers expanding across France from villages into trenches. It notes their height, vigor, and quick assimilation, praising their cheer, seriousness, and ability to adapt to new conditions. It highlights the mutual affection with French peasants and mothers and anticipates valuing their contributions in time.
In San Francisco a reunion of the Society of California Pioneers drew a dwindling group of old travelers from across the country. Eleven veterans who arrived in 1849 toasted the gold era while three members of the 1856 vigilance committee, who helped end the reign of terror, were among those present.
Citizens urged to fund Local Home Paper Service to send hometown newspaper to every man and woman in foreign service. Colonel William Boyce Thompson leads plan to keep service members connected with home towns and communities amid wartime isolation. publishers will cooperate under War Industries Board rules.
Midland Michigan produces 1000 pounds daily of 20 percent pasty indigo from coal tar. Tariff actions from March 3, 1883 to October 8, 1918 placed indigo on the free list, with a duty only added on September 9, 1916. The move challenged German dyemakers as the first taxed indigo schedule.
A reform measure from B S Harvey of Chicago to the Food Administration calls for removing sugar bowls on dining cars as part of a broader conservation program. After the change, no more than two half lutops or one teaspoonful of sugar per meal will be served.
A patriotic exhortation urging men to buy the Fourth Liberty Loan to end World War quickly. It contrasts mothers awaiting their sons’ deaths with the value of dollars spent to shorten the conflict, demanding courage and sacrifice from American men to save countless lives.
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