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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1917
Page
2
The item lists editorial leadership and publication details for the Evening Current, noting W. H. Mullane as editor and manager, registration date in 1917, daily publication with Sundays off, association with the Associated Press, and rights on republishing dispatches.
A Potter Hill woman in Ashaway sent U S flags to troops in France before war with Germany. A soldier's note recalls the flags raised near the firing line after President Wilson declared war, describing their inspiration and spread along the front.
The Girls National Guard, numbering thousands, engage in mercy work for sick soldiers and sailors. They provide kind attention and hot coffee and sandwiches during winter, lifting spirits and offering relief to Hubting men and others around the front.
An American lieutenant on leave cites battlefield horrors and miracles of endurance as he recalls mud and shell fragments. He notes that soldiers grimly adapt, witnessing brutal exchanges and atrocities while steeped in cold, life threatening peril.
Death tolls in a morning arrival as Mes W E B Ball passes, leaving a husband and two children Lin and Flor ence and three stepchildren. Miss Rows Bleigh, sister, traveled from Palmira to mourn. Mr Ball and the two children plan to leave with the casket tonight for their former home in Miscow, while the household mourns. The current joins friends in offering sympathy.
Tuectus Anderson left on a hunting expedition with his good cray horse and bed aiming to bag a deer. The Curt editor also headed to the hills in his jitney, hinting at a missed chance to chase together.
Classified note asks for a cheap cash purchase and mentions Allison the Second Hand Man and Floyd Thomas at N. M. T. A. Carls. A plain gold hat pin went missing Saturday afternoon near the opera house to the Joyce Pratt Co area. finder asked to leave it at Current office.
A brief obituary notes the death of BW Green aged about 30 from tuberculosis after arriving in May from Abbaville Georgia. He leaves a wife and young daughter Martha and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Green. The family near Abbaville will transport the body to Am for burial as friends extend condolences.
Engineer Jeff Roberts has left the Polly passenger run between here and Clovis after moving to Clovis last week. RG Montgomery on layoff, A S Keagg covers his line on the Belen cut rather than Roswell. Lee Abbott moved his family to Carlosad from Clovis and bids in on Roswell line. Comstock and J Prine swap duties, while a ten pound boy arrives for fireman J James.
A brief item notes a cousin of A who resides at a home on Manbee in Albany. No dates or further context provided.
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