Local notes on illness frost deaths and community news
Mr Everett, popcorn stand proprietor near the post office, is said to be ill at Eddy County Hospital with possible pneumonia. Mrs M K Smilth is convalescing from influenza at Anderson Sanatorium. Dock Weut returned from Livingston ranch after eradicating ro dents with a Government Biological Survey crew. Elizabeth Baker assists at the selective draft board. A white frost affected gardens but not chrysanthemums. Neice and nephew of Rev George Givan died at Melrose, Mia Clarence Polk on the 22nd and a nephew today. Givan sends flowers in sympathy.
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Everett
Post Ofice
Eddy County Hospital
Paystian
Livingston Ranch
Government Biological Survey
George Givan
Mia
Clarence Polk
Melrose
K. Givan
Vann
Carlsbed
Mr. Givan
Mrs Pauline O Cheskey Plans Missouri Visit This Week
Mrs Pauline O Cheskey intends to leave for her former Missouri home this week with her young son Arthur. They expect to stay through winter if needed. Melvin Bearup arrives this afternoon with mohair for storage and may bring Mia Hearup and the children back after recovering from flu.
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Pauline O'Cheskey
Missouri
Arthur
Mrs. O'Cheskey
Melvin Bearup
Mia
Hearup
Merrifield in town to visit wife recovering from surgery
Chas O Merrifield arrives in town with Mrs Merrifield who has been recovering at Providence hospital in Pass City after a major operation. Her convalescence appears assured and friends in Carlsbad express gratitude. She remains at her daughter Mrs Dock West's home during recovery.
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Chas. O. Merrifield
el Paso
Merrifield
Providence Hospital
Pass City
Carlsbad
Dock West
Birth of baby girl to Mr and Mrs Clifford Ewers
A baby girl was born Sunday morning to Mr and Mrs Clifford Ewers of the Otis community. The birth occurred at the Sisters' Hospital in this city and both mother and child are reported well.
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Clifford Ewers
Otis
Sisters’ Hospital
Louis Fullen Visits City Between Trains
Louis O. Fullen, a visitor from Roswell, traveled through the city on Saturday between trains and greeted friends from years past.
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Louis O. Fullen
Roswell
Conservation week and Sunday program by Food Administration
The Food Administration plans a week beginning October 28 for a new food saving campaign titled conservation week. Conservation Sunday is December 1, with the following week named Conservation week to stress saving all foods, especially staples, at home for every person.
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The
Food Administration
For Nent Sale or Trade Quiet La Huerta Property and Livestock
My home in La Huerta with acres of alfalfa and a Buick roan mare milk cow and horses offered for sale or trade. Stocktd Mrs E P Hanson. For rent a four room house with bath close in call Stolltw Smith and Baker.
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la Huerta
E. P. Hanson
Stolltw Smith & Baker
Spanish influenza outlook in Carlsbad shows declined deaths
The Carlsbad update says the crest has passed with no new cases or deaths recently though several remain seriously ill. Two weeks saw twenty two white deaths and about fifty native deaths, mostly adults, while the San Jose Mexican hospital reports twenty seven patients with some near recovery.
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Carlsbad
D. F. Sellards
Lost items and birth notice reported in local notice
Notice asks owners of packers from the Sweet Shop to return them or notify their whereabouts. A girl baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Placker on Friday night while the mother and child are reported doing nicely after influenza. A khaki overcoat, lined with sheep wool, is lost near Carlsbad with Liberal reward offered to Charlie Ward. The death of Mr. Loving is noted from Sisters' hospital after pneumonia some time ago.
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Mrs. Placker
Mother
Babe
Carlsbad
Charlie Ward
Will Care For Heroes
Cleveland Ladies Auxiliary of Spanish American War veterans plan to use funds to install beds and maintain a large room at City Hospital. Four auxiliary branches will each provide two or more beds to care for injured soldiers and sailors from Europe and the war zone.
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Cleveland Society
Cleveland
Ladies’ Avmiliary
Beda
City Hospital
Europe
Miner Kin’s Death Unearths Four Thousand Dollar Inheritance
Theodore Olson a former Homestake mine employee from Lead eight died seven months ago in a Southwest mining district. Relatives in the Black Hills learned of his death only recently when an Arizona attorney sent inquiries about kin and a potential four thousand dollar share for heirs.
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Theodore Olson
Homestake
Lead
Black Hills
Southwest
Orion
Arizona
Business governor candidate praised for tax commission work
Felix Garcia, a businessman, is praised for prudent handling of state affairs as a tax commission member and urged as a businesslike governor. Hiiser K Veeder, renowned attorney and former legal adviser to Governor De Baca, is proposed as a capable presiding officer for the Senate.
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Felix Garcia
State Tax Commission
Hiiser K. Veeder
de Baca
Senate
Local Draft Boards Urged to Resume Calls for Men
Executive Office Selective Draft Albuquerque Oct 26 1918 urges local boards to report health status and readiness to resume calls for men as Spanish influenza disrupts mobilization. Officials emphasize timely delivery of available men and wire updates to plan army reinforcements.
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Albuquerque
N. M
R. C, Reid
New Mexico
Local Draft Board Reports Inflation and Clan Availability
The Local Draft Board expects to assess the influenza impact by midweek and determine the number of men in Class One available for military service. Officials anticipate updates by Wednesday or Thursday as they evaluate medical status and eligibility.
Miss Mabel Hartshorn in Capital City Critical
Word from Washington states Miss Mabel Hartshorn once of Carlsbad is critically ill and her mother attends at her bedside in the capital city.
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Washington
Mabel Hartshorn
Carlsbad
Capital
Indian Coat Valued at Ten Thousand Dollars Among Teeth
A Manitoba made coat from Canada, owned by a dealer in Mreubenville, weighs 28 pounds and is covered with 3880 elk teeth sewn by sinew. Valued at $10,000, the coat is possessed by a member of the order of Bike who wears it at conventions, paired with a necklace of large elk teeth.
Burial of Mes Monton in Illinois woman laid to rest
The remains of Miss Mary Frances Wright Wright were laid to rest in an in situ cemetery after a Catholic service at home and rites at the grave. Friends served as pallbearers and Woodmen Circle sent a white chrysanthemum wreath as tributes. The widow, Mary Frances Wright, was born in Illinois and moved to Carlsbad as a child. She married James Monroe Wright in May last year and he has since been called to military service.
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Mes
Monton
Monroe Wrecht
Father Fabian
Emma Trockman
Margaret Breeding
Ruth Dun
Emily Calvain
Annie Bindel
Am Omega Finnin
Mary Frances Fessler
Illinois
Carlsbad
James Monroe Wright
Camp Dix
Wright
Woodmen Circle
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Elizabeth Baker
Selective Draft Board
Heauth
Mr. of Loving
Phenmonia
Pelix, Garcta
Rio Arriban
Prapthboard
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