Prayer meetings resume at Methodist church after summer pause
The Methodist church will restart prayer meetings with different members in charge. The Carlsbad lodge of Rebekahs reported an anniversary meeting Monday night with a publishable program in the Evening Current. Tom Gray, visiting from his ranch southwest of town, came to town Tuesday with his niece Lucille Barber who plan to stay several days before returning to the ranch.
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Methodist Church
Carlsbad
Rebekahs
Tom Gray
Mr. Gray
Misa Lucille Barber
Miss Maude Sibley Shows Improvement After Illness
Miss Maude Sibley, ill for ten days, shows improvement while Miss Wordie Bates, a high school senior, delivered a beautiful solo at Epworth League Sunday night.
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Wordie Bates
Miss Bates
City to host Gentry Brothers show October 1
The city is billed for a Gentry Brothers performance on October 1. A local boy surveys handbills with wide eyes and public schools expect slim attendance the day of the event.
Jim Farrell Returns Home After San Diego Training Stay
Jim Farrell, who departed earlier for the training school in San Diego, California, returned Monday night and will spend a few days with his family in Cartabad, his former hometown.
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Jim Farrell
San Diego
California
Cartabad
Kimbrough Family Leaves City After Visit
A. C. Kimbrough his wife and three children after spending Sundays in this city their former home left Tuesday for the return trip to Seagraves where they now reside Mrs Kimbrough said contrary to popular belief the trip from Seagraves to Carlsbad was quite pleasant.
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A. C. Kimbrough
Seagraves
Sunday School Trip To Avalon Dam By Auto
Mrs Claude Wrights Sunday school class of the Methodist church met Tuesday evening at the Avalon dam. The trip to the dam was made in automobiles leaving Coslsbad shortly after six oclock and returning by moonlight.
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Claude Wrights
Methodist Church
Avalon Dam
Coslsbad
Henson Merchant Arrives After Balboa Park Study Visit
Henson Merchant arrived in the city Monday night from Balboa Park in San Diego California where he has attended 4 Havat training school for several months. He plans to stay briefly visiting old time friends.
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Henson Merchant
Balboa Park
San Diego
California
Hospital Performs Two Major Operations at Sisters’ Hospital
Two major operations were performed at Sisters' Hospital Tuesday morning on Mrs. Walter Poore and Mrs. William Statement. Both patients are getting on nicely at this time.
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Sisters’ Hospital
Walter Poore
William Statement
Will Ward Visits Town From West Ranch
Will Ward arrived in town from his ranch to spend a couple of days at the start of the week. He was seen meeting locals and touring shops during his brief stay in the area.
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Will Ward
Mrs Wrights Planned Visit to Clovis With Mr Wright
Mrs Claude Wright plans to leave tonight for Clovis to visit Mrs Jeff Roberts. Mr Wright will depart Kansas tomorrow to join her in Clovis and they expect to return home by Saturday night.
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Claude Wright
Clovis
Jeff Roberts
Sailor Huling Assery Struck By Measles On Return
A Navy sailor named Huling Assery arrived from San Diego Monday night with other servicemen and began celebrating by falling ill with a well defined measles case. The report notes the return and subsequent illness without further details.
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Huling Assery
San Diego
Navy
Local Navy Returnee Heads to Guadalupe Ranch on Furlough
Homer Ward is among the boys who returned from the navy Monday night. He left yesterday for his father's ranch in the Guadaloupes west of town, where he will spend much of his furlough. The boys will report at San Diego the first of October, leaving here the fourth.
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Homer Ward
Navy
Homer
Guadalupes
San Diego
Mre Etta Swayne to Leave Tonight for Roswell
Etta Swayne will depart tonight for Roswell on important business and may stay there. The move indicates a temporary absence with potential longer stay depending on developments.
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Mre
Etta Swayne
Roswell
Red Cross Knitters Invited to Repair Socks at Court House
The knitting department reports 32 defective toe socks returned from headquarters and asks knitters who can fix the Red Cross toe to gather in the courthouse work room next Friday afternoon. Beginners will be taught the same day, bring knitting needles and a darning needle. Mrs. Vivian Taylor leaves for Silver City after a telegram about a sister's serious illness. Mrs. Dean Smith and baby Dorothy depart for San Antonio where Major Smith oversees army camp provisioning. Camille Grantham and friends miss her. they hope the baby brings joy and the family returns soon.
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Kitchener
Court House
Vivian Taylor
Silver City
Dean Smith
Dorothy ©Ee
San Antonio
Texas
Major Smith
Perp
Army
Mia. Smith
Camille Grantham
Baby
Mrs Piper Visits Daughter Departing for Kansas City
Mrs Piper, who has stayed with her daughter Mrs Armbro ve Lowenbroek for several weeks, left last night to return to her home in Kansas City.
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Mra. Piper
Armbrove Lowenbroek
Kansas
Oly
Rancher Co C Harbert in town this week
Co C Harbert visits from his Roswell east ranch this week, bringing regional ties and local interest to town events.
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Co. C. Harbert
Roswell
Mrs Ellison Visits Dunken Woman Plans Stanton School
Mrs D Ellison of Dunken New Mexico with her young daughter stayed overnight in town and left this morning for Stanton Texas to enroll the child in the winter school. Ellison praises the Stanton school where her son attended last year.
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Mrs. D. ©. Ellison
Dunken
New Mexico
Stanton
Texas
Ranch folk pass through Carlsbad on travel north
Ben Dickson arrives in town from Coad ranch Red Bluff. Ed Hoorse comes from Clarkey ranch. Mr and Mrs John Tulk with four children move through Carlsbad from plains country en route to El Paso to locate a ranch. They learn James Tulk’s son, the father and mother are away, spend the night and have breakfast before continuing.
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Ben Dickson
Coad
Red Blut
John Tulk
Carls
Plains Country
el Paso
That City
Tulk
James Tulk
Hime
Mrs Boyd Baker Returns From Summer Visit
Mrs Boyd Baker and her little daughter Cecil returned yesterday from a summer trip to St Louis and Kentucky. Cecil received treatment at the Orthopedic Institute in St Louis with excellent results her foot much improved and she can use it with greater ease than before treatment.
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Boyd Baker
Cecil
St. Louis
Points
Kentucky
Little Cecil
Orthopedic Institute
Westaway on furlough from Navy Training School
Richard Westaway returned from San Diego where he has attended the United States Navy Training School. He is in town on furlough to take care of necessary business. He says his unit expects deployment to Siberia at the end of their instruction period.
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Richard Westaway
San Diego
United States Navy
Mr. Westaway
Siberia
Santa Fe civil engineer Jeffries visits Palace in town
Jeffries, linked with the civil engineering department of the Santa Fe, spent Tuesday in town coming from Clovis and visiting the Palace.
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Jeffries
The
Santa Fe
Clovis
Palace
Artesia residents and sale notices headline regional update
BE 8 Humphreys John F Ball and W R Atkinson of Artesia registered at the Palace Tuesday. J W Gamel left on a business trip to Roswell, expected return this afternoon. FOR SALE: 65 pies weighing 50 to 80 pounds each at 15 cents per pound. Also 10 brood sows to farrow in October and November. H P Hubbard. lwatfaep20
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Humphreys
John F. Ball
W. R. Atkinson
Artesia
the Palace
J. W. Gamel
Roswell
Farrow
H. PD. Hubbard
Garment Hemming Pleating Offered by Mrs Annie V Weeks
Local notice invites patrons to bring their garments to Mrs Annie V Weeks for hemming and stitching or pleating. Also advises against submitting legal blanks at the Current office.
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Annie V. Weeks
Singers Wear Gas Masks At The Front
New York American says singers aiding U S soldiers overseas through the Y M C A wear gas masks in the front lines area. Albert Widerhold of the Bret Liberty Quartet describes alerts for baritones and tenors to don helmets and masks within seconds. He recalls front line trenches, sleeping quarters, and the constant threat from bombing as the unit aids the troops.
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New York
Albert Widhold
Dr. Parkhurst
Madison Avenue
Widerhold
Bret Liberty
France
Y. M
Special leave granted to meet repatriated relatives
Soldiers whose close relatives are repatriated from German territory will receive special leave to meet them on return. They must show a mayoral attestation confirming the facts. The Bella community understands the significance as many repatriates have been prisoners since the war’s start, making timely reunions crucial.
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French War Department
Olive Oil Scarce As War Drives Prices Up
Olive oil becomes scarce and prices surge nearly 200 percent in some cases amid wartime shortages. The note highlights how war disrupts supply and elevates costs for households and markets.
Letter From A World War I Sailor At Sea Aug 1918
Dwight writes from a ship during World War I describing ten days at sea and four more to go. He reassures his father and mother, praises his company as capable, notes submarines and German threats, claims good food, and urges loved ones to send long letters to sustain soldiers at war. He vows to be a good man and duty-bound, awaiting landfall and a joyful homecoming.
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Father
Wother
United States
Dwight
Wanted to Buy Fat Hens at 18 Cents per Pound
Help wanted notice from Hotel Crawford seeking to purchase 100 fat hens at eighteen cents per pound. Contact Agent with 24.
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Hotel Crawford
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