War news and disasters ripple through reports across seas
British steamer Eretria sunk and Zeppelin down off Norway. Germans push into British trenches at Ploegsteert wood but are repelled. Russians retreat north of Erzerum, while Meuse Meurthe fronts see French gains on the heights of the Meuse. Also updated are U.S. home front incidents and political shifts, including Dublin executions and cadre changes amid global war disclosures.
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Wontanns
Union News Service
Eretria
Loos
Norway
Ploegisteert Wood
Turkan
Erzerum
Long List of 1915 Events and Obituaries Highlight Era
General Harris Johnson, 101, oldest Elk in the United States, dies in Columbus Mississippi. Brooklyn mother of boy triplets. Panté theater fire injures dozens in Walden. Methodist Conference rejects preferential labor stance. endorses $5 million mission drive. Elephant Butte dam completed creating a vast irrigation reservoir for NM, TX, and Mexico. Record railway safety year. zero fatalities for passengers. Daniel’s warns US must stay ready to preserve freedoms as nation rises in power.
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Methodist’ General Conference
Saratoga
N. Y
Methodian Episcopal Church
Foreign Missiona
General Conference of the
Methodist-Episcopal Church
Elephant Butte
United States
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Bureau of Railway
Josephus
Daniels
New Mexico State News Highlights and Local Incidents
Western Newspaper Union reports events in New Mexico including state conventions in Albuquerque and Las Vegas, a National Guard unit formation at Alamogordo, and the completion of Elephant Butte dam. Local items note a fatal switchman accident at Belen, a new cannery in Eddy County, a large state fair, heavy cattle shipments, and mobilization of forces for border action. Also covered are drownings, pardons, bankruptcies, and university results at Tucson.
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Albuquerque
Las
Vegas
New Mexico
Cowboys’ Teunion
Las Ecmah
Santa Fé
Roswell
New Mexico Bankers' Associacion
Grand Carton
Riz
Lo Cooper
Belen
Dayton
Eddy County
National Guard
Alamogordo
Silver
Charles A. Haynes
Santa Fe
Silver City State Normal
Narciso Ortega
Montoya
Las Cruces
Carrizozo
White Oaks
Ogscura
Lincoln County
Juan N. Vallejos
Blanco
San Juan
Pythians
Young
Elephant Butte
Mary C. Prince
L.,b. Prince
Congress
Washington
Tucson
Ariz
Agricultural College of
Thid
State
Texas School of Mines
New Mexico May crop report and tragic murder case
May crop data for New Mexico shows winter wheat forecast 1 144 000 bushels and spring plowing 75 percent done while planting 58 percent complete. Prices list wheat 98 cents state and 102 cents US. In a separate case at San Marcial Juan Romero killed Jesus Herrera and wounded his daughter Patricia over alleged betrayal. Romero jailed in Socorro.
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Union News
Nervie Santa Fe
New
Mexico
Bureau of
Washington
Weather Bureau
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
San Marcial
Juan Romero
Jesus Herrera
Patricia
Romero
Val Verde
Herrera
Socorro
Ottoman Army in Trap Russians Strike in Mesopotamia
Russian forces push from the Urmia region toward Mosul in Assyria driving Turkish lines back. A second Russian force fronts Khanikin on the Persian border aiming for Baghdad as German troops rush to Erdingan. Austrian gains near Verdun and German attacks on Russian trenches near Dyingk are noted. The German fleet reportedly sails toward Riga.
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Wester
Union
Petrograd
Urumiah
Mosul
Assyria
Tipris
Rivandouza
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Tigris
Euphrates
Jezireh-bn-Omar
Diarbekr
Diarbeki
Khanikin
Germany
Erdingan
London
Vienna
Verdun
Berlin
Dyingk
Riga
Baltic Sea
Secretary Hires Stenographer From Roswell in State Office
Santa Fe Henry Puckett arrived from Roswell to take a stenographer position in the secretary of state's office. The article notes this year’s elections will raise workload due to preparing and emailing registration and poll books and their receipt and examination later.
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Santa Fe
Henry Puckett
Roswell
Secretary of State
Boy Drowns in Skiff Accident Near Mogollon
A Mexican youth, Francisco Martinez aged 21, employed in Mogollon, was accidentally drowned when a skiff upset on Cyons Jake about thirty miles west of Silver City. The incident occurred while he was working at a local store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver City
Francisco Martinez
Mogollon
Jake
Clovis Citizens Raise Funds for Summer Band Concerts
Clovis residents have collected subscriptions to cover the cost of Saturday evening summer band concerts. The drive aims to defray expenses for the weekly performances and sustain the community music program.
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Clovis
Forest Blaze Tore Through 2500 Acres in Jemez NF
A forest fire scorched about 2500 acres in the Jemez division of the Santa Fe National Forest and nearby Baca lands west of here. A force of sixteen forest rangers and employees quenched the flames. total damage remains undetermined.
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Santa
Jemez Division
Wttie
Banta Fe National Forest
Baca
Sinn Fein Leader John MacNeill to face court martial
Dublin reports a court martial will be called soon to try John MacNeill president of Sinn Fein volunteers and professor of law at the National University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
John MacNeill
Sinn Fein Volunteers
National University
Magdalena Plans for Two New High School Buildings
Plans completed for a handsome new county high school building in Magdalena at a cost of 20000 dollars. Novel plans also show a new high school and grade building estimated at 30000 dollars.
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Magdalena
Heaviest Traffic On Clovis to Belen Rail Run
Record business reported on the Clovis to Belen rail stretch. The line has operated about eight years and now carries its heaviest traffic as the road notes a major on‑the‑road pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belen
Clovis
Agi
Discharged Inmate Francisco Lopez Finishing Sentence
Francisco Lopez from Arizona was discharged from the penitentiary after serving one year and one day. He claimed inability to pay a $100 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banta Fe
United States
Francisco Lopez
Arizona
Mexicans Raid Texas Horses Seized Near Shafter
A band believed to be Mexican seized ten head of horses at Poole's ranch eleven miles east of Shafter Texas last Sunday night. Texas rangers and a detachment of the Fourteenth cavalry pursued the band. Washington reports an optimistic view of the border situation after a cabinet briefing by Secretary Baker following a El Paso conference with Generals Scott Funston and Obregon.
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Presidio
Tex
Poole’s’ Ranch
Shafter
Texas Rangers
Fourteenth Cavalry
Washington
Wilson
Baker
Scott
Carranza
el Paso
Funston
Obregor
Monument Movement Unites Columba Women for Memorial
A group of Columbia women launch a campaign to honor those who lost their lives in the raid with a planned monument. The effort aims to memorialize local heroes and preserve their legacy for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
The
Ladies ‘of Columbia
Nine Killed In Akron Café Collapse During Construction
A Crystal restaurant building collapsed into an adjacent excavation in Akron Ohio trapping diners. Nine people were killed and two more were likely fatally injured. rescuers pulled survivors from the wreckage as the old structure toppled in a mass of debris.
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Akron
Ohio
Resoria
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Rubio Ranch
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Albuquérque
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Board of Trustees
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