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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1916
Page
6
The report covers air raids on Dunkirk and Cairo casualties, Italian Austrian clashes on multiple fronts, a large prisoner tally on the Isonzo, and ship losses. It also notes political shifts in Portugal and Mexico, leadership changes in France Romania and Canada, and social tributes in the United States as war rages.
The McKinley County teachers institute proceeds under Prof J H Dowden as cyclonic winds ravage the area. Reports detail deaths and injuries, homes destroyed, and extensive property damage exceeding 100000 dollars while teachers and staff cope with disrupted classes and ongoing studies in arithmetic grammar United States history and geography.
Western Newspaper Union News Service lists various New Mexico occurrences. Events include the East Las Vegas teachers meeting, Las Vegas Sunday School assembly, and the McDonald pardon for Charles Reeunzone. Reports cover a Grand Canyon area banking meet, Artesia stock pens, Las Cruces home guard, Albuquerque militia, roads group in East Las Vegas, and a Santa Fe roundhouse foundation nearing completion. Also noted are the death of Rio Arriba’s David Martinez Jr, sheep shearing in Chaves County, a Sioux Indian swindle case, Magdalena park gift from J S McTavish, a Des Moines accident, and three annual expos by Chaves County, Roswell.
The Munich news page reports negotiations underway with Alfonso the Pope and President Wilson to discuss terms for an armistice among belligerent powers. Secretary Lansing names William Bowie to the International Organization commission and John P R Golden to a U S registry post as war pressures hit Italy and macaroni exports rise.
The Weekly notes the third annual U. S. bird count by the Bureau of Biological Survey during May and June. New Mexico items include prison inmate transfers, cattle brand records, and a June ceremonial for the Shriners in Albuquerque.
Governor Wm. C. McDonald proclaims Memorial Day May 30 1916 in New Mexico urging all citizens to bare their heads for five minutes from 12 m to 12:05 p m to honor those who fought for the nation and to reinforce loyalty and civic duties. The proclamation emphasizes reverence for the Stars and Stripes and the responsibilities of American citizens.
Western Newspaper Union dispatch from Paris notes continued heavy fighting on both banks of the Meuse with German counterattacks failing. French gains at Fort Douaumont and Hill 304 are reported as German assaults using gas are repelled. fierce combat and trench losses described. Meanwhile Austrian reports say Italian troops retreat across their border and Russians repulse Turkish attacks in the Taurus region.
An 8 year old boy, son of James Perkins, shot himself in the head with his father s revolver when alone in a bedroom after his parents left to visit a neighbor. He told his sister of the plan and then pulled the trigger. a neighbor was alerted to the tragedy.
Jeff Woodward candidate for sheriff and prominent Quay county citizen was shot and killed at a large farm near Logan. Paul Heubler is charged with the deed in this Logan area case.
Santa Fe No 1 west bound struck and killed Eiziquiel Montoya a sheepherder aged about forty near Montoya farm short distance south of East Las Vegas New Mexico authorities reported the accident and unfolding investigation.
Santa Fé reports the Bank of Tyrone has been incorporated with capitalization of $50,000 as part of a wave of seven new banks established since the start of the year.
Excavation north of Farmington at the Freeman ruins uncovers fifteen skeletons along with numerous pottery pieces and farming implements. The discovery adds to the site’s antiquarian significance and prompts further dig plans.
The 1909 census reports 631,625 domestic fowls in New Mexico with 619,890 chickens making 2,976,233 dozen eggs valued at 683,441 dollars. Including all chicken and egg values, total poultry value reaches 921,620 dollars for 1909.
The Carranza government orders 30 000 troops into the Chihuahua region to exterminate bandits. Columns move via Saltillo rail routes amid a railway strike, as officials expect further border communications shifts. Muster of Arizona and New Mexico guards delayed until skeleton units meet standards. Baker has not decided on Texas guardsmen who refused enrollment.
The Northern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution denouncing divorce as a threat to the American home and urging Baptists to stand for scriptural principles. A measure condemning clergymen who perform marriage services for divorced individuals was amended to disapprove. The same meeting endorsed labor organizing to secure greater profit share. A separate report notes a Rio Grande Southern rock slide near Ames that halted traffic and suspended through service after over 300 feet of track was destroyed.
Governor appoints notaries public including Joseph Tendres of Los Lunas Georgé H Hunker of Kas Vegas John W Ballow of Portales H R Mead of Gallup Andrew Purdy and H Banta of Gallup and Las Vegas area.
Santa Fé announces T. C. de Baca appoints Arturo F. Baca of East Las Vegas as deputy game warden and license collector. This official takes over duties to enforce wildlife laws and collect licenses.
A new irrigation project aims to canalize water and reclaim about 3,000 acres of land between Questa and Cerro. The undertaking involves substantial workforce and capital to develop the arable area.
The contract for the dormitory building at the New Mexico School in Santa Fe, valued at $30,000 of a total $80,000 project, has been awarded to A Reingardt. The award finalizes the construction agreement for the dormitory facility serving female students.
Mrs. Rophia Gertrude Chellew, who earlier started a salt business for part of the Stratton estate, was dismissed from the case by County Judge W. P. Kinney after days of evidence. The Stratton name refers to the late multimillionaire mining magnate Winfeld Scott Stratton.
A clipped Rome telegram reports President Wilson's reply to Pope Benedict regarding the Vatican peace initiative. The details are fragmentary but indicate ongoing diplomatic contact between the United States and the Vatican.
A Buffalo mother reports her daughter's monthly back and side pains eased by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after trying the advertised remedy. The notice urges young women with painful or irregular periods to seek advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts and notes confidentiality. Also included is an agricultural piece on Canada thistle describing its long perennial root, deep soil penetration, and spread from broken root pieces.
A young man, punctual to a fault, waits at a street corner with a watchful gaze. A girl with a Covent Garden hat arrives and protests a late meeting, claiming it is only seven, while he reveals he has waited since the previous night. A brief comic exchange follows.
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