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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
6
War reports outline German and Austro German moves toward the Balkans and near Constantinople, with Russian offensives in Galicia and Baltic actions. Civilian tolls and global events include arson, protests, crop yields, and political shifts across multiple nations.
A broad New Mexico miscellany notes events from Albuquerque to Gallup. Diphtheria control in Raton. deaths from typhoid in Gallup. county road funds and road-building estimates. bank opening in Western Socorro. guardsmen ranking. Santa Fe Club events. dynamite incident at Barelas. state fair awards for Roosevelt and Eddy counties. cultural and legal notices including pardons, indictments, and court actions.
The Western Newspaper Unit reports a Santa Fe convention adjourned with Francis B. Lester of Mesilla Park as president Fidel Ortiz of Las Veras as VP Arthur Seligman of Santa Fe as secretary and W M Atkinson of Roswell as treasurer The executive committee includes Governor McDonald and other state officials A plan seeks permanent road signage road board appointments and highway bond allocations plus a request to Congress for 2 000 000 acres of land for highways and 25 percent of Ada land sale income to the state treasury for road purposes The meeting urges a bridge over the Jemez river at Zia pueblo and funds for forest road construction The state engineer estimates 1 247 227 available for road work this year plus 800 000 from bond sales and 562 297 from county funds The report notes plans for a manual training building at East Las Vegas and a 25 000 permanent county exhibits building in Albuquerque with Indian exhibit funding on the agenda.
An exploring party reports large tracts of wild potatoes at the east end of the Navajo reservation. The potatoes are small but good tasting. Meanwhile Galvan shot at Spalding Camp. he died shortly after at the Rio Mimbres Irrigation Company camp.
Fragmentary OCR indicates a timber treating plant in Alamogordo resumed operations after a shutdown lasting several months. The note mentions about 70,000 tons to be processed and ongoing system status remains unclear.
Reports from Madrid and Rome cite a Reuter dispatch outlining peace terms discussions. Greek forces clash near the Greek Serbian Bulgarian border, with German losses tallied by the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant. Central powers reportedly suffer up to five million casualties while Italy presses Austrians in offensives.
German and Allied press report that sixteen British men of war have been sunk by torpedoes along with one French, three Russian, and one Japanese vessel. Only three German ships, the Prinz Adalbert Hela and torpedo boat F116, are stated as sunk.
Report states Carranza forces built trenches near Agua Prieta to defend against Villa advances. Garrison commander Funston ordered troop dispositions to safeguard American interests along the border at Douglas. Official notice warns importers and exporters that duties apply for goods moving through Juarez, El Paso, Fabens, and Presidio ports under penalties.
A fragmentary recap of varied items from The Century Magazine including notes about New Zealand imports, bag restrictions, a Boston schoolboy Lincoln anecdote, a French president, and wartime sketches by artists under shellfire. It presents scattered topics rather than a single coherent event.
The piece discusses a predicted revival of the crinoline in history and fashion, noting its past uses in pockets and modest silhouettes. It compares dresses from the sixteenth century to earlier portraits, mentioning Queen Mary as a reference point and examining how skirts were widened at the hips.
A mother describes improvements in her children's health after changing their meals. She stopped daily potatoes and coffee, adding fruit, grains like Grape Nuts with cream, Postum, and meat with vegetables at meals. The result is sturdier, stronger children.
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