14 Jul 1917
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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1917
Page
1
A visit to the Red River bridge site west of Roy reports ongoing work with the east side concrete begun after completing the pier excavation. The piece covers bridge progress, a Springer Mills baseball game 8 6 result, local visits, tax delinquency concerns in Mora and Socorro counties, and residents like Mrs. Herman Goodman, Prof. Trumbull, and Wolcott Russell.
Tom Taylor of Mora, an abstractor, was in Roy Wednesday between trains while on his way home from visiting his mother in Oklahoma.
The Roy School Board stored 20 tons of coal at the school house Monday intending to cut future fuel costs. With coal prices rising, the purchase aims to save materially if war-time price hikes occur.
Paul Anderson prepares to travel with Bob Grunig as separator man this fall. They promise a smooth run with improvements including a straw blower trap that returns carried over grains to the grain pan and ensures every grain reaches the hopper.
Miss Cora Moore has resigned as central girl at Roy and returned to her Mosquero home. Miss Jeanette Lusk succeeds as hello girl.
Remigio Lopez Emilio Gongales and families were guests at the Malaquias Baca home in Mosquero Sunday. Mrs J Floersheim went to Springer Wednesday called there by the illness of her son LC Floersheim of the times. We will visit other friends there also.
A fragmentary OCR line resists clear meaning, presenting a wartime rally cry about courage on a shore and a challenge to cowards, with references to a Ming era context and a decayed call to arms. The readable text remains obscure and garbled.
A Nationalistic poem by Wilbur D Nesbit celebrates Old Glory. It contrasts flags of land and world and praises the red white and blue banner as a binding symbol of pride, hope, and truth. The verse envisions stars gleaming and drums signaling shared loyalty across lands and peoples.
Hymenial announcement for Jack Mills and Vera Marie Burton reveals they married at the brides parents home Wednesday June 27 at high noon with Rev Dr H R Mills officiating. The couple spent a wedding day feast and a brief honeymoon neighborhood travels before settling at the groom's mother's home.
Mrs. A. L. Collins will return home the last of July after a year and a half visiting daughters and relatives in Illinois. She will visit a son in North Dakota en route.
The Mora County Exemption Board led by Rafael Romero reports 1095 young men registered for military service. The piece notes printing costs and recalls a prior error printing Solano versus Mosquero ball game with Solano winning 12 to 11 after a late rally.
Gruniy Bros. limbered up their header outfit on Judge Foster's wheat field. The team is described as fine throughout and expected to harvest a large wheat yield before the season ends.
Mrs J N Renfro has purchased the Southwestern Hotel in Roy including adjoining vacant lots and leased it to J F Arnett who will run the business starting Saturday. Renfro plans a Spokane trip to visit her ill father possibly for months while her children stay with Ollie D Williams in Solano. Miss Hattie Renfro remains as assistant nurse at Dr Selfs Hospital.
Fred Flahman hauled multiple loads of lumber Monday to construct granaries for his anticipated fall wheat and bean harvests. He reports a bumper crop outlook for both crops this season.
Hugh Martin of Alva, visiting Alva residents, reports hot winds damaged his wheat crop. He intends to move to the area soon to harvest a fine field 22 miles north of Roy and start life nearby.
Fragmentary notice mentions Beryl Applegate staying with Miss Mabel Bruce. It references a Kitchell building sign and a dispute over pronunciation of a name. The text hints at income property in a town but is incomplete.
Henry Laumbach of La Curva visited his brothers Dan and Pete Laumbach here the first of the week. He drove over in a Ford and returned home the same day.
Fragmentary report describes killed and wounded individuals including Crouse of Roy and references Vallejo and Mare Island. The text hints at treasonable acts by a German agent and urges prompt action to reduce such cases.
T M Ogden and sons Fred and George Lucas announce a sale planned for August 8 to move farm stock and gear. They will offer horses cattle and machinery as the boys take new jobs. Sale justified by workload and future prospects with terms of 14 months without interest. A property list will be published next week.
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