Call to the Colors Iron Rule Modified Proclamation
Mora County New Mexico Sheriff issues 1917 registration notice for all males 21 to 80, detailing precinct location, registrar, and penalties. includes birth announcements and local notices about Campfire Girls and community activities amid war mobilization. The proclamation urges patriotism and civic duty to ensure full participation in the national registration process.
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U.S. I
Mora County
New Mexico
R. C. Grunig
Roy New Mexico
F. H. Foster
Roy Trust Bank President Visits Post Fire Recovery
H. B. Jones, president of the Roy Trust and Savings Bank, traveled from Tucumcarn to Roy Monday, spending two days with the local bank and business leaders. He praises Roy’s improvement since the previous year’s devastating fire and reports positive conditions.
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H. B. Jones
Roy Trust and Savings Bank
Tucumcarn
Roy
Judge Lindsey Praises Chautauqua As Fourth Great Institution
Denver judge Ben Lindsey hails the Chautauqua movement as a pillar alongside home, school, and church, calling it the fourth great American institution. The remark underscores the era’s emphasis on public education and cultural uplift.
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Ben Lindsey
Denver
Local residents move and travel notes from Roy area
J. W. Teeter and wife departed for Neosho Missouri to make their home there. The Roy community notes Mary Waters traveled from Springer to Roy for farewells and plans to attend Summer School in Las Vegas returning next fall. Oscar Redd, recruiting officer for the Navy, visited Roy and headed to Dan Use economy and Trinidad.
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Mary Waters
Springer
Goodbys
Las Vegas
Oscar Redd
Navy
Roy
Dan
Son
Trinidad
Kansas Party seeks mill site with Mayor Roy in Roy
A Kansas political group approaches Mayor Roy about a site for a mill in Roy. They express earnest, reasonable intent and plan to present the proposal at the next meeting. The party was accompanied by Hoggatt and is aware a mill visit is desired.
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Kansas
Roy
Hoggatt
Miss Bessie Wood Seeks Man for Bean Planting Partnership
Miss Bessie Wood tries to locate a partner to help plant beans on her homestead. She is enthusiastic about raising a War crop and rejects ideas of a single man though the search is difficult in this busy region.
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Bessie Wood
Legaon
Oratorical Recital by the Oratory Clase
The Oratory Clase presents an evening of readings with Misses Phoebe Russell Etna Floersheim Dorothy Gibbs Fern Depew Ruth Depew and Mrs Mira De Frees plus Messrs Earnest Cochhrane Cravens Plumlee and Roy Hall. Music by Misses Russell and Martin. Recital begins at 8 o clock admission 25c and 5c.
Patriot meeting at I O O F Hall promotes parade speech
Citizens gather for a 10:00 A M meeting at the I O O F Hall with flags out and speeches on the program Everything closed during the meeting Homer Parks arrives from Seattle Washington for a summer visit and reconnects with his old friend Jim Christman the moment he lands
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I. O. O. F. Hall
Paradi
Homer Parks
Seattle
Washington
Jim Christman
Prof Russel and wife take pleasant Ford trip to Naravisa
Prof J E Russel and wife and Mr Lippy drove to Naravisa in their new Ford last week then returned Wednesday tired sunburned but happy after a very pleasant trip. Also notes a Baya Chautauqua ticket sale promising money back and numbered tickets with delivery or refund, urging community minded buying at no extra cost.
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J. E. Russel
Mr. Lippy
Naravisa
Baya
Captain Curbbison visits sister in Mosquéro before Montana leave
Captain Donald C. Curbbison of the 4th Artillery Corps on furlough visited his sister Mrs Duvall at Mosquéro last week. He left Monday for Montana after a brief furlough. Curbbison is described as a quiet sort who fits the Administration, all business and no bluster.
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Donald C. Curbbison
4Th Artillery Corps
Pershing
Mra. Duvall
Mosquéro
Montana
Curbbison
Lodge Banquet Highlights Odd Fellows Social Growth
The Odd Fellows Banquet attracted a large crowd with music recitations and a sandwich feed. The event celebrated a membership contest that has boosted local male fraternal enrollment to over 125. Daughters of Rebekah helped with cakes and applications. The Mills Orchestra provided music at a Tuesday hall dance, and a mistaken phone call story about baby news added local color.
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Odd Fellows
Daughters of Rebekah
Roy
Mills
Melyile Floersheim
Fire Anniversary Observed In Roy After Big Blaze
On May 8 Roy marks the anniversary of last year's big fire that destroyed most of the business district in an hour. Residents recall a year of recovery, noting replacement buildings are better and the town strides forward, while lessons from the event remain but do not hinder progress.
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District Court
U.S
C. E. Deaton
Mills
Roy
Mills farmers to receive 10000 pounds seed aid
A.C. Meikle of Mills says Colfax County Board of Supervisors will furnish 10000 pounds of seed without interest to Mills mail residents living in Colfax County, secured by a crop lean. Total county farm supplies for farmers without State aid reach 65000 pounds beans 90000 potatoes 25000 oats 10000 millet 15000 seed corn 60000 feed, with impact on local business including a note on the Chautauqua event and its possible long-term effect.
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A.C. Meikle
Mills
Colfax County
Rome
Pleasant Sunday Ride Through Green Prairies to Mosquero
A family outing with G R Abernathy in a Ford highlighted a joyful Sunday trip through lush wheat fields and expanding farmland. The writer notes a revolutionary month of change, promising crop prospects, busy soil work, and a welcoming Mosquero community, making it an unforgettable day.
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Mosquero
G. R. Abernathy
Doctor Plumilee builds new hospital with spatter-dash coat
Dr. Plumilee oversees finishing of a new hospital building with a spatter-dash concrete coat that enhances adobe and box board exterior while the interior already features artistic work.
Mills man on land business visits Roy with friends
Charlie Leonhard of Mills called at the office with companions during a land matter. His family, returning from Raton where they spent the winter, are farming and enjoying country home life again.
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Charlie Leonhard
Mills
Roy
Raton
Tax Review Critiques 1915 Legislature and Tax Laws
The Tax Review criticizes 1915-17 actions noting how appropriations created deficits, and legislative shifts shifted debt to future years. It praises some outcomes like endowment funds protection and county boards for economy, while condemning unproductive tax legislation and pork-barrel bills. The piece also notes improvements in tax notices and hopes for a clearer real estate description regime. James Carrigan joins as a new reader for Mosquero.
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N. M. Tax Review
The
Taxpayers Association
James Carrigan
Mosquero
Ee News Rennet
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Lortz
Patricio Sanchez
Mora
R. C
Grunig
Misa Nira Nutter
Dawson
Parental Nutter
Tee
Red Cross Fund
F. A. Roy
Prof. Russell
C. L. Justice
Wm. Baum
G.R. Abernathy
Council of Defense
C. S. Justice
Colfax
J. W. Teeter
Neosho Missouri
Wilson
Miss Hall
Dr. Self
Tax Review
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