Riches and Hospitality in Tierra Amarilla's Sheep Trade
In Tierra Amarilla New Mexico a sizable portion of residents, many Spanish born, earn well through sheep and wool. Homes are adobe with minimal lighting and no sidewalks yet hospitality remains warm, and locals proudly identify as Americans. The town blends cattle, chili dishes, and bustling stores piled with goods in a compact frontier community.
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Pagosa Springs
Colo
New Mexico
Colorado Line
Tierra Amarilla
Mexico
Girls at Howells School Bring Suit Over Food
A pupil's father sued the governors for damages claiming inadequate feeding. The class inspection showed most girls faring well on the supplied meals, and the jury returned a verdict against the plaintiff.
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Howells Girls’ School
Llandaff
Tierra Amarilla Counter Impression of a Market Scene
Dreds of sheepskins, bright silks and shawls, artificial flowers tempt feminine residents. Perfume sold by the quart to scent clothing and hair for dances. Tierra Amarilla described as an intensely interesting place to visit for those who like the out of the ordinary.
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Tierra Amarilla
Alien Enemies Worry Canada in Wartime Voting Debate
War Times reports Canada faces a clash over alien enemy workers and voting rights. After wartime shortages, returns by veterans pressure retribe job security. a repeal of the War Times Election Act may carve new franchise rules. A proposed educational test could disfranchise many former citizens of Teutonic origin, especially Austrian-born Canadians, while wartime employment shifts loom.
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Toronto
Canada
Jabor
War Times
Trans Siberian railroad needs 20 million to operate
Washington reports it would take 20 million dollars to restore the Trans Siberian line to working order. Eight nations including the United States Great Britain France Italy Czecho Slovakia Japan China and Russia push for immediate funds via the Interallied railway commission from Vladivostok to the Urals. Recognition of Kolchak government at Omsk is seen as a prerequisite for broad financial aid.
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Washington
Trans-Siberian
Kolchak
Omsk
Interallied Railway Commission
Vinnvostok Hing
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Czecho-Slovakia
Japan
China
Russia
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Sloan
Omsk Gov
Boy with fragile bones breaks again in Pittsfield
Charles Farrar Jr. four from Pittsfield suffers his seventeenth fracture in the left leg and right arm due to a chalky bone condition. He lives with his aunt and uncle Howard and Mrs Brown while his father, a Western Union foreman, is frequently away.
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Pittsfield, Maxe
Charles Farrer Jr
Charles Farrer
Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
Furret
Charles and
Howland Porter
Howard L. Brown
Government status in doubt until recognition is accorded
A fragment notes that until formal recognition is granted, the status and responsibility of the government remain in doubt, with lingering questions about legitimacy and control.
Taxes Cause Penny Famine in the United States
Washington reports that penny demand soars after soda tax enactment May 1, as the United States mints rush to produce million one cent pieces daily. Philadelphia and Denver mints run almost exclusively on cents, with extra shifts ordered to meet the flood of orders. The system handles millions of one cent coins to banks nationwide.
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Washington
United States
Philadelphia
Denver
New Mexico bids on university engineering building project
The State University invites bids for the first unit of its engineering building a one story concrete structure 107 by 112 feet valued at about 20000 dollars. A special election in Tovington approved bonds for the new building, expected to be finished for the fall term.
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Western
Union News Service
The
State University
Tovington
Eittnetis
New Mexico
Charles Foster
Lake Arthur
Martines
Charles P. Wade
City Commission of
Albuquerque
Wade
American Lumber Company
Asume
Otero County
W. Re Morley
Texico
Co-operative Mining Company
Lordsburg
Las Vegas
How to Make an American Flag From Ribbon and Silk
Instructions explain two methods for sizing a flag using two inch silk ribbon. A seven by seven canton yields a 42 by 26 inch flag, while a 21 inch length variant adjusts the canton to seven by seven and stripe width to one inch. Details cover materials, star pattern, and historical origins including Betsy Ross and the 48 star arrangement adopted in 1912.
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United Colonies
Prospect Hill
Cambridge
Continental Congress
George Washington
George Rosa
Robert Morris
Ross
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Journal of Congress
Washington
American Congress
United States
Union
Betsy Ross
William J. Canby
United States Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Flag Etiquette Suggestion By General Porter
General Horace Porter once proposed a restrained approach to display of the flag noting that in a land with many raised under foreign flags it is vital to hoist the flag on every court building and public place and prominent memorials. It should be kept visible day and night through calm and storm and never hauled down.
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Horace Porter
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Olsen and Burnham
Laverne
Oklahoma
V. Gallegos
Samuel Miller
Campana
Miller
el Paso & Southwestern
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Campao
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Tucumcari
Sitgreaves
Sitgreaves National Forest
Paul G. Redington
Joe V. Proscabska
Order of Bika
Forest Service
U. S. Biological Survey
Arizona Game Department
Sae
Sahara
Tone 14
Teal
Whale Iem Keauf Eonsee Corfli Blabeeys
Mel
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