Roy New Mexico residents compare wartime registration turnout
Entered on second class matter at the post office in Roy New Mexico. Roy notes variable registration numbers across towns such as Tucumcari Spring er Cimarron and Max wel l, with local rural precincts registering more men than larger towns. A department of agriculture mail bundle with 28 farm bulletins is available at the A Office for interested readers.
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Roy
New Mexico
Tucumcari
Springer
Cimarron
Maxwell
Dept of Agriculture
Sen. Fall
State Land Sale Brings High Prices at Curry County Court House
At the public land auction in Curry County Court House in Clovis New Mexico 1921 19 201 acres were sold for 188 473 75 with an average of 9 80 per acre Nine tracts ranged from 640 to 7000 acres The largest 7040 acres sold for 10 05 per acre to D D Shipley Floydada Texas Other buyers included J D Bailey Clovis Tip Isham Texico and Cash Ramey Clovis More than 200 people attended the sale from several states.
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Clovis
N. M
State Land Department
Curry Co
D. D. Shipley
Floydada Texas
J.D. Bailey
Tip Isham
Texico
Cash Ramey
States
History in pictures of the Floersheim Building and Roy business
The paper highlights the Floersheim Building history and Roy business as its most interesting feature this week. It notes a reader’s wartime resignation and expresses sympathy, while reflecting on hot days and upcoming cooler evenings in the described climate.
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Floersheim
Roy
For Sale List of Livestock and Equipment in New Mexico
For sale items include Holstein milch cow refinements and several Herford cattle aged 23, 14, and 12 years. a chestnut colt, a 10 year old work mare, a 1917 Emerson tractor with plow, and a 7 foot John Deere binder. Location is 30 miles north of Roy and 6 miles north of Chateau Hill School. Also note Mills resident M S Berentz shown as ill and seeking chiropractic treatment.
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Emerson
Reverence Theme at Christian Endeavor Meeting
On June 17 1917 the Christian Endeavor program centers reverence with a long prayer scripture lesson and topics on how reverence appears in speech and daily life. Duets talks solos and readings feature Miss Phoebe Runsel Dorothy Gibbs and Dr Hofer with discussions on cultivation of reverence and its divine basis.
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Miss Bruce
Mr. Applegate
Phoebe Runsel
Mr. Ogden
Solo
Clara Martin
Dr. Hofer
Liberty Loan drive shown as Southwest needs big response
In Kansas City June 1917 the Southwest region faces a crucial Liberty Loan, with an estimated 500 million spent on war needs and up to 125 million from the district. Officials urge all citizens to invest, stressing patriotism and direct benefits to local producers and the war effort.
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Kansas City
South ‘West
United States
Aevion
Federal Reserve Bank District
Liberty Loan Fund
Southwest
Bute
Buying Liberty Bonds Not An Act Of Charity
An urging message explains Liberty Bonds as patriotism and smart business not charity. It claims bonds loan money to wartime needs with 3 percent annual interest and returns of principal, payable semiannually in June and December, stressing that buying bonds supports soldiers and the United States. It invites readers to purchase bonds through bankers or brokers today.
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United States Liberty
United States
United Tos
Joan
United States Liberty Bonds
Liberty Bond Button Becomes Your Badge of Honor
The appeal urges every man woman and child to buy a Liberty bond with a $50 minimum. Buyers receive a government button symbolizing belief in the U S freedoms and faith shown by their purchase. The note stresses the bond is a safe investment tax free with interest and principal paid in full, urging participation as a national duty.
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United States
Sunday religious meetings and advertised letters in Roy New Mexico
Sunday services at Christian Church led by Rev G J Hate and later Catholic Mass monthly at the Catholic Church with Rev Fr Callier in charge. Also land services in Solano New Mexico. Postal notice lists letters advertised for Roy New Mexico dated May 28 1917 with names including Edith Bell L G Jackson Alfredo Sandoval Hugh Miller Hipolita Gallegos Santiago Gutierrez and warns of one cent postage due on delivery.
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Ant, Callier
Roy, Mora Co
New Mexico
Roy
Edith Bell
L. G., Jackson
Alfredo Sandoval
Hugh Miller
Hipolita Gallegos
Santiago Gutierrez
Wm. G. Johnson
Mex
Hospital Additions Strained as New Rooms Fill Fast
Dr Plumlee warned two years for more space but the present addition is full with staff sleeping on cots. Nurses and patients fill the wards as plans for another expansion begin. Visitors include Miss Lillian Purdum from Guthrie Oklahoma and Erma Hall, while Chas Driskill’s son had tonsils and adenoids removed. Mrs Brown and Mrs Smith remain hospitalized with various conditions, John Reed awaits appendectomy, and Mr Spiva’s Tequezquite Valley son also had surgery.
Missionary’s India remedy tale boosts Chamberlain’s
A Des Moines church feature recalls an Indian missionary who fell ill inland and credits Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life. The anecdote asserts the remedy is effective in India as both preventive and cure for cholera and milder types of stomach complaints at home and abroad.
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Des Moines
Lowa
India
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J. L. Hayes Real Estate Co
Earth
Goodman
N. Mex
Herford
My Place
Chateau Hill School
H. A. Todd
Hatod
M. S. Berentz
Mills
Hofer
Christian Endeavor
Dorothy Gibbs
Song
Philip Curtins
Grand Rapids Frees
Liberty Loan
Willis
U. S. Liberty
America
Church Directory Union Sunday School
Christian Choren
G.jb
R. C. Grunia
Lillian Gainma
Sec'y
The
Christian Church
Roy, N.M
Christian
Pleasant View
Methodist Episcopal Church
Koy
Jack P. Mills
U. S
Solano
C.N. Roark
Clayton New Mex
U.S. Land Office
Lafayette Studio
Roy, New Mexico
Washington D. C
J. Blusk
Lillian Purdum
Gutheri! Okla
Erma Hall
Miss Purdum
Duke Sanatarim
Gutheri
Chas
Roy Driskill
B. F. Brown
Jack Smith
C. J. McClure
John Reed
Spiva
Tequezquite Valley
Hartford
H.S. Murdoch
Springer, N. M
Southwestern Hotel
F. O. White
Mills N. M
Roy Dew
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