Southwest town boasts modern facilities and rapid growth
A valley city claims five churches and a public library, a waterworks system, two thousand residents, a full-capacity box factory, and a 4300 foot elevation. It features an electric lighted park, an ice factory, two newspapers, the finest railroad depot and hotel in the Southwest, a Baptist college, and many new buildings. Government land for homesteading lies on the main line between Kansas City and El Paso, with plans for a $25 000 courthouse and a $30 000 hospital.
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New Mexico
Baptist College
Germany
Kansas City
el Paso
Cloudcroft
Building of Railroads Portrait and Projected Lines
A veteran surveying party returns from the West after completing a preliminary survey for a line across the alkali desert and the Rockies. The interview covers reconnaissance, route selection, costs, right of way, and the engineering feats that made transcontinental railroad expansion possible.
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Alf
Rockies
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Ax and Transit
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
West
Rocky Mountains
Alamogordo
Cloudcroft
Mountain Routes and Tunnels Turn Rails Into Frontiers
An 4300 to 9000 foot elevation ride showcases tunnels and bridges on the Southern Pacific. A 25 mile ascent climbs half a mile via eleven tunnels while a nearly 4000 foot loop tests locomotives. Engineers claim modern engines can conquer grades once deemed impossible.
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Southern Pacific
Indian Forgery Suspect in Mescalero Agency Case
Antonio Joseph, Mescalero tribe, charged with forging the name of former superintendent W M Luttrell on two $30 checks drawn on First National Bank of Albuquerque. Checks endorsed forged at First National in Santa Fe and sent to Albuquerque for collection. bank notes forged, and Joseph bound over to grand jury with $500 bond. Andy Wilson operated a reservation store and cashed the checks. Joseph faces trial as he remains jailed awaiting next grand jury.
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Antonio Joseph
Mescalero
Joseph
Justice Phillips
W. McM. Luttrell
Andy Wilson
First National Bank of Albuquerque
Supt. Luttrell
Wilson
First National Bank of Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Phillips
White Sands cement venture formed near Alamogordo
J F Milner and Dr J F Black of El Paso with L F Levy of Juarez organize a 3 million dollar company to manufacture cement from White Sands near Alamogordo. Milner claims a new hydraulic cement process tested and ready, with unlimited raw material and potential for El Paso and Alamogordo. A Santa Fe county assessors meeting under Gov Otero is reportedly being planned.
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J. F. Milner
J. F. Black
el Paso
L. F. Levy
Juarez
White Sands
Alamogordo
Mr. Milner
Milner
Otero
Santa Fe
Aunts and Relatives Prove Too Restful in Pinksburg
Albert visits Aunt Hester in Pinksburg seeking peace from city noise. Relatives plan nonstop feasts and outings, dragging him through a week of overeating and social “entertainment.” He returns to the city with dyspepsia, realizing the danger of well meant hospitality.
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NCE
Pinksburg
Bartholomew County Fair
Higginsville
Albert
Peter
Mellwaine
Peavey
Peavy
Horace Greeley
Hem
Pearcy
Hester
Uncle Burton
Charles Wesley
Dave
Aunt Hester
Felicia Fullgraves
St. Louis
Prague
Felish
One Price
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Leah the Forsaken
Republican Fife and Drum Corps
Sunshine in January Carnival Sets January Dates 1902
El Paso prepares for the second annual Mid-Winter Carnival January 14 to 18 1902 promising the largest cattle exhibition in Texas miners medical and teachers conventions and a grand free show. Visitors are urged to see Juarez and Mexico with discounted rail rates touted by the organizers.
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el Paso
FE Paso
Mexico
Juarez
Texas
Border
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Carnival Association
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The
Sacramento Mountain Ry
el Paso and
Rock Island Railroad
Court House
el Paso Herald
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