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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1925
Page
2
Alamogordo News announces editorial leadership W Morgan as editor and business manager. The note records second class matter status at Alamogordo post office under act of March 3 1879.
The Santa Fe Railway tests a spring detour for passengers visiting northern New Mexico. It would cover Indian villages ruins scenic mountains and sites like Ft Stanton and Carlsbad Caves. The piece compares possible routes with Southern Pacific and hints at competitive detours via Carrizozo Alamogordo Mountain Park and Mescalero.
A local irrigator who depends on the La Luz Fresnal source voices strong support for prioritizing town trees and parks over farming needs. He argues he would sacrifice farming operations if necessary to ensure essential town water supplies.
Town faces scarce water supplies after years of drought causing friction over usage. Officials note original limits and irrigation keeps old trees alive only with frequent watering. Immediate focus on spring planting and securing adequate irrigation to rejuvenate orchards and sustain the town.
A station article urges safer holiday decorating after a deadly Christmas fire at a Oklahoma schoolhouse. It lists 11 practical steps including using fire retardant decorations, preferring electric lights, securing trees, keeping extinguishers nearby, avoiding candles near children, and planning fire alarms and exits.
An 19th or early 20th century advert describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine, a combined ointment and internal tonic for catarrh and deafness caused by catarrh. It touts quick relief of mucous inflammation and claims blood purification on mucous surfaces, sold by druggists for over 40 years, J J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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