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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
2
Local notice records the incorporation of Pierce in Alamogordo New Mexico as a matter logged for public record under postal act provisions. The entry notes second class matter status for the Alamogordo News filing and references the March 3 1879 act.
Santa Fe reports The Willard Girls School plans to reopen after the new year. It serves orphaned or underprivileged girls in isolated areas and requires $50,000 from New Mexico. Endowed by the National W Co T U, the school does not fund operating expenses. donors are urged to contribute through organizations and individuals.
Local business writers critique El Paso wholesalers for favored sourcing and high prices in Alamogordo. They argue trucks shoulder road taxes and question rate fairness, urging Interstate Commerce Commission to lower rail rates or increase trucking taxes to balance costs.
President Coolidge sent a Christmas greeting to the Boy Scouts Lone Scouts and 4-H clubs urging self control and obedience. He recalled farm life and maple sugar making as a boy and said these organizations help boys and girls think of others and learn restraint.
New York December 21 Nicolas Murray Butler president of Columbia University says public opinion has shifted against prohibition. He cites Senate debate started by Senator Edge and a flood of correspondence from former prohibitionists seeking leadership to reform the laws. Butler calls enforcing it a moral issue and an immoral undertaking.
George Otis Smith outlines how the federal government acts as a land owner and developer, noting Alaska homesteads and vast parcels. He cites 17 million acres titled in one year and recalls Kennebec Purchase era as the nation’s land transformation.
The piece argues for a businesslike approach to federal real estate, noting vast untapped lands in Florida shifting to private ownership and urging enlightened management of forests, water, and minerals for long term national prosperity and taxpayer benefit. It emphasizes the government role in securing liberty through productive resources and warns against short sighted land grants.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for catarrh and deafness caused by catarrh. Describes an ointment and an internal tonic that act through the blood on mucous surfaces to restore normal conditions. Notes sales by druggists for over 40 years from J J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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