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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
4
Alamogordo News is entered as second class matter at the Alamogordo post office in New Mexico under the Act of March 3 1879.
A community appeal outlines plans to reopen the Willard Girls School after the new year to aid orphans and girls from isolated areas. The effort seeks $50,000 from New Mexico donors as state funds are unlikely. the school emphasizes it serves non delinquent cases and relies on private support.
Local merchants in Alamogordo complain that El Paso wholesalers dominate supplies, raising local prices. They argue railroads pay most county taxes while trucks bear road costs, urging lower railroad rates or higher truck taxes to balance burdens on trade and maintenance.
President Coolidge delivers a Christmas greeting to the Boy Scouts Lone Scouts and 4-H clubs. He highlights selflessness obedience and self control learned through farm life and community service emphasizing teamwork and consideration for others.
Columbia University president Nicolas Murray Butler declares public opinion shifted against prohibition. He cites Senator Edge’s New Jersey debate and widespread letters from former prohibitionists calling for reform of the law as a moral issue and a futile enforcement effort.
George Otis Smith outlines Uncle Sam as a landowner and real estate agent in New York City. He notes a long history of homesteading from Kennebec Purchase lands to national subdivisions, highlighting that 17 million acres were titled in a single year. The talk reflected on land speculation and settlement trends.
The piece argues for a businesslike handling of federal real estate and natural resources. It notes Florida land auctions, the vast remaining public lands, and the shift toward productive forests, water, and mineral estates as lasting national assets and sources of future prosperity. It calls for prudent governance to secure liberty through material wealth for future generations.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine promises quick relief from catarrhal inflammation with an ointment and an internal tonic that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over 40 years. I J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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