06 Jul 1901
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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1901
Page
1
A Victorian lyric piece describes a rosy morning hill scene and luminous sky as a playful fool entertains others. The tale follows the fool who mocks fate, lifts spirits, and helps true friends bear grief with mirth, ending with a reflective verse by James W. Callahan.
The article surveys gypsum white sands along the El Paso and Northeastern line in the Lost River valley near Escondido and Tularosa. It describes the Malpais lava field near White Oaks, ruins at Gran Quivira and Quarra, and the vanished Tagnos people amid legends of 1680 revolts and Spanish exploration prior to Coronado.
The Territorial Board of Education orders a mandatory teacher examination on the last Friday and Saturday of August for all legally certified teachers. Exams cover reading, writing, spelling, geography, arithmetic, English grammar, US history, hygiene, and teaching methods. First class certificates require an average of 90. second class certificates require 70 to 89.
A town hosts temperance lectures by a reformed drunkard. The Major, a Kentucky loyalist who guards personal liberty, attends incognito and grills the speaker on his drinking past. The exchange ends with a humorous moral about reform work and public misperceptions.
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