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Newspaper
Deming Headlight
Location
Deming, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1905
Page
1
The clippings cover diverse topics from royal gossip to battleships and society notes. Mentions include Norway's queen on record and a Chicago woman suing after burning 15000, with European politics and literature referenced in breezy commentary.
Inspectors from Philadelphia recovered scattered items found near the Ardmore road scene. The odd assortment includes medical specimens and personal effects tied to an incident yesterday. Authorities continue tracing carriers and those who arrived shortly after the discovery.
Bills and remarks show debate on meat eating versus vegetarianism. A speaker contrasts veg and nonveg diets while others discuss rheumatism and bone healing, praise for Dodds Kidney Pills, and testimonials from elderly residents on kidney trouble relief.
In remarks from amateurs and veterans, Griffo and Mace are praised for elbow feints to mislead rivals. Fitz merely moves hips to dodge leads, then returns with rapid punches. The piece highlights how top boxers use feints, elbows, and uppercuts to gain openings.
A New Orleans era piece narrates a Southern man who travels North and returns with a changed view. The Northern lad contrasts with rustic life, observing pains and pleasures of both regions. The tale ends with the man preferring local customs and old ties in Hackensack.
An inquisitive young lady confronts a senator about the cost of election funding. The dialogue suggests a figure near twenty thousand dollars, with the senator noting about ten thousand remaining for six years of work. He claims to be already retained as attorney for three large corporations that could be affected by forthcoming bills, arguing honest compensation exists even amid graft concerns.
A chaotic OCR fragment describes a college athletic setting with references to students, a big college, gridiron play, and onlookers in a large crowd. Names and details are unclear, but the scene centers on youthful observers and a dramatic moment involving a gridiron event.
Miss Aliee Iseminger of Webster City wins the Iowa cornhusking championship by husking 140 bushels in nine hours. She earns a new piano, a Chicago trip opportunity, and encouragement from her father to pursue education. She is eighteen years old and claimed she could husk more than her brothers.
A Missouri man with a wife and six children sold all he had and set for Sinaloa seeking cheap land though he spoke no Spanish and knew little about the country. He and his family were advised against the move and instead went to California.
An enormous leatherback turtle weighing 716 pounds was sent to the American Museum of Natural History in New York after being caught off Block Island. It is described as the first Atlantic coast catch in fifteen years, with commentary from Professor Lowell and mentions of Roosevelt in a discussion about waterways and national benefits.
A literary man testifies to Grape-Nuts as a brain nourishing breakfast choice. He credits the product with steady energy and high-quality output, noting its easy digestion and complete nutrient content claimed to support mental work. Mention is made of Possum Co Battle Creek Michigan and the book The Road to Wellville.
In the county of Luna New Mexico 1908 notice is given that taxes and penalties on lands real estate and personal property as listed are due and payable to the county treasurer Ex-Officio Tax Collector GL Kelly and that a judgment has been obtained for collection. The notice states the lands and property will be sold at public auction at the district court building after ten days notice and describes the action to be taken under Chapter 22 and the law.
Delinquent taxes for 1903 1904 and 1908 in Luna County New Mexico prompt tax list and public sale by LC. d. Kelly treasurer. The sale will be at the front door of the District Court in Deming on a date to be announced with the property descriptions and totals of taxes penalties and costs listed.
An incident near the Banks left fisherman Stewart Stone attacked by a bird on the open dory during a voyage aboard the schooner Thomas S. Gorton. The event drew attention as observers described the scene with curiosity and caution.
A hungry, enormous cormorant attacked Stone while fishing on Atlantic avenue water front. Hi Ram Skinner paddled over from a quarter mile away and struck the bird to rescue Stone, knocking it unconscious. The incident ended with the bird subdued and Stone unharmed beyond wounds.
Fragmentary text describes a dispute or notice involving a person named Charles Worthley Mimsett in Winet. The note references a would-be companion and a pane notice, with unclear context and several garbled terms. No clear event or outcome emerges from the readable fragments.
A fragmentary note shows an old method of proving debt by silos not money, referencing illustrations and a damaged caption. The text mentions a person named Wan and an account of loaned money, with unclear context and broken terms.
A fragment describes an unusually large eagle near Farmington Connecticut. The specimen is noted as measuring six feet with wingspan described, referenced by Frank Hoskins in the account.
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