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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
5
The South shows improving conditions driven by a stronger cotton crop and rising prices. Farmers expand acreage, land rehabilitations begin, and health and home-making efforts advance with aid from humanitarian groups, government agents, and northern migrants bringing modern housing ideas.
A brief report from the district office notes new seasonal changes affecting several local departments. Officials direct attention to upcoming deadlines and adjustments in procedures for the public.
A garbled clipping mentions elevator issues and someone named Ella the pitcher with a glass arm. It references water bluing and Red Cross Blue, plus a Topeka club and a list of scattered names. The text reads like stray fragments from an old column with no clear cohesive event.
A tourist in Tennessee chats with a bitter mountaineer who dismisses corn speculation. The second item reports Ryan of Lockport, a former Socialist organizer, receiving a Christmas check from an uncle in Tiffin, with a postscript request for four dollars to buy shoes.
Fragmentary line describes a journey to Norway via pine forests with exclamations of delight and partial words suggesting a playful or poetic travel note.
A humorous line depicts a choir lamenting isolation as they complain about dusting empty chairs. The speaker longs for more company, while a chorus member questions why none attend, implying absent audience and practice room solitude.
Excerpt shows travelers lamenting delays and wardrobe shortages. One speaker complains about only gowns and needing to dress twice due to extended stay. The tone reflects frustration and improvised plans during an unforeseen halt.
A string of odd queries ponders time and nature relations. It asks if Friday could become Sunday with a longer Saturday and ponders plant flowering and olive life spans alongside playful farmer names and wood cutting, ending with a stubborn phrase about an hour to fill a six.
A brief exchange shows sailors facing homesickness with resolve as they return to the sea, answering their mother’s question with a simple vow to sail again.
A father explains to his son that dissolving a trust is like dissolving sugar in water. The sugar remains unseen but is still present, illustrating that the trust’s substance endures even when formally dissolved.
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month during 1911 the Colorado and Southern Railway will sell round trip homeseekers excursion tickets to many points in New Mexico and Texas at reduced rates. Fare valid up to 26 days with liberal stopover privileges. For rates and details contact the nearest Colorado and Southern agent or T B W Fisher General Passenger Agent Denver Colo.
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