28 Dec 1906
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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
1
A folksy pledge urges residents to speak well of others, welcome strangers, and boost community spirit. It emphasizes magnanimity, public-spiritedness, and staying away from negative remarks about neighbors to foster a friendly town atmosphere.
Ja ola ota ts.
Secretary May Frost received a 35 pound sample of sugar beets from J A Beothera and Frank Koenig sent by J B McCarty. Analyses show beets weighing up to 3 pounds with 21.7 percent sugar and 84.6 percent purity, indicating San Juan County lands can support beet sugar factories. Professor RF Harb notes historic tests across New Mexico show high sugar content. cites earlier counties and years.
Brief item notes the death of George Martin a month ago and mentions his bicycle unused, cited by Leesville Light in a concise exchange snippet highlighting a local witticism.
The Gold Coast Journal reports the death of Mrs Aframmah of Long Town on the twelfth, noting she was buried the following day accompanied by an amateur brass band.
Local note praises M. M. White as coroner candidate and minister, calling him a capable showman with strong character and humanity. A stray line claims he circulated lies about opponents and references a confrontation over misconduct.
Miss Jennie Jones and Bob Henry wed at the Jones mansion amid town chatter. The bride is the constable’s daughter and the groom runs a Main Street grocery with a busy ad column. They depart on the ten o’clock train to Milwaukee to visit the bride’s moneyed uncle.
The passage humorously surveys social norms in Chicago, contrasting male selfosaeriousness with female tact. It frames modesty and success as social performances and notes how women influence truthfulness in sharing secrets. The tone remains observational and period specific.
A quirky local note tells how Zip swallowed a grain of wheat two years ago and on a log-rolling night coughed up a fifty-pound sack of flour and about one hundred six pounds of bran. The piece ends with the proverb truth is mighty and will prevail.
A dime museum manager offers a 123 year old man a six figure gig to sit on a platform for spectators. The man says he would accept but needs his father's consent and reveals his father is alive and upstairs putting grandfather to bed.
A Yankee and an Englishman trade mud jokes in a Springfield anecdote. The American recounts nearly causing trouble by poking a high hat resting on a pool of ooze, prompting a quip about being deeper than imagined. The tale ends with the joke about being on top of an orbital springfield scene.
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Mr FE G Case a Canton Connecticut mail carrier with sixteen years in service says Chamberlains Cough Remedy is the king of all and to be relied upon for croup and coughs and colds. He notes it gives certain results with no bad after effects and is sold by dealers in medicine.
United States Officials include Revenue Collector H P Bradsaar Surveyor General M Q Llewellyn Marshal C B Foraker Attorney W H H Llewellyn. Santa Fe Land Office Register M R Otero Receiver Fritz Muller. Territorial Officials list names Governor H J Hagerman Secretary J W Reynolds Attorney General W C Reid Auditor W G Sargent Treasurer J H Vaughn Superintendent Arthur Talford Hiram Hadley Librarian Mrs Chapman Commissioner A A Keen Adjutant General A P Tarkington Traveling Auditor C V Safford Game and Fish Warden W E Griffin Public Printer Jas G McNary Coin Out Inspector Euginion Romero Superintendent of Insurance J HL Sloan Chief Justice W J Mills Associate Justice Juan R McFie F W Parker Iva J Abbott W Ef Pope Edwin R Mann Clerk Jose D Sena District Court First District Judge Joan R McFie Clerk A M Bergere District Attorney Alex Read Councilmen Alex Read M Martin Representative Granville Pendleton Commissioners J R Williams F M Pierce J V Lujan Clerk L G Eblen Sheriff B C Vaughn Assessor Richard Hendricks Treasurer W IE Williams Superintendent of Schools C D Smith Surveyor C F Holly Town of Farmington Trustees Charles W White F M Pierce F B Allen L H Miller Willet Brown
An old classified style notice touts barber shop services with ladies bath room and hot water available at all times. It highlights U.S. Evans as presumably the proprietor or business name.
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