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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
3
Farmington weekly newspaper edition edited and owned by Frank Staplin. Second class matter at Farming ton, New Mesdica, under March 2, 1879 act. Annual subscription priced at $2.00.
The text outlines publication rules for reader submissions including monthly and weekly rates, editorial stance, and the need for real names with submissions. It notes ads and entertainments may receive free publication, while the editor is not responsible for advertisement content and does not guarantee publication.
In a 1906 editorial stance the Interstate Commerce Commission is praised for ending newspaper free passes. The piece argues passes distorted reporting and that newspapers should charge fairly for work on railroads, condemning the old system as morally and financially bad.
Traveling Auditor Charles Safford has conducted county records and finances inspections and will continue through the quarter before the new county treasurer takes office. The law creating the traveling auditor and its duties is hailed as a strong measure, improving financial oversight and taxpayers’ relief. minor refinements are anticipated.
The passage lauds Charles V. Safford as the natural born accountant suited for the office and its duties. It credits Republicans of New Mexico for enacting beneficial legislation and supporting the administration.
The Santa Fe Railway advertises bids for a new Raton tunnel of 3 070 feet under Raton Mountain to replace the present one. The tunnel, costing about half a million dollars, will widen the base to sixteen feet and arch to twenty five feet high, creating substantial employment and easing heavy trade. Governor Hagerman appoints F Lewin and J Crosby to education roles. JE Clarke named as superintendent of public instruction. The Jewett post office in San Juan County is discontinued with mail redirected to Portland.
A string of quirky lines shows workers, a minister, a guest, and others reacting to peculiar phrases. The text threads through pauses and misheard words as characters comment on strange happenings and curiosities. The fragmentary items resemble a collage of street corner chatter.
A collection of aphorisms on wisdom, self belief, character, and responsibility. Notable lines touch on confidence, love, social ideals, and the dangers of ignorance, while critiquing vanity and the lure of marriage as escape from duties.
A Farmington printer offers legal blanks priced by sheet size with postpaid mail orders. The catalog lists Location Certificates, Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, Bonds, Notices, Pleadings, and related forms in half, quarter, or full sheets with per-book and per-sheet rates, plus sample availability and payment options.
A Manayunk debating society offered a $5 prize for the best definition of Socialism. Definitions ranged from humor to critique. The winning definition described Socialism as efforts and theories striving to legally establish the greatest possible equality of wealth or misery among all mankind.
Frank J. Cheney of J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner to a Toledo business claim offering one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The orthodontic ad notes internal use and direct action on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials and a 75 cent price.
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