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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
4
The column records school closures for a five week vacation, gifts to a teacher, Christmas events across districts including Fruitland Cedar Hill and Flora Vista, and local celebrations. It mentions Angela Gillilan, Miss Maggie Gilmore, and the town’s December activities, with notes on illness, births, and a child’s death. Local officials, residents, and families are named.
A local Enterprise Club post lists subscription bargains active until December 31 1905 offering reduced rates on magazines and papers including Argosy Bookkeeper American Country Gentleman Delineator Everybody's Garden Good Housekeeping and more. Local notes mention Santa visit smiles and residents such as Reuben Heilio J M Cornelius and Gladys Helm with Christmas happenings.
Local notices list church activities including regular services, Palm Sunday observances, and prayer meeting each Wednesday at 7 30 p m. The Ladies Aid Society is scheduled to meet Wednesday afternoons at 2 p m.
The church announces Sunday school each Sunday at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. An evening service is set for 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays for prayer. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
A reflection on the ordinary woman who keeps daily life steady. The plain, hardworking wife is praised for sympathy and practicality, contrasting genius and intellect with common decency and shared human burdens. It cites Lincoln’s praise of common people to affirm her value.
Frederick Staples of Danbury Connecticut hides a rabbit’s left hind foot to ward off bad luck and pays $150 in medical bills after his wife’s mishap. Other items narrate comical mischief from Buffalo to Chicago, a man jailed for pocket rat traps, and whimsical funeral plots.
An aged man can live long with a balanced diet and occasional help from Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets to cleanse and regulate the stomach liver and bowels. McEwen Bros offers the remedy for sale.
San Juan County in New Mexico offers vast land, rich water resources from the Animas, San Juan and La Plata rivers, and booming coal fields. It urges investors and homeseekers with cheap prices, abundant irrigation potential, and strong growth prospects in a region promising independence and prosperity.
Farmington stands as the metropolis of San Juan County at the junction of the San Juan Animas and La Plata rivers. It is the current terminus of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, with a southern extension by Southern Pacific promising a through line. The site sits at the center of vast coal fields and rich mineral regions, framed by Colorado and Arizona production districts.
Farmington lists key amenities including a flour mill, electric lights, a canning factory, three churches, a fire department, piped water works, and a telephone exchange. The town sits at about 4500 feet altitude with a population near 800, a two story brick school, broad streets, a brick business district, a fine city hall, and thriving up-to-date businesses.
Farmington calls for able men with capital and drive to invest and aid in national development. The notice urges individuals ready to boost growth, support enterprise, and contribute to building the country’s future.
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