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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
4
Local items report residents returning from Santa Fe and Boulder Colorado with business and social updates. Several names including Woods, Davis, Carson, Nicholsen, and Hall appear in notes about visits, housing, and employment. Oil prospects, new merchandise sales, and holiday events are noted alongside school and studio updates.
Readable text indicates Staplin the Stationer offered magnifying glasses and reading glasses for customers seeking aid in inspecting fine print and small details.
New York World reports mining promoter Jack Frederick lured investors to a hotel bar after midnight and bought the bar for 5000 dollars with a check. Five glasses of beer were served before the investors left. Frederick offered to buy the hotel bar from Simonson for 4500 dollars, paying 500 in cash.
The Leap Year dance hosted by the Band boys last Tuesday drew large crowds and lively dancing at Allen's Pall, with the Farrington girls praised as top entertainers. Missouri attendees confirmed the high spirits, while a playful jab on chocolates tinted the night. Friday December 2 1907 featured the Farmington Woman's club gathering at Mrs Pitrat's home with music reading and current events discussion.
Misses Georgia and Katie Norton hosted a New Years party with friends aiding in a cheerful start to 1908. Guests played games earning prizes. Agnes Curry won the ladies prize and Mr. Smith took the pensionman's prize. Curry and Will Norton won in the pattern cutting contest.
Mrs. Joan Lowk of Cropper Maine reports two years of stomach trouble cured after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. She purchased twelve bottles and is now well. The Farmington Drug Store offers these tablets for sale.
Advertisement notes Chamberlain's Salve for skin diseases with instant relief and price, plus an item about leasing or purchasing a small fruit ranch near Farmington, addressed via J. HLS in care of Enterprise. Includes price reference and sales note.
Debtors of the late Carson and Elmer are warned to settle accounts promptly as affairs must close. All unpaid balances by January 10, 1908 will be turned to an attorney for collection. W. A. Carson signs the notice.
An American woman in Berlin says the typical German husband wants a haus frau not a partner or intellectual equal. He would choose her newspaper books friends and occupations, and German girls have been trained for this role. Plays and romances reflect her as either a mild domestic figure or a dangerously wicked woman.
The White Die presented by local home talent at the church last Saturday evening was a success earning net proceeds of 83. Miss Nina Burnham starred as lead lady and the Black and Hatherstin sisters played old maids. Visitors Hates and Walters sold goods, Lou Kitt and family called, and Wallace Burnham with Delia Allen’s party spent holidays in Fruitland. The leap year dance drew 66 tickets with smiles as attendees sang After the Ball.
A January sale offers 25 percent discounts on cash purchases with exclusions on magazines, school books, tablets and blankets. The piece contrasts Canadian banking with the United States, detailing Canadian capital requirements, government deposits, shareholding, note issuance, and a redemption fund securing bank notes and circulation.
Mr. W. O'Reilly Fogarty, Kingston City Council member in Jamaica, reports that one bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieved a persistent cough quickly and plans to buy another bottle. Sold by local retailers in Kingston.
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