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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
5
A period editorial from Intermountain Fruit Journal urges western communities to establish evaporating and canning by product plants. It notes benefits like reducing waste, creating employment for women and girls, and boosting local prosperity while meeting rising consumer demand for preserved fruit.
Editorial urges New Mexico subscribers to mail the paper to friends or relatives after reading. It highlights benefits for towns like Silver City and Deming, noting boosts from local advertising funds and the impression a paper leaves on recipients. A cost of one cent per capita per week is proposed to spread awareness of the New State.
Farmers see a bumper fruit crop and push for better hauls by repairing roads. They urge individuals to fill holes and throw rocks to improve travel conditions, arguing quality roads bring water and wagons to their fields.
The journal advocates substituting power machinery for horses where possible to handle large volumes of work, emphasizing improved productivity and efficiency in hauling tasks.
The Durango Democrat endorses Ward Darley’s plan to challenge the beet sugar trust by offering farmers a better price strategy. The piece laments fixed farm beets prices while consumer sugar rises, urging public support to empower farmers over the trust and promote the slogan Honor the Sticker, Never the Quitter.
Denver Times notes General William Booth, leader of the Salvation Army, faced a failed cataract operation on his left eye yet remained spiritually and morally prescient. The piece lauds his inner vision brighter than physical sight, crediting him with exposing vice and aiding the needy.
A call for banking reform argues that credit is the life-blood of business and the system relies on cooperation among 25 000 banks. It warns that past panics show the need to fix the banking framework to prevent future economic disasters and protect workers, manufacturers, farmers, and depositors.
A town on the Grand River in Colorado grew from a settlers’ camp to a bustling city. The community, originally called Grand Junction, endured years of tricks and hardships while forging a stable, expanding town.
The passage contrasts fortunes changing social ties, noting the tendency to drop common friends when success arrives while those friends provided help in hard times. It argues sentiment favors loyalty and mutual support in both prosperity and adversity.
The piece notes the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. as a dominant player with little competition, describing its widespread advertising in San Juan county newspapers and many Colorado papers, including quarter-page ads in Denver. It suggests the ads serve business aims, not charity to newspapers.
The town reports shows last week did not raise usual funds while recent school entertainments drew large crowds and tidy sums. Most proceeds go to pay off school debts and incidental expenses benefiting locals, a change from past years when outsiders benefited and debts lingered. The piece urges keeping money local amid improving conditions.
The record lists Pierce Mercantile Company and Hunter Mercantile Company case totals for 1911, totaling 1 005 cases. It notes that the cannery in operation will allow buying these products locally, including tomatoes corn pears beans and other canned fruits and vegetables.
The article highlights how average families use long distance telephone service beyond emergencies. It notes doubled to tenfold benefits through long distance calls, including convenience, reassurance, family connection, social life, and shared happiness, and suggests calling Long Distance for rates.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention, currently underway, seeks to produce a modern constitution. If approved by voters, it could show how radical measures urged today function in practice across the nation.
Massachusetts legislative request prompts a Congressional measure pledging not to seek territorial gains by conquest. Supporters say adoption would advance abolition of war as a national policy and reduce the need for expansion through force.
Ambridge Massachusetts marked 25 years of a no-license status as the city, with a population over 100000, touts a record unmatched by any other city of its size.
It is noted that in the coming years San Juan county will build a cold storage facility for preserving fruit. The project signals a boost to local agriculture and post harvest handling.
Farmington area timetables offer a multi city excursion returning by October 31, 1912 with stops including Denver Omaha Council Bluffs St Joseph Leavenworth Kansas City Minneapolis Peoria Chicago and Nimsville. J F McCully agent offers information. Notice also records J W Stinson of La Plata applying to change La Plata river ditch point of diversion in San Juan County New Mexico with August 26 1912 consideration date. Oppositions must file objections with applicant.
An advertisement from the American Registry Company Erie Pa promotes a life and disability plan with a $2000 weekly death benefit and $1000 for loss of limb or eyesight. It claims a $160,000 state deposit for policyholder protection and invites men and women ages 16 to 66 to apply, requesting sex and occupation.
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