New Mercantile Firms Form in Raton and Taos
New Mexico News notes two new mercantile companies filing articles of incorporation in Raton and Taos. Tree Piedras faces court action as two saloons are ordered closed by Judge John R. McFie under a Taos County district court ruling. The law bars saloons in towns with fewer than 100 inhabitants and old census licenses for Tree Piedras saloons are annulled.
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Raton
Taos
Tree Piedras
John R. McFie
District Court
Taos County
New Mexico
Trea Piedras
Cites Lawyer and Client for Contempt in Divorce Case
Thomas Fulcher of Farmington and his lawyer A M Edwards are ordered to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of court. The matter returns on June 11 in Tierra Amarilla before Judge John R McFie, related to a divorce suit filed by Hattie Fulcher. An injunction had barred interference with the wife and children or her property. Affidavits allege Fulcher disobeyed the injunction and threatened the family, allegedly on Edwards’s advice. Attorneys A J Abbott EF Abbott and Judge Granville Pendleton represent the plaintiff.
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Thomas Fulcher
Farmington
A. M. Edwards
Tierra Amarilla
District Court
San Juan County
Hattie Fulcher
A. J. Abbott
EF. C. Abbott
Granville Pendleton
Santa Fe
McDonald elected Commander of New Mexico G A R
The twenty fourth annual encampment of the New Mexico Department of the Grand Army of the Republic ended in Las Vegas with a public reception at the Duncan opera house attended by over 600 people. Officers for the new year were elected: W W McDonald department commander Daniel Risdon senior vice commander Adin H Witmers junior vice commander Thomas Harwood chaplain Smith H Simpson medical director Jefferson Raynolds delegate to the national encampment in Saratoga N Y on September 9.
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Las Vegas
New Mexico
Businesa
Sherman Post
Ensuin Y Ear
W. W. McDonald
G.K. Warren
Albuqquerque
Daniel Risdon
John A. Logan
Raton
Adin H
Grasshopper killer recipe shared for farmers in New Mexico
A 1907 letter from Frogs Viera in New Mexico offers a grasshopper control mixture. It prescribes 20 pounds of whast (likely wheat) flour? with 1 pound Paris green and 4 pounds granulated sugar, mixed dry then moistened with water. Apply at about 10 pounds per acre as a low broadcast rate.
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Viera
N. M
Man who defends profanity as temper valve often loses temper
The man who argues profanity serves as a safety valve for his temper tends to reach his breaking point frequently, suggesting the tactic backfires under pressure.
Memorial Services Planned May 30 1907 by G A R and I O O F
Memorial Services for Decoration Day May 30 will be observed in town with a prepared program by appointed committees. Parade assemble on Main Street at 10 a.m. G A R will answer roll call. Farmington Band performs. Blue and Grey and I O O F march to Presbyterian Church for services. Governor Curry expected to attend. Phonograph selections managed by Mrs. J A Duff. Cemetery march at 2:30 p.m. with G A R and I C C p conducting services.
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Main Street
G.A.R
Farmington Band
C.F
Presbyterian Church
Geo. Curry
M. Fifield
Aztec
J. A. Duff
G.A.R. and
C.C P
Laughter as Medicine and Seriousness in Life
The text argues that laughter improves life and warns that criminals and the insane rarely laugh. It cites Emerson and biblical sayings to claim a merry heart helps health, while those near death or in danger take things less seriously. It contrasts nature's nonseriousness with human gravity.
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Emerson
Don't You Mind Wealth of May and Joyful June
Poem-like verse reassures that trouble and sorrow fade with sunbeams and May blossoms. It urges ignoring storms and grief as hardship brings contrast to eventual happiness and lighter tunes in June. Attributed to Witt F. Gairrin.
Wisdom and whimsy mix in Boulder pool rule note
A Boulder city council ordinance allows boys 16 to 21 to play pool with parental consent and permits minors to stay on streets until 9 pm May through October. The piece blends religious musings with social commentary while quoting local policy shifts and moral reflections.
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City Council of
Boulder
Camp Bird mine pays quarterly dividend of 196000
The Camp Bird mine at Ouray issued a quarterly dividend of 196000 dollars or 24 cents per share. Ranchers near Delta face fruit crop losses but plan to replant with potatoes and other crops in the damaged orchards.
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Camp Bird
Ouray
Delta
Farm wife waits hours while husband buys tobacco
A farm woman sat for two hours in front of a Erie business house last Saturday waiting for her husband to buy a pound of tobacco and a little fence wire. She smiled and hoped he found the tobacco he liked before they returned home to chores.
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Kansas City Journal
Erie
Staplin the Stationer in Letter Files and Office Supplies
A listing of office items including letter files filing envelopes card racks waste paper baskets scales cuspiders ink stands stapling machines rules clips clip boards fasteners paper weights office paste mucilage and liquid glue.
Territorial Officials of New Mexico in 1905
A roster listing territorial and federal officials appointed in New Mexico in 1905. It names Governor George Curry and key administrators such as Secretary J. W. Reynolds Auditor W. G. Sargent Treasurer J. H. Vaughn and various state roles including Superintendent of Public Instruction C. B E Clark Librarian Mrs. Chapman Adjutant General A. P. Tarkington and Game and Fish Warden W E Griffin. Also listed are judges Justices W J Mills John R McFie F W Parker Ira S Abbott W H Pope Edwin R Mann and county officials for Santa Fe Rio Arriba Taos San Juan and Farmington credits.
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George Curry
J. W. Reynolds
W. G. Sargent
J. H. Vaughn
Arthur Talford
C. B E. Clark
Mrs. Chapman
A A. Keen
A. P. Tarkington
C. V. Safford
W. E
Public Notice of Final Homestead Proof for Arrington
Department of the Interior Land Office at Santa Fe New Mexico May 7 1907 announces Thomas P Arrington of Farmington filed for final five year proof for Homestead Entry No 6670 for lands in section 8 township 28N range 13W. Proof will be made June 28 1907 before Frank Staplin U S Court Commissioner Farmington. Witnesses listed: A F Stump R B E Cooper K O Hannd John W Brown all of Farmington NM. Manuel R Otero 105 Ot
Uncle Laughs Last In Street Encounter
In Kansas City a crowd at Eleventh Street and Grand Avenue watched an old man, described as a dis cursive speaker, respond to taunts by two high school boys. He produced a card and declared, I am a preacher, and an undertaker too, wishing them no ill luck.
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Kansas City
Eleventh Street
Grand Avenue
Site Picked for New Zinc Ore Treatment Plant at Rico
This afternoon a site was chosen for the Stalmann-Germer-McQuisten plant to treat zinciferous ores from United Rico Mines. Exact location to be announced later. Plant will start with at least fifty tons and grow, including a concentrating plant and zinc smelter. Work starts at once as process operators arrive in Rice to inspect the mines.
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Stalmann-Germer-McQuisten
United Rico Mines Company
Edna
Five Year Proof Notice for Santa Fe Homestead Claim
Land Office at Santa Fe New Mexico gives Thomas J five year proof for Homestead Entry No 66698 filed November 22 1901 for lands in Section 8 Township 29 North Range 13 West. Proof to be made before Frank Staplin U S Court Commissioner Farmington New Mexico on June 28 1907 witnesses A F Stump R E Cooper R O Hand and John W Brown all of Farmington New Mexico.
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Santa Fe
New Mexico
Thomas J. Arrington
Farmington
N. M
N. W
S. W
Township
Range
Frank Staplin
U.S
Ink ads advertise wide range of ink bottles
A vintage ad highlights inks from Arnold's Sanford's and Carter's in sizes from 5¢ to $1.00 with colors including black blue black red violet and green. Collins Ink Eradicator promises instant removal of ink marks.
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Arnold
Sanford
Carter
Montrose Oil Well Encounters Heavy Oil Rock Indicators
Management reports promising rock indications at the Montrose well suggesting a heavy oil flow imminent. Exploratory analysis notes rock types that may sustain high-yield deposits, with early estimates pointing to substantial production potential.
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Montrose
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Teriiory
W. W
McDonald
G.A. R
L. W. Steinbach
A. F. Stump
C. C. Pitrat
M. C. Picken
Frank Huff
Steve Pace
B. McJunkin
Committee ON Music
C. P. Voorhees
G. W. Lefler
R. A. Waldraven
G. C. Bero
Otto Behrend
Committee ON Flowers
Alda England
Lily Pond
Hattie Locke
Hklande Allen
Committee ON
Lena Elliott
Saville Hedley
Lorene Fitzgerald
Committee ON Transportation
F.B. Allen, J. Pound, W.M. Johnson
Buatrer Brown
Witt F. Gairrin
The
First National Bank
Wm. H. Avery
A. M. Amaden
W. H. Harrington
Meat and Produce Market Co
M. Hubbard & Son, Props
C. Farmington, N. M
R. H. Macnichol
San Juan
Ment
Angel
Satan
Milwaukee Sentinel
Charity
Durango
Nathan
the Metropolis
John C. Hubbard
R. E. McKibbon
Hyde
Farmington, New Mbx
Official Directory
United States
H. P. Bradsaar
M. O. Llewellyn
C. B. Foraker
W. H. H. Llewellyn
Santa Fe Land Office
M. R. Otero
Fritz Muller
Congress
W. H. Andrews
Griffin
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Jacobo Chaves
Supreme Court
W. J. Mills
Las Ve
Associate
F. W. Parker
Las Cruces
Ira S. Abbott
Albuquerque
W. H. Pope
Ros
Edwin R. Mann
Alamogordo
Jane D. Sena
Rio Arriba
Joan R. McFie
A. M. Bergere
Alex Read
Ww. G. Sargent
Charles W. White
F. M. Pierce
F. B. Allen
L. H. Miller
Willet Brown
Department of the Interior
Thomas P. Arrington
N. E
U. S
R. BE. Cooper
K. O. Hannd
John W. Brown
Manuel R. Otero
Rico
R. E. Cooper
R. O. Hannd
Farmington, New Mexico
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Staplin
M. A. Mahany
Ganon Gallegos
Indiana
Arest
Gallup
Camp House
Corral
Best Water
R. T. F. Simpson
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Denver
Colorado Springs
Puebla
Granidad
S. K. Hooper
Gen'l Pass
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