Territorial News Across New Mexico and Arizona
Las Vegas markets wool and a bond cashing event. Apache mine ships ore to El Paso. Texas families settle near Las Palomas. Republican League carnival planned in Albuquerque. Las Cruces post office gains presidential grade. ice storage depots planned in El Paso and Chihuahua. Paymaster Wham robbery suspects still moving. Arizona old timers reportedly hide from bluecoats. mint reports NM gold and silver output. session laws publication questioned. San Pedro Placer Mining directors promise success. Judge Lee appoints son-in-law as clerk. editorial staff changes and constitutional convention speculation. Albuquerque Temperance Union reports progress. new Republican judge praised. Roswell ad prospects noted. multiple business openings urged by Roswell editorial.
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Territorial Penitentiary
Apache
el Paso
Texas
Huis Huller & Co
Las Palomas
Republican League of
W.A. Vincent
Agua Para Company
Chihuahua
New Mexico
Arizona
United States
Wheels of Justice
Socorro
San Pedro Placer Mining Company
R. M. Johnson
J. A. Blake
R. W. Webb
Raunhiem
San Pedro Copper Company
San Marcial
Lee
Second District
Department of Justice
Ed. Pennington
Deming Headlight
Imeadright
Warren Bristol
Olive Calvin’ Ennis
Albuquerque Democrat
Wallace Hite
Yale
Las Vegas
Albuquerque
Southwest Sentinel
McKie
Absalom
Israel
Perfect Woman Nobly Planned. A 19th century beauty standard
The Union and Advertiser outlines a detailed blueprint for a "perfectly formed" woman with specific measurements and proportions, including height, weight ranges, limb lengths, and shoe size. It notes debates on thigh and neck proportions and invites self-measurement applications for correspondence, emphasizing anonymous participation.
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The
Union and Advertiser
Rgo
The Yellow Garter Charm Incident in New Haven
Reports describe a Secret Union in New Haven where about a dozen girls vow to marry within a year aided by a yellow garter thought to charm suitors. Since its formation last summer one member married an Italian organ grinder, another a firm employee, one eloped, and three joined others, sparking widespread curiosity about the mystic garter.
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New Haven
Conn
Secret Union
Great United
Santa Fe's Fair Daughters
Plaza
Against His Principles and the Prohibitionists
A comic exchange as Uncle Silas quips about his wife’s doctor and the prohibitionists. The visitor pressingly asks if she is a homoeopath, and Silas retorts that both claim not to believe in taking anything, implying a shared skepticism.
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Silas
Doctor to Lady of the Upper Ten About Husband’s Illness
A doctor speaks to a woman described as upper ten society about her husband’s yellow condition, highlighting social tensions and medical concern in a domestic scene.
Recognize Native Element in New Mexico Appointments
The article argues that three-fifths of New Mexico’s population are Spanish Americans who are Republicans and influential citizens. It urges President Harrison to recognize native New Mexicans in federal appointments to preserve the Republican Party in the Territory, citing local candidates worthy of office.
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New Mexico
Republican Party
Harrison
Republican Party of
Vegas
Irrigation Plan for Arid West Gains Backing
The United States government backs Maj. J. W. Powell's irrigation survey to turn arid regions across Montana Colorado New Mexico Idaho Nevada Arizona and California into fertile land. Secretary Noble approves funding of a quarter million dollars for topographic surveys and dam canal studies including a Mesilla Valley option in New Mexico.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
United States
Rockies
Maj. J. W. Powell
Geological Survey Bureau
Noble
California
Paso
Mesilla Valley
Conrier- Journal
Songs Wanted From a California Miner Letter
A California mining region woman wrote to a Sacramento music dealer seeking songs and prices. She asks for tunes including one with lyrics like chip, hair cut, johnny get you gun and mentions days of song titles such as day, she is my big Fat Consumpted liza jane. The note echoes a prior letter by Larry O Rorke from prison to his wife, linking to a line about pop Goes the Weezle.
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California
Sacramento
Chip
Johny
Liza Jane
Larry O'Rorke
Margaret
Norrison
Fle
Gen. Harrison
Morton
Potomac
B. H
New York Sun
We Were Then Self and Slave at Command of That Dictatorial Autocrat
The writer recalls past subservience to the New Mexican and Col. Frost's conviction, admitting gratitude for past sympathy while acknowledging a sense of obligation and retrospective grievance toward the paper. The passage reflects on bias, memory gaps, and shifting loyalties in Santa Fe.
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New Mexican
Col. Frost
Santa’ Fe
Sunday Rest and Constitutional Fights Across Papers
A compilation of editorials debates President Harrison on Sabbath rest and steamboat travel, Attorney General Miller’s view on Arizona state constitution validity, and satire on Johnstown relief fundraising. Notes Kansas City and Optic comment on local contributions and a Las Vegas Santa Fe pooling idea.
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Kansas City
Johnstown
Vegas
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Election fact and schoolhouse humor mix in Globe-Democrat note
The Globe-Democrat quotes that Governor Hill won New York while Cleve land did not, framing the result as an enduring fact amid feasting. The piece shifts to a vignette where a school mistress asks about why Buck is sore, and a man recalls his thumb being pounded with a hatchet that morning, ending with fragmented lines about epoch fees and schists.
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Hill
New York
Cleveland
Globe-Democrat
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Roswell Register
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Roswell
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Miller
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Yankton
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Pop
Pee Weiga
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
Herald Publishing Company
Palace Avenue
Geo. W. Hickox & Co
Jf. L. Marsh
Free
Ayer
Judson B
Chapel
Peabody
Mass
Mary N. Hammond
Stillwater
Minn
E.R. Foss
Milwaukee
Wis
William
Techmomd
J. G. Schumann
Wagner & Haffner
Body Brussels
Tapestry Brussels
B. Hanley
Olorado Beer Saloon
San Francisco Street
Blain Brothers
Grant Rivenburg
Jersey
Santa FH
Bernalillo County
Plains
Bernalillo
Jane J Gadis
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