15 Nov 1884
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Newspaper
Lincoln County Leader
Location
White Oaks, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1884
Page
1
The piece reflects on winter coming with New Mexico’s sun amid November musings. It shifts to politics urging voters to exercise independent judgment, warn against hereditary voting, and call for choosing a president who upholds American ideals and progress while noting late New York returns and possible discrepancies in Democratic tallies.
Barber beat Beall for the Dona Ana Council with 910 votes to 118, reflecting a decisive local election result and indicating voter preference in the Dona Ana district.
Washington author Mexny N Coun releases the seventh edition of Sattler's Guide a practical aid for settlers and land entrants. The illustrated volume explains township section and quarter section surveys and outlines the laws for entering state, desert and mineral lands while warning against 48 misleading statements. Robert G Invenon will speak at the Kit Carson monument unveiling in Santa Fe.
A 1854 Kansas City missive from Republican supporters invites attendance at a funeral for the aged Republican party. It decries the party’s “death” and asks recipients to act as pallbearers at the memorial in Kansas City on November 13 1854, asking for a personal RSVP.
President Chester A. Arthur designates a day of general thanksgiving on Thursday the 27th. Citizens are urged to cease ordinary work and observe the holiday at home and in places of worship with gratitude for divine blessings on the nation.
In a hesitant conversation a woman confesses belief she will soon be in a soul’s embrace, mistaken references to biblical figures surface as she clings to hope. A friend challenges her wording, and she insists any fate is preferable to years of loneliness.
Local candidate Weaver, once a controversial figure linked to Samaels, failed to win a congressional seat last week. Opponents touted his past Greenback platform as a misstep that did not appeal to voters.
Lincoln County official returns show several precincts omitted or not signed as required. The vote totals list candidates including McDonald and others with notable figures from Nogal Las Tablas and Penasco excluded pending challenge.
Judge Stephen F. Wilson, newly appointed associate justice of the Sd district, arrived in Deming by noon after a light train delay. A Pennsylvania native and former congressman, he is a Republican who has held the common pleas court and state senate seat, and he was appointed to the New Mexico bench by Governor Geary.
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