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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
2
An official government style sheet outlines the climate under the United States Weather Bureau. It praises the healthfulness of the Gryania climate and endorses a touring elma as a year round staple for global visitors.
Entered at the post office in Lordsburg New Mexico as second class matter Local advertising will be accepted at a flat rate of thirty cents per single column inch for each insertion Five cents extra per single column width for only one insertion Local rates per item apply
The article surveys highway construction costs in southern New Mexico, noting a Crushed stone surfacing project near Silver City at 45,062 and praising the Columbus Deming road for low cost and good maintenance. It discusses proposing a straight El Paso to Rodeo route to save miles, while stressing tourist travel wants scenery over shortest distance.
Regular monthly meeting of the Lordsburg Village Board of Trustees held November 7 1927. Items include salaries for city officials and staff, water and sewer system notes, cemetery water request denied, and a petition to raise show license rates discussed and tabled.
The Ll Paso Herald notes that paving projects cut across cultivated areas, challenging the notion that the country is entirely desert or grassy plain. Tourists will still see some of the landscape, despite the disruption.
Nene Dea advertises a fruitstand with inviting produce including big juicy cranberries. The playful verse mentions hungry customers and modern uses for fruit like sauce pies and tarts, noting fat plenty and health appeal.
An old style bank ad urges protecting time health property and future happiness with insurance and a savings account. It notes Lordsburg New Mexico and features a professional directory listing A W Morningstar RK Buvens Margaret Holt Mary Der Muir Jack the Porter and a barber shop.
An old fashion gift ad pitches a Hotpoint all white electric range with ten dollar down and ten dollars a month, offers a deluxe waffle iron, percolators, floor lamps and reading lamps, and promises lasting quality and pleasing results for any gift problem.
Church services and meeting schedules list for Methodist Episcopal, Catholic, Western Star Temple, Pythian Sisters, and Masonic lodges in Lordsburg with pastors, supper times, and meeting dates. Includes officers and visiting member invitations for lodges and Rebekah order.
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