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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
2
Subscriptions must be prepaid and end at expiration. The notice explains second class mail status at Lordsburg New Mexico. Local ads are thirty cents per single column inch. one time ads add five cents per inch. Local notices cost ten cents per insertion. Legal ads charged at legal rates.
The PTA program featured Commissioner J H Witzpatrick on The Value of an Education and Attorney A W Morningstar on Our Country What Are We Coming To He urged pupil teacher and parental cooperation and warned the U S ranks second in world illiteracy calling for stronger child education and higher ideals beyond movie hero worship.
APPLIED CHRISTIANITY A M Sherman brother of Dell and Edson Sherman, longtime Charlotte figure, and his wife hosted a Thanksgiving reunion at Dell Sherman’s. Nellie Sherman died nine years ago, leaving four children whom the grandparents adopted and raised. The oldest is 18, the youngest 14, with both grandparents and Mrs. Sherman sharing heavy burdens and pride in the family.
A church circular urges systematic and generous giving, noting benefits require sacrifice. It asks members how church donations compare with lodge dues, car expenses, or a new hat, and urges denying a few pleasures to flood the church budget with spiritual blessing.
Assistant Attorney General Harry Bowman states women may hold all appointive offices including adjutant general, state penitentiary warden, and state house custodian. He notes many public roles are open to women and encourages them not to be disappointed.
The house passed senate bill 4665 extending the mining claim assessment period to July 4, 1921 and delaying declarations to retain claims until April 4, 1924. The measure, approved by the senate on December 13, extends wartime mining privileges with similar filing rules for retention of possession.
Fifty years ago there was some excuse for bad roads for our country was poor. Now it is rich there is no excuse. A good road is always to be desired and is a source of comfort and convenience to every traveler. Good roads attract population and raise property values.
Ohmetede, the newly elected mayor of El Centro California, orders police chief to withhold crime news as far as possible. The directive signals a strict stance on reporting offenses to curb sensationalism and public fear.
Albuquerque leaders including Senators-elect D K B Sellers and Rafael Garcia meet at the Chamber of Commerce to form a committee led by D A Porterfield Anna W Strumquist and Ek K Garcia to draft proposed gambling legislation aimed at improving morals in communities state wide.
December 1 report from New Mexico Department of Agriculture through State Statistician KW F Hare in Las Cruces estimates winter wheat plantings at 284 000 acres this season up from last fall's revised 208 acres. Crop condition stands at a percent of normal versus last year's 98 percent at this time. favorable conditions could yield the state's largest wheat crop in history.
An Albuquerque Herald column recalls a boy who discovers a hollow drum after opening it. It uses the tale as a metaphor: many men make loud appearances with empty interiors, urging readers to seek truth inside people and objects rather than punishing curiosity.
The El Paso Labor Advocate argues the best housing solution is for workers to own their homes. He says owning builds collateral value, stability, and long term financial security, contrasting it with rent which yields no asset. He urges directing earnings toward property over risky investments to boost personal and community prosperity.
Census bureau announced final population figures as of January 1 this year for the United States and outlying possessions, listing totals by state and possessions, with nationwide and regional counts and details on each listed area.
A short item notes Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Wilson as ordinary women. After a porch visit they returned inside the White House for a twenty minute second chat. The remark compares two wives in a light social aside.
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