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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1928
Page
2
The Lordsburg Liberal announces its status as second class matter under postal regulations at Lordsburg New Mexico with publication details and filing stance.
Local advertising offered at a flat rate of 30 cents per inch for single column. An extra 5 cents per inch for a single column only one insertion. Local rate 10 cents per line. Weather Bureau description of climate calls it dry mild sunny and healthful. Official tourist guide touts year round climate as best in the world.
In November the Liberal hired Myrtle Pf Atkinson of Chicago to launch a large circulation drive adding readers across Hidalgo County. The paper thanks contestants judges and subscribers for strong support and notes the Boulder Dam bill and Colorado river compact poised to attract settlers and capital enabling irrigation power and farm expansion.
Tourists praise Lordsburg hospitality while the town faces a housing crunch. With mines nearby expanding and more workers arriving, at least fifty houses are needed and most homes are occupied. Construction of four to five room bungalows is seen as a smart investment.
This section of New Mexico offers an ideal climate with cool mornings and evenings, and bright sun all day. Tourists are drawn to the pleasant conditions as they hustle about enjoying the scenery.
Prohibition era bandits in Wink Texas abducted a bootlegger and seized $500 000 worth of whiskey on a transport from Mexico to the United States. Several prohibition agents were nearby when the robbery occurred.
Madam Violette Morris of Paris, a champion French automobile driver, sues the Federation of Women’s Sports to preserve her right to wear pants, citing modesty as her reason.
The passage mentions the close of Leap Year 1928 and jokes that bachelors will have time to replenish their bait before courting again four years later, using playful imagery about doves and prey.
The flu has created demand for medicinal whiskey with some boys joking they will force a long convalescence.
Report notes Tom and Jerry appearing in good spirits during the Christmas holidays with evidence of cheer and festive activity.
A greeting to readers of the Liberal wishing a happy and prosperous new year with best regards for the coming months.
In 1882 at Fort Grant Arizona I serve as chief of pack train and scout under Colonel Shafter. A rustler gang steals a cavalry horse while payfest cheers up soldiers. A single armed suspect and a crippled man trail leads through San Simon Valley. The trail fades near a colored man’s ranch before returning to the post. An ensuing telegram from the sheriff adds a new twist.
A first person account details a raid and chase from Solomonville to Lordsburg involving Lt Wilcox, a sheriff, and a mistaken suspect with a false arm. The story shifts to a Lordsburg saloon confrontation with Andy Price and Cub, where the bartender Tony defuses a gunfight by drawing on the men through the bar. The narrator reflects on the drop and frontier reputation, then closes with unrelated local notices about Miss Mary Folgarton, Mrs Lillian Neighbors, and Roy Dearman.
Paul Behne, a New Orleans youth who lost both hands in a railroad accident, has become a skilled artist. He holds brushes and pencils in the elbow-crotch of his left arm and creates images with notable deftness.
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