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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
2
Subscriptions payable in advance and discontinued at expiration. Lordsburg New Mexico post office second class mail matter. Local advertising at thirty cents per single column inch per insertion. Five cents extra for one-time ads. Local notices ten cents per line per insertion. Legal advertisements at legal rates.
The piece extols success as doing one's job well with fairness to others and honesty to oneself. It links wealth to keeping friends, aiming high, learning, and staying in touch with integrity while balancing thoroughness and speed. It emphasizes resilience, cheerful acceptance of loss, shared effort, and bettering the world.
A civic plea outlines the debt owed to the town of Lordsburg for a supportive community. It emphasizes access to education, churches, entertainment, commerce, and public safety, urging residents to contribute through service to improve the town for future generations. The piece frames allegiance to the community as a moral obligation beyond monetary value.
The Tombstone Prospector argues against street carnivals saying they are morally harmful and hurt legitimate businesses. They note El Paso banned them after 1920 as authorities require state taxes and licenses and warn carnivals undermine lawful commerce and morality.
The text argues lawmakers must curb the expanding public expenditure and reduce fixed government charges that have become exorbitant and paralyzing to industry, placing responsibility on governance alongside individual thrift.
A reverent year end prayer asks God for peace justice and brotherhood worldwide. It seeks forgiveness for greed and a renewed recognition of human life, labor dignity, and honest work to heal a devastated earth through divine providence and mercy.
The Clifton Copper Era argues a new interstate link from Mule Creek to Silver City will boost Greenlee County’s growth by opening a trade region and reducing travel distances to El Paso Phoenix and Magdalena. The editorial predicts doubled automobile traffic and two east outlets, despite questioning tunnel costs for the Black Range.
Copper lead and zinc form the core of western metal production but two years of wartime wages and overhead with peace time prices strain operations. European buyers disrupted by exchange conditions hinder sales, mines strive to maintain wages and output while copper producers push broader use in home utensils roofs frames automobile trims and other durable goods.
The Tombstone Epitaph notes that President Obregon hopes the Mexico United States boundary will have the same status as the U S Canada line. It observes no fort or troops on the border and reports a proposed reduction of the U S Army to 175000, with border camps closed to save money.
Governor John V. Conway outlines New Mexico’s New Year education program through the State Department of Education. He emphasizes rural school improvement, two years of professional training for teachers, and coordination of educational forces while seeking community cooperation and input.
A well known town man avoids big shows of faith yet helps the needy at Thanksgiving and Christmas. He buys provisions for families and outfits a child with a full clothes set each year, a deed longtime credited by locals.
The Boston Transcript notes a sharp quip about parenting ethics in a housing context. A wife asks if her husband sings to a crying baby and the response cites neighbors preferring the baby’s cries over silence. The exchange highlights social tensions over noise and neighborly boundaries.
Last year world gold production stood at 285 166 000 dollars, down 18 500 000 from 1918. US output was 60 000 000 dollars, down 8 000 000 from 1918. The current year may reveal enough decline to worry gold standard governments about maintaining parity.
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