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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
4
A Brooklyn drug clerk recalls a man waiting in a shop as a young woman spreads a large sheet of paper beside a directory and copies names. She explains she is gathering notes to begin a short story for a prize contest.
A boy sits by a curb with a tin can attracting an old man. The can holds tussock moth caterpillars the boy explains crawl up trees to eat leaves. He reveals he is "fooling a few of them" by sending caterpillars up the telephone line in a harmless mischief.
The Bank saloon in Santa Fe was robbed of 80 dollars. A broom corn shipment moved from Melrose. Roswell bee men faced a poor season. Gallup’s volunteer fire department gained an automobile-aided truck. About 1,500 educators attended the State Teacher's Association in Albuquerque.
Fragmented lines depict a curious hero and a lion in a den with a witty exchange. The piece mixes prompts about danger and virtue, ending with a note on wealth and moral choice. The text hints at a moral contrast between character and riches.
A three year old girl in Harry Godfrey’s family watched a potato patch take root. When darkness fell she vanished, prompting a search. Found beside the rows she warned the potatoes not to sprout while she was away, then returned to the house finally.
A quirky noted exchange compares a motorist who hit a chicken to themes of aging and beauty. The dialogue riffs on time, value, and the transience of life with a humorous nod to poetry and soap bubbles.
Santa Fe Governor McDonald endorsed exploring Belgian settlement in New Mexico. He cautioned that any executive backed effort must be strictly conservative without exaggerating state prospects, following a letter from Gila Farm Co. president Thomas Lyons seeking inducements for Belgian families to relocate and farm in the state.
In Colfax county coal mines, monthly wages total about $200,000 and yearly about $2,500,000. Most miners earn up to $125 monthly, with some reaching $200. At Koehler camp, 1,500 people rely on coal for livelihoods.
Albuquerque reports the New Mexico Educational Association held its twenty ninth annual convention. Frank Carroon dean of Las Vegas State Normal was chosen chairman and Miss M A Myers of Santa Fe was elected secretary. Resolutions proposing radical changes in New Mexico educational laws were discussed.
Three carloads of wagons arrived at the Shiprock agency. The wagons are issued to Indians in exchange for labor performed for the government, a routine practice that testifies to Navajo thrift as such shipments are not uncommon.
Albuquerque reports a wide search by deputy sheriffs and U S marshals as they scoured the country in all directions for Gen. Jose Ynez Salazar the federal prisoner who escaped from Bernalillo county jail.
John Enfield, cashier of the closed State National Bank of Artesia, was acquitted in Federal Court on a charge of making a false report to the comptroller of the currency.
Santa Fe reports the Exposition Board accepted fifty one colored stereopticon slides showing Artesia and Eddy County attractions and progress. The new slides join the board base of three thousand in a premier pictorial showcase of New Mexico's resources.
Santa Fé report notes Pueblo Indians recently fined for out of season turkey hunting. In a warning the Indians say they will arrest white hunters on Indian grants, starting with W. C. Richey of Laguna as the first victim.
Santa Fé project eyeing ten to twelve elk in a cafon enclosure if the Chamber of Commerce raises half the funds. Roy notes wheat continues to arrive by wagon trains and the crop is only half marketed. Bean threshing will last a month with an estimated 500000 pounds produced, while cane seed maize and feterita threshing will likely match the wheat output.
Elias Montoya a noted sheep raiser from Thoreau was accidentally shot in the right breast and taken in serious condition to Gallup hospital.
Dr. V A Dennis of this city appointed veterinary by the New Mexico Sheep Sanitary Board. The board has sent him a disinfecting formula for use.
In a Public Library art gallery a painter-woman studies a sunset canvas, blending light and shade on waves as two visitors pause to touch and remark on the grand, hand painted scene. Nellie is praised for the lifelike colors and meticulous technique.
A fragment describes a dark moment where a speaker asks for Fritz and a French soldier with some knowledge of German replies. The line notes that the German knowledge appears to have failed him.
A concise line notes a curious flaw in many labor bills: they won’t work. The quip suggests skepticism about practical impact of labor legislation.
A case heard by Pittsburgh Justice Richardson on November 7, 1807 involved a boat owned by Mr. Winchester that struck a rock below Pittsburgh, sank, and ruined cargoes. The master claimed a rotten plank caused the loss. the judge discharged the master, and Winchester lost the boat and merchandise. The ruling helped spur inspector appointments by 1812.
Farmer Binks exclaims about a clock misreading. Obadiah and his wife discuss the French clock where the minute hand at four and the other at nine supposedly strikes eleven, causing him to stop work to figure it is seventeen minutes to eight.
A brief quip from the Kansas City Journal scenes shows Mrs. Wombat asking why Indians wear feathers and Mr. Wombat replying with a counter question. The exchange plays on cultural stereotypes through a humor magazine style line.
A collection of satirical quotes criticizes public orators and businessmen who rely on grand gestures over substance. The Philadelphia Bulletin notes jokes about war humor and moral branding, including a jab at religious claims used for business and a poke at Rudyard Kipling's war song and Carnegie's peace palace.
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