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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
4
David Hume argues that wisdom and virtue are relative judgments based on comparison. Even if all people were as wise as Lord Bacon, the standard would rise and few would qualify as truly wise.
A Welcome Lake resident, F. C. Case, reports relief from back ache kidney trouble and fatigue after using Dodds Kidney Pills. He urges publication to help others and notes the 50c boxes are sold by Dodds Medicine Co. Buffalo NY. Free household hints and recipes offered with the ad.
Senator Smith of South Carolina recounts a courtroom scene between a young prosecutor and an elderly physician. The attorney questioned the doctor's experience, and after patient replies the physician delivered a quip about patients going to heaven and their bonds with lawyers.
Advertisement fragment touts Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold tablets as a guaranteed remedy for colds and la grippe priced at 25 cents from your druggist. Also includes a humorous quip from Puck about a model and artist sketch.
Six women enroll in agricultural courses at Wisconsin State University as part of a continuing education drive. The program aims to expand opportunities in farming and rural development.
State Teachers' Association meeting winner in Santa Fe. Pecos Valley poised to become hog shipping center. Rock Island broom corn shipment from Rana. Mountainair farmers raise 242,800 pounds of beans. Curry county wheat sold to Galveston. Corralitos Cattle Co ships 2,500 head from Columbus. Socorro plans open stockyards. Grand Hotel Cimarron fire suspected incendiary origin. Colfax stockmen optimistic on mild winter. Rabbits plentiful in plains. proposes Belgium drive. Governor McDonald opposes nonstatutory taxes. Cayetano Leyba stabbed in Cerrillos riot. Lobrencio Mares arrested for assault. Lem Chesher bound over in Texico killing. Frances Leeson wins state oratorical contest. Frank Harborn released from Lincoln county prison. Vice President Marshall due in NM en route to Scottsdale for holidays. Hall and Pride ranch in Luna county worth $50,000. Mimbres valley creamery project secured. Prof Roberts speaks on NM education. 1914 apple crop 8x10^5 bushels. 1915 yield 6x10^5. Chaves county land entries open Dec 15. Eight-car daily Cimarron shipments. Supreme Court upholds Baca damages suit dismissal. Santa Fe Women's Club to aid rural school children. Delinquent tax interest policy opinion by AAG Clancy. Dr Schaefer indicted for liquor license violations. Eddy county Swine Breeders urge pigeon culling. Wound in Silver City dairy rancher under investigation. Thanksgiving sermon condemns war. Frank Hubbell to ship 60,000 sheep from Socorro county.
Juan Medina, a Mexican native and former Guadalupe county railroad worker, was sentenced to 99 years for murder in Santa Rosa but granted parole by Governor McDonald after 13 years with exemplary conduct. The case hinged on weak witness accounts and doubts about Medina’s guilt, leading to release on parole despite Thanksgiving Day context.
Silver City report says lessees Wright and Stauber of the Savanna Company mines drilled from the Langston shaft near the Pacific mine and found a faulted vein rich in gold. They have extracted thousands of dollars in gold this past year and hold leases on other Pinos Altos properties awaiting development.
Farmington reports President George E. Ladd of State College says a new agricultural expert could double crop value next year with proper support from Legislation and Smith Lever provisions, even without extra land in cultivation.
Beef steers and heifers are quoted with varying grades and prices. Cattle ranges include corn fed, grassers, and cows with figures for Good to choice, fair, and common to fair. feed prices list per ton for Colorado, Nebraska, and regional suppliers along with miscellaneous farm commodities and feeds.
Roy Irvin Ogden Jr finishes the bean threshing season at Stanislaus Rychelewski’s. He has 300000 pounds of credited beans with his machine, plus a large area threshed by Davis and Larue machines and many beaten out by hand. The year’s crop is conservatively estimated at 400000 pounds on the mesa.
Roswell reports the Pecos Valley section shipped one thousand turkeys to a Chicago firm. Gjemre, a farmer near Hagerman, lined up with a Chicago firm and in his area gathered another thousand. The turkeys were shipped in barrels dressed for market.
A partial OCR list records Colorado fruit and vegetable prices including apples pears celery cabbage onions and potatoes with shown per unit or per weigh measures. The fragmented text includes price figures such as 1.25 and 15 and references to “Colo” and vendors.
Roswell C J Franks departed with a carload of cavalry horses destined for Fort Worth where a British government representative would receive them and move them promptly to the war zone. This marks the fourth car shipped from Roswell to British or French authorities.
Mauricio C. Gomez a wealthy ranch owner died two miles from here while being rushed to Santa Fé for medical treatment blood poisoning from an ulcerated tooth was the cause. He owned a Mortarity ranch and was en route with physicians aboard the train.
Sudan grass is hailed as the most valuable hay crop ever introduced into New Mexico based on this year's experiments at Tucumcari experiment stations.
New York markets list lead at 3.75 to 3.85 and spelter at 5.40 to 5.50, with London quotations. Copper electrolytic quoted at 12 to 12 1 2 cents. St Louis shows lead at 2.70 and spelter at 5 1 7 1 4 cents.
Roswell reports hog cholera nearly exterminated in the valley as a veterinary effort shows success. Local farmers celebrate improved herds and healthier stock following eradication measures.
London market note shows bar silver quoted at 2 pounds 1 shilling 16 pence per ounce. The price move indicates demand in the bullion market and import weakness abroad.
Kansas City butter creamery and poultry prices quote firsts seconds hens roosters turkeys with small cents values. Chicago grain and provision prices show wheat corn oats rye barley timothy and clover with bids and ranges for futures and cash quotes.
Constancio Miera owner of the City Drug Store in Socorro continued playing with his orchestra during a Thanksgiving night fire that destroyed his San Antonio street shop. He reportedly played as flames consumed his property, even as disaster struck.
Las Vegas reports the grand jury completed nine days of service and filed its final report. It reviewed thirty five cases presented by the district attorney and examined several witnesses. Eighteen true bills and seventeen no true bills were returned. The jury praised the lack of serious crime in San Miguel county in its report.
South Omaha hogs show prices 6.65 to 6.90 for early loads with bulk sales around 6.60 to 6.75. Native steers bring 6.75 to 9.76, cows and heifers 5.50 to 8.00, Western and Texas steers 5.75 to 8.50. Calves range 8.00 to 10.00. Sheep yearlings 6.75 to 7.25, wethers 5.50 to 6.00, lambs 7.65 to 8.65.
New York cotton futures ease into a trading day with December at 6.99 and several active months showing slight advances. January quotes 7.16, March 7.37, May 7.49 and July 7.66 as traders watch demand and weather signals.
Colorado City plans a trunk factory as Western Newspaper Union reports growth across the state. The Aspen Boy Scouts expand activities while communities note marriages, deaths, and civic events from Cen tral City to Denver.
British officer recounts teaching a horse to sit, rear, and salaat when bowed to. He recalls a circus horse that sat with its rider and a charger that lay down on cue, causing danger during pig sticking and aiming, hinting at an unknown signal triggering the behavior.
The article recalls the 1014 Battle of Clontarf where Brian Boru and Irish forces faced the Danes, with heavy casualties and Danish withdrawal from Dublin. It notes the historic site and mentions modern times when O Connell’s repeal meetings were banned, his trial for conspiracy, and eventual reversal by the Lords.
For skin-tortured babies a hot bath with Cuticura Soap and a light application of Cuticura Ointment provides immediate relief from sleep destroying eczema rashes itching burnings scalings and crustings of the skin and scalp. Free sample 32 p. Skin Book by postcard to Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Sold everywhere.
Mr Bacon questions his son Thomas about a punishment for honesty. The boy explains the teacher accused him of reflecting on her age after he wrote under a drawing of eggs that the hen who laid them isn’t a chicken.
Important notice advises mothers to examine every Castoria bottle for safety and accuracy, ensuring a safe remedy for infants and children. It emphasizes checking labels and seals for proper dispensing and authenticity.
A brief cartoonish exchange asks what chestnuts are sold here and jokes that they are the early birds that catch the worms. The line attributes the quip to the Youngstown Telegram.
A playful ad style note suggests wearing the Red Cross Bag Blue to whiten clothes for wash day and grocers advertise the product as appropriate. The speaker considers attending a masquerade ball as an old-time fop and approves the idea as a dandy notion.
A Missouri farmer proves water navigation is no trick by using a flatboat loaded with goods to travel six miles down the Osage river. He explains the river doubles back near his landing on both banks and he can drag the boat between landings with horse teams to bring his purchase home.
A bishop urged a liberal loosening of norms during a sermon and recalled sending an article to a paper. The printed version altered his line to say We brag too loud and work too little, which he declined to correct. Alimony has parted many a fool and his money.
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