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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
4
Ohio Oil and Gas completes Byron field well in Wyoming reaching a flow of 12,000,000 cubic feet per day. The 2,008 foot well wall could yield 31,000,000 cf daily, with caloric value equal to 5,000 tons of coal.
George J. Bickford, former North Dakota state treasurer, was pardoned by the State Board after a conviction for embezzlement. He had faced one to three years in the penitentiary, with most of the alleged $60,000 embezzlement restored.
April 15 1914 farm price figures show beef cattle averaging 6.29 a hundred, up from 1913, while hogs drop to 7.80 a hundred, 14 below last year. State changes vary, with Wisconsin down 30 cents and New England plus several southern states showing mixed moves.
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer snippet notes a wife’s nervousness tied to her habit of following six continued magazine stories and four movie serials, hinting at modern household press overload.
Three dated October 1891 postcards were uncovered during enamel plate removal outside the Stanley Road post office in Tedington England. Discolored after twenty years, two addresses were decipherable and delivered.
The article notes a dispute over punctuation in the British Parliament linked to Monmouthshire miners. It recalls that up to 1850 most acts were a single sentence and a special statute then allowed punctuation by full stops. Lawyers warn comma use can be altered easily and dangerous in legal documents.
A Lanarkshire pigeon federation race from Dumfries saw birds average over sixty mph with Steuart Brothers of Larkhall reaching about sixty six mph. A second tale follows a British miner's village misadventure as a cobbler boots mix up leads to a pub journey and a quip about repairs.
Millions expected from sheep in Socorro county as Lana Hubbell and Montosia Company plan large lamb and wool outputs. Frank Hubbell and Jaramillo firms report thousands of lambs and high market prices. Also noted is a Santa Fe lawsuit ruling awarding $10,500 after appeals, related to a brakeman’s injury on the New Mexico Central Railroad.
A historical report describes a psychotherapist using four dimensional space and metronome like pacing to induce hypnotic sleep. While asleep the patient hears clean abstinence suggestions against absinthe and is told they cannot drink. The article notes Dr Bertilion advises clients with unhappy love affairs and claims hypnotism provides release from unrequited passion.
Walter Mahony of Camp McCoy Wisconsin describes two year struggle with psoriasis on arms and limbs. After trying multiple therapies he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment gaining complete cure in three months following a mailed sample offer and purchased supplies.
Boston Transcript notes correspondents with the army at Vera Cruz gain insight into Mexican cities founded by Spaniards and compare Vera Cruz’s public buildings to American ones. It mentions Puebla and a large medical school library, and cites Mexico’s cultured people seeking refuge in culture amid turmoil.
Luis Lueras lies in critical condition with a knife wound to the lung and slashes after Marcos Lueras allegedly attacked him in Ancho during the night. Marcos, intoxicated, forced entry and stabbed Luis in the back and head, prompting sheriff involvement and potential murder charges if Luis dies.
George G. King of Taylor named to Colfax county road board replacing John Jeffries who resigned. S. Fullerton of Fort Sumner appointed to Guadalupe county road board replacing P. L. Harrington who resigned. Supreme Court reverses Las Vegas district ruling in State Wing Damage Case, awarding Dr. H. M. Smith $9,870 damages and costs against asylum trustees, holding the contract condition in discharge of state insane asylum employees.
In the Philippines a sergeant in charge of a patrol encounters a bridge marked Destroyed while pursuing a shortcut. He leads men across despite the warning, only to be halted by a galloping officer who asks why they cross a supposedly ruined crossing. The sergeant replies the department is supposed to be swimming.
A newly married woman receives a card of rules and 488 Cocker fixed in her kitchen with instruction from 888 company. The fragment hints at domestic setup and guidance items.
Governor William C. McDonald reappointed John N. Zook of Santa Fe to the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy and Harry O. Strong of Bernalillo County to the Board of Embalmers. Ranchman T M saving died after a lightning strike near Las Cruces. the body was found three miles from town. He was a prominent stockman aged fifty-two.
A Washington woman returning from Rome recalls a tea with Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page and his wife. Mrs Page notes their lively quarrel over life in novels, and Page jokes that the moment could slip into a chapter, igniting playful literary contrast.
A former seaman A B McCreskey was attacked by a bear in his Hyner Pennsylvania barnyard. The bear shot to ground him with a club and mangled his left arm as farmers pursued the animal over the mountains but found no trace. The same bear is suspected of taking a calf from a neighboring farm.
A seventy seven year old man, deceased in a town west of France, kept a daily expense record from age eighteen for 62 years. He smoked 628713 cigars, 43692 gifted, 695021 purchased costing £2040. He bought 86 trousers for £92, 75 jackets and waistcoats for £160, 62 pairs shoes for £66. He wore 300 shirts and 354 collars for £53. Omnibus and tram fares total £52. In 15 years he drank 28875 beers and 40303 small glasses of liquor, spending £1104 plus £249 in Alps.
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