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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1915
Page
4
Mayor Rockwell remarks at Akron reception that girls rarely marry disadvantageously, while boys do. He cites a young woman engaged to a wealthy landowner, quipping that deeds speak louder than words and noting distinctions in romantic choices.
A vintage advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap for cleansing and Cuticura Ointment for soothing scalp skin to aid hair growth. It invites readers to sample free by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept Pa Boston, noting availability everywhere.
In a spirited exchange quoted from the Kansas City Star two brothers debate what constitutes a heaven for Baptists. Brother Hombershay asserts it is a Baptist heaven while Brother Hawkee questions the claim and cautions against a forced unity that would provoke a mass exodus.
Exchange shows a drawing class moment where Miss Emily scolds Rastus for incomplete mule detail and Rastus cites being told to omit details. The playful banter highlights teaching style and student response in a school setting.
A heated moment unfolds as a man seizes his hair in anger while his wife confronts him and demands he stop, reminding him of her presence and authority in the dispute.
A sprawling list survey covers automobile, goat, apple, and wheat shipments. road and rail projects. political appointments. crimes and trials. weather and natural incidents. and business moves across towns from Albuquerque to Clovis, Roswell, and Belen, featuring figures like Lucero and Cooper and events from November through fall.
In Sterling Connecticut a 22 year old woman reports monthly fainting and weakness improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Massena New York residents also praise the tonic, noting relief from anemia and complexion issues after years of illness. The advertisement urges girls with painful or irregular periods to seek restoration by taking the product.
The monarch praises General Slammenberg who has just crowned his record with capturing 962 438 prisoners 107 percent guns and two sides of beef. He receives the Zinc Triangle the Purple Gondola and Singing Squirrel. The general asks for a worthy cigar named after him. The monarch realizes the request is impossible.
A district cartoon style jab from the New York Telegram shows Mrs Church mocking trench warfare while Mrs Gotham jokes her husband only battles for a seat in the subway. The quip highlights urban subway annoyance rather than battlefield action.
A reader commends a war correspondent for describing front scenes without sensational gunfire language. The piece notes the writer’s restrained, vivid portrayal and contrasts it with more dramatic, less tasteful imagery.
The House journal does not show public reading of the two armory bond bills for Carlsbad and Deming as required. Attorney General staff report 59 additional bills share the defect, prompting a taxpayer suit to halt bond sales and bring the legality question before the Supreme Court.
State Land Commissioner Robert P. Irvin remitted surplus funds to the State Treasury. About 29,992.18 was allocated to land grant funds and related accounts. The office operating cost totaled 58,994 and 20 percent of revenue funded expenses, with roughly half returned to the common school fund.
Santa Fe reports the late auditor certified county levies for the fourth fiscal year. A state mill levy under the Bursum law was requested at one sixth of a mill to raise 32000 for charitable institutions, plus one eighth of a mill for interest and sinking fund, a special levy of one sixth mill for cattle indemnity and a three mill sheep sanitary fund levy.
Melrose New Mexico, owner and manager of the Transcontinental Comet Company, was instantly killed when a carbide tank exploded during the production of Hight for a moving picture show. A portion of his head was blown away in the blast.
A new time card takes effect October 2 for the New Mexico Santa Fe and Torrance line covering 116 miles. The daily trains are discontinued. the schedule now runs Santa Fe Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, arriving Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.
A country parson visits Jones at his veranda where he holds a Bible. Jones, bluntly, notes twins have arrived and mother asked him to look up the names, prompting a dry punchline about the Bible's usefulness.
A young wife laments after a dentist pulls her wisdom teeth and a husband reassures her with a quip about wisdom. She worries the extraction makes her stupid, while he notes even a full mouth of teeth can’t change her nature.
A colorful detainee jokes about prison life claiming three wives and praising the jail’s bars and window lattice for its comfort. He speaks cheerfully despite incarceration, while another inmate questions the reason for detention.
In a testimonial, a doctor warns coffee causes nervous problems and digestion troubles, while Postum offers a healthier alternative. The narrator credits Postum with improved sleep, weight gain from 146 to 167 pounds, and better energy, noting even their children stopped coffee after Postum introduction. The ad promotes Postum Cereal and Instant Postum with prices 15¢ 25¢ and 0c 50c tins.
A rural tale shows Uncle William declaring women drive dangers and recounts a man who allegedly died from fright after being run over by a car driven by a woman. His wife challenges the myth as pure falsehoods and a burial claim dates to two years prior.
Advertisement touting Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney and bladder trouble. Claims widespread female sufferers experience back pain headaches nervousness and despondency. Urges purchase of fifty cent to one dollar bottle or a ten cent sample by mail from Kilmer Co at Binghamton NY.
Willis Ness predicts a looming end of the moving picture era due to dwindling attendance while Gillis notes rising popularity. The exchange suggests a future where many run or act in films, leaving fewer spectators to watch.
A humorous dialogue finds a waitress questioning unequal food treatment as a boarder debates his meal and a guest contemplates staying or leaving. The exchange probes choices and social dynamics in a playful kitchen scene.
Michael Muldoon reports missing five pound note to a London police sergeant. He cannot recall the note’s number, admitting he wrote it on the back of the note itself. The offic er presses for the serial, highlighting the comic bungling in a London Tit-Bits item.
An old man cycling toward Waterford was knocked down when a dog darted from a doorway and under his wheel. The dog circled and barked while a passing boy watched. Mr Dangrily echoed the tumble and the boy quipped that the man sat down to toy with the dog.
A jumbled dialogue recalls a summer resort, playful talk of Lovers Lane, minor flirtations, a faulty power plant causing outages, a laundry slogan about whiteness, and a saloonkeeper proudly labeling his place a buffet.
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