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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1916
Page
3
E Lane visited and bought 125 Hereford cattle with calves, pasturing them on Newman ranch Hagerman. A Tucson brakeman with the railroad died instantly in a separate incident. He was well known locally and survived by a wife and one child.
The report describes Roosevelt Uncle Jimmy Cofiner testing a new molasses product in New Mexico. J H Fitzpatrick builds a home on a 320 acre tract, with Wells leasing a nearby school section and plans for rural life. Cofiner’s process yields a 22 pound Sweetmelon harvest and a batch boiled to a richly flavored molasses rivaling cane sugar, drawing samples from locals who praise its quality.
The first annual Springer Lodge Masonic banquet was held at Mountain View Hotel on Monday night October 23. Out of town Masons contributed to the success with speeches, including J T Conway Verdon A Denger HC Abbott and wife SA Fonte and I T Lewis Dr Murdoch acted as toastmaster. Ben Etehart and family received a presentation as they prepare to leave Springer.
Unknown assailants robbed the Elizabeth town postoffice and adjacent store during a Saturday night raid, making off with about 55 government dollars while leaving other cash untouched. The entry was through a window as residents gathered for a mining camp event. no arrests reported yet. Nearby Cimarron reports heavy cattle shipments and a Las Cruces sugar plant investment. Avís sees a 30,000 pound potato yield per two acres, with Mohair Growers shipping over $20,000 in wool to Hilton company through Alamogordo and Roswell routes.
The group met Tuesday to consider the Proposition and agreed to work actively for twenty five pupils in Tucumeari News context.
The El Paso Chamber of Commerce sent congratulations to W B Mandeville Las Cruces banker for securing a $1,000,000 beet sugar factory in the upper valley to be built by Holly Sugar Company of Colorado. Announcement in Las Cruces says a plant is decisively planned though about 3,000 acres of the 7 0M beet sugar acreage remain to be pro detent. Local committee led by W G Roe will press on to sign up beet sugar growers and the two cities foresee great benefits from the new industry.
Over the past week shipments from Des Moines report 8 cars of cattle to Denver and 12 cars of sheep plus 3 cattle to Denver by P. James. H. Meinecke sent one car of cattle to Denver. R. Hate and Cat Reithers awaited 11 and 17 carloads of sheep respectively, all shipping this week. Union county teachers met in Des Moines last week with many schoolmates, though teachers were scarce amid the ongoing campaign.
A 1916 notice promotes an inside bath using hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims clearer skin and a healthier complexion for those who adopt the routine, stating many will see a dramatic lifestyle change. The ad emphasizes inner cleansing over outer treatments and cites November 3, 1916.
The Democratic chairman of this precinct receives little funding as two hours were spent Saturday morning printing signs about a democratic cause. The piece notes editor contact and funds, referencing G Berlin and a Buick purchase, with travel woes between Obar and Amarillo cited as context for Good Roads involvement.
Rupert F Asplund, prominent educator and former state school chief, traveled from Carlsbad toward the north. He now works with the New Mexico Taxpayers Association which is campaigning to cut property taxes and streamline state spending. The group surveys tax rolls and school funding while auditing state department expenditures.
A Draughon’s Business College representative has surveyed Tut Umeari for a potential campus. Local business men received a definite proposition, with plans to establish a school and require a one year commitment. Details note a fatality within two weeks and twenty five pupils expected to start, with local residents to furnish twenty?
The piece argues that reelecting McDonald and De Baca would extend a misgovernance of New Mexico. It accuses Trinidad C. de Baca of lavish expenses as state fish and game warden and links him to the McDonald firm. The text warns voters that a second term would worsen public service, hunting license funds, and state finances.
The record shows New Mexico figures alleging that Lt Gov de Baca aided a wife murderer’s parole and later employed the man at the Las Vegas state insane asylum. The piece links Vigil’s 1905 release and a 1912-13 pattern with de Baca’s influence, plus a second case involving Prudencio Martinez and Felipe Garcia. It questions if political favors could sway parole and employment in state governance.
An unclear OCR passage shows garbled dialogue mentioning teaching boys to shoot and references to a Columbus figure. The legible fragments include phrases about saluting, home life, and a fatherbird figure, but no coherent event or date is identifiable. The text preserves named entities like Columbus and Peter Vatherbird in broken form.
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