Local News Briefs Highlight Exhibits and Illness
Farrand Cecilian I Interior Piano Player shown at the old post office building on North Main Street invites visitors to hear it. Mrs Dilley’s father James McKnight is critically ill in Leroy Indiana. J Leland reports three inches of snow at Picacho with more snowfall expected.
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Farrand Cecilian
North Main Street
Leonard Linderman Company
Roswell
Picacho
J. Leland
Card of Thanks for support during illness
Card thanks thoughtful friends for kind words and deeds during the last illness of our wife and daughter. Signed by Dr. E. M. Fisher and Mrs. E. A. Bemis.
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E. M. Fisher
E. A. Bemis
Electric whip wins praise and scorn in Roswell
Roswell boasts the laziest man in the Territory for inventing an electric whip attached to a wagon seat. A battery powered device allegedly delivers an electric shock to drive horses, praised by some and criticized for animal abuse. The McKinley County Republican urges gentler treatment and less cruelty.
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Roswell
McKinley County
Nigger in the Woodpile editorial row prompts reader note
Roswell New Mexico residents comment on state constitution and hotel society culture. A letter writer from Chaves county warns of political influence while recounting local elections and feuding delegates. A dog at a hotel causes ink spill mishap with no damages awarded.
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Tribune Citizen
Roswell
N. M
New Mexico
Illinois
Chaves County
Letter on local politics and constitution stance in Chaves County
John B. Albert criticizes Democratic leaders and Republican influence over a mass convention in Chaves County. He doubts delegates will support the constitution and hopes thinking voters will vote it down, noting subsequent statements by G B Patterson opposing the current form.
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Larrazolo
Chaves County
Ulinsis
Chaves Co
Walton
Santa Fe
John B. Albert
G. B. Patterson
Boy’s Curious Moment in Sunday Sermon Sparks Backyard Wonder
A six year old attending divine worship with his parents listened intently as the minister described how God formed man from dust and clay. During a break in the day, he wandered to a backyard stream and became absorbed in a moment of innocent reflection.
The Boy Who Built a Man from Clay
A six year old molds clay into a man but leaves it unfinished. A neighbor’s kick sends the figure away and later a fair visitor with a limp becomes the target of the boy’s curious gaze. The old man asks why the boy watched him and is told he wanted to know why he ran away before being finished.
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Norman E. Mack
National Monthly
President Taft's Message Criticized For Pro-Interest Leanings
The editorial attacks President Taft for favoring special interests in his annual message. It argues the ship subsidy and national incorporation would weaken state control and empower federal oversight. The piece urges stronger enforcement of the Sherman anti trust law and criticizes the tariff board's supposed influence on policy.
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Taft
Y Commission
Tariff Board
Taft Seen as Republican 1912 Presidential Candidate
W. J. Bryan argues Taft favors commissions to revise currency and banking laws and expert boards for rivers harbors waterways and public buildings. The message notes Taft’s poor election returns and positions him as the party’s head choice aligned with Hamiltonian policy, warning of aristocratic overreach.
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Taft
Hamiltons Hamilton
Hamilton
W. J. Bryan
National Civic Federation to discuss new nationalism and labor
Notes of the Labor World report plans for January discussions on nationalism and labor at the National Civic Federation annual convention. Reports on replacing Negro deckhands with white labor in St Louis and naval traffic issues on the Lower Mississippi.
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National Civic Federation
St. Louise
Mississippi
Woman’s Municipal League of
Boston
Richard C. Cabot
Education Department
New Jersey State Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries
Isthmus
Uruguay
Montevideo
Republic of Cuareim
Mary A. Cobean Notary Public at Record Office
Mary A Cobean serves as notary public at the Record Office, authorized to administer oaths, certify documents, and witness signatures for legal records and public transactions.
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Mary A. Cobean
Record Office
Santa Fe and Albuquerque editorial clash over press cues
A compilation of editorials notes cross city rivalries and mutual sniping between New Mexico papers. It contrasts Santa Fe New Mexican and Albuquerque Evening Paper stances on taxes and constitutional questions.
New Mexican Financial Hint for Constitutional Convention
The Santa Fe Eagle notes the New Mexican suggests there will be no funds available to pay expenses if the constitutional convention is reconvened, signaling financial restraint by territorial Republican newspapers.
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Santa Fe Eagle
New Mexican
Eagle
Smith to Open New Garage in His Building
Rufus W. Smith returns from Chicago with machinery bought there for a new Roswell garage. The equipment is en route and will be set up upon arrival. An expert will be placed in charge.
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Smith
Chicago
Rufus W. Smith
Roswell
Mexicans to Have Party
Recreativo, a Mexican social club, plans a big New Year’s watch party on Saturday night December 31 with a large dancing floor as the main need.
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Club Recreativo
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N. M. Editors
Colfax County Stockman
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