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Newspaper
San Marcial Standard
Location
San Marcial, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1908
Page
3
Mr Ellis chides his friend Hills who, while moving nothing, tells a passerby he is giving his furniture a ride. Three large moving vans plus scattered furniture fill the lawn as Hills directs the mock operation with tired sarcasm.
The story centers on a Cape Cod character, Joe Lincoln, who attended a lecture and relayed a tale about a stranger sitting in a church pew during a sermon. The stranger asks how long the preacher has been at work, and an old member guesses thirty or forty years, concluding the preacher must be nearly done.
A garbled ad from Knight Campbell Music Co at 1624-34 California Street, Denver offers $5 in gold for referrals and asks recipients to send names and details plainly. The text is unclear but promotes a reward and an order based on “persecure” results.
In New York at Sherry's, Miss Blanche Bates told her sister Geraldine Farrar that in heaven there is no marriage or giving to marriage. She added with a laugh that there are not enough men even there to go around.
Vincent Nogga an Austrian laborer walked 800 miles from Lynn New Mexico to Kansas City to swear out a warrant against the employment firm Mucel & Downs for unpaid wages. He claims workers were paid far less than promised, faced boarding fees and deductions, and endured a 17 day trek with 14 days spent on foot before arriving exhausted with only 2.90.
Washington reports from the crop reporting board that the number and value of farm animals on U S farms and ranges on January 1 1908 show horses mules and cattle totals, with increases for horses and sheep while other cattle decrease. Total value of farm animals on Jan 1 1908 reached 4 331 200 000, down from 4 423 698 000 a year earlier by about 92 498 000 or two percent.
Archaeologist Riakis-Ton, holder of a large private Mexican antiquities collection at the Smithsonian, reports the most important find yet. He uncovered remains showing a prehistoric American people bridging northern mound builders and southern Mayas, including a final discovery site 30 miles west of Dos Cabezos. The city lies 1600 feet above the Bavispe river in rugged terrain with preserved adobe houses and superior pottery, predating Toltec and Aztec wares.
A nervous horse proved a new Rock Island crossing bell effective by stopping in its tracks as a train approached. The bell rang when the train neared the block and the horse would not move until the signal was cleared, delaying the locomotive until help arrived and the crew backed the train away.
Miss Phoebe Polhemus and Miss Jessie Cavanagh visiting Jackson ville narrowly escape a crazed steer in a rocky pasture. Polhemus climbs a birch, falls onto the steer and is tossed, Cavanagh is hurled into branches and later found hanging by her skirt. Both girls are distressed. Cavanagh injured and confined to bed for days.
In Winsted, Connecticut, Joe Whitcomb swapped roles with his wife after she grew tired of house work. He worked in the factory while she handled the home, learning to manage both chores. After a week, both say they are satisfied with the arrangement and the distribution of money.
Brainerd Minnesota superintendent W H Strachan of the Minnesota and International reports a Des Moines man sent five dollars to pay a rail fare from Brainerd to Teastrike, claiming misrepresentation. The man, who now seeks to make amends, had used a pass to Northome in 1905 but went to Teastrike instead. Strachan notes the fare is 3.94 and will return the surplus.
A jumble of items includes a short aphorism about hasty judgment, an advertisement note on headache causes and Laxative Brom Quin ine, plus a rural melodrama critique. A Nutley New Jersey youngster visits New York and describes a theater scene where a pompous figure exclaims about a hack outside, as recounted by the New York Times.
A mother narrates a severe eczema case on her baby daughter across face and hands. Despite doctors predicting years of illness, she credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a complete cure in three months, citing personal testimony from St. Louis in 1907. Also notes a city coffee shop line and church cuspidor display in another fragment.
Frederick Jankovicz accuses landlord Wincenty Schumanski of placing a board on the chimney to smoke his family out for two weeks. Children fell ill, belongings ruined by smoke, and a $200 damages suit follows. Jankovicz says Schumanski then charged him with malicious mischief after removing the board. Neighbors aided the nearly frozen family for meals.
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