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Newspaper
Santa Fe Weekly Sun
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1891
Page
3
The Santa Fe Weekly Sun reports a variety of city notices and social updates from September 12, 1897. Mentions Mariano Otero’s east visit, plaza music, poll tax due by October, new firebrick residence on Don Gaspar, visitors and locals including Hitchcock of Ware Massachusetts, a marble monument for Judge Hall, business moves, naturalizations, insurance policies, and park improvements.
The three story Webber block with a mansard roof advances rapidly and is praised as the finest business structure in the territory upon completion. Other notes report county appointments, a sheriff bond, a wedding, treasury figures, rail line notes, fair preparations, and political visits with several notable figures in Santa Fe.
The Albuquerque Citizen argues Santa Fe should host the Department of Arizona headquarters, dismissing a Los Angeles to Denver move as ridiculous and favoring Santa Fe for central access. Fort Marcy's facilities are cited as well suited for a large post.
Col Edward W Wynkoop died at his Santa Fe residence after a yearlong illness. Born in Philadelphia on June 19, 1836, he moved to Kansas in the fifties and helped found Denver after arriving in Colorado in 1859. He served as sheriff of Arapahoe County appointed by the provisional government.
Ned Wynkoop a veteran of the First Colorado promoted to captain major and brevet lieutenant colonel in the Civil War era served at Glorieta and Peralta in New Mexico. He later held roles as timber agent and adjutant general of the territory, warden of the penitentiary, and a Cirleton Pont GARE member. He leaves a widow and eight children. The funeral will be at the Episcopal church with Bishop Kendrick officiating and Grand Army of the Republic conducts the grave ceremony. Mrs Hull’s hair product ad ends the item.
The article warns of arsenic and ammonia harming skin and health. Arsenic dulls complexion and causes waxy skin at stages, while ammonia reddens and blotches the face, with widespread use as a food adulterant. It notes ammonia in water and baking powders, urging caution and praising Ayer’s Sarsaparilla to restore health and complexion.
Reprint of a letter to the editor from J. P. Victory, Santa Fe superintendent of schools, challenging a Santa Fe County Board resolution. He denies mismanaging four thousand dollars in 1890 school taxes, explains transfers to his successor, and accuses the board of misunderstanding superintendent duties and tax apportionment procedures. He notes sheriff collection and late treasurer credit, and asserts he disbursed only lawful school funds.
Ad copy extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as small liver tone up remedies. Promotes pellets as effective for Sick and Bilious Headaches Biliousness and Constipation. Describes compact vials easy to carry and free of discomfort.
New Mexico Territorial Fair in Albuquerque from September 14 to 19, 1891. Round trip fare 1.80. On sale September 13 to 18, with return by September 21. No stopovers. continuous passage both ways. Tickets must be signed by purchaser William Sari, Agent, ALT 2KR Company, Santa Fe, NM.
Agent Batth urges visitors to buy Territorial Fair tickets in daytime hours to avoid night rush and aid travel to Albuquerque tomorrow night. A. T. & Railroad offers Salt Lake City Irrigation Congress excursion fare of 38.15 dollars round trip from Sept 12 to 16 with three days in each direction. Also notes scalp cleansing advice using Ayer's Hair Vigor.
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