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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1901
Page
2
The issue lists the editor and proprietor V O Tuompgom and notes postal transmission and official paper status. It references a February warning total of 50 647099 and states the United States court of private land claims will terminate on July 1 2002.
The act requires sheriffs to inspect every gaming and lottery venue in the county at least quarterly and report under oath to the county commissioners. Violations trigger immediate legal action, with suspects and witnesses brought before a magistrate. Sheriffs must obtain bond surcharges and collect all liquor and gaming licenses, retaining 4 percent commissions. Monthly funds are to be distributed to proper offices with triplicate receipts and detailed reports.
Divers off Perigo Island retrieved a life size copper statue of Hermes with a raised arm near a reef and marble fragments plus a world bracelet. The artifact, hailed by archaeologists as a major Grecian statuary find, was brought to Athens for study.
A long damaged text touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as strengthening the maternal body and easing childbirth. It also includes a public notice about delinquent taxes, lists various property and personal property items, and mentions an Ocean Grove Hotel and several local properties in Sierra County.
The government general commission of antiquities hails a Hermes statue found by divers as dating to the fourth century B C. It claims the statue surpasses the Delphi copper work and equals the Praguele statue of Hormen at Olympia in beauty. Lead pivots at the feet show it stood on a pedestal. Theories say a ship bearing treasures from Cerign wrecked long before Christ.
Notice announces a delinquent taxes sale in Sierra County at Hillsboro on Monday June 3 1901. Pay Collector A Pletomone will apply to the probate court for judgments on lands real estate and personal property for 1890 taxes plus costs and penalties. After sale lands may be bid upon by the county or purchased by a bidder to satisfy the tax debt.
A fragmented probate notice lists officials including Procopio Torres as attorney, Thomas C. Hall as judge, and a probate clerk among others, with partial names such as Creepin Aragon Jamen Reay Duran Llewelly and a sheriff referenced, in terse archival text.
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