20 Apr 1917
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
1
Attorney H A Wolford offers services in Albuquerque and will be present at all terms of court in Bernalillo Valencia Socorro and Sierra Counties. Deals in gold silver and copper mining properties across New Mexico.
The piece argues that fair parenting requires patient teaching to develop thoughtfulness, self-reliance, and self-control in children. It emphasizes self-control as essential to adulthood, learned through years of steady guidance from infancy onward.
The Duc de Raguse explained to the Countess de Boigne that his service varied with the emperor. He served with enthusiasm when the emperor cried all for France, with obedience when it was France and I, but felt the need to separate when the emperor said I without France.
A fragmented anecdote recalls a scene in Cambridge where Lowell points to a doorway labeled Groceries and quips that it hides Walt Whitman inside, highlighting a bizarre effect amid literary jokes and mistaken identity.
A Cambridge scientist, Rug, conducted an instructive experiment showing that a single grain of wheat sown in June yields 47 pounds 7 ounces. One acre of fairly good land can produce 30 bushels of wheat or about 1,260 pounds of flour.
The Nicaraguan wears a capote instead of a raincoat. It is a square impervious garment with a central hole for the head. It is made by pouring rubber over unbleached muslin.
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes a New York theatrical man in advertising praising the most beautiful woman in the world. The item hints at claims that she appeared in the front row of the chorus in a musical show.
A car carrying six occupants leaped a three foot gap at a drawbridge near Naddis Coe Norfolk as it began to close, clearing the space between the two leaves without incident and reaching the opposite bank safely.
A frivolous observer remarks that several women have learned to smock cigars. Mr Meekton retorts with skepticism about the type of cigars women purchase and who could actually light them.
Instruction from Woman's Home Companion explains three tablespoonfuls of baking soda in a quart of water applied with a pouf cloth will remove old varnish easily when rew varnishing furniture.
A five ton whale was buried on the Berkwickshire coast after being struck by a steamer and washed ashore by the tide. Local fishermen reported the massive creature drifted in and was interred near the shore.
Bridget Manigan described herself as a poor lone Irish widow when arrested. Police found her with ten items including sugar frost cut beefstork bread and cheese two apples onions clay pipes tobacco cigarettes snuff and a bag of provisions.
A Theodore Roosevelt quote on heroism distinguishes between wishing and doing. It highlights that true value lies in performing everyday duties as opportunities arise, rather than hoping for dramatic acts.
A dialect poem recounts two men watching a gray horse and a boy named Jim as they test limits and stubborn pride. The narrator reflects on aging and folly after a playful contest turns serious, noting they are older than they once were.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces a fourth class postmaster examination to be held May 12 1917 at Nutt New Mexico. Certification may fill the Hillsboro New Mexico vacancy and others as they arise. Applicants must be 21 or older and reside in the local post office territory.
Sheriff Bob Roberts called a mass meeting in Gallup New Mexico after reports that a Mexican organization planned to blow up local mines and raid stores with weapons. Deputies rose to about 125 with sixteen mounted guards, and all fire arms were seized for safety as mines and town are placed under heavy guard.
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