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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1915
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate issue from Hillsboro New Mexico is dated Friday April 80 1915. The masthead proclaims impartial devotion to Sierra County and the state with distribution via the US Mails as second class matter.
Grand Matron Mabel Portwood of New Mexico visited the C E 5 Chapter 1 with a special instruction meeting and the regular six o clock gathering. Visitors from Ruth Georgetown and Lake Valley attended as Mr and Mrs Morton were installed as chapter officers. The hall hosted lilacs and tulips from Lake Valley. A banquet at Hirsch hall followed with Magonic Lodge members. the event solidified friendly ties between orders.
Lake Valley weekly notes describe school opening late this month, a noon lunch atop Monument Peak, and an afternoon of merrymaking. A Saturday night dance drew attendees from Cooks Peak while Mrs Mabel Parks Poo visits her mother and sister. W Hammel family toured the Dam on Sunday and Mrs Jennie McCradden Wood of Hollywood visits Mies M. H. Moffitte. Charles A. Whelan of Albuquerque is here for Santa Monica Scottish Rite Masons business. Mr Tacksley, a cattle buyer, is expected soon.
Hillsboro notes Johp Sears courting El Das. W. H. Bacher returns from El Paso. H A and Darein Wolford come home with a new Studebaker car. Dr F J Given and Mrs Kate Owen visit Kingston. R P Pankey travels through town en route from the Mimbere to the Sexo ranch.
Rube has purchased about 900 head to date this spring. Col and Mrs W 8 Hopewell traveled from Albuquerque on Wednesday and head to the Hopewell ranches. Rumor says spring court may convene on the third Monday in June. Mr and Mrs Lee Nations and children visited recently. A bridge fire between Natt and Liveon delayed mail. Jim Mackey, Greeley Nuno and Coase Sikes were in town early this week.
At the regular Eastern Star meeting in the Masonic Hall on April 24 1915 grand officers and visitors were present Mrs Mabel Portwood Grand Matron of New Mexico Mrs Katherine A Uptay Fraternal Correspondent and Matron of Ruth Chapter No 6 Mrs George Yates Past Matron of Georgetown Chapter No 4 and Mrs J E Upton Mr J J Upton and Mr Kel in Yates of Georgetown Chapter No 4 The record notes the attendees and their titles from Georgetown and Ruth chapters.
A group including M J Gleid I G Davis and Paul Golino enjoyed a Sunday joy ride toward Hunt's Point Arizona then into Gallup where they spotted a young black cub bear. They lacked firearms and the story ends with a Navajo remark about the elusive animal near a hogan.
A janitor offers to empty a brimful wastebasket of correspondence as men mix politics with high finance. They refuse and instead stash bonds, stock certificates, and TV items in a pigeonhole to lock in a safe.
Ribbed costard apples, a cooking kind, appear in shops now. The costard is named in Edward I’s household accounts, when street sellers of the apple were known as costardmonger or coster, giving rise to the terms costermonger and coster.
A conjurer compels a timid volunteer to reveal the queen of clubs from a handkerchief while the chosen ace of spades appears from the hat. The volunteer apologizes, “So sorry—my mistake,” as the moment unfolds in a Punch-era mischief.
A reflective note on the independence and relief a man feels when returning home after work. It contrasts the storm of labor with the quiet harbor of home, where rest and family companionship provide genuine happiness.
A Tottenham constable quips the defendant will work if a pint awaits at the end of the job. The remark echoes Tennyson’s theme in Follow the Gleam, suggesting a literary undercurrent in a local report.
A Ky woman Bettie Bullock describes years of illness womanly troubles and relief after taking Cardui the woman’s tonic. She notes improved strength and ability to walk two miles and do work. The Chattanooga Medicine Co urges consultation with a druggist and provides a home treatment booklet.
A polarizing traveler recalls Tongatabu where a small octopus called feke climbs overhanging trees above the water and drops back when disturbed. The tale links Tonga natives with octopus Josh and youths seeking fish among branches in a humorous Pacific anecdote.
The Loaton World argues that the concertina loses merit in amateur hands where incompetence turns it into torture. It warns that expanding its popularity in a nerve riven era would be calamity, though skilled professionals may demonstrate its potential.
A wartime promotion from the El Paso Herald urges readers to subscribe for three months of the Herald and a year of The ProPublic? Popular Monthly for 1.30. The ad highlights widespread global conflict and calls for timely reports from the European theater.
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