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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1894
Page
1
The skull of the famed Arizona outlaw Andy Dimond was exhumed near Phoenix and examined by a medical student. The description notes retreating forehead, abnormal occipital development, and a massive jaw as features of the skeleton.
The author argues against adopting the gold standard, claiming nine tenths of mankind oppose it and Britain leverages capital to coerce. They decry London bankers and insist that global resistance proves the scheme destructive and oppressive to Britain's subjects.
A compact note marking forty years of Price's Cream Baking Powder as the standard in households and kitchens. It highlights durability and trusted quality in baking across decades, solidifying its place in family pantries.
A Pennsylvania Supreme Court note discusses coal rights in a deed, reserving only an incorporated right for personal fuel needs and not full subsurface ownership. It clarifies that once a coal stratum is conveyed separate from surface and possession begun, surface adverse possession does not overturn title. Also listed are New Mexico governor and officials salaries funded by the United States and territorial payments for various officers.
A historical brief lists principal alloys and their compositions. It names Denver Ores and Metals as a source and notes bell metal bronze britannia metal and cannon metal alloys formed from copper tin antimony and zinc.
The article lists compositions for dynamite, blasting gelatine, Atlas Powder and others, noting nitroglycerine as the principal energetic component. It explains nitrogen’s paradoxical role, how fast nitro compounds dominate detonation, and that other ingredients mainly act as absorbers rather than increasing explosive force.
A garbled proclamation text from a 19th or early 20th century source references Chicago and distant realms such as the Republics, Koxpires and Vorea. It oddly mentions salary cuts, a revolution in thirty six hours, and stars and comets ordered to half time, with St Peter gating passage. The passage reads as a surreal, disrupted notice with unclear dates or actions.
A garbled historical proclamation announces forbidden American deaths until a whim, creation of districts named Angels Celestial Union, a pay rate set by the signer, and drastic orders. It claims Mississippi River changes, Minnesota displacement, removal of Grover Cleveland from the presidency, disbanding of the U.S. Army, and a demand for beheading of officers, with the public alerted to future universe actions.
The Hardscrabble mines in Ruby Basin Whitewood district transfer to Horseshoe Mining Co for a seven figure sum not disclosed. The property includes one full claim and two fractions with rich ore, near the Double Standard and Horseshoe holdings totaling over sixty claims. Montreal stockholders have invested over half a million dollars. development indicates a 100 ton daily plant could operate. The piece also notes global mining leaders and recent incidents, including a rattlesnake death in Indian Territory and Coxey’s Army dispersal reports.
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