Sierra County Advocate Publisher Claim
Sierra County Advocate lists J. O. Thompson as proprietor and official power holder for Sierra County.
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
3
Sierra County Advocate lists J. O. Thompson as proprietor and official power holder for Sierra County.
Hillsboro items note visits of John Kendall and Oscar Kinsley and arrivals from Tennessee and Kingston. A dance in Hirsch hall is planned and Lake Valley socials draw crowds. Mining talks include McKinley group leases, Wicks mine shipments, and local claims activity. Residents report floods paralyzing toll roads and Snake stories, with health ads and irrigation souvenirs highlighted.
Sierra County will hold a teachers institute in Hillsboro starting August 17 1908 under state law requiring all who teach or expect to teach in any school district to show a certificate of attendance or valid exemption. Friday and Saturday August 28 29 will be devoted to certificate examinations. James P Parker County Superintendent of Public Schools.
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