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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
1
Elfego Baca attorney at law of Albuquerque will attend all terms of the Bernalillo Valencia Sierra counties courts. He deals in gold, liver and copper mining properties in New Mexico.
A man under the influence wandered an art gallery then paused before a mermaid painting. He studied the scene for about thirty minutes and asked a gallery attendant when the tide goes out, speaking with a clumsy, nautical aside.
In England a machine operable from either end like a street car has been developed. The first car may soon appear on London streets. A bus is steerable from either end, requiring the driver and conductor to swap places to go in reverse.
An American editor advertises for his mineing claiming the gentleman who inadvertently took their new beay er and left an inferior article should return theirs. He promises warm thanks and two apologies including an apology for the trouble and an apology for a hat.
A tested treatment mixes half a pound of Indian meal with half a pound of borax. The powder is ready to place on paper in convenient spots where beetles and cockroaches will find it.
The state board urges sterilizing old school books to kill bacteria but not the books. A newspaper note laments the routine and quotes Abby, the littlest girl, who wishes hens would lay something besides eggs at breakfast.
New York hotel staff faced an odd duty as a bellboy described a suspect "hop" scene. Two men requested the boy to waive shades turn off lights lock the door from outside and toss the key over the transom. The request was repeated to assure the boy his hearing was intact.
Christopher Owens obtained a license to marry Miss Emma Brandy from County Clerk Phillip Knopf on August 12, 1900. He told Judge Martin they had a quarrel and did not see each other for about eleven years before patching up the trouble.
A teamster charged with overload answering how heavy the van load was. He replied it was about a four ton load but it was all night street.
A judge cites a quirky hint that the last letter of the alphabet is s. A prisoner responds with gratitude and mentions learning something today after the remark. The excerpt also notes a line about bread of charity and spreading it with others butter, attributed to The Tattler.
The Department of Agriculture scientists in Philadelphia study the praying mantis, a grassy insect 2 to 3 inches long with forelegs of tooth-edged spines built to seize and eat mosquitoes. Imported accidentally from China, the mantis bred to reduce mosquito populations.
A Socorro Chieftain quote argues developing the brain makes weak bodies while a Santa Fe New Mexican report notes 179 000 of the Series A bonds authorized by the New Mexico territory act were issued and sold to clients of W G Ally and Kelly of Kansas City.
A whimsical note from the San Marcial Standard describes a speaker craving camping and fishing adventures with campers and sandwiches in hand. The piece playfully ponders the value of wishes versus action.
Harry Hughes the three year old son of Mr and Mrs William Hughes of Sawyar earned a lumber camp reputation for horse sense. He tried to catch a bumble bee at a window and claimed the bee kicked him after his mother warned him to leave it alone.
The Chavez county assessor sued the commissioners for salary. A demurrer was sustained in district court and upheld by the state supreme court. The ruling ends county officers’ pay dispute, stopping further salary payments by Grant county commissioners.
Don Kedzie of the Liberal notes slashed skirts appear in Lordsburg but locals call wearers piker. He says a blue patch behind the slash hides the reveal and cites Phoenix where police ban slashed skirts. Lordsburg’s rubber neck club asks police to prohibit patch covered rose skirts on streets.
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