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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
4
In a clipped exchange from Harpers Weekly Jorrocka mocks Dubbleigh who denies Binks’ help with a stalled car. Dubbleigh recalls asking Binks last Monday to extract the vehicle and receiving only a corkscrew in response.
In Old Batley court, Judge Lumley Smith noted that small value checks like eight pounds are often altered by forgers to larger sums such as eighty. The case before him involved a forged £8 check, converted to £80 by the perpetrator, illustrating common forger techniques.
A reader notes how weather and wit mingle in the Ginger Man anecdotes. The piece praises a man who keeps others lively by giving them “shots of ginger” in all kinds of weather, valuing his spirited usefulness to people.
An anxious wife fears her husband touching a charged wire at the shop while he jokes the real danger is the charged account at the store. The exchange highlights financial pressure and workplace risk in a domestic moment.
A janitor asks to empty a brimful wastebasket as a man blending politics with high finance orders his bonds and stock certificates kept safe in pigeonholes before locking the wastebasket. The scene hints at a tense power play over valuables amid political maneuvering.
Ribbed costard apples, a cooking kind, appear in the shops. The term costardmonger, later costermonger or coster, derives from foulvehold accounts of Edward I, who noted street sellers of costards.
A conjurer challenges a spectator who admits pulling the queen of clubs from a handkerchief while the ace of spades emerges from a hat. The teen responds with apology, saying it was a mistake. The exchange ends with the magician leveraging the reveal.
A fragmented reflection on happiness and independence. It hints at a man seeking a quiet harbor to rest in peace after his work ends, implying a search for personal significance and renewed purpose. The text reads as provisional and incomplete.
A Tottenham constable comments on a defendant saying they will work because there is a pint of beer at the end of the job. The remark evokes Tennyson's Follow the Gleam and suggests a light, literary note in a legal or policing context.
A London Evening Standard report describes Bridget Flanigan, calling herself a poor Irish showwoman, arrested for theft with a bag of improvised tools and food items found on her person including beefsteak, buns, bread, apples, onions, tobacco, and pipes.
A fragmented quotation emphasizes that true heroism lies in steady daily duties rather than rare feats. It cites Theodore Roosevelt as urging people to act rather than merely think about heroic possibilities. The passage reflects a moral exhortation commonly found in inspirational editorials.
In effect March 18, 1915. Note Section 6 defines game fish as small and large mouthed bass speckled trout carppie and ring perch of any species or variety. Open seasons for game.
Open seasons list game species and dates across counties north and south of the 35th parallel, with daily possession limits and seasonal windows. It sets hunting license requirements, fees for residents and non residents, and enforcement notes including the need to carry licenses while afield.
A series of cautions on preventing wildfires. Match and cigarette ashes must be fully extinguished before disposal. Build only small fires, away from trees, needles, and grass, and never leave unattended. If you spot a fire, extinguish it or report it to a forest ranger or state fire warden immediately.
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