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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
3
The August 13 1915 issue lists advertising rates for one inch columns Locals and Local write ups priced per line per insertion Local rates include 10 cents per line and 20 cents per line for local write ups The advertisement section appears under the proprietor W W Thompson header with rate details for one year six months and one issue periods.
Hillsboro residents report rain totals of 63 inches over Friday and Saturday. Visits include Ed. James and J. O. Plemmons. leases on mines change hands for about 20 000 dollars. The opening of the dove shooting season is announced for August 16 and forest service officials visit. A new attorney, Robins, returns from El Paso after passing the bar. Mining figures from Sierra county and Chloride districts are discussed alongside family travel and trapping tales.
Kingston reports Miss Mary Armer and Miss Frances Ringer visiting early in the week. G Gage of the forest service, stationed at Pinos Altos, visited on the 10th. Jim Finch has returned from Duncan Arizona. Mining in the area is dull now but may see development this fall and winter as parties plan to inspect leased and bonded mines and acquire other properties by lease and bond.
A Philadelphia Times narrative depicts a married couple’s rocky life shown through images of a girl in a hammock and domestic scenes. Tension escalates as jealousy and neglect lead to a shooting, a widow appears with a book by the brook, and a man with a big mustache rides away.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages, calling it the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. It stresses catarrh as a constitutional disease and promotes the product as a universal remedy with a money back guarantee.
Public notice from the U S Land Office Las Cruces dated August 4, 1815 states RA MON ROMERO of Hermosa New Mexico seeks final five year proof to establish claim on a homestead entry for a land parcel in township 3 8 range W NM P Meridian. Proof scheduled before U S Commissioner Philip s Kelley Hillsboro September 16 1915. Witnesses Leopoldo Romero Francisco Apodaca Felipe G. Baca Teofilo E. Bee. First publication Aug 13 15.
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