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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1903
Page
3
The Sierra Co Advocate dated August 14 1903 under W C Thompson publisher marks a local frontier newspaper issue with likely notices, advertisements, and community items. This card highlights the paper's branding and publication date as an archival snapshot of early 20th century Sierra County news culture.
The village reports the 100 ton Empire ore completed with satisfactory results and the Moser and Great Eastern mines showing ore at 250 feet. People move, teach, and travel. Miss Cora Miller and Miss Myrtle Williams teach Hillsboro schools. a G AR reunion draws Martin Conaboy. the Ready Pay mill and pumping plant near Hillsboro operate. local officials celebrate ore finds and lodge work progresses. obits note Henry Cox’s death and community ties endure.
An old advertisement touts Hunt's Cure and Hunt's Lightning Oil as instant and permanent cures for itching diseases and assorted ailments. It claims internal use relieves cramps, cholera morbus, catarrh, and colds in the head with guaranteed results, pricing at 25 and 50 cents.
A collage of old time remedies and quack cures advertised for coughs colds and stomach issues includes Simmons Cough Syrup Cheatham's Luxative Tablets Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with prices and disclaimers a drugstore sample offer and a note of a man committing suicide near Santa Fe.
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