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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1914
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate lists mail handling details for Hillsboro Sierra County New Mexico and the post office transmission through the United States mail in second class matter. The notice emphasizes the paper devoted to the best interests of Sierra County and the state.
In Santa Fe the Republican state convention named Benigno C. Hernandez for Congress, Hugh Willars for corporation commissioner, and Harry P. Owen for district attorney covering Sierra Soporro and Valencia. A reclamation service attorney says Elephant Butte residents have no state or county franchise, no justice, no deputy, and county funds cannot fund schools. dam employees may be exempt from road taxes.
A little daughter was born Aug. 19 to Mr and Mrs Andy Hall on their Macho homestead near the old Cox place. Mrs Emmett Horne and Miss Michie Moffitte hosted an E C choir gathering with refreshments. Local dances welcomed students off to Agriculture College and Bilver City Normal School. Peter Kinney Jr bought a horse from Hammel and Cavin. A newborn bit by a rat at Richardson home recovering well. Hammer treated friends to cake for her eleventh birthday Aug 24. The infant at Murcareta Pens was buried Monday. Girandos Nona is quite sick.
Arch Latham and Oliver Miller were arrested for obstructing the public road on the Berenda by ropers and gates. Justice Keil continued the case for two weeks. The Berenda rape report is noted with Mrs Mandy Sherman nursing and tending the house during the Nuonos absence in Silver City. A charitable subscription started by Mr Earl Wilson assists needy students with small loans and practical support. Mike Hazel Titus left Lake Valley after a two week visit to El Paso to live with relatives and attend business college.
Mrs M L Kabler left for El Paso yesterday. Mrs W Kendall arrived Monday with her brother W H Anderson of Dallas. McKees accompanied by Mrs McKeen ill, and Andy Kelley buys a foundation for a new house. Meare Wilson Finch and Becker traveled from Kingston earlier in the week. A M Gillespie returned from El Paso Monday.
The wild duck season in New Mexico will run October 1 through January 16 instead of September 1 to December 16 under a Washington issued department of agriculture order. Game warden T C de Baca says the change may reflect complaints about ducks breeding in September and notes the order applies mainly to New Mexico.
The Rodeo Correspondent for the Silver City Independent reports H. Shemp, a local ranchman, claims gasoline can exterminate prairie dogs. His method involves saturating a ball with gasoline, placing it in burrows, and covering the hole. he asserts it is as effective as carbide methods and cheaper.
The East India Company decides late in 1813 that pursuing trade with Japan is not worthwhile, marking a shift in colonial commercial strategy and opening the door to other regional priorities.
A fragmentary OCR note discusses belief in self transformation and a later claim of a remarkable personal change. It hints at imagined identities and an elevated status but lacks concrete names, dates, or events to confirm facts. Further readable details are unavailable in the preserved text.
The Charleston News and Courk reports the riddle of the egg was found, revealing the reason behind the chicken’s road crossing and tying together curious details from local lore.
During their terms of office the officers of the executive department except the lieutenant governor reside and maintain the public records books papers and seals of office at the seat of government according to the provision quoted.
A sheriff sale is scheduled in Sierra County New Mexico as a Writ of Execution from the Seventh Judicial District Court of New Mexico directs the sale of Lot 9 and the east half of Lot 8 in Block 43 Hillsboro Townsite. The cash auction, to satisfy a $552.85 judgment plus costs, will be held at the court house front door on September 1, 1934 at 10 a.m. The property is pledged to the defendant by warranty deed from Jesus Abalos and recorded in Book H, page 462, with mortgages liens and encumbrances to be considered prior to sale.
Notice from the United States Land Office Las Cruces May 7 1914 states that unsurveyed lands in sections 6 and 7 18 6 W New Mexico P Meridian have been withdrawn from disposal for sixty days from the official plats filing date April 28 1914. State authorities may select lands not held by adverse claims during the period. Receiver: John L Bucyvar or.
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