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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
3
The 1918 notice lists subscription rates for one year and six months and advertising rates by the inch for one issue, one month, and one year. Locals and local write ups are priced per line, with 10 and 20 cent variants noted.
Hillsboro reports include Attorney J W Robine returning to El Paso and District Attorney Harry P Owen on legal business. Anna Ringer visited Blanche Williams in Zyrone, while E F Ayton headed toward Mexico. Local real estate moves involve Homer Girsch and J W Robbies entering El Paso market. DoE trial over deer hunting yields $5 court fine plus $83 costs. money partly goes to Deputy Leslie Fleming. North Peacha mine machinery dispute with Southwestern Wrecking prompts lawsuits against County Treasurer Robins and Attorney H A Wolford.
Kingston reports notable development activity at local mines with potential for substantial growth. Mr and Mrs P L Fearn are mentioned amid the ongoing exploration and speculation about future work and outcomes.
Mrs Wheaton and Mrs Fearn of North are wintering in the locality. Mr Fearn, M RE and general manager for the Franklin group owners, oversees operations. At Up North Percha, Virginia mine, a large miner force works on the property and rumors of remodeling the mill and treating all ores from that area circulate.
For sale due to poor health. Merchandise and store fixtures offered including scales a cash register show cases and a safe. Building may be sold or rented. Will M Robins placed notice.
Poem portrays a moonlit forest scene with a panther moving through trees as night yields to dawn. Wildlife flees daytime, while a lone figure seeks solitude in a woodland gypsy-clan setting. The verse celebrates nature’s beauty and a personal inheritance of a richer life away from city noise.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional blood disease and must be treated internally. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as a non quack prescription that acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is marketed by F. J. Cuzary & Co. of Toledo with testimonials and a 75 cent price.
The magney or maguey cactus thrives across Mexico and serves many purposes. It is valued for medicinal aqua mies and intoxicating pulgue when fermented, with San Luis Potosite mescal called tequila among the finest. The plant also yields a tough flexible fiber used for baskets and clothing.
A brief humorous line contrasts a husband urging continued use of a gown with a wife’s witty retort. The snippet captures light domestic banter in the Washington Herald style.
Complainant recalls after their marriage service her husband claimed she had blasted his life forever. The magistrate notes that many men share this conclusion, but not so quickly.
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