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Newspaper

Sierra County Advocate

Location

Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1916

Page

3

Advertising Rate Card From Local Paper

Rates listed include subscription options one year six months and per issue. Advertising charges show one inch space per insertion or per month and per year. Local write ups priced at 20 cents per line, with locals billed by line.

Hillsboro News Highlights Local Gathers and Visits

Hillsboro reports include W H Bucher building a new garage Tom Ying opening a bakery and brisk land office business. Residents move visit and return from Kingston and Silver City. Local officials, teachers and students plan a Christmas program. Visits from San Antonio Los Angeles and Bilver City noted. The era’s rail road talk and local color fill edition.

Tom Ying Mre Bob Richardeon Mimbres

Help Nature Do It Do It Dont you see how shes working

The passage urges addressing the real disease by clearing up catarrh to stop recurring colds and systemic heaviness. It warns that hot weather brings fresh colds, leading to chronic catarrh, digestive troubles, and stomach and bowel discomfort, implying benefits from eliminating catarrh.

Peruna Health Aid Promises Vitality Against Summer ills

A vintage ad proclaims Peruna as a tonic to fortify the body against weather and catarrh. It claims widespread success over 44 years and emphasizes convenient regular administration for personal health and vigor.

Peruna

For Sale Will Sell Merchandise and Store Fixtures

On account of poor health the owner offers the stock of merchandise and store fixtures for sale including scales a cash register show cases and a safe. Buildings may be sold or rented. Will M Robins.

M. Robins

Fragmentary woods line hints at hoot owl roosting tale

A cryptic fragment notes a hoot owl living far back in the woods near a roost with chickens. The terse line evokes a rural scene and a storyteller's voice, implying a local tale or superstition without further details.

School Notes Highlight Local Activity and Student Achievements

Marcellus Rix charted to school Monday. An exciting basketball game involving Vontley eight is noted. Ada Beale Zelma and Louise Williame are reported sick. The school plans a Xoona entertainment at the school house. Elicem Chavez at Las Cruces ranks second in a class of eighteen. Annie Ringer at Silver City ranks first in her class.

Tis Silver City Carolyn The Normal Marcellus Rix Vontley Ada Beale Zelma and Louise Williame Elicem Chavez Las Cruces Annie Ringer

Official strictness shocks American tourist in French lake

An American, slipping into a shallow pond, is confronted by a dour lawman who forbids bathing and demands name and address. The tale illustrates perceived rigidity of French officials toward tourists, noted in a Youth's Companion item.

Travesey Walle Alfala Lsten

Fish That Climbs Trees in Tongatabu

A nature student recalls discovering a fish that climbs trees in Tongatabu. The creature, called a native name a small octopus is seen leaving the sea to ascend an overhanging tree and drops back into its element when disturbed. Locals in the far Pacific island are fond of octopus desh and sometimes see a brown skinned largo shinning toward a tree seeking fish among branches.

Nature Tongatabu Aria Pacific Tonga Abu

Cult of the Concertina Popularity Debate

The London World notes a push in musical circles to promote the concertina as a cultivated instrument. It warns amateurs often mishandle it to the point of cruelty, and fears wider use would become a calamity in this nerve strained era.

London Wold

Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad

Catarrh is a constitutional disease treatable only by internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces and is prescribed by physicians. Testimonials are available. contact F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. sold by druggists for 7.5 cents. also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

Hall Irea F. J. Cheney & Co Props Toledo Droggiata

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