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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1898
Page
3
This paper is kept on file at Dake's Advertising Agency located at 64 and 65 Merchants Exchange in San Francisco California. It details where advertising contracts can be made and outlines the agency's location for client inquiries.
William Perrine recalls Washington’s Christmas at Valley Forge in the December Ladies' Home Journal. A tall aging gentleman on a horse, with a black attire, asks questions of a farmer while its servant accompanies him. The farmer recognizes George Washington, who reflects on the sorrow and toil of the war and the peace that followed. Washington longs to glimpse suffering comrades one last time before leaving office.
A nostalgic portrait from December Ladies' Home Journal describes Martha Washington at Valley Forge. It notes her simple dress, knitting to ease barefoot soldiers, visiting dying servicemen, and urging women to aid troops, with crowds blessing her as Lady Washington. The excerpt ends mid-sentence referencing a Texan convict in the Clayton mail robbery case.
Judge Mofie sentences Chambers to life imprisonment after a 1895 Clayton depot robbery with a companion stealing about $800. Sheriff’s posse member Robert Mensker was shot in the heel. This marks Chambers third penitentiary term. when asked why sentence should not be harsher, he replied nothing, citing his record.
Marquette dispatch reports Rick Island and nearby isles in the Straits of Mackinac sold at five cents for the lot. James of St Ignace won with 1.25 per acre on the rock land, enough to cover a few cents. Green Island also brought 1.25 per acre, bought by Thomas Dwyer of Chicago, for cottage sites in the Straits area.
The attorney general holds that a back check drawn by a person and payable to himself does not require a revenue stamp. The ruling answers a Boone county Missouri query by J. Robinson showing a signed check payable to the holder, bank payment, and stamp status. It notes checks payable to another party need a stamp, and this marks a wartime tax precedent-setting view.
Generous claim from the Dr King’s New Discovery proprietors who say they have given away over ten million trial bottles to aid consumption coughs and colds. They assert thousands cured from asthma bronchitis hoarseness and throat lung issues. Offer ends with free trial bottle from L E Nowern druggist and a one dollar regular size with guarantee or refund.
Socorro Chieftain reports Mrs JM Robinson slipped on the corner steps of Fister Avenue last Wednesday evening. She sprained her wrist and injured her left arm with Dr Duveau in attendance. Telegram from El Paso notes Corbett Sharkey fight. prediction of a marble palace at Alamogordo if Corbett won.
The Black Range area in Sierra County hosts gold silver and copper belts with major camps at Lake Valley Kingston Hillsboro Hermosa and Chloride. Notable mines such as Bridal Chamber Colossal Ivanhoe Emporia and Readjuster yield high ore values with prospecting and development work promising profits for well funded investors ready to transport and process lower grade ore near mining sites.
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