15 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
1
An advertisement from Pittsburg Writing Machine Co. promotes a visible typewriter with plain view operation, rapid action, easy touch, and universal removable type action. It claims suitability for tabulating invoices and war work, inviting readers to send for the catalogue from 208 Wood Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Describes the Tacky Lode mining claim in Sierra County New Mexico with detailed bearings distances and chiseled stone monuments, base measurements and mound markers, adjoining claims and references to prior notices. Records cite the original notice in the Sierra County recorder books and the U S Land Office at Las Cruces with dates in December 1905.
Application No. 2061 lists a settlement claim with a December 6 date at the Land Office in Tas Cruces New Mexico. The named settler has filed intent to make final proof in support of his claim and will appear before the Probate Clerk of Sierra to provide testimony.
Notice from the Land Office at Las Cruces New Mexico December 4 1905 announces that Charles Arsonchloride of Hillsboro and others will present proof to establish settlement continuous occupancy and cultivation of the NW SE and NE SW quarters of section 33 township 9 range 1 west near Hillsboro New Mexico before Jerome Mantis Register at Santa Fe on January 8 1906. Protests or reasons why proof should not be allowed will be heard at that time with witnesses and rebuttal evidence.
A British report recounts a torpedo fired from the Vesuvius turning back and hitting the vessel’s own side. The second torpedo reportedly returned unarmed in practice, suggesting the misfire was due to the torpedo’s midcourse behavior rather than enemy action.
A fragmentary report describes Thibetan goats straying into British India near the demarcation line. The dispute over grazing rights sparks tension, echoing earlier wartime rhetoric as authorities weigh minor incursions against broader frontier conflicts.
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