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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
2
A disrupted notice from Hillabors in rm County details a trauma training through the United Staten Mails. The text references a condemned matter about free coinage of LG.
Official paper urges county to proceed with delinquent tax deeds, acquire parcels, test titles in court, and ensure prompt taxpayers are not disadvantaged by others escaping. Calls for justice or “pay on a rent” to secure revenue.
A heated tract condemns proposed remission of 20 percent penalties on delinquent Santa Fe county taxes. The writer argues such mercy rewards nonpayment, harms prompt payers, and undermines fiscal discipline, urging strict collection and no tax relief. The piece blames lax territorial laws and calls for legislative reform to enforce timely tax payments.
The 1820 ball at Gosforth colliery featured 200 to 300 guests, half women, who descended 1100 feet for a revelry described as grand despite the perilous descent. After the subterranean excursion to a cliff edge, couples selected partners, returned to the ballroom, and danced until afternoon light, rising to surface with baskets of provisions.
A Salt Lake City bank president J Ho Bacon allegedly pressed for recognition of a new Young Men's Christian organization through E Parsons. Local press suggests he faced possible jail, while a recent Associated Press dispatch reports a seven year prison sentence for similar false entry charges by Judge Marshall.
In McKinley’s state promoters back seasoned miners and clear the risks, while selecting only reliable pros to handle staking. Honest hustlers with grit get chances, yet the arrangement ensures promoters keep the main harvest and write off the extra costs.
Fragmentary report suggests erosion of a social class as wealth and mining strikes attributed to “tender feat” are noted among affluent groups. No clear events or locations are specified in the readable text.
United States Weather Observer U L Curley from San Antonio reports after visiting Sonora that stories of rich Yaqui gold are overstated. He found some gold along rivers but not in quantities that would pay. Curley spoke with Hermosillo miners and locals. many mines in Sonora require capital and machinery to be viable and many abandoned by Spaniards due to poor ore and high costs. He cautions would be prospecting in Yaqui not profitable unless financing and expertise are available.
An old advertisement promises a free trial of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs, and colds. It claims physicians endorse it and that samples are available at drugstores with a regular size bottle priced 50 cents. Many names and scattered addresses appear in the blurred listing.
Suerka Lodge No 6 meets at Castle Hall every Monday evening at 7:30 oclock with Visiting Knight attendees invited. Kingston Lodge meets Tuesday at 9 before fall moon with visiting brothers welcome. Officers listed include Mante Kahler, Jo Collard, and John Metphy.
Hawkins of FE Pass and Northers Railway asked railroad commissioners for authority to issue 400000 in bonds for 21 miles of the El Paso to coal fields Texas line. The project covers 165 miles from El Paso northeast with 15000 per mile for 21 miles totaling 300000 and 100600 for terminals. The commission will decide after Engineer Cormer returns to assess the trend cost and a construction firm’s contract to build the Terra portion for 280000 in bonds and 200 in cash.
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