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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
2
Fragmentary note from Sierra County periodical dated February 11 1900 lists post office entry in Hillabero and mentions dragooned language about free coinage of silver and the United States mint second class.
An official Sierra County paper outlines both sides of a grazing lease proposal. Proponents say fencing could protect ranges, reduce theft, and allow cattle to be owned and financed with better returns, while opponents warn costs harm small cattlemen and pose faith issues with homesteaders.
Fragmentary 19th century note discusses harmonizing conflicting creeks and overlapping ranges to enclose pastures along water fronts. It argues repealing narrow strips from 40 to 50 amlen is impractical, fencing not worth it, and New Mexico’s empty roads cannot become pastures. Stockmen would face unaffordable, ill-shaped parcels.
Mrs Bullington Booth laments the saloon as the slums’ greatest curse. She condemns alcohol’s harm to men and women, describing nightly revelry, despair, and the lasting memory of lives wrecked by drink and indifference.
A patent remedy claims to cure fever sores boils felons chilblains and burns. Old Ran Uleers and Cate listed as ingredients. Sold by LE Nowers Drogpiet with guaranteed care and pain relief.
In a letter from Major Llewellyn of New York, advocates argue for New Mexico’s admission to statehood. He recalls a Boston trip and a post office mix up showing public confusion over New Mexico as part of the United States, urging recognition of statehood and the territory’s vast area and cultural significance.
The report notes official famine estimates in India affecting about 49 million people. It records prairie fires near Teton county, price shifts for mules in Georgia, and rising cattle values in New Mexico and California. It cites Argentine wool tariff disputes, live stock quarantines, and shipments from Larmer county. Hutcheson comments on a stampede, cattle losses, and a Denver stockman moving to buy cattle. A Paris livestock exhibit update states cattle import banned though certain animals allowed after inspection.
A dramatic claim credits indomitable will and energy to Dr King’s New Life Pills, promoting mental and physical power. The ad asserts that digestive organs must be orderly to achieve success, urging readers to obtain the remedy from local drug stores.
A frayed OCR fragment hints at a local notice or classified item involving a lead on ore shipment and a named official. Readable names and dates are absent, leaving the core action unclear but suggestive of a public sale or regulatory entry.
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