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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
3
Public notice from Thompson, proprietor, dated January 17, 1913, outlining subscription rates and terms for readers across the distribution. The brief item signals pricing structure and renewal details for subscribers.
Pres and Dell Benson visit from the river today. Miss Lilly Bernard arrives from Kingston. Mrs. John Ray visiting her mother, Mrs. M. L. Kabler. Abe Martin quips about a dead beat. Clarence Meyers names baby girl Mabel May. Post office yard receives tall cottonwood trimming. Crescent butcher shop opened by Sheppard and Bolander Bros. Cliff Crewe returns from El Paso to visit his mother. Mrs. H. A. Ringer loses her TI ranch to Tom Rix for one to five years. Jim Drummond and Rafe Brown visit from Kingston country. Gus, Salen and B.A. Salen extract ore at their Superior mine in Wickes gob. H. A. Wolford, buyer of old Porter mill lumber, expands yard near his law office. Kabler and Bojorqgorz return from Santa Fe conference of assessors and county commissioners. Monday election quiet. Jobo EB. Smith re-elected justice of the peace. J. E. Tafoya becomes constable. Clarence Meyers gains one constable vote. Post Office Drug Store offers two minute records at cost. Edison discontinued. Clarence Bennett returns from Hermosa to finish seven miles of fence on NAN ranch. Dr. F. I. Given receives a five pound keg of butter manufactured at State College Pa as present from Prof. Guy Given. Chief J. S. Megaeon arrives from Arizona to the Snake mine. Wes, former chief engineer, known locally. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bloodgood also noted in town.
A mixed rural page includes recipes and medical cures for catarrh and constipation, tips for children with croup, and stray notices about travels and local chatter. It advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 promise and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds, amid brief anecdotes and queries about current events and fashion.
A small town ad for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy appears under the label Sheriff’s Sale. The notice touts a widely reputed medicine claimed to cure a cold and appeals to readers to buy from local dealers.
An optimal room temperature for sedentary individuals lies between 66 and 70 degrees. Below this range the body's heat regulating system tightens peripheral vessels, causing internal congestion and creating conditions favorable to catching a cold.
A girl gently pushes Augustus aside in a moonlit bay window and teases his hair dye. She remarks that his mustache tastes like turpentine, urging him to try another shade. The exchange carries a playful, intimate tone.
Town in the county with a post office advertises goods priced per pound. References Hillsboro New Mexico.
The publication lists hunting season dates and limits for deer turkey quail doves snipes curlew and pelicans, trout rules, and restricted species. It notes licenses for residents at 150 dollars and nonresidents at 10 dollars, with various prohibitions on killing or injuring elk mountain sheep beaver and others.
An auditor questions a campaign expense entry labeled raw material. Senator Sorghum explains the typo as hurrah material, blaming a stenographer for the confusion in the account. The exchange highlights errors in campaign bookkeeping and humorous misnaming.
A Austrian court jailed a woman for opening her husband’s mail after she filed for divorce using evidence from the letter. The husband retaliated by imprisoning her for the same act. Mrs A Ut Tabor of Crider Missouri had suffered headaches for years and used Chamberlain’s Tablets. The advertorial note claims the tablets cured her headaches by aiding digestion.
Persone troubled with partial paralysis are often very much bene fited by massaging the affected parts thoroughly when applying Chawberlain's Liniment. This liniment also relieves rheumatic pains. Sold by All Dealers.
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