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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1914
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate is entered at the Hillsboro post office in Sierra County New Mexico for nanomission through the US mails as second class matter.
The Sierra County Advocate presents regional news and public notices focused on Sierra County New Mexico, highlighting civic issues, community developments, and local government actions with an emphasis on factual reporting for residents.
Mrs McKena and daughter Emily rest in Company housing after lightning struck their little home. Kingston trips are planned, while Deming will miss Fourth attention due to smallpox rumors. Mesilla Park bound travelers include Mike Gertrude Keight and Louis Ricketson. A newborn Jane Montgomery joins Mr and Mrs Robert Montgomery of Duncan, Arizona. Mrs Lees Finch Sandera and infant pass via Duncan to Kingston. Carolyn Beals visits Clifton sister Alonzo McBride. Christian Endeavor in Lake Valley hosted a patriotic program June 28 led by Miss Nous Ricketson. Mrs Emmett Horne and Monroe return from Braman, Oklahoma.
Kingston reports a prosperous mining scene with the Overlook mine on a night shift after encountering high grade ore and planning shipments. Southern Cross lease to Jensen and Liden promises new development, repairs to the incline, and drift work on the Amethyst mine. Havens area shows good indications as development continues, and owners consolidate neighboring claims into a group and plan extensive work. A town barbeque and Monarch Ball dance conclude the celebration.
A short reflective piece argues that courage sustains success. It states that a man loses opportunities when he lacks courage to admit errors in judgment, warning that intellect without bravery fails against sneers and retreat. The message emphasizes inner resolve over mere ability.
The lands described under the 320 Acre Homestead Act are listed by townships and sections in multiple ranges, with a note that they will be entered under enlarged homestead act provisions as long as they are vacant public unnumbered nonmineral and not withdrawn or reserved. Ascanati, Receiver. Joan L. Burne, Register.
The piece argues that merely reading to pass time harms intellect. True reading requires digestion and synthesis to expand perception and conversational depth. It condemns hammock reading for lacking brain-stimulating value and urges reading that arouses reflection and ideas.
A naturalist describes a spider catching a fly in a window workshop. The spider binds all eight legs with silk, injects venom causing paralysis but not death, then feeds as the fly struggles for about an hour before reviving and the spider seizes life blood the next morning.
Notice of sheriff sale issued under a writ of execution from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District New Mexico for Geneky Sierra. The 1914 March term judgment lists Will M. Robins as plaintiff and Pablo Gutierrez as defendant. Sale is subject to all mortgages and liens.
In Sierra County Hillsboro New Mexico the property described as Lot 9 and east half of Lot 8 Block 48 Hillsboro is to be sold at public auction at the courthouse front door on July 23 1914 at an unspecified time to satisfy a judgment with costs amounting to 55285 dollars plus accruing costs. WILLIAM C KENDALL Sheriff H A De Hillsboro NM attorney for plaintiff first publication July 8 14.
Department of the Interior announces that under the enabling act and a 1994 act, surveyed lands in all of Sections 6 and 7, 1188 R. W. N. M. P. Meridian, are withdrawn from disposal from today after April 28, 1914, for sixty days, during which state authorities may select lands not subject to valid adverse claims, with official plats of survey filed.
Notice is given that 80 acres within the Datil National Forest New Mexico will be subject to settlement and enter under homestead laws. Eligible settlers with prior continuous agricultural occupancy before June 1914 have a preference right to a homestead entry, subject to others with prior rights. Lands listed under listed applications include sections with 80 acres, the land name appearing as Pugeick Ed McAaghan and others in New Mexico. First published April 10, last published May 1.
U S Land Office at Albuquerque New Mexico announces ANAS AW NOTICE, claimant Anas Aw Notice of Monticello New Mexico, who on April 8 1909 filed a claim for Lot WigN W sec 16 township 108 range meridian, to establish final five year proof before Philip Kelley commissioner in Hillsboro New Mexico on May 25 19ld. Witnesses: Ramon Sanches Ignacio Carabassal Lucero G Trujillo. Register Jose Gonzales. First pub Apr 10 14.
In Catron Kentucky, Bettie Bullock writes of four years of womanly troubles and debilitating pain. Her husband gave her Cardus, a woman's tonic, and she soon walked two miles and did all her work. The note urges others with similar woes to try Cardus, claiming it helped over a million women in 50 years. Readers are directed to Chattanooga Medicine Co for instructions and a care book.
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