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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1917
Page
2
Sierra County Advocate announces postal registration at Hillsboro New Mexico for transmission through the US mails. The paper pledges impartial coverage devoted to Sierra County and the state with a Stephen Decatur quote about national service.
A 1917 Denver notice outlines steps to form a Sierra County Red Cross Chapter in Hillsboro New Mexico. A committee of three will plan, with meeting at the courthouse to discuss organization and officer elections amid war and disaster preparedness efforts.
A meeting to organize a Red Cross Chapter for Sierra County is set for tomorrow at 8 p m in the courthouse with all invited. Funeral held for Adelaida Apodaos sister of County Treasurer M D Apodaos, who died Monday in Onchillo Jaet after pulmonic trouble at age twenty seven. Prof George Louges from Santa Fe visited Hillsboro to report Sierra County is the only county out of twelve he can certify as OK. Three cakes raised nearly 39 hundred dollars at the Red Cross supper, with specific cakes and amounts listed.
In a hotel parlor a group of listeners urged the pianist to perform Mozart's Twelfth Mass. A woman especially requested the piece noting her husband had belonged to that regiment, prompting shared reminiscences among admirers.
A Quincy baker nearing retirement refreshed his own wedding cake dated twenty five years old. A local man delivered the cake to be revived for a silver wedding anniversary, the baker having baked it for the original ceremony.
A classroom exchange shows the student Tommy retorting to a scolding teacher. He says those who do not work are supported by the rest of the family, prompting a judging remark from the audience.
The Commissioner of Public Lands will offer at public sale on August 14, 1917 in Hillsboro, Sierra County, New Mexico, several land tracts with specified sections and acreage. Bids start at a minimum three dollars per acre plus costs for improvements, with 1/20 of bid due at sale and four percent interest on the balance, plus advertising fees. Possession by October 1, 1917.
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