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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1916
Page
3
The notice lists subscription and advertising rates for the Sierra County Advocate under proprietor W. C. Thompson. It details one year and six month subscriptions, per inch rates for display and local write ups, and monthly and yearly ad pricing.
New York market notes show bar silver at 537 and copper at 26 29.29. Mexican dollars quoted at 49. Market movers list Metal Ark et al with brief prices from July 5.
Hillsboro notes include H Bernard arriving from Kingston and social visits from Jim and Mrs Hiler to El Paso. W B H Booker returns from California as Miss Johnny Fergusson enjoys a month’s vacation. G M Henderson visitors from Kingston, rooms for rent at Parsonage, Mrs Fender advertising, Mrs Anderson from El Paso visiting kin, and the Hopewell family settling in Hermosa. An eight pound daughter born to Mr and Mrs Paul Given on July 1. Mrs A M Gillespie returns with children Nancy and Alan. First rain of the season falls. A political jab references the North and South Carolina governors. T A Robinson arrives from Kingston. summoned to Rincon due to illness of brother-in-law A McClintock. A Fourth of July brawl on the Rio Percha ends with seven dollars prize money deposited by five fighters. Roy 4 Wiley named Hillsboro school principal for next term. Wilma Graham hired as teacher of the coming term.
Fairview and surrounding area residents are noted arriving from New York and traveling through Magdalena and Chillride. Ira Sullivan returns from St Joseph until September, while O G Yiple notes military activity near El Paso. Local others report weather, beetle crop damage, under treatment medical cases, pool room plans, and a potential restart of the Silver Monument operations.
Intermediate department teacher Mias Graham near Columbus praised for strong recommendations and poised to excel. Billsboro’s Fourth featured firecrackers and ice cream as residents gathered, Old Glory flown from most buildings except the courthouse, with townsfolk enjoying a quiet holiday. Mrs. Gertrude Zollars and niece Miss Anna Bucher visited after a New York business trip. Willie Marl Kendall, a young auto driver, impressed with a Ford on a trip to Elephant Butte. An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming constitutional efficacy and offering a $100 reward for cure failures, with endorsements and drugstore sales.
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