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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1914
Page
3
The notice lists advertising rates by the inch and line: one issue and one month for small spaces, rates for locals at 10 cents per line per insertion, write ups at 20 cents per line, and longer terms for six months or a year, with proprietor W. C. Thompson.
Local life shows a calm day with a pleasant evening dance. Palomas Springs and Arrey residents plan for a August event with old John Barley Corn. Hillsboro bans roaming livestock in townsite. Post Office Drug Store opens temporary quarters near Worden building. Assistant State Engineer Johnson assesses local dyke issues and a Rio Grande bridge site near Percha Creek. Governor McDonald names Mrs Laura Wilson Johnson of Palomas Springs as chair of New Mexico tuberculosis committee. Mrs J W Burke injures left arm in a kitchen accident. Fire guards in Kingston district retire after Palvy season arrives early. Will Mosley, stranded near Natt, hikes to Lake Valley then returns to El Paso with wife. Sierra county assessor Max Kabler cited for top state award. noted as most thorough and precise in the traveling auditor’s records.
The Hall of Kingston Lodge No 16 A F and A M records the death of Thomas Morphy in Hillsboro on June 20 1914. He died in a disastrous flood while attempting to reach his wife and fellow Eastern Star members. He was a Charter member Past Master and respected Mason and public spirited citizen. The lodge orders mourning for thirty days and asks resolutions be entered into minutes and a copy sent to his wife.
Sierra County reports a total taxable assessment of 5 087 440 for the year, exceeding the board of equalization figure by about a million dollars despite lower population and wealth than Sandoval. Exemptions total 105 039 and taxable setment 144 104 vs last year 1 628 990 and board-fixed 1 644 063. Punishment for Middy notes a naval incident as a midshipman rammed an animal ship with a bleam launch. Transatlantic travel shifts westward as 119 000 eastbound passengers land in New York this year.
In Bellinzona Switzerland an elderly woman testified as 102 but cross examination found she was 308. She explained she was godamed of being so old and continued her account on the stand.
A petition signed by a sufficient number of legal voters was filed on May 6 1914 in the office of the County Clerk of Sierra County New Mexico. The document triggers official notice of a forthcoming election action by county authorities.
The Sierra County Board of Commissioners orders a special election to decide whether intoxicating liquors may be prohibited in the described Palomas area. Polling at the John W. Marshall estate house with judges Herminio Aragon, S. P. Johnson, J. D. Allsopp and clerks Amado Gonzales, Otto Goats. Returns to be canvassed August 20, 1914.
A curious notice offers a dubious scheme to increase “inton e” by converting three pounds of table butter from one pound with a claimed no fate no drugs formula. Signed by Adepos Joseph P. Jaques at 728 Main 81, Duet Las Vegne, New Mexico, dated May 22.
Department of the Interior Land Office Las Cruces NM April 8 1914 notices that New Mexico claims land for Santa Fe-Grant County Railroad Bond Fund List Nos 374 879 580 896 and parcels in T193 R5 W NM T188 BR7 Sec 1 23 25 26 all with various lot and section details to determine mineral character objections due May 1 and May 20 with Jose Gonzales Register notice published May 1 and May 20 1914
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