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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1906
Page
1
A playful verse rails against a sheer Peek-a-Boo shirtwaist describing it as too thin and scandalous. Clergy denounce it as sinful while jokers call for its disappearance. The spoof signals fashion morality debates of the era and ends with a farewell to the translucent garment.
A Los Angeles Examiner quote lampoons the peek-a-boo fashion trend noting sunlit leaves create shade, women’s attire provokes envy, and male critics attack while women endure summer style with pink ribbons. The piece frames peek-a-boo as enduring amid fashion debates.
Mrs. Clara Corbin, owner of the Gran Quivera ruins in the county, in town Saturday seeking county help to investigate a delusion she clings to that numerous buried people remain enslaved there. She is a known resident in Santa Fe and blind, owning land near the ruins.
The New Mexican notes a woman who secured land under the homestead law after a protracted legal battle. She often speaks of people confined in cheap cells within the ruins and is also known for writing a novel about romantic episodes linked to the ruins’ history.
A 15 year old son of a Santa Fe railway conductor in Raton New Mexico drank carbolic acid from a two ounce phial. He said to his mother after the act that it would cost more than paying for his candy. He died shortly after at a doctor’s office. He worked as a call boy for the Santa Fe company.
Bolton of Clayton now jailed for the fatal shooting of Carl Gilg a wealthy wool grower of Raton New Mexico. Bolton says George H Hobson assaulted him and that he fired three shots Gilg died instantly with a heart wound. Bolton claims friendship with Gilg and shows illness while in custody prior to any death notice.
George E. Scarborough, charged with theft and carrying 8 pistols, released from county jail on a $20 bond. He says the charges by Robert Tate are unfounded and that two men, one black, held him up at the Trust building before police arrest. Antec reports a $1,200 fire recently.
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