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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1915
Page
2
The Sierra County tax roll shows total valuation of 5 299 460 with the 2014 final at 4 960 281, an increase of 329 779. A German submarine is said to have sunk an American ship, reported in the same issue.
Two of the disturbers of the peace and tranquility of the country, Gens Huerta and Salazar, are now in captivity. Bryan and Roosevelt are not at large.
Construction has started on the Sogorro Mogollon road with E. H. Sweet leading the gang and Assistant State Engineer Cooper serving as overall supervisor of the effort.
The note claims John Wanamaker urged the United States to spend twenty billion dollars to buy Belgium from Germany. It suggests the public misreads water between the U S and Europe as beneficial and mocks the idea as boundless generosity.
A dated clipping titled Five Captains presents a humorous toast fest among a Russian Turk French American and Englishman. Each speaker pledges a toast to national symbols and pride, with playful hyperboles about emblems and past glories.
Miss Bessie Bingham and her sister Mrs Adams returned to Blaven Saturday from Deming where Mr Adams is rapidly recovering from the effects of the wreck and has gone to his home.
In Ft Worth Texas a Saturday night dance drew a small crowd for a night of fun. A heavy shower Sunday evening forced the E. to postpone its meeting. Mrs Ollie Ricketaon Morgan died Friday in El Paso. Mrs Wisher who had left recently to help care for her returned Monday. Friends of Mr Fisher visited early in the week seeking a goat ranch.
Mrs. L E Armer left Kingston for Mimbres Aoi Springs early this week. Forest Service officials visit Manger Bone brake while rain ends fire patrol in the district. Please & Co. lose several Angora goats to lightning. A J Brown builds a cement dam on Pereba creek to irrigate his ranch. Mrs Rouse and Mrs Papue visit daughter Mrs Kinsey.
A fragmented moral verse warns against judging people by attire lineage or wealth with notes on honesty and success, then trails into an incomplete line about houses and inhabitants. The piece reads like aphoristic maxims on character.
A fragment reflects on survivors seeking the deceased's legacy and the angel asking what deeds he left behind. The mood critiques life’s final reckoning and the moral weight of a man’s acts.
A wartime call urges legislative bodies to inventory statutes and cut extravagant expenses. It argues trimming wages and surplus jobs will aid farmers, bring relief to indigent families, and redirect workers to agriculture, citing federal farm data and a push to “come back to the soil.”
The text contrasts honesty as a virtue with flaws in farming. It notes lazy farmers are as useless as dead ones and warns about advice consumption. It mentions a back to the farm movement and identifies two kinds of farmers: receptive and unreceptive to guidance.
A Kentucky man writes of five years sufferer’s relief after three months of Thedford s Black Draught. He credits the herbal remedy with stopping severe headaches and stabilizing his stomach and liver enabling better eating and sleep. The letter urges families to keep a package on hand.
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