This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate enters Hillburg New Mexico through the mails as second class matter. Proprietor Thompson announces Sierra County and Territory interests. Friday, June 6, 1913.
A huge alum deposit near the Gila River in southwest New Mexico covers about two square miles and rises 900 feet. Described as a rare geological and natural curiosity, its vast industrial potential is noted by Daniel M. Grosb of Merok a Report. Transportation limits hindered development but are being overcome to enable extraction and prospective billions of tons of ores. The deposit, measured by US Geological Survey, is said to yield very pure material that can be marketed in its natural state for long periods.
Mra L H Worden arrived in the city today. Mr Priest of Hermosa spent Saturday in Hillaboro. Local farmers harvest first alfalfa cut. Tom Robinson resided at Kingston. Paul Given home from State College summer vacation. Silas Alexander returned from El Paso visit. Cha Anderson back from Denver trip. Laidlaw left for Hermita to survey for C W S Hopewell. Bob Collom returned from Kingston area outing. Germain Gage spent Saturday with family while fire guard on the Gila forest reserve. N S Miller postmistress left for California summer vacation. Lolita Alexander left for Las Vegas for teachers institute. Alex Maxwell from Las Palomas, top in Snake sale. County commissioners met for board of equalization. T J Ross of San Manuel and Mr Priest of Hermosa drove from the other side yesterday. Mrs Germain Gage and child left for Norfolk Virginia. will stay east through summer. Grayson went over the Black with a herd of horses en route to the GO S ranch. Senator Jim Upton and son Lee and Jim Hyatt with two sons visited Hills Saturday. Warren and Thomas Marshall of the Diamond A cattle company had business before county commissioners Monday.
The piece portrays a rising district near a railroad with low grade ore deposits. It notes property development, investment if properly managed, and ore-rich areas attracting residents. It mentions improving infrastructure, a hopeful future, and a civic tone about community growth. It also includes an advertisement for Chamberlain's Pills for digestion.
The term impertinent evolved from signifying not belonging to to a broader sense of irrelevance. Early usage noted people "impertinent to earthly lords" as lacking masters rather than cheekiness. Shakespeare later used it to imply irrelevant or absurd meanings, with shifts occurring over centuries.
In the Malay archipelago a device with two bottles neck to neck holds 0q sand in one. It pours into the other every half hour as the bottles are reversed. Nearby 12 notched rods mark the hours, all monitored by an attendant who sounds the hours On and gong.
In a Detroit News retold anecdote Captain Joe Nicholson wed to a long time prisoner recounts a wall of correction episode. A convict claiming innocence offers three witnesses and proves truth after confessing prior acquittals. He explains he never fought pleas, preferring his “medicine” as justice missed him previously.
A clipped dialogue from the Cleveland Plain Dealer ponders a distant earthquake recorded 14,000 miles away. The exchange questions whether such an event occurred unseen, ending with a tacit acknowledgment of the anomaly and curiosity about the shock's reality.
Editorial note from Milwaukee Ben warns that curiosity into others affairs can backfire if discovered, stressing personal privacy and the anger it could provoke if your own secrets leaked. The aphoristic quip frames curiosity as a dangerous double-edged trait.
Mrs W busy in kitchen for bridge club social when a poor farmer's child Sally donates home-made pickles. She explains club members act by drawing names from a hat to decide the next gathering rather than playing cards or sewing.
A vivid anecdote shows ants swarming in vast numbers and attacking an elephant in a pasture. In eight hours the huge animal is stripped to its skeleton, the ants carried on with fresh prey, and the tiny insects exhibit coordinated, powerful action.
Fragmentary notice claims Chamberlinns Couch medicine helps loosen phlegm and ease expectoration during epidemics. It reports safety and wide use, noting sale by All Dealers.
Department of the Interior U S Land Office Las Cruces New Mexico publishes notice that Charles H Sikes of Lake Valley New Mexico who filed Sept 1916 Homestead Entry for the SE4 NW SwNE and NE in Section 2 Township 188 Range 7W N M P Meridian has filed notice of intent to make final five year proof to establish the claim before Philip J palley U S Commissioner at Hillsboro New Mexico on the 2nd day of April 1913 witnesses Emmett Nunn Priest J P Nunn Arch Laham Peter Kinney Jr all of Lake Valley New Mexico Register first pub Feb 14 18
H A Wolford and Mitchell Gray, co owners, notify co owners of Beaver New Mexico that they have extended annual labor and improvements on the Grand Siewade Mining Claim from 1908 to 1911. Co owners must pay their share within days of publication to avoid loss of their interests in the Carpenter Mining District Grant County.
Special Master announces public sale of property in Hillsboro Sierra County on August 17 1912 at 1 00 PM to satisfy judgment in District Court Seventh Judicial District New Mexico case No 1061 A B Rechtter plaintiff versus Eiliam Waren and H W Merritt defendants. The sale is for cash of the described land with costs and interest.
A fragmented notice hints at a labor offer involving a lode and a pincer method, described as alav proof of labor. The readable fragments indicate a sole offer or opportunity, with ambiguous terms and unclear dates or parties. Further details are unreadable in the source.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.