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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
3
Fragments indicate a subscription notice dated June 19 1903 offering rates in advance two dollars for three months and options for one month and other terms. Readable segments suggest a local newspaper advertise subscription terms and pricing.
The town prepares for Fourth of July events with races, a barbecue, and a ball. News covers arrests, mine inspections, church sermons, a flood warning, and social visits, with notes on births, marriages, and community shouts.
Local items report hailstones smaller than eggs from Sunday along with light showers. Dr J H Walker left on Monday for New York and other points. A green-bladed plant called grees or seed grows with rain and cattle watch it. Wild Horse area sees a string of minor casualties explained as playful. Sheriff Kwhler and a young man encounter in Cuchillo. John Bradbury recovers after using Simmons Liver Purifier to improve liver condition.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm is described as a antiseptic liniment that heals cuts bruises and burns rapidly without maturation. It is advertised as effective and sold by all druggists.
The clipping lists patent medicines Cheatham's Laxative Tableta Hunt's Cure Simmons' Cough Syrup and Hont's Lightning Oil with prices and claims. It notes chicken stealing felony in Missouri and mentions Edna Miles and James A Bell at Silver City.
Mrs. E W Leonard died in a crash between an electric interurban car and a runaway coal car at The Vegas. The incident involved the moving streetcar and coal car collision, with authorities investigating the runaway load.
An assortment of patent medicine ads tout Chamberlain products for digestion and stomach relief, plus a Denver and Oklahoma settler anecdote praising the Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Also notes on bridge-to-camp plans, a counterfeit arrest, and minor local items. The piece blends medical ads with brief regional news and personal anecdotes from 19th or early 20th century sources.
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