10 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1905
Page
1
An advertisement touts the Pittsburg Visible Typewriter with a plain view writing surface, rapid touch action, universal keyboard, removable type action, and easy cleaning. It invites readers to send for the company catalogue from Pittsburg Writing Machine Co. and local agent W. O. Thompson in Hillsboro New Mexico.
The Santa Fe Route markets direct through trains to Kansas City St Louis Chicago Boston New York Philadelphia Denver and more with elegant Pullman sleepers and daily tourist sleeping cars. Through trains offer smooth track and fast time with dining meals available at Harvey Houses. Information furnished on request from W R Brown D F P A El Paso Texas.
Reported expeditions by Mexican teams with plows scrapers and maps claim a buried treasure up to 100000 in Mexican doubloons. The site near Bull Tank draws landowners a percentage for access while locals and strangers dig along Pond Creek and Bravos river in a long standing legend. No money has been publicly verified as recovered.
A missionary at Toro in tropical Africa observes the native people embracing work as the path to daily bread. The king’s birthday exhibition featured 200 entries, with a prizewinner queen and a keen king, marking progress from ten years ago when natives were deeply savage.
The New York World notes only two poisonous snake species extend across hundreds of miles from New York to the Adirondacks Catskills and Blue Ridge. The rattle snake is identifiable by its rattle and the copperhead shows reddish brown bands on hazel. Accidents are rare as snakes give warning or avoid confrontation.
George J. Gould returns to Philadelphia after a 4000 mile European auto tour. In a Philadelphia smoking room a Moscow resident discusses Russian press censorship. He claims war reports are perverted with defeats turned to victories and routs to successes, prompting Russians to celebrate imagined wins.
An English wind caused a Presbyterian church spire to tilt about 25 degrees from plumb, making the tapire point northwest. Workers feared a fall as they later corrected the tilt, only for the wind to veer back and require further straightening.
Moslem graves are not reopened once filled and a Cypress is planted after burial to mark graves. A New Port News discussion questions the link between typhoid and raw oysters amid overstocked markets. Some scientists doubt oysters carry infection while others note dangers from polluted water and unscrupulous oystermen.
At Wewokka Indian Territory a large rattlesnake slithered into the Seminole council tent during attorney Capt. A J McKennon's address. A councilman pacified the scene noting the snake as a Great Spirit messenger predicting a coming conflict and potential westward displacement.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin notes that foreign trade has not risen as much as in 1899 to 1901 when fevers per year exceeded $1,000,000. Still, gradual growth shows attention to foreign markets and demand for samples. U S shoe makers maintain high craftsmanship and styles appealing to foreign buyers.
The article notes Persian rulers using severe methods to maintain order. A crop failure sparked unrest and prompted the shah to punish bakers with hundreds of strokes and minor brutalities such as ear amputation to quell the tumult.
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