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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate is entered at the Hillsboro Post Office for transmission through the US mails. It is devoted to the best interests of Sierra County and New Mexico with a motto honoring patriotic loyalty.
A special session of New Mexico's third legislature convened to authorize a full quota of soldiers and mitigate defense needs. The bill includes Senator Fall's mounted infantry regiments for border duty and Roosevelt's division for foreign service, reflecting rising national action.
A long list of potential jurors is recorded including Merced Montoya L J Greer J L Garrett Pouviano Solas Luis Montoya F G Torres Ygnacio Noaney Robert Wedgwood Bruce Morgan L W Parker John Bro ebo B F Daniels Joe Thompson WS Gooper Juno L Garsig Yeabei Jogulu J W damee Juin Teofilo Protaleon Otero Bock Latham P bio Tafoya Gna teen PL di Montoya 83 Pyrgassine Benjamin Borbi Hil Anetto Crawford Y perm Jury Oly Osrshejal Serafin Gare Mirtinea Epifanio Lawip Pajedve Willson Harold Bass 31 Dares R Montoya Butd 4 Bucher Torres 3 cobes Loz Awe Arab Dath pot Alving Bite toe wz J B Badg Adesio Bargsa Oliver Daweon W C Hammel Alerico Carabajal Hugh Molavish Octavanio Saleido Rafael Otero E F Behmidt H Chambers Valentine Herrera J P Nona
District Attorney Harry Owen and visiting Ed James Frank Osborn from Cuchillo attend court on Saturday. A shipping error delays the Girl Reporter at the Lyric Theater. Mrs. Harry Benson visits Winslow, Arizona. County commissioners meet to coordinate with the state war committee and to revise methods to boost county agricultural production. Judge R. R Ryan expected to preside at the next term.
The British consul at Wuchow reports that government schools in a Chinese prefecture are outfitting pupils in uniforms, creating a market for military-style clothing. Uniforms include foreign-cut coats and trousers with brass buttons and peak caps, plus shoes of foreign pattern. Caps, buttons, and braid reportedly come from Japan, with Hong Kong shoes and a locally made inferior substitute.
In every field of human activity, demand for more competent men and women rises daily. Agriculture faces sharp need for skilled workers. Home pride is valuable, and a farmer lacking it carries a handicap toward success. Work is the salve that heals the wounded heart.
At a Lenox dinner, Joseph Choate recounts a 1860s case where a workman claimed left eye loss after an explosion. The judge tested him with green chalk and red glasses, revealing the man could read with his left eye and dismissing the claim as an impostor.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania President Buchanan and Abraham N. Cassel, a friend and turnpike president, spark toll concessions to lure voters to Buchanan's home. Cassel asks the board for relief. after election office seekers swarm nearby, Buchanan pleads to keep crowds away and even jokes about toll gates stretching to the sky.
A Rye New York resident Sewell Ford learns a neighbor is Simeon Ford. Over the telephone Simeon accuses him of a meat bill mix up and proposes a settle by paying each other. The barter remains unresolved as of the last reports.
Washington Star reports multiple firearm accidents in Brockton and Bangor, where a six year old and a small boy caused fatal injuries with loaded guns found at home. The piece argues most gun accidents are preventable and condemns storing loaded weapons where children live.
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