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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
3
Fragments show THOMPSON proprietor note for Friday May 4 1917 subscription rates One year six months price details advertising rates per inch per issue month and year locals cents per line local write ups per line.
Hillsboro court convenes next Monday as Frances Gillespie returns home and Ernest Gilbert resumes work in Longatore. H A Wolford offers Governor Lindsey use of Hillsboro Garage cars. J V Robins returns to El Paso and seeks army commission. Sheriff Bojorquez heads to Santa Fe to bring back Albert Houchin for retrial in a Las Palomas murder case. Will M Robins and son J W Robins return from El Paso. Robins family works in mercantile business after hospital stay. Miller Knight supplies seed potatoes to farmers repaying in potatoes this fall to aid wartime crops. Irving McPhale of Hillsboro Garage offers services to Col. Sam Me., who commanded army tracks along the border.
Alvin Latham is absent from school. Edward Martin was absent Monday but returned Tuesday. Ralph Dawson has resigned his position at the H. O. Long store. Mr Will Robins and his son Rob returned to Hilleboro Sunday. Dr O H Brown the dentist returned to Las Cruces Friday. Conserve your foodstuff you may need it before Christmas.
Kingston J. L. Gilbert has returned from Arizona. J. D. O Neil is now located at Superior Arizona and will return here in the fall. Considerable development work and prospecting are now being done over in the Carpenter mining district. Adolph Senders is again at.
North Percha develops mines under legal scrutiny while M. J. Moffitt, long ill, shows marked improvement. Rumors say Kingston M D Company may resume work on the Virginia mine as planting season begins and corn crops are emphasized.
John Dye, chairman of the county board, receives a message from the New Mexico War Committee dated April 26 17 urging mobilization of agricultural forces across the state. It calls for a central county organization with auxiliary committees in schools or precincts and immediate action to plant potatoes and other crops suited to localities.
A Santa Fe 1917 notice from H. A. Wolford and E. C. Cromprox calls Sierra county women to form a local war committee and send a delegate to Santa Fe by May 5 to establish state cooperation. It urges beans planting and support for the war effort.
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure blamed on wars. It promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with an internal dosage claim and testimonials. The notice notes the firm’s credibility and lists price and availability from druggists.
Domestic servants in San Francisco were scarce and ordered to join a relief camp but refused, arguing they are entitled to a public picnic. George H. Die Tombacher, delegated by the grand duke of Baden to study malarial germs and mosquitos, arrived in the United States and has gone to Mexico to begin investigations.
A jade velvet stool at Penhurst Place Kent reputedly served Queen Victoria for communion. The relic’s revered status is noted as an important historic artifact. Also cited are 1905 Yucatan export figures: 597,289 bales of sisal valued at 25,625,440 Mexican pesos, plus 117,600 in skins and 18,200 in vehicle value.
A daily paper claims a Nevada county spanning 16,000 square miles has no mission hall or Gospel preaching within its borders. The note highlights the irony of several thousand residents without accessible religious services.
Mean neighbor remark labels a new next door resident as a contemptible fellow. The exchange uses a pun on lawn care and suggests a quarrel over shared tools and property. A Cleveland town dealer quotes the line, noting humor and local color.
The undersigned claim holders expend One Hundred Dollars in 1916 labor on Leadville No 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 and No 5 mining claims in Black Range District Sierra County New Mexico to hold them under 2424 RS for year ending December 31 1916. If M J Moffitt and successors fail to contribute their share within ninety days of publication their interest will become the property of the claim holders. Last pub 4-6-17 First pub 1-1-17.
A high grade piano is offered for immediate sale with favorable terms to a responsible party. Enquiries should be sent promptly to The Denver Music Company in Denver Colorado for full particulars.
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