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Newspaper

Sierra County Advocate

Location

Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1912

Page

4

Fragmentary Dist 64 66 and 891 dollar notation

Fragmentary OCR text mentions Dist 64 Dist 66 No 1 Dist with a figure 891.0. No clear event date or entities to identify a full news item.

Incomplete OCR Notice From Unknown Source

Fragments suggest a jail or court related opening by a commissiong body. Readable text is scarce. No clear entities or dates emerge to anchor a fuller summary.

Sanitary Report on YY Adjacent to Officers and Employees

The committee reports unsanitary conditions near the public health county seat in the neighborhood house. A recommendation is made to keep the area in motion to address the issue. Names set in witness will.

Ray Kilting Bacteria in Milk by Ultraviolet Light

A reported method for sterilizing milk without heat or preservatives was demonstrated in Holland. An apparatus guides milk as a thin stream past electric light and ultraviolet beams, with ozone under light claimed to cause the effect. An earlier note mentions ozone quality under irradiation.

Wilk Paul

Prize Steers and a Recovered $225 Found

Prize steer meat may be tough despite appearance due to marbling. A Salvation Army pile in Jersey City yielded $225 found after Mrs. Payson misplaced it. 20 men searched the waste papers and recovered the bills for her.

T. G. Payson Salvation Army Jersey City

Distinguishing the East and West by the Hudson River

A Wheeling Register remark notes New Yorkers would settle the dispute over the east west dividing line. The line, as joked, is the Hudson River, a standard New York reference not shared by western governors. The quote reflects regional humor about geography and identity.

New York Hudson River Wheeling Register

Woman Seeks Refund After Hat Obstructs View at Vienna Theater

A Vienna theater patron demanded a refund after the first act claiming her hat removal had left her with an obstructed view. She said she held the hat on her knees as instructed and could not see the stage properly.

Vienna

Altered the Ca bra de Mover Tit Bits item

A snippet from Tit Bits humorously depicts Mrs de Mover reacting to a noisy neighborhood and her own children, with a maid remarking the children are hers. The exchange plays on misplaced drama and light domestic irony.

de Mover Childers Mrs. de Mover

Backa Santa Claus and a Gamin Moment

A humorous note recalls Mr Peavish promising to be a sliding Santa Claus before marriage. Mrs Peavish jokes he later helps with ashes. A separate item describes a baby left in a carriage at a department store door, found by a policeman as a gamin asks what the kid did.

Santa Claus Gamin Collier’s

Smallest Thing With Backbone In the Sinwrapan

A tiny fish, about half an inch long, was recently discovered by scientists in the Philippine Islands. The passage notes its diminutive size and unusual feature of having a backbone in a distant locale.

Sinwrapan Philippine Islands

Cult of the Concertina Sparks Moral Debate

A London World note argues for and against the concertina’s rise in music. It contrasts skilled players’ artistry with the damage caused by incompetent hands, calling the instrument a potential source of torture in nerve ridden times.

Wanda Ania London World

Notice to Defendants in District Court Action

The defendants H W Morsell and M McClofferty are notified that a suit was started in the District Court of Sierra County New Mexico by Alex Maxwell for 8000 plus interest from November 16 1908 with costs and 697.50 principal plus 69.75 attorney fees. If no appearance or answer is filed by May 4 1912 a default judgment will be entered. Edward D Tittmann attorney for plaintiff Hillsboro New Mexico. First pub March 15 1912.

Thia Defauit Andrew Kelley Cl Pox Meieventh Judictal District Court Sierrs County W. D. Newcomb Edward D. Tittmann Hillsboro New Mexico

New York Gains All Night Banks Saloons and Restaurants

The Chicago Record-Herald reports New York City now hosts all night banks saloons and restaurants while churches still close early. This shift marks extended city operations and nightlife access.

New York Chicago Record-Herald

Witty Exchange Highlights Audience Drowsiness at Speech

The speaker jokes that he asked the audience for attention but they dozed within three quarters of an hour. The financier responds with a quip about the loan being called.

China's Grand Canal Longest Waterway in World

China boasts the Grand Canal as the longest certified waterway in the world from Tungtu to Hangchoo spanning 60 falls.

China Tungtu Hangchoo

Open to Suspicion and Knee Breeches Revival Debate

The Atlanta Journal notes that opponents of reviving knee breeches face suspicion regardless of their impartial motives.

Atlanta Journal

Fear Well Founded Postage Stamp Letter Nostalgia

In a whimsical note the postage stamp laments failing to stick to the facts as it is affixed to a love letter, a lighthearted scene hinting at truth versus sentiment.

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