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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1916
Page
3
W C Thompson proprietor notes Friday May 19 1916 editions. Subscription rates listed for one year and six months. Advertising rates specify one inch space per issue and per month, with local write ups priced per line.
Hillsboro hosts visitors including Reilly Calhoun and Perry of Fairview and Alfred Ales who bought a half interest in the Union Bar. Local stockmen shipped 2,076 steers from Osceola. Visitors from Las Palomas Kingston and Albuquerque plan trips and services. A Mexican boy caused a whiskey barrel explosion. Gierra Chapter No 31 O E S reports arrivals by Grand Matron Muir and Grand Patron Newcomb with remarks on the meeting.
Grand Chapter officers spoke then all gathered at Mrs Merritt s dining hall for an excellent lunch. Sisters Stars and Brother Masons enjoyed the meal together in a cordial afterglow of the event.
Local items report Clarence Wilson traveling to Rochester for Mayo Bras, Fred Price heading to Los Angeles for auto studies, Carolyn Beals returning from the University of New Mexico with May Glasson visiting from Nogales, and various notes on area residents, mining, markets, and cattle. Also notice of public land filing by Charles H. Laidlaw in Fat View with witnesses listed and a May 25, 1916, final proof date.
The notice advertises a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure by Ball's Catarrh Cure and promotes Ball's Pills and various magazine subscriptions. It includes testimonials about F. J. Cheney & Co. and various subscription offers, urging readers to purchase and enroll.
A storefront display lists flour grain hay salt and dry goods along with notions boots hats hardware tinware chinaware. The sign thanks customers and invites continued patronage in a period tone.
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