26 May 1911
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1911
Page
1
The proclamation calls May 30 as Memorial Day in the Territory of New Mexico, suspending secular business and urging citizens to honor fallen soldiers and sailors. It requests patriotic exercises in schools to teach devotion to the flag and the duty to defend it, with flowers laid on veterans’ memorials and graves.
A historical guide lists methods to kill houseflies using carbolic acid vapor from a hot shovel, a formalin solution in water, and a single dram dissolved in two ounces of water. It also recommends fly papers, sticky traps, pyrethrum powder, and burning trapped flies as quick cleanup options.
The governor announces William J. Mills as the new appointee with Nathan Jafea serving as Secretary of New Mexico, signaling a key leadership transition in the territory.
A fifteen year old girl in a neighborhood town attracted a traveling man who escorted her home after a train station meeting. The man delivered a brief warning to the mother about a girl of that age being at the depot, noting he travels often and cannot confirm who the girl meets at trains. The item ends with a note that the story continues on page 2.
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