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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1903
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate reports the May district court session in Wilteboro with Judge Parker presiding. Grand and petit juries were seated, true bills returned, and court proceedings noted as adjournment approached. an attack on Grant Gillett in Parral, Mexico, by Tom Fountain is also described.
In Watrous New Mexico an elderly man reunited with his son after forty years apart. George McComis of Watrous now cares for his long separated father whose wife died years ago. The son and father, long separated by war and travel, exchanged letters in 1908 revealing their kinship, and have since shared days learning each other’s histories.
A layman’s clash between tenderfoot luck and genuine craft in mining and mill supervision. The piece critiques inexperienced managers who fail to grasp basic operations from ore to cement, often harming districts and projects, while noting rare tenderfoots who hire competent foremen and achieve limited success.
In Kansas the cyclone season begins with its typical deadly impact as Judge McMillan appears in ongoing cases. Authorities report heightened danger and a steady stream of incidents as the season unfolds.
The article outlines the origins of the Order of the Red Eagle founded in 1705 by George Wilhelm of Brandenburg Anspach as Ordre de la Sincerite. It describes its evolution under Prussian kings, five classes, and distinctive insignia, and notes the Royal Crown order established in 1861. It closes with Boer leader De Wet disputing his name origin and ties to American kin.
Land Office notice announces the applicant's final proof for a land claim in New Mexico. It names witnesses from Georgetown and Fairview and provides time and place to cross examine and present rebuttal under Interior Department regulations. Register Nichonnss Gaus instructs.
An old advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cures not helped, claiming F J Cheney is trustworthy and listing Toledo Ohio wholesalers West and Trax and Watkins Marvin. It promotes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, price $750 per bottle, and claims Hall’s Family Pills as the best, with testimonials offered free.
Township 1 South Range 4 West New Mexico shall receive applications for the entry of inodes in that township on and after June 1 1903 NichoLas Garres Register and B D Bowman Receiver Las Graces N M Land Office
To whom it may concern the alleged last will and testament of Marcelino Duran deceased has been filed in the probate court of Sierra County New Mexico. A hearing is set for July 10 at 10 oclock AM before the probate judge for proving the will and the testament. Witness the seal of the probate court this third day of May 1908.
Notice from the Land Office Las Craven New Mexico dated March 17 1903 states that a named settler has filed intent to make final proof for his land claim. The hearing before Probate Clerk Sierra on May 25 1903 will consider witnesses from Georgetown and Fairview New Mexico.
Land Office at Las Cruces New Mexico March 17 1908 announces that the following party has filed for final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be heard before the Probate Clerk Sierra County at Hillsboro May 23 1908. Witnesses to cultivation of the land include Duahanio Montaya of Georgetown Arizona and others.
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