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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate notes various items from New Mexico and beyond. Mentions John D Rockefeller stock value in Ohio, Irish home rule, Huerta in Mexico, Valencia county alcohol votes, and Annie M Dyer pension under Arizona teacher pension law.
English engineer Sir William Willcocks, builder of the Assuan Dam, toured Paso this week. He was dined at the Paso del Norte with William A. Ryan of the reclamation commission. They reviewed the Elephant Butte Dam project, which will hold about fifty percent more water than the Assuan dam.
The article traces William Makepeace Thackeray’s education in England starting at Charterhouse and Cambridge in 1829. It notes his early sketches and rapid productivity before Vanity Fair appeared in 1846, and lauds Pendennis Esmond and the Newcomes as a noble literary foundation. It adds Virginians as a later continuation, though not as strong.
The article recalls Thackeray’s five great novels begun in 1846 and frames his work as antiromantic and revelatory of life’s seamy side. It notes his outward success after 1851, his lectures, and the persistent sorrow from his wife’s long illness and "living death" despite his overall happiness.
In Hillsboro Mr and Mrs Jim Hiler visit El Paso while W R Doran of Derry is in town. Frank Finch comes from Kingston and Andy Kelley moves into the Rix house. Herman Ermert and family from Kingston spend Sunday here. Walter Hammel and Ike Knight visit Hillsboro. Mrs Cecil Ray of El Paso visits her parents Mr and Mrs Max Kahler. A ten pound baby boy born to Mr and Mrs J Harden last Wednesday. First ice of season appears from local ice factory Sunday. David Stitsol stricken with paralysis Tuesday morning and in critical condition. Miss Lila Fergusson returns from Silver City where she studies business. Mrs Luz Madrid gives husband a seven pound baby girl yesterday morning. both doing well. Press Benson comes up from the river earlier in the week. Harvesting his mother's alfalfa crop.
May Latham returns from the Normal School on May 22. Uncle John Centana has moved to the Bennetts at Arrey. Mrs. W. G. Beals plans to visit sister Mrs. Comer in Deming. Emily McLean and Elizabeth Kinney depart for Silver City Normal Institute at week’s end. Mrs. Emmett Horn and Monroe visit Bramar Oklahoma farm. The 8 L G’s prepare to gather yearling heifers they sold. Teane Knight and Pred Price attend Mesilla Park commencement. Ed Nuno helps with the heifer round-up. Charles Hoyle returns to Chicago for a visit. Mrs. Phil Nelson and daughter return to Santa Rita.
The text records several local mentions including Mr and Mrs Herman Ermert visiting Hillsboro on Sunday. It notes an annual assessment being done and development work continuing on the Overlook on Franklin Hill. Jim Hiler visited Kingston recently and Ranger Bonebrake and wife are spending days on the range.
The Kunkle Bros. have returned from their prospecting expedition on North Perchs. Work has begun on South Percha creek with additional prospecting planned.
Department of the Interior issues notices withdrawing unsurveyed lands in sections 6 and 7 for sixty days from May 7 1914 to allow New Mexico authorities to select nonadverse lands All of Sections 6 and 7 and other listed parcels in Santa Fe Rio Grande area are affected Restoration to entry for 80 acres within Dall National Forest New Mexico with preference rights for prior agricultural claimants prior to January 1 1906 and open entry for qualified settlers on June 2 1914.
Notice that two hundred dollars was expended to hold the Any Hyprovemeuls Hoon tract in Palouse Mining District Sierra County New Mexico on Palomas Creek near Hermoss. Located opposite Calazhan and Albatross claims, filings show labor to hold for 1912 and 1913. If not responded within ninety days, forfeiture proceeds per Section 2324 Revised Statutes.
Pleasant Hill woman recounts years of nervous headaches and prostration eased after using Cardus, a vegetable tonic said to strengthen the nervous system and improve appetite. The Chattanooga Medicine Co. invites letters for guidance and instructions.
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