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Sierra County Advocate in Hillsboro, New Mexico

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Newspaper

Sierra County Advocate

Location

Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1916

Page

1

Attorney H A Wolford Reported Active in Regional Courts

H A Wolford will attend all the courts in Sierra County and the Third Judicial District. Office at Tiret Door east of R Church on Main Street. Also listed as active in the Supreme Courts of New Mexico and Texas with a second office at Room 26 Armily Building corner 4ra St and Katiroud Ave.

Tiret Main Street Sierra County Room Armily Builitine Cor Katiroud Supreme Courts of New Mexico Texan Councellor Albuquerque

Costermonger and costard apples in Edward I era shops

A fragmentary snippet notes a costermonger selling ribbed costard apples seen in shops, with a linguistic note on costardmonger and coster linked to London. The piece, quoting Punch style, touches on apologia and a card trick as a con brio aside about a queen of clubs and ace of spades.

London Standard Voluntteer

Home Happiness and the Quiet Harbor of Home

A reflective note on home life as the major source of happiness, contrasting the storm of work with the peace found in family and domestic rest. A quip about a Tottenham constable links labor to a beer at day’s end, invoking a poetic line from Tennysop.

Tottenham Eng Tennysop

Women Vote Rights Note by Emerson Quoted

A quotation on women's suffrage by Ralph Waldo Emerson arguing that women demanding votes and political equality with men should not be refused, comparing Shaker and Quaker practices and criticizing the notion that women's voting is a jest.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hidden Treasure Found After Cow's Dissection in New York

The state veterinarian removed a cow from a dairy farm to New York where it was killed and dissected. A gold watch with a chain was found in its stomach, lost months earlier by a boarder at the dairy.

New York

Delicately Expressed Rasberry Pie Incident

A short rustic scene describes three year old Mia requesting some of the raspberry pie on Bobby’s face as he eats. The moment captures a playful, innocent exchange between children and a mother.

Bobby Bobbie Mia

Largest whale caught near Santa Cruz ends in failure

The five launches attempted to tow the 50 foot whale to the shore across Fred Perez’s nets near Santa Cruz but nets broke and boats abandoned the effort. The monster, the largest seen in the area, was fifty feet long and thwarted by broken gear.

Fred Perez Santa Cruz

Rag and Gobtall and Umbrella Care Remedies

The text defines rag and gobtall as a term for a mixed flock and describes umbrella maintenance. It advises rubbing vaseline into hinge parts before first use to prevent rust and using upright drying on handles to let water drain, preventing corrosion.

Hightower Executed at Tyrone Mining Camp New Mexico

Hightower, condemned for the murder of his wife Mrs Hallie Hightower at Tyrone mining camp in November 1915, was hanged at 7:15 this morning. The drop killed him instantly with a 200 pound weight, he spoke briefly, forgave those involved, and said he found peace with God before being taken to the prison yard. The body, unclaimed, was burned in the potter’s field after service to mourners.

Hightower Tyrone

Girl messengers and the messenger boys strike

The second day of the messenger boys strike sees undelivered telegraphs piling up in Western Union and Postal offices while executives consider hiring girls to replace boys. In past strikes, young women filled vacancies and performed creditably, a pattern that has been repeated in other cities as labor actions were resolved by female replacements. Industry officials, including J C Turner of the American District Telegraph, weigh how new female messengers would be dressed if hired.

Western Union Boston J. C. Turner American Diatriot Telegraph Company Western Union Company N.Y. Son

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