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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1912
Page
3
Local notice listing subscription and advertising rates. One inch column rates for one month and one year, locals charged per line, and special local write ups priced per line with varying costs. Proprietor W. C. Thompson announced rates in a terse typographic snippet.
Mrs A C Martin of Hurley visited Hillsboro early this week. Bruce Barnes bought Mrs Martin’s ad on Middle Pereira below the toll gate. Clyde Bloodgond and Steve Reay with Ben Kinsey, all of Kingston, visited Hillsboro. Families and miners travel and shop. auditors report on Statehood Mines property. Bank cashier A M Gillespie returned from a two week Lone Star trip. Local residents from Monticello transacted business in Hillsboro. Registration board opened with sessions Oct 3 4 5 and Oct 12 19 26. Mr and Mrs Chan Anuptsen left for State College after telegram about Mr Anderson’s mother. Mrs Anderson improving per State College advices. Hermosa visitors George Suits and Ray Grayson came down. McFarland reports killing three brown bears near Circle 7 creek. El Paso mining man John Sears and wife arrive to open Crescent mine. work expected to start in ten days. Boston Herald feature on the Barro and a historic prospector J O Seown pictured and remembered.
A photograph by Heere A. Schmidt captures Mr. Brown with the barro for Sierra county pioneers. In El Paso Herald an item notes sixteen youths, chaperoned by Mrs. Winpingham, traveled to Mesquite to greet J. A. Anderson and his bride. They waited at Mesquite lake, lit a fire, and shared supper before the 8:35 north-bound train arrived. The couple received a rice reception on arrival.
A nature student recalls Tongatabu legends of a small octopus called feke that climbs overhanging trees and slips back into the sea when disturbed. In Pacific tales Tongans are said to hunt octopus flesh, with brown-skinned youths climbing trees hoping to find fish among branches.
A London World notice warns against amateur concertina players, calling it a potential torture instrument in a nerve ridden age. The piece contrasts skilled professionals with incompetent amateurs. A separate notice announces the Wicks Gulch Mining Company annual meeting at 10:00 AM on October 10, 1912, in Hillsboro New Mexico, with Willard E Carpenter as president.
The SiexrRA Country Advocate reports it has published legal notices for thirty years and insists it can do the job cheaply and correctly. It reiterates its ongoing role in publishing such notices, appealing to readers for continued trust in its services.
A vintage ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh internally by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It states a $100 reward if catarrh cannot be cured, asserts F J Cheney & Co of Toledo honorability, and notes the product sells for 75 cents per bottle with accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Roswell News reports two Mexican youths quarreled over a shared love following a Ficacho dance. One youth lost part of his nose, the other appears bruised. Names could not be learned.
The excerpt notes Kuos Lollar of Saratoga endorsing Fain's Cough Remedy as the best on the market, claiming it has fifteen years of reliability and widespread sales through calers.
An article cites Mrs. P L B Brogan of Wilson Pa praising Chamberlains Cough Remedy and Chamberlins Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach disorders in children. It notes a rabbit shoot event between Silver City and Deming on October 24 with ten shots per city and a dinner for the losers, plus general local grain and crop remarks.
The highest point on Manhattan Island is at Washington Heights near One Hundred and Fourth Street, reaching about 250 feet above sea level. A note on American and French women contrasts flirtation and love, referencing a Parisian image from Neue Freie Presse.
Archaeologists reveal accurate records of labor unions dating to Roman times uncovered at Pompeii, showing organized worker associations existed long before modern unions. The find sheds light on social and economic life in ancient Italy and highlights early collective bargaining concepts.
In Silver City Enterprise style, a chaotic report notes disputes about leadership decisions at Orient Ha tela champion vinegarron, nicknamed Taek Tohnenr, who defeated two rival vineostronane contenders and Howell Ding Company’s arantala. The piece mentions bizarre feats including killing a bat and a mouse and a six inch centipede, with manager Bude inviting challenges from all comers as tensions rise among heavyweights and tarantulas.
J. W. Copeland of Dayton Quiv buys Chamthit's Cough Remedy for a bin boy with a cold. Before the bottle runs out the boy improves. Is that not better than paying a five dollar doctor’s bill. Sold by all dealers.
A quirky note from a humor column describes a CBicego bride insisting on taking fifty pet dogs on her honeymoon, prompting the groom to learn to bark as a playful reaction.
A sick headache is caused by a dis ordered stomach. Take Chamberlains Tablets and correct that and headaches will disappear. For ease buy from all dealers.
Department of the Interior notices a final three year proof for Homestead Application No M for the Nie Ney SW on NW, Town 16 S feet 8 W Meridian. Claimant witnesses include Louis M. Sly John Kinney and others from Lake Valley. Hearing held October 24, 1912. register Jose Gonzst r. First published Sept 13.
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