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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1903
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate, official paper of Hierras Granty, is mailed from Hillboro Sierra County. It notes subscription prices and mailing terms for one year two dollars, three months, or one month, and mentions transmission through U S Mails as per official notice dated Friday October 16 1903.
Regular session notes approve July minutes omissions in tax levy for New Mexico Insane Asylum and Orphan Children's Home, appoint E G Rice to road office, adjust appropriations, audit treasurer accounts, and approve numerous county bills. Article ends with Mesilla Park professor injured by a bull during livestock encounter.
The Blackdom Townsite company promotes a Negro town in southern Chaves County near the Pecos Valley Railroad. It aims to settle about 10 000 people, opening May 1 1904, with capital of 10000. Officers include FM Boyer A M president Rev J N Jones vice president D G Keyes secretary and Burrell Dickerson treasurer. The artesian wells will supply water and irrigation pumps will be used under expert supervision.
A firm writes to the secretary of the department of immigration in New Mexico proposing 500 or more Chaves County colonists. They seek irrigation pumps and road concessions for travel to the colonies. Most colonists will be from the south with cattle and swine. A canning factory is planned at Blackdom townsite.
A man named Chas. B. Nor ria of Binghamton New York walked over two thousand miles home after being told no hope for consumption in San Francisco He lost weight but survived the journey and recovered through persistent open air exposure The piece urges moderation noting that open air is beneficial but warns against extreme walking as a blanket cure and promotes balanced activity rather than a mad dash home
An advert claims local applications cannot cure deafness, which it says stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube. It states nine of ten cases come from catarrh and offers $100 for any deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes Hall's Family Pills and circulars from Hall's Co. Toledo, Ohio.
A Texas minister reportedly roped a large angle while on the wing as dispatches fell. It is unclear whether the minister or the eagle mentioned in the report was the one on the wing.
A testimonial from Henny Brow of Long Branch Missouri says a younger brother suffered digestion problems for months. After using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, he gained forty pounds in thirty days and fully recovered. The note promotes easy to take tablets and states they are sold by all druggists.
Notes collect varied curiosities from daily life and history such as meat moisture during cooking, trees trapping antlers, and a misdirected postal bundle. It recounts an English speaking requirement in Mexico for business, a rock springs elk trunk tale, and quotes about acting and Trollope’s London dormancy alongside a quarrel with a group discussing the country’s future.
The National Geographic Magazine notes that over 21 percent of native born Americans reside in states other than their birth state. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana lead in people leaving their birth states, while Vermont shows the strongest net outflow relative to its population. Illinois and Missouri receive large shares of migrants, with Texas and California posting the largest gains. Several New England and Atlantic states show net losses, and Michigan Minnesota Iowa Arkansas Louisiana and Pacific-coast states see varied gains.
A company named Fe Pavisi Kailot filed to widen the art of dune and seek mineral and agricultural uses on the south half of the southeast quarter of Bet Tp MS W7 W N ol PAM. Within thirty days objections or selections must be reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Notice to Thos Latin bin Heira and others that the undersigned completed a 1902 improvement cost of one hundred dollars on the Grey Horde Mine or Mining Claim in Sierra County New Mexico. Filing recorded in Probate Clerk and Recorder office. Under Rev Stat Sec 2b, ten percent penalty applies if not paid. If not settled, property will be assigned to the claimant. Publication to follow in local records.
A public land selection notice from the General Land Office details a directed act of June and the selection of certain township parcels in New Mexico. It states protests or contests must be filed within the allotted period to challenge the selection. First publication date is October 16, 1902.
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