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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate lists W. C. Taosreon as editor and proprietor. It notes subscription rates for one year and three months, plus one month options, and confirms filing as the official county paper with mailing from Sierra County, New Mexico.
A historic Sierra County gathering planned for October 6 at 10 AM to nominate delegates to the Derriturigh Statehood convention in Albuquerque. Citizens urged to attend. focus is regional advancement, with no other political aims stated.
In Grant County District Court attorney Chas Bell seeks 3044200 for a life lost. The deceased Bo Montoya was killed in the turquoise mines in Barro Countries in July 1900. Bell argues he would have earned the amount if allowed to live and work.
The excerpt attacks the taxation of New Mexico wool production, arguing a 15 percent levy harms honest taxpayers. It cites sheep numbers and tax gaps, alleging favoritism toward wool interests and urging fairer methods without tolerating punitive taxes on taxpayers.
An appeal extols Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for stomach ailments and indigestion, claiming it strengthens the weak stomach and relieves sour belching and fullness. The letter also mentions Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation and notes a political reference to a New Mexico board of equalization.
Dr A Kellett of Williford Arkansas reports a railroad laborer injured by a crush toed suffered a bad wound but Bucklon a Aruba Salve quickly cured him He claims the salve cures burns eruptions piles and skin ailments and markets it through C Miller Gallup. An oil well near Gallup runs down six hundred feet.
A dramatic note recounts a widow of General Barnham of Machina Maine nearly succumbing to pneumonia. Mrs Lincoln credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving her life after a night of fear. The ad touts throat chest and lung cures, lists price 600 and 1.00, and claims free trial bottles at Miller’s drug store Albuquerque. It also promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a strength booster and mental enhancer priced at one dollar per box.
Delinquent tax list for Socorro County now advertised seeks payment on outstanding accounts. Notices warn property owners of lien actions and tax charges due, with parcels and owner names pending further process.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements of Fido Cheney and partners and lists multiple wholesale druggists and Toledo area names. It touts internal use and blood and mucous system effects.
Delinquent tax list item reads oral property M0 pen Des Mary DB Jones and other persons listed. The notice records unpaid taxes and property details carried forward from the prior page.
A long delinquent and personal property list for Sierra County New Mexico shows numerous proprietors with scattered property values, including mines, homes, livestock, and lands in Kingston Chloride Monticello Arroyo Bonito Faulkner and surrounding precincts. Tax amounts range from fractions of a dollar to over one hundred dollars with penalties noted.
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