Campaign notes and obituary items from the Socorro Chief Tan
The Citizen joins many in lamenting the passing of John J. Brophy an early resident cattleman officer of the law and good citizen. It recalls 1888 when Grover Cleveland was renominated by acclamation and defeated at the election. Wilson’s 1916 renomination by acclamation and defeat. noting party unity differences between 1888 and 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Brophy
Cattlemun
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Cleveland
Socorro Chieftan
Hughes to Lead on First Ballot in Nomination Fight
Republican organizers predict Charles E. Hughes will lead the first ballot with 175 to 225 votes, while Roosevelt sits under 150 but gains as favorites drop out. Talks of informal cooperation hint at a later alliance to block Hughes and steer toward a favorite son or a progressive dark horse. Ballot totals and local notes from Las Cruces and surrounding towns follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Charles E. Hughes
Roosevelt
Hughes
Weeks
Burton
Cummins
Pairbanks
Root
Sherman
Knox
Brumbaugh
Ford
LaFollette
General Wood
Dupont
Borah
Lorian Boggs
Clayton
The
Fosters
Las Cruces
Republic
Boggs
The Snooze Follies and Local Gossip Mixed Headlines
The passage lampoons The Snooze editor and Miss Leslie Vere de Vere, noting imagined origins and witty barbs. It recalls social chatter, editorials, and stray notices about local residents and travelers from Clayton, Dalhart, and nearby towns with brief city visits and goodbyes.
Politicians and their curious tricks in public life
A witty critique tracing politicians as born figures, from Noah to reformers and grafters. It contrasts honesty and crookedness, defines party politics as a union, and lampoons campaigns as busy distractions while elections reveal corruption on the other side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Joseph
Samson
Washington
St. Peter
Plaster of
Wisdom of Urbana and the ideal wife quip
The author quotes Kin Hubbard on spending a Sunday in Urbana Ohio versus two minutes with a contentious woman and ponders the life of a man with an ideal wife. The speaker notes the tame routine of domestic life and questions who would want to boss or kick an ideal wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Ohio
Viola Dana Debuts on Metro in The Flower of No Man’s Land
Viola Dana, a rising screen star, makes her Metro debut in The Flower of No Man’s Land a five part production praised for showing her dramatic talents. The piece was selected to introduce Dana to Metro audiences and features a strong cast with ample resources devoted to the premiere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No Man's Land
Viola Dana
Metro
Miss Dana
Mrs Bristol Goes to Mississippi for Child Health
Mrs E Bristol and her daughter left last Friday for Meridian Mississippi to spend several weeks with her mother. The move aims to help the child’s health through a warmer climate and lower altitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Bristol
Mississippi
Bristol
Meridainn
Four States Seed Co Opens Office and Local News
Four States Seed Co opens its office with Hill Bros Transfer Co at Mission Theater corner and will run a general seed and grain business. A. F. Aytes and daughter Miss Stella of Otto Valley are stopping at the Commercial House as Aytes is ill. Misses Elfreda and Marie Thompson and Master Harry Jr. have returned from Trinidad Cole where they attended school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four States Seed Co
Mission Theater Corner
Hill Bros. Transfer Co
A. F. Aytes
Miss Stella
Otto Valley
Commercial House
Mr. Aytes
Elfreda
Marie Thompson
Harry Jr
Trinidad Cole
The Menagerie by Walt Mason
A comic verse sketches a tin car trip blocked by roaming farm animals. The narrator laments drivers collide with cows and poultry, as prices rise for animals killed and owners lament lost stock, blasting farm beasts overrunning roads.
Honking For Hank and the Cranking Boys
A fragmented verse scene follows Hank and his crew as they cheerfully crank a vehicle. The passage evokes rural humor with mechanical muddle and public acclaim amid lively, rhythmic lines.
Glimpses of a Worldly Wisdom on Work and Education
The piece muses that forgetting can be our most valuable possession and that a diploma often signals education but does not prove it. It warns that overwork and the chase for efficiency may, in time, be overdone and harm both mind and life.
Crumley Seeks Republican Sheriff Nomination in Union County
T. J. Crumley announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for sheriff of Union County and earnestly solicits support at the Republican convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Crumley
Union County
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Secundino Romero
Orie L. Phillips
A. E. Snyder
Missouri Valley
Don Matias Casados
A. W.thompson
Denver
Charlie Bushnell Jr
Beenham
Bill Greenpole
Ike
New York Evening Post
Leslie Vere de Vere
Sadie
Carver
Dalhart
Dallam County
Snooze
Sadie Vere de Vere
Emmalee Fox
Wilma Hardin
Miss Fern Karn
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Miss Fern
Frank McCoy
Margaret Dickson
Harrington Valley
Roy
Geo. Fitch
McCiare Newayeo
Winsome
Walt Mason
Leradamantine
Eral
Hank
Henry
Globe Sights
Joseph Gill
Clayton, New Mexico
Ol. E. A. Jacobs Public Auctioneer
MT. Dora
New Mexico
Woodward & Blue Attorneys At Law
Telephone Exchange Building
Scott B. Williams
Cloudcroft
Otero County
N. M
COL. J. A. Sowers
Wanette
G. C. Smith
First Nat'l Bank Bldg
O. F. Clayton Lodge
Palmer Building
H. H. Errett
Holmes
Soey
D. A. Paddock
Hill Bros
Dr Ra Enera
H. L. McNeel
Tepes Ou
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