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Newspaper
The Clayton Enterprise
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
1
A garbled review of social chatter and headlines notes varied topics from imperial politics and counterfeit Japanese money to fashion, divorces, and ambered humor. It cites King Edward and Prince Louis, New York society, and a range of quips about ambition, politics, and celebrity culture.
Santa Fe reports congratulate Roosevelt on joint statehood stance for New Mexico and Arizona. Albuquerque welcomes Roosevelt. Santa Fe discusses Pullman office setup, postmaster appointments, and a fatal-accident case. Reclamation service advances Pecos and Leesburg irrigation projects, projecting water for up to 55,000 acres. Eastern Railway progress promises February 1907 completion across central New Mexico, boosting regional growth.
A Santa Fe dispatch reports President Roosevelt submitted the name of James Wallace Raynolds to the Senate to succeed himself as secretary of the territory of New Mexico. The selection ends a long political fight for the lucrative post, with support from Governor M. A. Otero and local Republican leaders while rivals among Rough Riders opposed him. Raynolds, 33, is a McKinley appointee and MIT graduate, son of Jefferson Raynolds, married in 1896 to Misa Baum, with three sons and a prominent Las Vegas social role.
Shipping and keeping grapes to cork dust is a noted industry in several European grape districts. A considerable quantity of such grapes, shipped from Spal, is annually consumed in the United States.
In the Situations Wanted section the London Express carried a humorous ad noting Galloping consumption of men with Dr Work wanted Addrena Patient Bed 648 Daily Express Tudor Street implying a satirical want ad set in a referencing a medical or daily paper context.
An Albuquerque dispatch reports Claude Doane was sentenced by Judge Abbott to ninety years in the penitentiary for the murder of Walter Lyons, a schoolteacher killed near Ramah in McKinley County last summer. Lyons carried $800 to buy cattle when slain. Doane had previously denied the crime until an escape attempt failed.
S Spitz for Rabbi Kaplan of Albuquerque reports strong support in Santa Fe for a drive to aid Russian Jewish refugees. He limits solicitations to Jewish faith members though welcomes others with sympathy. Collected funds will go to Rapht H Kaplan in Albuquerque then to Mr. Schitf in New York. Contributors include Z G Schumann and David S Vonhelel among others.
An architect told a lady he had been to pee that great nave in the new church. The lady retorted, Do not mention names I know the lan to whom you refer. Sacred Heart Re.
A Cleveland Leader reference notes the chronic bachelor as a state hard for some women to tell. The piece contends that he plays a role illustrating indomitable female perseverance in overcoming difficulties.
The document discusses aging government employees nearing retirement, enforcement of timber and land laws, and the reclamation act's impact on the West. It highlights land fraud concerns, Indian labor policy, private enterprise in reclamation, and the balance between public and private efforts. It also summarizes public land disposals, pension costs since 1790, and critiques the pension examination system.
Dallas Texas Sterling Price camp of United Confederate Veterans met Sunday to back President Roosevelt’s national care of Confederate graves in northern states and his Monroe Doctrine remarks. A lengthy preamble and resolutions by Charles L. Martin passed with two dissenters. The camp claims to be the world’s largest ex Confederate veterans body with over 1,000 members.
The fan hall meeting titled Not wo old at Forty Still Young at Eighty featured eight elderly attendees led by chairman Mr P Newcombe, all in robust health. Dr Mayer, aged eighty, praised his long tobacco abstinence while recounting cures and feats of bone healing and rapid rib recovery.
Mr N R Roberts of Payton Tennessee praises Dodd's Kidney Pills citing full kidney trouble cure and lasting relief. He says his back pain vanished and he can stoop freely, vowing pills remain on hand should old symptoms return. He credits the medicine with restoring his health and confidence.
Miss Alice Iseminger of Webster City wins the town corn husking championship by husking 140 bushels in nine hours. The eighteen year old earns a new piano and a future chance to study in Chicago. She claimed she could husk more corn than her brothers and soon beat them. Her father offered a plane if she succeeded, and she did, then vowed to win the Hawkeye championship and pursue education.
A Missouri man with a wife and six children sold everything and moved toward Sinaloa after reading about cheap land. He had no plan or Spanish ability and did not know the country. Nogales Oasis notes the family instead headed for California.
A literary man explains how Grape Nuts food improved digestion and mental sharpness, noting that ordinary breakfasts left him sluggish. He claims the cereal meets brain and nervous system nutrition and boosted his output. Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich, endorses the testimonial and references The Road to Wellville.
A British cabinet reshuffle signals Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman forming a new government team. Key figures include prominent ministers aligning under Bannerman as priorities and portfolios are reassigned.
The new ministry is announced with Campbell-Bannerman as Liberal leader. Key figures named include Asquith, Grey, Gladstone, Morley, and Lloyd George. The cabinet covers home, foreign, war, India, Scotland, Ireland, admiralty, trade, and education, with Crewe as lord president and Ripon as privy seal. Campbell-Bannerman, a Glasgow-born Scot, has long served under Gladstone and led Parliament.
Postmaster General Cortelyou reports for 1906 revenue of 152 826 with expenditures 167 181 09 deficit 14 672 584. He cites increased free matter reducing revenue by 19 822 000 and urges reforms to parcel post and second class rates. He notes wartime clerks killed or injured and calls for measures to protect staff and improve efficiency. At year end 60 131 post offices operated with 206 000 service employees nationwide and 1 149 in Washington.
Advocates claim a victory at the conference of thirteen colleges in New York City as an amended resolution to reform football passes 15 to 8. Member schools and vote tallies include Wesleyan 27 Rutgers 3 Hav erford 2 Swarthmore 2 Byracine 2 Rochester 1 West Point 2 Fordham 2 for the yes side. Noel-Stevens 1 Columbia 25 Union 2 Rochester 1 New York University 2 for the no side.
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