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Newspaper
The Estancia News
Location
Estancia, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
2
The Brooks Cold Tire Settler compresses metal cold with a hard wood surface instead of burnt felloes and avoids steam or water damage. It delivers precise dish without overdishing or guesswork. For demonstration and purchase, contact J. W. Wagner, blacksmith, to see the machine in action.
EB Brumback spends several days in Santa Fe. J W Brashearn heads to Paden Oklahoma for extended stay. M B Atkinson ill with acute rheumatism north of town. Mrs J G Weaver and daughter visit Claude Texas. Nicholas Meyer returns home for summer vacation. Deputy Probate Clerk Chavez injured right hand in a prize fight claim. Mr McCabe of Moriarty visits Estancia. Rev J R Carver to preach at 1 M E Church next Sunday morning. H S Cobb returns from Richland Georgia with aunt. Rev R P Pope passes Estancia en route to Roswell Bible School. Representative Rosenbach visits with souvenir postcards for National Irrigation Congress. E E Van Horn to auction horses at Monie’s Corral. Will Gondit heads to Kansas for visit. Nora Vanderford at Pace family in the mountains. G H Vanstone of Hughes Mercantile Company in Estancia on business.
Over the past three days scattered showers drenched the valley with heavy rain along the southern and western mesas. Last night a good rain fell across the valley proper though far from sufficient, expected to benefit crops. Batancia recorded thirty four one hundredths of an inch.
The little folks at the Methodist Church performed last Sunday night and rendered the program well. Brownie Pratt delivered a speech titled Shouting Methodists which drew a popular reaction despite his father’s view on the shouting.
The Estancia Board of Trade forms a committee to urge residents to clean up yards and report by July 4. A sale notice lists destray horses at Monte's corral in Estancia, to be sold for cash to the highest bidder, with E. E. Van Horn as Inspector for the Cattle Sanitary Board.
A quirky narrative describes a circus horse that rampages through a yard and house frightening creatures, then calms after a gentle lady persuades it to pray. An exaggerated ad follows noting greatly reduced prices at Bond's with two weeks to shop.
A poem tracks stages of life through wheeled transport from a wicker baby carriage to a driven bicycle to a large modern car. A child in knickerbockers rides along while a yellow cart appears with a billowy gait. The life cycle ends with an aging man in a private car, wheeled by a valet, ending with a final trip on wheels.
By special request of the committee on arrangements dealers are asked not to sell or dispose of any fireworks in Estancia during the dry hot weather due to fire risk. Clean backyards alleys of rubbish to prevent sickness. Estancia New Mexico June 26 1908 R J Nisbett Justice of the Peace.
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