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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
9
The poem depicts Father Time as an immortal observer of ages and stars. He narrates watching the Sun form, stars birth, and the world appear, then recounts the passage of years from Mist to flame until Man names him Old Father Time. He pours another sand for each new year, endlessly bound to time.
A Countryside Magazine fragment presents the old year speaking on ingratitude for winter's gloom and nature's influence. It ponders why creatures wish for endless summer and urges a thoughtful New Year’s resolve.
The speaker vows to care for the body and maintain a clean home environment. They commit to preparedness against disease, internal and external cleanliness, and cultivating cheer while avoiding anger and malice.
A devotional excerpt by Anna L. Barbauld extols God's glory in nature and daily life. It emphasizes lifting eyes to heaven, praising God in work rest and sleep, with praise dwelling on lips in all moments.
A historical note prompts starting the year with a traditional act. The text references a procedure to write to begin the year and mentions the year 1016. It reflects calendrical customs and early medieval practices.
The 1917 state tax commission fixed total corporate property valuation at $100,028,945 for telegraph telephone Pullman express and electric railway property. Santa Fe Railroad leads with $65,787,269. Pullman $919,935. telegraph and express unchanged. telephone up to $1,014,215. electric railway at $117,642. Total miles of rail lines listed reach 3,080 with several companies identified.
Western Newspaper Union reports a busy New Mexico year with農 1917 state lands income expected near 1 million, Las Vegas and Santa Fe incidents, bond votes, school openings, andos Las Vegas stores burned. Notable items include Stabbing incidents, robberies, a fatality in France, oil drilling plans north of Roswell, and indictments by Colfax grand jury.
Circulars from the Department of Agriculture indicate a planned advance of 25 to 33 percent in grazing fees on national forests for 1917, signaling higher costs for ranchers and users.
The Mimbres Valley Growers and Canning Association at Hondale closed its 1916 season after packing and shipping about 400 000 No 2 and 3 cans of tomatoes. The output value was approximately 61000 dollars.
Santa Fe reports the state insurance department receipts for 1916 at 39,523,965 and for 1915 at 36,344.97, totaling 75,868.92 over the two years. The figures come from the biennial report of Jacobo Chaves, state superintendent of insurance, now with Governor McDonald.
Alleged cattle thieves Rufino Rael Adolfo Gonzales and Las Vegas Carlos Pino are jailed on theft charges from Benjamin Schutt who owns cattle at Ojitos Frios. Pastor EB Wilcox resigns from the Adventist church in Clovis and departs for Peru as missionary.
Western Canada swept top honors at the El Paso International Dry Farming Congress with first prize in wheat and sweepstakes, plus high awards for oats barley rye and root crops. The report highlights Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and future market outlets via Hudson Bay Railway and Panama Canal routes along with affordable land prices inviting settlers.
The notice invites homesteaders to secure information on Western Canadian lands through the Canadian Government agent named elsewhere in the paper. It highlights an excellent opportunity for settlement and urges interested readers to inquire for details.
Fragmentary dialogue notes an estate battle where Edith receives a lawyer as her share. The exchange implies a legal settlement with Edith prevailing in some way through a lawyer. No other named parties or concrete details are provided.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician's prescription for kidney and bladder diseases. It claims quick, wide relief and urges readers to buy bottles at drugstores or order a sample by sending ten cents to Kilmer Co. The ad also notes a separate invention: a hollow perforated horse bit with a funnel.
The notice urges households to cut high priced meats and serve Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as a cheap nutritious alternative. It invites readers to write Skinner Mfg. Co in O Nebr for a free cook book with hundreds of ways to prepare the product.
A fragmentary note notes satisfaction with Red Cross work and prefers Bag Blue to liquid dye while referencing relighting a laundress and general grocer activity. It mentions women in London employed to make trousers earning four cents a pair.
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