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Newspaper
The Old Abe Eagle
Location
White Oaks, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1893
Page
2
A speech to the Grand Jury outlines the grand inquest role to prevent government abuse and private prejudice. It urges impartial gathering of testimonies, forbids jurors from trying offenders, and emphasizes secrecy to protect investigations while ensuring fair eventual indictments.
The speaker instructs grand jurors on their duties to investigate public officials, public funds, and jail records, and to arrest violations of arming laws and the Sunday law. He stresses that murder and theft are offenses and calls for disarming armed citizens, while upholding the rule of law and public safety.
A speech condemns saloons and professional gambling as harmful to society. It argues fines and high taxes should curb saloon trade and labels professional gamblers as parasitic, urging prepayment of licenses and eventual abolition. The rhetoric links gambling to ruin, widows, orphans, and moral decay, urging the grand jury to act.
The Old Abe mining firm offers a 300 dollar reward for arrest and conviction or information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone stealing property or ore specimens from the Old Abe Co. The company mills all specimens and holds holders of Old Abe specimens equally liable.
Fragmented ad laden prose mixes patent medicine claims with stray notices and garbled pleas. It references Chamberlains Quolie Cholers and Diarrhoea Remedy and urges keeping it ready to ward off attacks, alongside stray local business mentions and nonsensical lines about Velarco Texas commerce and dancing party talk.
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