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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1888
Page
2
An editorial column from Socorro New Mexico discusses subscription terms, daily delivery, and prepaid options. It also surveys political and social topics including land grants, statehood, party shifts, and church reunions, noting figures like Roscoe Conkling and Senator Stanford.
The Sente Fe road expands routes east of Howell with special excursion tickets on January 25 February 5 and 20 March 7 21 April 4 and 25 May 6 and 23 June 6. Tickets valid sixty days for return and fifteen days for palaze each direction. Destinations include Texas Panhandle and New Mexico with Las Vegas 25.20 Albuquerque 30.50 Santa Fe 28.56 Las Cruces Deming El Paso 35.25 and Sorrvo 33.50.
The article hails Socorro as one of America's oldest settlements, growing from a Mexican plaza to a thriving mining hub after the 1880 railroad, with a large smelting works run by Gustav Billing and a smoking industry feeding a wide regional economy. It notes branch rail lines to Magdalena and Kelly, extensive mineral wealth nearby, and a robust civic infrastructure including water works, schools, churches, and an opera house.
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