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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1904
Page
2
The piece promotes a nonpartisan county ticket and a Nespartisan city election for Socorro. It lauds improvements and prudent governance, notes censorship by the press, and hints at forthcoming war news when armies near the Yalu clash. Names referenced include Curvenano, Parker, Bryan, and local context.
The passage notes the Sherman Antitrust Act arose from a Republican Congress and its landmark enforcement against Northern Securities was driven by a Republican attorney general under Republican leadership, suggesting partisan alignment in major antitrust action.
Citizens funded the effort to protect Socor po by diverting the arroyo waters. Most backers supported the plan though a few who stand to benefit least resisted. The motive matters less than the plan’s tendency to overshoot its aims and backfire.
The last Socorro municipal election produced a nonpartisan ticket and a government seen as wise. Voter fraud and vote-buying were notably absent, reflecting a commendable civic achievement. The new city faces rebuilding a poor road to the School of Mines to improve access and reputation.
Doctor Savinin built a small wind mill to pump water from a 30 foot well on his fruit farm near the School of Mines. It irrigates four acres of fruit trees and vegetation without reducing the well’s water supply. He will expand the pumping capacity, proving pumping is the valley’s reliable irrigation solution.
A biographical sketch links Parker and Hill in a durable political alliance. Hill, nine years older, discovered Parker and steered his campaigns, making him the likely candidate with Hill as key adviser. The Globe-Democrat notes Hill’s strong influence, questions Parker’s independence, and argues Americans reject a Hill proxy in the White House.
The article notes beliefs that seasons influence disease patterns. It cites smallpox peaking in winter, typhoid in autumn, and pneumonia in winter and spring, with winter and early spring seeing many catarrhal respiratory inflammations. Explanations are speculative, suggesting water concentration and insect vectors, but no definitive cause is provided.
The text cites fresh air as a remedy to winter diseases like typhus and other illnesses, referencing Youth's Companion and The Neodesha Register. It mocks cussedness, praises Chamberlain remedies for coughs and stomach issues, and describes a Chinese auction ritual, urging ventilation and safe medicines for children and general health.
A courtship scene unfolds as a man proclaims love that he calls the greatest thing in the world, claiming it as vast as the sea and world. The maid retorts with witty disbelief about insinuations regarding her ears and size.
A collage of quotes and anecdotes on ant patriotism, social behavior of insects, Irish political jests, Huxley classroom wit, and a child's remark about an omnibus. The pieces reflect late 19th century humor and social commentary with brief notes from Harper's and the London Chronicle.
E H Waldron of Wilton Junction says sciatic rheumatism plagued him for years. He reports stiff joints, pain, and cracking, and credits Chamberlain's Pain Balm with a complete cure for months. Sold by all druggists.
In a terse exchange a magistrate warns the prisoner he did not want her to return. The prisoner pleads that she could not convince the police, highlighting a clash between law and testimony in a stray story.
Chamberlain offers Stomach and Liber Tablets described as easy to take and pleasant in effect. Available by all druggists.
Lucius Chittenden, then registrar of the treasury, signed his name 12,500 times in a seven hour span to authorize a 310 million bond issue. The effort supported Adams in blocking English ships bound for the Confederacy. He claimed ten signatures per minute and relied on an army surgeon, sleeping at his desk, to finish the task. Separate clippings recount a jailyard remark and a Chicago reader’s quip about the incident.
Mrs J B Cooke from Neder lands Texas praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints in children. She says the remedy cures when used as directed. Sold by all druggists.
A brief exchange from the Catholic Standard and Times contrasts Emerson of Boston with Larger Mrs. Gotham over sharing an apple. They joke that with only two halves, there is no largest half.
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