New Mexico Pushes Statehood Amid Congressional Debate
The piece notes New Mexico seeks statehood in the 17th Congress as the Culberson Stevens dam bill faces doubtful prospects. It argues tax rates should not deprive Socorro County of revenue, urges county officials to act, and mentions London optimism on South Africa peace. It highlights Secorko as a key rail route point and suggests powerful railroads plan accordingly.
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Socorro County
London
South Africa
Secorko
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Sam Jonas Temperance Campaign Faces Minority in Nashville
Sam Jonas led a temperance drive in Nashville but his supporters were a hopeless minority at the election. The piece notes caution about not all advocates sharing his fate and contrasts it with seasonal weather contrasts, including Pennsylvania snow and Rio Grande valley blossoms.
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Sam Jonas
Nashville
Sam
Pennsylvania
Rio Grande Valley
Rail line battles affect Frisco Choctaw routes to San Diego
Tr the Frisco builds from Quanah to San Diego the company must turn the proposed line aside from a direct route or pass through Socorro If the Rock Island has bought the Choctaw road and should extend its line from Amarillo to San Diego practically the same conditions prevail Both these extensions are proposed The facts are significant.
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Frisco
Quanah
Texas
San Diego
Socorro
Rock Island
Amarillo
New Mexico Bureau of Immigration Annual Meeting Held in Santa Fe
The annual meeting of the New Mexico Bureau of Immigration was held in Santa Fe on Monday. The past year's conduct was thoroughly investigated and approved. Secretary Col Max Frost distributed literature to aid immigration, aiding the territory. Socorro real estate has risen from nominal value to real value with some property transfers taking place.
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New Mexico Bureau of Immigration
Santa Fe
Max Frost
So Corro Sees Reawakening And City Property Improvements
More clearing and improvement of residence property in the city today than in five years signals a hopeful reawakening. Kansas seeks to restrain Colorado from further Arkansas river water appropriation within Colorado. The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction as the case involves two states. Colorado’s demurrer is overruled. Colorado must answer and the issue is joined. The dispute could hint at a parallel case between New Mexico and Texas.
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Socorro
Kansas
Colorado
Arkansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
New Mexico
Texas
Tax editor urges defeat of Chavez land grant bill
The Carrieyram's tax editor cites a letter from Hon. B S Rodey and urges defeating any Congressional bill that would vest title to the Antonio Chavez land grant in claimants. Court rulings have held no title, the land is public domain, and passage would unfairly harm Socorro County citizens and reopen widespread land disputes.
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Carrieyram
B. S. Rodey
Congress
Antonio Chavez
Socorro County
United States Court of Private Land Claims
Supreme Court of the United States
Rodey
To Protect the President Sixatox Hoax bill on guard and penalties
The measure aims to deter assassination by making death the penalty for attempts and killings of the President, Vice President, or other officers. It also allows the Army to detail a discreet guard to protect the President, with secret equipment and dress decisions by the Secretary of War, noted as a key preventive provision.
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Sixatox
Secretary of War
Senate
Quotations on Deterrence and Moral Will in Nations
A brief quoted reflection notes that civilized nations face penalties but deterrence may fail against some inherently wicked individuals. It contrasts stronger will with those whom mercy has tempered in conscience, suggesting fear of punishment could sway them in some cases.
Admission of the Territories Faces Broad Opposition Across Papers
The omnibus bill for admitting Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona to statehood sparks opposition from editors nationwide. Some demand larger populations or the inclusion of Indian Territory with Oklahoma before statehood, others oppose due to partisan reasons. The Globe-Democrat supports admission for all three without conditions, while urging union with Indian Territory when feasible to remove obstacles in Congress. A separate health ad touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and a brief Q&A about baby carriages closes the item.
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Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Indian Territory
Globe-Democrat
Congress
Friends of the Admission of
Globe Democrat
El Paso lecture quoted Mexican honor and virtue remarks
Bishop Hamilton speaking in San Antonio and El Paso stirred debate during a Mexico lecture at Simpson auditorium for the Los Angeles Industrial School benefit. He recalled a remark about Mexican flowers and virtue, then defended Mexican men’s honor comparing it with other nations.
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EL Paw
Bishop Hamilton
Paso
Mexico
Simpson
Industrial School of
Los Angeles
el Paso
Young lieutenant seeks pacific voyage berth
A San Franciscan officer ordered to the Philippines receives telegrams from the War Department. First he is told to sail for New York and go by Suez, then to cross the Pacific directly. The department notes sixty women school teachers aboard the transport and he asks for a berth on the transport offering faster passage.
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San Francis
Philippines
War Department
Washington
New York
Suez
Pacific
Snuffles the Guaranteed Catarrh Cure Promises Relief
An old practitioner markets Snuffles, a claimed universal catarrh cure, claiming it reaches the disease, relieves discharges, and cures inflammation. Sold for one dollar with full month treatment, prepaid by mail from Edwin B. Giles & Company in Philadelphia to addresses in the United States or Canada.
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United States
Canada
Edwin B. Giles & Company
Market Street
Philadelphia
Moe Cure Rapaport Age Ten Height Eludes Detail
Readable fragments indicate Moe Cure Rapaport is a ten year old with a round face and a tall build mentioned in a brief notice. No dates or organizations are confirmed in the accessible text.
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Moe Cure
Early 20th Century Patent Medicine Advertisement
An antiquated medical ad extols Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery. It claims pregnancy benefits and lifelong health for mothers and children, urging readers to write to Dr Pierce for remedies and testimonials of recovered vitality. The piece reflects period rhetoric promoting patent medicines to treat biliousness headaches and general ailments.
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Pieres
Peres
Golden Medical Discovery
Barres
Pierce
R. V. Filo
N.Y. O
Horses and Cold on the Hindu Frontier
Colonel Sir T. H. Holdich writes in The Indian Borderland about a storm on the Herat passes where wind and snow threaten travelers. He notes horses endure cold better than mules and dogs, reporting over twenty men perished and some cargers of the Eleventh Bengal Lancers struggled to rise after the blizzard.
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T. H. Holdich
Herat
Bengal Lancers
Electric Bitters touted as cure for malaria and fever
of Virginia is a breeding ground of malaria germs. So is low wet or marshy ground everywhere. These germs cause weakness chills and fever aches in the bones and muscles and may induce dangerous maladies. But Electric Bitters never fail to destroy them and cure malarial troubles. They will surely prevent typhoid. "We tried many remedies for malaria and stomach and liver troubles," writes John Charleston of Byesville. "but never found anything as good as Electric Bitters." Try them, Only 50c at all druggists, guarantee satisfaction.
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Virginia
John Charleston
Byesville
Mark Twain Moving Again As A Hack Writer In San Francisco
A San Francisco tale recalls Mark Twain as a poorly paid hack writer on a weekly salary with Bret Harte and Joaquin Miller on the same staff. A wealthy patroness fed impoverished writers while Twain, thinly clad and hungry, stood with a cigar box, asking what was inside and quipping he was moving again.
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Mark Twain
San Francisco
Bret Harte
Joaquin Miller
Bohemia
Train Schedule Snippet for Socorro Route
A fragment from a railway schedule lists a Magdalena Dranch station call at 4 07 am and 7 48 am daily except Sunday with a 12 10 pm return from Socorro.
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Chicago
Kanaan Ma City
Albuquerque
Bocorro
Rincon
Magdalena Dranch
Socorro
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Bacorro
Ug County
Delxcate Repiy
Henderson
Chamberlain
A. E. Howell
W. M. Borrowdale
Magdalena
Syracuse : Herald
Candy Gathartic
CC. C
Sentig Co
A.T
Pannen Fr
Pee Eight
Official Directory
B.S. Rodey
Miguel A. Otero
Jamies W. Raynolds
Wal
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Baer
Parker Associates
J. R. McFie
H. McMillan
M. O. Liewelly
A. Ll. Morrison
U.S. Dist
W. B. Childers
U.S
C. M. Foraker
Reg
Land Office
M. R. Otero
F. Hobart
N. Gallen
Henry Bowman
Roswell
Leland
D. L. Geyer
B. Hanna
Gila River Reserve
C. McClure
Silver City
Pecos River
George Langenburg
Glorieta Territorial
F. L. Bartlett Gortner
H. H. Llewellyn
Las Cruces
RP. Barnes
Gla. Spies
John Clark Territorial Board of Education
T. Public Instruction
J. F. Chavez
Secor and
Eddy
Heo Raw
Sess Oe Ees
Reyiate Socorre
Yomners
Mz A
Colle
Juan J. Baca
Pres
Irea F
G. Bartlett
Sid
Jan’ H. McMillan
Greenwald
Blackington Jr
Abran
Abeyta
Hermene G
Bas ' Elfeye Baca
Icorro
Cooney B. A
Pino Ricardo
Rosario Jaramillo
A. A. Sedillo
Camilo Baca
C. T. Brown
A. B. Fitch
Jimnith
Carthage Goal Mining CO
M. L. Hilton & Givane Luera, Proprietors
A. H. Hilton
San Antonio
Mgvemywe
Ue Lin
Masonic
Socorro Lodge
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W. M
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