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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1905
Page
1
Advertises Nettons Grand Cabinet Upright Pianos with seven and one eighth octave scale and patent actions, plus a ten year warranty and price savings of 100 to 250. Also notes local news on jobs, marriage licenses, and water concerns around Socorro, with references to merchants Winkler's fresh vegetables and associated civic chatter.
A Los Angeles dispatch reports a definite plan for a new Santa Fe trunk line to Galveston. The route will close a 350 mile gap across prairie terrain with active construction soon. The line will connect Texico through Belen to Rincon and tie Whitewater to the Prescott Phoenix extension, promising day passenger service for Socorro and nearby towns.
In Socorro County near Mogollon a mine worker B P Bearrup killed Lee Taylor during a dispute. Taylor was shot five times with a Winchester and died instantly. Bearrup claims self defense, says he was attacked. Bearrup, a 14 year resident and cripple, was arrested. details of the justice court examination were not learned.
George Samne, renowned New York theatrical manager, brings a large company of specially engaged players to the Southwest with Las Vegas as headquarters. The troupe will tour every seven weeks, presenting two plays per visit with elaborate scenery and novel electrical effects. First productions are The Deserted Bride and The Man from Mexico.
Thousands of pounds of colored fire and miles of bunting will illuminate the Albuquerque Territorial Fair September 18 to 23. Two tons of red, cream and green fire powder from Chicago will blaze from rooftops and streets each evening, visible up to 200 miles. Ten thousand yards of bunting will decorate principal streets for a grand westward spectacle. Episcopal services by Reverend Darling on Sunday August 27 invite all to attend.
A major strike at the Key mine in the Magdalena mountains near Kel ly is described as the greatest carbonate ore discovery in years. At 400 feet depth, 5.01 feet of high grade lead carbonate was found beneath the lower wall, with ore valued at 10 to 30 dollars per ton. The Mines Development company, Boston-backed, plans further development.
Outlaw actions attributed to Native groups as seven horses are shot by August Kiehne, with no mules taken. Local authorities investigate depredations amid rising tensions and county response.
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