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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
1
Juan Telles narrowly escaped death Monday when an unknown shooter fired at him while he worked on adobes near town. A bullet struck beneath his right shoulder blade but lodged under the skin, and he is expected to recover. The assailant was hidden about 500 yards away and fled toward the Magdalena track, with authorities seeking to identify him.
Albuquerque republicans appoint Cipriano Baca and W H Greer for Luna county and decide the territorial convention will be held in Raton on October 10 1902 at 11 am Delegates will be apportioned one per 150 votes for the last Republican candidate County conventions must choose delegates by October 6. Local notices mention a Socorro teacher exam and a proposed telephone exchange. Reverend Gilchrist preaches at Presbyterian church with sermon on The White Stone the Jewel of Heaven.
Miss Mary Lodwig of Ohio, cousin of District Clerk John E. Griffith and Mrs. Geo. E. Cook, is expected to arrive in Socorro soon. She and Miss Ramsey plan to conduct a pirate in the same room used last year by Mrs. Jones and Miss Ladey. Lodwig is a high school graduate and an experienced teacher.
A host of city visitors and residents are cited from Socorro and Magdalena, including Solomon Luna at the Windsor, M. Griffith reporting 900 cases, and various trips by L. R. Babcock, W. J. Jones, and Mrs. L. K. Edwards. Community notes cover agriculture, markets, mining updates, arrivals, illnesses, and schooling plans across the region.
Company i and Company H announce an exhibition skirmish drill with blank cartridges on the parade ground Sunday at five in the evening. Uniforms and equipment for the juvenile cadet corps are on order and will give the group a soldierly appearance. Candies nuts Shnees at
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