News of the week from Socorro and beyond
A roundup of events: Santa Fe to gain a sanitarium. Maine’s trial trip succeeds. revolutions in Venezuela and Colombia. Knox sails to Paris for Panama Canal talks. General Miles to inspect army in the field. Chicago to build a 1 000 head cattle packing plant. possible Rock Island cut off from Alamogordo to Deming via Las Cruces. Floods in Jerome and Silver City. mining and dam projects. Nevada fusion ticket and governor race. El Paso body found. coal strike turmoil. Rio Arriba cliff dwellings reserve. statehood bill support. Roosevelt tours New England. postmaster inquiry reply on political club joining.
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Parteship
Maine
Venezuela
Colombia
Knox
Paris
Panaioe Canal
Miles
The
Pee
Chicago
Rock Island
Alamogordo
Deming
Las Cruces
Jerome
Arizona
United Verde
New Mexico
Silver Party
Democrats
Nevada
Silver City
Hinman
Enterprise
Main Street
el Paso
Jay Cullings
Pennsylvania
Fought With Potatoes A Duel Ended By Potatoes
A Kentucky tale tells how circuit preacher Bill Bowman challenged a desperado to a potato duel. Each man used a half bushel of potatoes as weapons at fifteen paces. Bowman struck first and soon, with successive potatoes, knocked the foe off balance. The sixth potato hit the desperado in the ribs, ending the fight as the crowd roared. The loser was carried home and stayed in bed for over a week.
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Kentucky
Bill Bowman
Bowman
Political participation guidance for local officials
A statement outlining limits on political involvement for government officeholders. It warns against acting as a delegate, chairing state or county committees, or leading political conventions, and cautions against undue prominence in local political matters.
Boston Police Judge Fines Horse Beater and Wile Beater
A Boston police judge fined a horse beater $10 and a wife beater $35, a move noted in the Clervilleand Plain Dealer. The paper suggests the decision reflects discrimination amid concerns over horse scarcity and the prominence of Massachusetts women.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Clerveland Plain Dealer
House for sale near courthouse with three acres
A seven room house on three acres two blocks from the court house set in fruit wews. Apply to J J Leeson. Canillies nuts and oranges available at Katzenstein's.
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Court House
J. J. Leeson
Katzenstein
Valley irrigation urged by Chamber in study plan
The Chamber of arable interests promotes a valley problem study. It orders data collection on Rio Grande and Mesilla irrigation features for a forthcoming booklet. It highlights shallow water tables ten to twenty feet deep and cheap gasoline pump irrigation as a path to profitable farming, fruit growing, and horticulture.
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Chamber of Arabe
Rio Grande
Mesilla
Rio Grande Valley
Photographer C C Harlan Finds Relief From Indigestion
Eaton photographer C C Harlan credits Electric Bitters with ending years of severe dyspepsia and stomach troubles. The tonic is praised as a godsend for digestion, liver, and kidney health, offered at 50 cents by druggists. Separate note mentions Jerome Arizona’s copper mine copper recovery via scrap iron in a pool, claimed to yield about 2400 to 700 dollars in copper daily.
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C. C. Harlan
Eaton
Jersome
Ariz
I. T. Stoddard
Arizona
William A. Clark
United Verde
Jerome
Clark
G A R Excursion Rates and Fairs Announced
Excursion rates for the National Encampment in Washington D C are set at $50 75 round trip with tickets on sale October 1 2 and 3. The International Mining Congress in Butte Montana runs September 1 8 with sales August 20 21 26 27 at one fare plus two dollars. Territorial Fair in Albuquerque October 14 18 offers $2 30 round trip with tickets on sale October 13 to 17. Return limit October 2p. Tos. Jagurs Santa Fe Agt.
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D. C
International Mining Congress
Butte
Montana
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Worth it She Do you think they ought to tax bachelors
Bulletin notes a debate on taxing bachelors with a wry exchange about fairness and enjoying life, reflecting a satirical newsroom voice. The fragment hints at social attitudes and taxation ideas without specifying a broader story or names.
Corsican Meteorite Counterfeiters Nabbed By Police
A band of Corsican counterfeiters selling fake meteorites was captured after authorities found they used crude methods. They burned natural rock to mimic the black crust of genuine meteorites and coated pieces with lampblack dissolved in sulfur, aiming to fool collectors while paying high prices to reputable sellers.
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St. Meunier
Natural History Museum of
Berlin
Scientific American
A Young Scotch Champion and School Letter Exchange
Pavia Kansas pupils and Edinburgh Scotland pupils exchange letters revealing amusing misunderstandings. A Scotch boy jokes that kilts are not worn by Scotsmen and that English is not the correct form of Scottish speech. Sheriff Dr. F. Blackington notes fierce upcoming Socorro County elections with multiple sheriff contenders.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
England
Dysentery Cured Without the Aid of a Doctor
Tam just up from a hard spell of the flux says Mr. T. A. Pinner a well known merchant of Drummond Tenn I used one small bottle of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and was cured without having a doctor I consider it the best cholera medicine in the world There is no need of employing a doctor when this remedy is used for no doctor can prescribe a better medicine for bowel complaint in any form either for children or adults It never fails and is pleasant to take For sale by A Howell Socorro and W M Borrowdale Magdalena
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T. A. Pinner
Drummond, Tenn
A. ¥. Howell
Socorro
W. M. Borrowdale
Magdalena
Bright Prospects For Statehood From Omaha Trip
Judge B S Baker and wife visited Omaha and Yellowstone Park and spoke with Senators Millard and Dietrich about statehood. Millard and Dietrich favor the bill. Millard expects passage this fall barring a business rush, and Dietrich also backs it. Baker met Congressman Lacey of Iowa, en route to study cliff dwelling national park plans, who calls passage prospects very bright. Also a testimonial ad proclaims Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with cures for bronchitis and asthma, offering trial bottles free.
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John F. Lacy
Cate Rodey
Rio Arriba
Pajarito Reserve
B.S. Baker
Albuquerque
Nebraska
B. S. Baker
Omaha
Yellowstone Park
Baker
Millard
Dietrich
Statehood
Beveridge
Lacey
J. H. Johnston
Broughton
Local Masons Meet With Grand Master Kelley in Albuquerque
Four local 1. O. O. F. branches and W. E. Kelley of Socorro unite for a joint session. After official business, members and guests enjoy banquet and informal reception. Kelley leaves Socorro pleased with local lodge conditions. An unrelated ad notes Chamberlain's Colic Remedy, sold by Howell in Socorro and Borrowdale in Magdalena.
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W. E. Kelley
Socorro
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Albuquerque Lodge
Harmony Lodge
Triple Link Lodge
D. of
Kelley
Socotra
Grasped the Situation and a New Venture Found
In Olatha Kansas a Horton man joked about palmistry with his date and then grasped the situation. A large company forms to work guano beds at Lava Socorro County New Mexico with Dr S M Woodbridge of Pasadena as chief promoter and Santa Fe filing articles of incorporation by California capitalists for Los Angeles Chemical Works.
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Lava
Socorro County
N. Mthe
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