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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
2
The piece muses on New Mexico seeking statehood in the 57th congress and praises upgrading Man ganares avenue as a start for city improvement. It questions land grants for tobacco testing, notes delays until Senator Beveridge matures, and recalls a busy week of fire burglary and a shooting in Socorro as a measure of local liveliness.
The article lauds Mayor Cooney for advancing a new road from the city to the School of Mines, predicting a pleasant driveway and broad civic credit. It notes Socorro lies on a direct north to south pole route, claiming unmatched commercial importance.
The critic argues Skxator Gevexmax came to New Mexico to scout land strength and bolster a preexisting view, not to assess statehood suitability or gather evidence. The committee report against statehood aligns with this view. hope remains that wiser senators will pass the omnibus bill.
City officials led by Mayor Cooney push a new road linking the city with the School of Mines. Some residents along the proposed routes oppose the plan citing property concerns while the Chieftain notes cautious support.
A terse remark argues for a route that improves public access and benefits a broader, more enlightened community, suggesting a disposition toward progress while noting impact on neighboring property.
The Globe Democrat notes President Roosevelt calls irrigation a matter of great importance and urges keeping public lands for homebuilders. It reports an Oregon irrigation convention seeking federal reclamation work, water rights settlement, and expansion of irrigation funding, with 3,000,000 acres eyed for profitable development.
Mothers learn to spot early croup signs hoarseness and rough cough. Give Chamberlains Cough Remedy at first hoarseness to dispel symptoms and avoid danger. This remedy is trusted by thousands and considered safe and effective. Sold by A E Howell Socorro and W M Borrowdale Magdalena.
An Irish wife comforts her husband with talk of a fair trial and an upright judge. He retorts that what he desires is a judge who will show leniency and understanding rather than strict justice.
Charley Shepherd a Roswell grocery clerk and veteran sprinter escaped a pursuing lunatic at night in Socorro after fleeing through woods and toward his boarding place. The pursuer reached him with a tagging gesture then passed on. Shepherd awoke safe in bed at his boarding house. Chamberlain's tablets advertised.
A Treasury bureau finds a young employee incompetent and asks him to resign. A congressman visits, asks about the salary, and argues his time in Congress is worth more than the pestering worker. The man keeps his job, drawing pay, illustrating spoils system waste. Youth's Companion.
Homer Hall of West Point Io overcomes a severe lung illness described as consumption after doctors doubt. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with a complete cure and weight gain to 227 pounds. The ad promises relief for coughs and lung troubles with bottles priced at a dollar and free trials at druggists.
The New York Herald remarks that life expectancy is rising and people live longer with better care and surgery. The piece suggests the long life span is increasingly common and that reaching 100 years is less remarkable than in the past.
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm as superior to plasters for back, side, or chest pains and claims it relieves deep seated muscular and rheumatic pains. Sold by A. Towdale in Magdalena.
A light eclectic sketch from Pearsons Weekly offers a Scotsman choosing between lovers with a proverb about the coo and beauty. It notes water before breakfast aids bowels, recommends Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, and lists sales in Socorro Magdalena. An anecdote recalls a husband sleeping in while his wife waited up. An old quip warns that silence is costly when debt remains.
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