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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1907
Page
3
A witty exchange about bringing a friend home for dinner appears beside an ad touting Cham berlain s Salve for skin diseases. The copy promises instant itch relief and a cure while urging readers to order New Mexican Mountain scenes from Whorley s Gallery.
The Tyrolese custom of proposing with a wine offering is described as dating back to the ninth century. If the recipient accepts the wine the marriage is settled. if not she may feign reasons to avoid drinking, preserving decorum. Spilled wine is seen as a bad omen for marriage. The piece contrasts this with modern attitudes and includes a brief ad for oats at Geo. E. Cook's livery stable.
A Philadelphia candy dealer warns about absinthe infused bonbons entering the market. He notes samples seen, scarce sales yet in the city, but expects soon availability. He warns temperance authorities may pursue the issue, citing European production linked to alcohol restrictions.
In Crayford parish church yard a man fired at what he believed to be a ghost, only to strike a stone angel sculpture on a tomb. The incident, reported by the London Chronicle, notes the outsize impact of iron in the body and mentions local ads for a photographer and sewing machine repair services.
Special Master AWA Bedillo announces sale of three hundred head of cattle branded S on left side and U N der by court order to satisfy a $2,999.50 mortgage judgment plus costs. Sale set for February 6, 1907 at 2 pm at the north door of Socorro County Courthouse. Dougherty & Griffith attorneys for William Brandes plaintiff.
Notice by publication announces civil action brought by Francia X. Kher e against Maria Weld and others in the Third Judicial District Court of the Territories of New Mexico, Socorro County. It outlines a dispute over a disputed instrument of writing dated October 2, and seeks cancellation and decree of title in favor of Andrew Jackson Mines, with the defendants warned that judgment may be rendered February 10, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that H M O Hursum and associates filed an application with the United States for a patent to the Kalosa Placer Mining Claim in Socorro County New Mexico, within the Mound Spirit Mining District. The claim, surveyed and described by metes and bounds, lies in sections 16 and 32, New Mexico Meridian, with mineral survey No. 128%, and is subject to sale at Las Cruces New Mexico. The notice lists boundaries, corners identified by limestone mounds and stone markers, and references a field notes record in the Las Cruces county records for the precise location and extent. Interested parties may challenge or respond to the claim.
An early 1900s style ad offers Studebaker wagons and a request to Geo B Coote. A large dark bay stallion, four years old, branded with a lazy on left shoulder is missing with a ten dollar reward for return or fifty for information leading to conviction. Carr Jack Crawtorn asks ranchers to watch Grapevine Spring and San Marcial.
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