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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1908
Page
4
The Kid Minstrels perform tonight at the opera house with a star lineup praised as rich and rare. Nearby notes report Mrs. J Steruins and Mrs. R W Lewis traveling, while Don José Torres y Garcia dies in Socorro and funeral details are announced.
The Socorro State Bank presents itself as a young but sturdy institution in Socorro County New Mexico. Its annual statement shows solid health and it weathered recent financial turmoil without needing emergency notes. The bank avoided circulation of house certificates or cashier’s checks to stand in for currency, signaling strong management and favorable local business conditions.
A group of old soldiers expresses gratitude to the Spanish American Alliance for their aid at the burial of Comrade Canuto Torres. They praise the alliance’s first public appearance and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family, signed by Michael Cooney John Greenwald Lt E W Eaton Harry Boutwell Patrick Higgins W A Cozine Lorenzo Lopez G Benavides R Stackpole T J Matthews F Gallegos and the committee.
Local government sessions authorize repairs to the jail and court building and approve payouts to officials and vendors. Bonds totaling 120.35 and 38.15 are issued for court records and district clerk services. Shipments of sheep pass through Socorro, and lodge members offer condolences for a member’s death with bilingual notices in El Defensor del Pueblo and The Socorro Chieftain.
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