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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
1
A cautionary note on jewelers who tamper with hallmarked parts and substitute imitations in gold chains and lockets. The piece explains common deceptions and advises careful examination of small parts and settings, noting the risk to women as the primary targets. Includes unrelated ad copy and stray vignettes.
Santa Fe plans Fourth of July splendor. King Edward on way to coronation suffers lumbago. Texas corn damaged by heat and drought. Mount Pelee erupts slime with no loss of life. Pennsylvania strike may widen. Rear Admiral Beresford cites navy inefficiency. Roosevelt invited to visit New Mexico in fall. Silver City shooting. injuries. Two bunco men arrested in Albuquerque. Fort Hall reservation opened for settlement. Panama inter-oceanic canal route adopted. Spooner bill passed. Ramsey committed to insane asylum. Trujillo and Canton fire shots in Raton. nobody hit. O'Mara killed. Thayer wounded in San Pedro. Chicago to New York rail time cut to 1h 57m. Gates and others corner corn. prices rise. Cuba rebate issue objected by President Palma. Admiral Crowninshield on dignity in Venice case. Tax rules: personal property taxed where found. Acoma Indian case of wife murder-suicide. Irrigation bill advances. proceeds fund western irrigation. fund near 4,000,000 yearly. Frank Luna and Remedios Montoya to wed June 23. Subscriptions urged for Tax Cleaneraim.
Court records show sentence suspended on payment of costs for Francisco Bargas in a Sunday law violation. A second similar case against Bargas was dismissed at territory cost. A verdict of not guilty was returned in Benj H Dye et al vs H Creary et al with a motion for a new trial. Several cases were dismissed at plaintiff or territory costs. A writ of mandamus was ordered in Territory ex rel Parker vs City of Socorro over a special tax for water bond interest. Hale, indicted for cattle stealing, failed to appear and scire facias issued against Hale and bondsmen to show cause at next term. Similar action in Watkins, Sheppard, and Sorrelis cases. An appeal was granted in Parker vs City of Socorro. Court adjourned to August 1, 1902.
From Magdalena June 19 it remains dry across the country risking stock in some localities. Wolves cause some damage but less than last season, supporting trappers. J W Medley will bring a carload of yearling bulls to Magdalena about the 20th. buyers should see them. A baseball game between the Albuquerque Browns and Santa Fe Centrals was canceled due to Browns pitcher Haverley’s hemorrhage. The Centrals’ manager W K E Martin was notified. The Magdalena town will host a grand ball on July Fourth with invitations to all. A reward is offered for a lady’s gold hunting case watch with diamond side and crescents. inquire at Cargerain office. The Socorro post office becomes an international money-order office July 1 with Deputy Postmaster Conrado aca. Katzenstein's offers candies, nuts, and oranges.
Socorro details include house rental inquiry, travels of J. Leon Knapp and Prof. F A Jones to Albuquerque, Magdelena visitors, new business at Katzenstein’s, recent weather at 102 degrees, wool shipments to Becker Blackwell Co, and multiple townpeople and officials in motion between Magdalena, Cerrillos, and Santa Fe with various appointments and purchases.
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