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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1903
Page
3
A reformed forger, once imprisoned in Washington, returns to visit his daughter two months after release. The child, unaware of his past, calls him papa as the family reunites with the mother supporting them through government service. The man has since secured steady work, and the daughter now greets him daily on his way home.
Henry Phipps the multimillionaire and ex director of United States Steel announces a plan to build equip and endow a tuberculosis hospital in Philadelphia named the Henry Phipps Institute For the Study Treatment and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Dr Lawrence Flick will lead the project with an initial expenditure over 31 million plus pavilion wards for 100 beds and home treatment for walking cases.
A collage of ads and notices includes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised for children's summer diarrhea, plus travel ticket pricing to California and Santa Fe, and various light notices. The page mentions a porch theft, lectures on business, and editorial quips from multiple papers.
A Mount Vernon shopper clashes with a New York shop girl over corset prices. The Mount Vernon woman buys an $8 corset after the salesgirl suggests a $35 model, provoking a sharp retort about social status. Separately, a Washington politican Till tries to explain a delay by a train washout with a witty telegram reply. A Baltimore quip about vanity ends this fragment.
A health notice claims most heart disease is non organic and caused by indigestion. It explains stomach fermentation and puffing press on the heart, urging Kedol Digest for relief. Trade names Kedol Digests Whet You Eat and BeWitt company are named.
Notice lists a divorce suit filed by Matthew O Williams in Socorro County New Mexico naming Anna A Williams as defendant with appearance due by January 11 1903. It also records a separate notice of forfeiture for mining claims in the Florence group with owner co signers Tomas Sherin Albert Rollins F M Burk W Smith and A H Amsden and a $100 expenditure per claim to hold claims under section 2324 Revised Statutes.
Notice details a 1903 execution sale in Socorro County to satisfy a judgment of W. H. Verte against Richard Abeyta for 516 dollars damages plus costs, with real estate and chattels including a Sterling piano to be sold at public auction. Also an estate administration notice for Alfred E. Howell.
A Lawrence Kansas resident stands above floodwaters, declaring she cannot be washed away or defeated, an assertion echoing a line of defiance from forty years prior. The remark reflects community spirit during the ongoing flood event and the resolve to endure.
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