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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1907
Page
1
An article notes that deafness is due to inflammation of the Eustachian tube linings and cannot be cured by local applications. It claims catarrh causes nine of ten cases and offers a one hundred dollar reward for cures Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot produce.
The county commissioners met in a special session on February 25 with Chairman David Parr and others. They postponed ceiling bids for the court room repairs to April 1 and ordered materials. Damaged chimneys will be torn down and iron hoods placed. A list of constables and road bond approvals were issued. Local updates mention lambing season, a finished chapel to be consecrated, illnesses, telephonic efforts, and the life events of residents including deaths in Chicago.
Summary of bills and motions in the thirty-seventh legislative assembly. Key items include passage of bill for capital expansion, appointment confirmations for state superintendent of public instruction, consideration of abolishing the public printer office, taxation reform on sheep, freight rate discrimination safeguards, license requirements for railroads selling liquor, and a constitutional convention committee proposal. Also noted are a Coronado memorial appropriation and various procedural motions with party dynamics.
The house defeated council bill 33 which would have repealed the tax rule requiring sheep to be taxed where they graze. The Chieftain argues this would have shifted tax burdens to Socorro county residents if nonresident flocks paid taxes elsewhere. Mrs. Jas F Berry hosted Episcopal Ladies Guild at her Raton avenue home with strong attendance. News notes Huston Franklin entertainment set for next Monday at the opera house. Albuquerque Journal reports the appropriation bill cuts education funding and suggests university and other line items face reductions, with possible later adjustments. H T Maybery reported business in Socorro and noted thriving Datil region conditions.
The Presbyterian church at Magdalena and Kelly was organized with nineteen members after sermons by Rev. Perkins. Elders Messex Crabb Pender and trustees Mac Tavish Redemen Totman Gregg Foss were chosen. Seven hundred dollars was pledged for the pastor and plans made to supply a house. additional funding requested from Home Missions and Rio Grande Presbytery.
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