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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1902
Page
2
City mood surges with excitement over baseball golf tennis and local industry as Socorro braces for a near election date. Voters are urged to keep capable officials while seeking equally qualified replacements if needed.
Socorro may soon have a chance to secure another railroad. Officials advise caution on city real estate purchases but urge readiness to act if the opportunity arises.
Support grows for Mayor M. Cooney as city finances strengthen and streets improve. Backers praise his performance and urge voters to reelect him to continue progress and stable administration.
The French editors imply snobbery in the United States after Prince Henry’s visit, but they overlook that a man named Hogg refused knee breeches and a sword for a meeting with King Edward VI.
The article notes an education requirement for Supreme Court appointment and discusses a court decision on the Elephant Butte dam case returned to territorial court. it mentions potential interference with Rio Grande navigation as a concern raised by the high court.
The Rock Island finishes its El Paso connection and work is set to start on the Santa Fe Central and the Albuquerque Eastern. Several additional railroad movements are anticipated, though still in early planning stages, but seen as likely to become solid projects.
A sugar trust once cited distress among foreign laborers to justify high tariffs to protect American workers now begs for a duty reduction on foreign sugar. The appeal aims to relieve Cuban laborers, its rhetoric described as so sympathetic it could move a cantankerous crowd, masking a covert effort to throttle.
In Socorro county J H McCaremen notes the beet sugar industry and journalist Jack rising in distinction. A scathing Albuquerque Citizen editorial reply targets Tony McCutchen as dishonest. The retort mocks buying a democratic editor for 37.50, calling him a sniveling, whining deadbeat.
The article notes postal appropriations near pensions, highlighting rapid growth in mail operations. It compares current and historical costs, cites rail transport, postmasters salaries, free city delivery, rural delivery, and modern mail processing as indicators of the expanding Post Office Department and its impact on national development.
A political analysis argues that Republicans oppose Cuban tariff cuts but Cuba could win full free trade by pursuing annexation. It suggests Congress would remove duties if Cuba remains a territory and would do so sooner if annexation is pursued, predicting rapid Cuban prosperity and a favorable response to annexation.
A Mexican land grant of 35 000 acres to John A Veatch in Texas later ratified after independence leads to a long tale of a widow in Maxwell California. Her son married in California during the gold rush and her family survived by boarding railroad workers. She learns of the Veatch grant through papers, hires an attorney in Texas, and begins a legal probe.
An old practitioner advertises Snuffles the guaranteed catarrh cure as the only remedy that reaches the disease and permanently cures catarrh by treating the cause. Priced at one dollar per month’s supply, it also relieves hay fever and cold in the head and comes with instructions and personalized advice from the discoverer. Sold by Edwin B. Giles & Company, Philadelphia, with prepaid shipping to the United States or Canada.
It argues that uttering polite phrases does not imply insincerity, since one can intend kind thoughts even when words are carefully chosen. The piece reflects on how courteous speech may carry genuine warmth without exposing inner motives.
An advertisement describes The St Louis Mirror a 28 page weekly edited by William Marion Reedy offering ten weeks for ten cents with mail order details. It highlights literary reviews and contemporary topics for professionals and households. It also promotes Electric Bitters for women with a testimonial style and lists a travel convention notice and stationery offerings.
An official directory enumerates Federal and Territorial roles including Delegate to Congress Governor Secretary Chief Justice Surveyor General United States Collector U S District Attorney US Marshal and various state and county offices. It lists names such as J R McBie D H McMillan Quinb Met, A L, W B Childers, C M Foraker, J M Reed, Henry Bowman, J D Vaughn, W H Whiteman and others across Socorro Eddy Lincoln Chaves Socorro Macieg and surrounding districts.
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