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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1903
Page
2
The document lists E A Drake as editor with an entry showing placement in the post office archive. It notes a second base main matter and implies archival processing. The line reads as a formal notice of editorial attribution within a historical postal record.
Citizens of Socorro have subscribed about 150 dollars for park and city beautification. City council appropriates 12 dollars monthly for maintenance. Doctor Kittrell will handle the rest. The piece argues warrants payment should depend on legality.
J A Civorens of Magdalena was elected vice president of the Cattle Growers Association of New Mexico at Deming last Saturday. The new officer, Mr Clemens, is praised for his merit and active interest, with valued experience for the larger organization.
A political teaser urges that loyalty to party should not shield criminal acts. It argues a thief is a criminal, not defined by party, and stresses exposing and punishing misconduct to relieve the party of fault.
August E. Rouiller of Paraje is appointed to the board of trustees of the School of Mines. He has previously served in multiple public roles with credit and public satisfaction. The school welcomes this addition to its board.
Ansogrenorn hosts a Saturday rally with the slogan No taxation without representation. A newly perfected organization aims to urge citizens to refuse tax payments until they gain the right to elect county officers. If residents summon courage by the next election they may oust the corrupt officials described as vampires fattening on their substance.
A New Mexico sheep owner promised tax support for a local grazing county bill but worked to block it in the legislature, attacking moral obligations. The note accuses him of moral and political degeneracy as Socorro County faces a debt and a broad territorial appropriation bill increases School of Mines funding.
The text notes a rise from one hundredths to 45 one hundredths of a mill and predicts that along with higher tax collections, this will yearly double the school revenue for the next two years versus the prior two. It calls on Mine School officials to justify and expand the institution’s usefulness to the territory, confident it will continue.
The Canal and Panama Canal Company extension of the United States government option on its property signals quicker action toward ratification with Colombia. Colombia backs expedited construction of the waterway, tied to US protection, as work resumes after the French departure. An eight to nine year finish is anticipated, with high stakes for global commerce and regional security.
The text describes Senator Cannon accusing Tillman of legislative blackmail over a South Carolina claim. Tillman responds by denouncing Cannon as the extra session begins. Allison and Hale challenge Cannon's wording but not the central issue of the alleged unjust claim and a 34 cent due, with the house tasked to meet the debt.
P A Danforth of LaGrange Ga suffered six months with a frightful running sore on his leg. Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. For ulcers wounds piles it is the best salve in the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cts sold by all druggists. It seems as though the only name a man is permitted to be ugly to his wife in public is when she is his partner at whist.
Governor Miguel A. Otero proclaims Friday April 3 1903 Arbor Day for New Mexico public schools. Officials urged to have pupils plant trees and shrubs and observe exercises commemorating great men, with schools and institutions to observe the holiday and honor tree planting.
A Singapore court recalls a meek looking Chinese man who entered court with a ladder and left with the clock, bowing to the bench as he disappeared. The clock vanished and was never returned or found, puzzling the public works department.
Advertisement for Dr King s New Life Pills claiming to cure indigestion biliousness constipation and headaches. Presents workers as tiny agents at work and promises relief from stomach liver and bowel troubles. Sold for 28 cents at all druggists. Mentions police magistrate reference in a fragment.
The advertisement touts Dr Pierce's remedies for women's ailments with a bold offer and a long history of cures. It promotes Favorite Prescription as a uniquely effective cure, claims broad legal protection for publishers, and urges readers to purchase without substitutions. The piece cites testimonials and recommends related products like Pleasant Pellets and a laxative.
Report notes Vladivostok to St Petersburg distance of 6077 miles with a 128.75 dollar fare and a deluxe train every ten days including sleeping and restaurant cars. The Siberian railroad remains incomplete and several hundred miles are covered by lake and river steamers. A testimonial from Pleasant City Ohio praises Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption as a life saver for a child with terr ible coughs and lung disease.
A patient statistician reports on 100 people where ten have equal leg lengths. In at least fifty cases the left leg is shorter than the right, indicating a recurrent asymmetry in limb length.
A garbled list of names and places appears to reference officials and locales such as Roswell Santa Fe Gila River Reserve Pecos Silver City Las a and others. The fragmentary line lacks coherent events or outcomes to summarize into a clear notice or report.
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