This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1902
Page
2
A humorous note teases a stiff argument by Tun School of Mises and marks the prediction. The text recalls Socorro prospering with many improvements, a strong fruit crop in the Rio Grande valley, and broad health wealth and happiness. Detacate Ronny is credited with defeating the international dam project.
Hon A A Freeman has consented to deliver the commencement address for the School of Mines. The board regards the choice as wise and fortunate and the judge’s reputation as a public speaker should attract a large audience in Socorro. The occasion promises a rare treat for listeners.
General Funston, newly in command of the Colorado department, criticized Senator Hoar on the Philippine question at a Denver meeting. President Roosevelt advised him to confine his duties to military matters and avoid public policy comments. Funston’s restless temperament suggests routine peacetime duty may feel irksome, and future adventures like Boer War or polar expeditions might appeal.
As Congress nears adjournment its work shows a pattern of compromises. The Philippine tariff law grants twenty five percent duty remission, a middle ground between no concession and Taft’s requested higher cut. Cuban tariff debates and river and harbor funding likewise reflect negotiated settlements between engineers’ recommendations and minimal acceptable appropriations.
The piece reflects on compromise as central to governance from the Constitution to the 1933 tariff act and historic plans like the Missouri and Civil War era Compromises. It contrasts harmony associated with compromise with the negative idea of compromising oneself, citing a breezy journalist quote from Youth's Companion.
The Advance in Beef Prices argues there is a beef trust, as prices in New York trend upward despite denials by meat executives. Government suits, led by Attorney General Knox, will test whether a combination exists and if antitrust laws will be enforced. The Globe Democrat notes the Republican stance on antitrust enforcement.
Try the new Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for costiveness. Every box guaranteed. Price 25 cents. For sale by A. E. Howell in Socorro and W. M. Borrowdale in Magdalena.
B S Rodey writes to the Boston Transcript from Wenningtoe April 15 1902 criticizing a Merchants association resolution opposing admitting New Mexico Oklahoma and Arizona as states. He defends the territories as fighting for rights and notes their trade with Boston merchants over the past 12 years to a half century. He asks for publication of his letter.
A Springsville mother recounts her three children, including a three month old, avoiding complications from whooping cough by using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. She notes her kids stayed plump and healthier than others whose parents did not use it. The remedy is for sale by local merchants in Socorro and Magdalen.
The School of Mines of Good Standing in New Mexico, under Professor FP A Jones, offers thorough mining and civil engineering training plus shorter metallurgist courses. It supports research on local geology, distributes mineral wealth knowledge, and provides complete metallurgical and assaying apparatus for accurate mineral assays, contributing to territorial development.
H R Phelps of Plymouth Oklahoma reports selling five bottles of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to threshers who kept working without missing time. The ad urges keeping a bottle at home and notes sales by A E B Howell Socorro W M Barrow dale Magdalena.
A Harper's Magazine vignette about a boy with advanced ideas and affection for family during Christmas week. The boy denies belief in Santa to spare his mother, while a brief military parable contrasts diet and discipline, ending with a joke about a vegetarian private.
An old practitioner claims a new treatment for catarrh, asserting it reaches the disease where others fail. The ad promotes Snuffles at one dollar per month’s supply, with prepaid mail order from Edwin B. Giles & Co. Philadelphia, promising rapid relief and a permanent cure if used as directed.
A Kansas City Journal line notes the product aids digestion for thin folks by toning the digestive organs, expelling poisons, enriching blood, and improving appetite. It claims healthy flesh results and that the pills are available from druggists. A stray political line about Belgium ends the clipping.
A partial OCR fragment mentions names and places but lacks clear context or events. The readable pieces reference likely individuals and a public action, yet the meaning remains unclear and cannot be fully determined from the available text.
A testimonial touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a nerve tonic for women. It claims relief from nervousness irregularity and female weakness, with improved sleep appetite and energy after taking the medicine and pellets for biliousness.
A humorous exchange questions a math answer about kittens. The piece then pivots to a health advert for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets, praising relief from biliousness and digestive disturbances, with Wor sale by A E Howell Socorro W M Borrow.
General Oliver O. Howard reflects on Union leaders from the Civil War noting that only two of twenty seven corps commanders and ten of forty corps generals survive. He mentions Schofield, himself, and others such as Sickles, Stanley, Thomas, Wood, Wilcox, Shurz, Stahl, Dodge, Baldy Smith, McCook, Ames, and Fredericksburg leftward division movements. New York Evening Sun. House to rent. Inquire of C. T. Brown.
Daily except Sunday schedule fragment shows 7:45 am departure to Socorro and a 12:10 pm arrival or service at Socorro. Source fragment indicates times but lacks full context or dates.
A dense roster of government and regional officials including delegates to Congress, territorial officers, land office and forest supervisors, collectors, marshals, attorneys, and education ward chiefs. Names include Miguel A. Otery, James W. Raynolda, W. J. Mills, F. W. Parker, and many others across Santa Fe Las Cruces Roswell and Socorro with district notes for Lincoln Chaves Socorro and exico.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.