How Grants Grew from California to Colorado Allegory
The Santa Fe New Mexican recounts a Denver judge’s historical note on private land grants where boundaries expanded in practice, favoring Yankee and English buyers. It details a Santa Fe Creek grant dispute over “faldas” or mountain skirts, the court choosing an average bicycle skirt as a model, creating a 10 mile long by 10 rod wide strip with irregular edges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. Stone
Denver
Court of Private Land Claims
Rocky Mountains
Santa Fe Creek
Jesus Maria Gonzales
Monument Rock
T. L B. Catron
W. H. Pope
United States
Chambers
Santa Fe New Mexican
Ballard's Snow Liniment Praised for Bruises
A Texan merchant reports 14 days bed rest due to a bruised leg eased by Ballard's Snow Liniment. He endorses it as the best bruise medicine and notes it is sold by Socorro Drug and Supply Co with 25c 50c and 100c options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
D. H. Byrnes
Doversville
Texas
Socorro Drug and Supply Co
A. Barr
Houston
Josie Sumner
Bremond
From Analogies to Eccentric Tales and Remedies
A collage of humorous reflections on analogy and everyday life plus small ads and testimonial blurbs. The piece parodies reasoning with a boarder and a flea, cites Ballard’s Horehound Syrup and Chamberlain’s tablets, and notes stories of barns and undertakers with light, local flavor.
Englishwoman and American clash over a pawn shop diamond
An American woman scorns an English guest over a diamond, claiming it from a London pawn shop. The English reply insists the British elite never buy there, stressing class tension at a social table. The clipping also includes an ad for Ballard's Snow Liniment and a joke about smallpox from a May Woran's Home Companion fragment.
Quick Arrest Cures Severe Piles Case in Verbena
J A Guiledge of Verbena Alabama suffered a repeat hospital stay for a severe pile condition with 24 tumors. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve halted inflammation and cured him, a claim advertised by druggists at 25 cents. Also mentions a social note about singing and a stationery offer from The Chieftain office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Pominville
Stillwater
Minn
Alex. Richard
Chamberlain
J.A. Guiledge
Verbena
Ala
Bucklen
Anecdotes and quips from a bygone era
A collage of quotations and snippets from early 20th century papers. Includes remarks on tongues at Pentecost, prayers and miracles, wealth and labor, Mayflower memories, a girl’s life tied to marriage, a poet’s first trait, and a cryptic job ad offering a weekly salary of 18 dollars plus expenses from 360 Caxton Building Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caxton Bildg
Chicago
Misquoted Chief Justice Wanders to Library and Quips
A former Missouri Supreme Court chief justice, ill for weeks, walks to the state library where Col Zeveley asks after him. He jokes he is better now than when worse, and a reader from Dempsey Town praises Dr Ring’s New Life Pills for liver and bowels. The piece also includes a humorous courtroom moment with a colored witness and a line about keeping quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Missouri
State Library
Col. J. W. Zeveley
William
Dr. Ring
D. H. Turner
Dempseytown
Ladies Capsules Gardes Safe Reliable Cure Claim
An advertisement offers Ladies Capsules Gardes guaranteed to cure Leucorrhoea and Female Weakness. It directs readers to contact Mo. Prop. Pharmacy lock box 323 Kansas City Missouri and notes sale through Socorro Drug and.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Socorro Drug and Supply Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Swisher
University of New York
G. Duncan
California
Socorro
New Mexico
J. Kornitzer, M.D. A.M
Sovorro
Kittrell
Dexrist
Abeyta Block
San Marcial
Harvey House
Ellis MacDougall
Henson House
John BE. Griffith
Preeman & Cameron
Attorneys AT Law
Carlsbad, New Mexico
H M. Dougherty
Attorney AT Law
James G. Fitch
Terry Block
W. ER. Kelley
Childers
Albuquerque
Carthage Coal Mining CO
M.L. Hilton & Givane Lnera, Proprietors
Co.t. Brown
A. H. Hilton
San Antonio
First Clans
National Life Insurance Co
U. S
E. E. Burlingame & CO
ASSAY
Chronatony Ratabe
H. Chambon
Chieltain
Warner
Emmons
Mr. Deal
London
Gale
Sonera Ae Fr Eeater
Wocamers
Sterling Remedy Co
Woran
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Doctor J. Kornitzer
J. Kornitzer
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Kansas
Rockwell Phonograph
Chicago Tribune
Johnny
Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago Post
Pirat
Crusty
Chicago Journal
Dewitt’s
Hazel
DeWitt's
Dewitt
E. C. Dewitt 4 CO
Jedge
Atlanta Constitution
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Gas
ST. Louis
Frigco
Finols
Indiana
Mississippi
Arkansas _ Tennessee
Alabama
Oklahoma
G. W. Martin
Genenet Acewry
DenvEe
Gov
Oran
T. A Dow
Gener Aceny
Burre
Montana
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