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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1907
Page
2
Govorner Curry has had experience with insurrectos. Those in New Mexico had better take heed. The careful and accurate historian will not write it the Hagerman administration but the Hagerman interregnum. The sweet byes and bye the buying of votes with appointment to public office may be considered political reform but not now.
Roswell Register Tribune reports Mr Haenemas was removed from office following a sequence of well intentioned yet egregious errors, signaling a political shift in the local government.
Hacreman and his followers continue to proclaim their superior virtue from the house tops and reiterate the charge that their opponents are a mighty bad lot.
Deming Graphic notes early signs of a broad personnel purge as Governor Curry nears office. The editorial suggests many appointees will be dismissed or reassessed once governing powers shift, signaling significant staff overhaul ahead.
A Santa Fe New Mexican item notes that despite presidential criticisms described as a great crime against civilization and outrages on honesty, the Sunshine Territory continues to prosper and advance, indicating resilience against political tempers and public upheaval.
The speaker dismisses claims of a mad frenzy among New Mexico's people over Hagerman's political fate. He says the majority stay focused on daily business, view Hagerman as a once well meaning but weak figure, and trust Captain Curry as a capable, strong governor.
Two men argued over a turtle headless yet kicking. One claimed death from decapitation, the other survival from movement. A philosophical Dutchman offered a puzzled quip about a fool who is dead but does not know it, likening it to a German insurgent group said to be 'headless' yet still kicking.
Crtain leaders among Hagerman threaten to assist the Democratic party in the next election unless their proposed conditions are met. The claim is dismissed as rank nonsense, noting they cannot muster a corporate guard, and arguing the Republicans would actually gain strength if they switched sides.
The Republican Party of New Mexico remains durable despite late internal factional battles. Analysts predict the party will grow stronger through purification and continue its historical pattern of victory in the future.
The writer defends Hon W H Antrews as a hard working New Mexico delegate, noting that public figures often face envy and malice. It asserts Andrews should continue his political path with disregard for critics and predicts continued useful work for New Mexico long after his detractors tire.
The Santa Fe weekly denounces The Chieftain as among few New Mexico papers backing a plunderbund aligned with Hagerman and allies. Democrats accuse Republicans holding office of graft, urging replacement by reformers who will prevent debt and protect public credit.
Testimony from Mrs Edward Phillips of Barclay Maryland praising Chamberlains Cough Remedy for her two year old daughter Catherine and for the narrator who recovered from a bad cold after using the remedy It notes availability through druggists and includes a recipe tip about Welsh rarebit prep with egg.
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as highly reliable for cholera and diarrhoea relief. It notes the medicine is prepared with water and sweetened to taste pleasant and is available at Winkler's.
Old time candy recipe for hoarhound cough relief uses dried leaves steeped in boiling water, strained, then simmered with brown sugar and lemon juice or vinegar. Cook until brittle in cold water, pour into a greased pan, cut into squares, adjust hoarhound strength to taste.
Mr Curry a Key West patrolman describes two years of rheumatism affecting knees feet and hands. His wife bought Chamberlain's Pain Balm from a local drug store and after two weeks of use the pain disappeared. He reports no trouble from rheumatism for over three months and says the product is sold by all druggists.
A description of palm leaf and gourd crafts from the island including hammocks hats and baskets carved woods and drawn work by Porto Rico senoras and senoritas. The text also quotes a testimonial about Electric Bitters curing a boy's eczema after ineffective doctors and mentions Socorro Drug and Supply Co selling a blood medicine and tonic.
Oliver Dyer recalled Daniel Webster as an intolerably dull speaker unless special conditions aroused him. Dyer, who once reported Webster, said he often nearly slept a year or two ago when covering Webster as his ordinary manner was lethargic and his voice winded and monotonous.
An English coast guard watched a hare lost by pursuers swim ashore and land. The animal appeared violently sick likely from swallowing water, then cleaned itself and proceeded calmly along, evading its hunters amid remarks on old age and life work.
Passengers on a crowded Brooklyn cross-town car felt a sharp brake stop. The motorman leapt from the platform, knelt before the vehicle, and calmed a mother dove perched on the rail with a chick beneath her wing. He said he never took a life and would not start with a tame dove.
A Southern man recalls a overheard dialogue between a cook and a maid, both Black, about a funeral with many flowers. The cook says if he dies he wants no flowers but a watermelon vine planted on the grave, with fruit ripe for the juice to dribble down the ground.
Alexander Benton of Fort Edward New York extols Dr King’s New Discovery as his best remedy citing asthma and incipient consumption cures for his daughter in law. He praises its cure for coughs and colds, notes full guarantee by Socorro Drug and Supply Co, and offers a trial bottle free at 50 cents and one dollar.
The ruby originates in Burma Siam and Ceylon with Burma producing the finest pigeon blood stones. Emeralds come from the Ural region Russia Peru and Colombia with Colombian Andean emeralds called Spanish emeralds noted as finest.
A playful exchange ends in a lighthearted moment as a woman pleads for dialogue and touches the man’s hair. He responds with a brief canine utterance, capturing a whimsical, romantic vibe cited by The Princeton Review.
The article extols American medicinal roots and Dr Pierce remedies, claiming the Golden Medical Discovery cures non obstinate diseases and digestive ailments. It cites testimonials and free mail-order booklets, urging readers to request literature from Buffalo, New York, amid promotional language and medical assertions.
Notice from the Department of the Interior Land Office Santa Fe dated April 23 1907 states Antonio Ma Armijo of Puertecito NM filed for final five year proof for Homestead Entry No 8306 in section 32 township and range. Proof will be before Probate Clerk E H Sweet Socorro NM on June 8 1907 with witnesses Luis Chaves Joaquin Zamora Amaldo Landavazo Jose Angel Silva all of Puertecito NM.
Notice of sale issued by Sheriff A C Antutta for Robert Sipe’s judgment in So Corro County. Sale of livestock and gear on May 28, 1907 at Sipe ranch in San Francisco Valley to satisfy damages and costs. Also public land final proof hearing for Juan Jose Romero Small Holding Claim 2680 on June 8, 1907 with witnesses named and objection process described.
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