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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1888
Page
3
Fragmented OCR items describe fashion notes, court letters, natural history scenes, street vignettes, a youthful fashion trend with striped trousers, and a mysterious conversation with a buffalo court motif. Also scenes of a reporter’s child, curious alchemy of etiquette, and a medical critique on diphtheria and scarlet fever mentions.
Religious notices list San Miguel Catholic Mass times in English and Spanish, Methodist services, Presbyterian preaching, and Episcopal schedule with pastors Rev. F. Leste, Rev. W. Ricans, J. P. Linton. Sunday mass at 9 40 and 7 20 am Spanish and English, plus weekday masses and prayer meetings.
An old advertisement for the Waverly Magazine offers a one dollar trial and a month of “sparkling trimeciony” along with a drive away bluea. It lists subscription prices: one year four dollars, six months two dollars, three months one dollar, all prepaid. Address is Waverly Magazine, Lock Box 172, Boston, Massachusetts.
The Santa Fe road issued circulars to Missouri and Kansas agents instructing sales of special land excursion tickets on January 26 February 8 and 22 March 10 June 6 and other dates. Tickets are valid sixty days from sale for return and fifteen days for passage each direction to Texas New Mexico and surrounding areas with listed round trip prices including Las Vegas 25.20 Albuquerque 30.50 Santa Fe 28.65 and Deming El Paso 85.25 poster 95.50.
A well finished Groom house formerly occupied by Gr Brooks KP Paduis is noted in a local report. The article records the property’s completion status and the prior resident’s identity, highlighting historical occupancy and housing details.
The eight page 64 column paper bills itself as the largest dollar weekly in the United States. It promises all the news with concise details, comprehensive market reports, strong agricultural and home matter coverage, and serialized fiction. It markets itself as an independent, unbiased family newspaper at one dollar a year.
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