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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1907
Page
1
The ladies of the Aid Society thank those who contributed to the home mission social at the Presbyterian church, praising both social and financial support. Special thanks go to the musicians, Mr. Estevan Baca for donating the piano, and Mr. George Cook for moving the piano to and from the church.
Mrs Elizabeth Fitch mother of Attorney James G Fitch and Miss Anne W Fitch died at her home in Painesville Ohio Thursday morning aged 74. She had visited in So corro and was highly respected and esteemed by all who knew her here.
The Hagerman Messenger criticizes Socorro New Mexico’s Sabbath sports arguing a broader moral conscience would be needed for state status. It cites cowboy fusillades on Governor Curry and Sunday events, then defends western customs and questions military rule for Louisiana. A San Diego dispatch reports James Fullerton’s death aged seventy seven, with family notices and local arrivals in Socorro.
The Ladies Aid staged a home missionary social at the Presbyterian church on Tuesday night. Decorated with Navajo blankets and chrysanthemums, the program featured vocal solos, readings, papers on Our Shop and Our Field, a cornet solo, choir pieces, and an orchestra. Proceeds totaled 21 dollars for the yearly home missionary fund.
Robert Thompson Collins died at his home in Socorro after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the family residence, with burial in Socorro cemetery, attended by many friends. He was born in New York City on May 29, 1871, came to Socorro 26 years ago, married Mary Glasson in 1901, and had three children. He served as city clerk, Hose company member, and deputy county assessor. A $5 reward offered for a lost watch of Misa Candalaria Sais near the post office. The Royal Arch Masons of New Mexico elected officers for the year, including James G. Fitch as Grand High Priest and C. D. Boucher as Deputy Grand High Priest.
The article reproduces Theodore Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving Day proclamation calling November 28 a day of general thanksgiving and prayer. It urges moral responsibility, devotion to God and neighbor, and praises democracy and national prosperity. It also notes local injuries and Halloween vandalism with arrests and notes A. B. Baca’s official travel.
The firm Boeckeler & Co. fled under mysterious circumstances by the light of the moon, abandoning debts around 2500 dollars as November 1 approached. Local creditors face losses as German partners were to bring funds but never arrived.
The article notes New Mexico nears statehood after decades. It cites Roosevelts support during a Mississippi river trip and references the Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty guaranteeing citizenship rights. It lists prior admissions like California Nevada Utah and Arizona remaining as a territory pending final territorial reforms.
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