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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1906
Page
2
The Las Vegas convention praised Mr. Bursum for a strong campaign speech. W. E. Martin delivered a Spanish address that countered Separate statehood arguments and boosted Bursum as a leading speaker in New Mexico politics.
Socorro County will be represented on the Republican territorial central committee by Honorables H. O. Bursum and W. E. Martin, two of the most energetic and successful political workers in New Mexico. Socorro county is all fight in that respect as well as in all other respects.
Hon. T. B. Carron has regained control of the Santa Fe county Republican organization by legitimate political methods. With former opponents quelled, Santa Fe county is set to back a sweeping Republican victory on the November sixth.
The Albuquerque Morning Journal elevates its status by adopting the full AP wire service, highlighting its metro reach and influence across the city, its thriving town, and the wider southwest region.
Report describes Hon W Jr Marrs delivering a notable Spanish speech before the territorial convention. It notes Hon T B Catron urging opposition to a joint statehood resolution and Mr Martin answering in Spanish to quell fears. Socorro County expected much from Mr Martin and was not disappointed.
The renomination of Hon. W H Andrews unanimously and by a rising vote cannot fail to be extremely gratifying to that gentleman and to his friends.
The text praises Mr. Andrews for his one term as delegate from New Mexico, stating he was renominated on merit and will be re elected on the same basis. It asserts he has done more for the territory than any other delegate in two terms and predicts a ten thousand vote majority in New Mexico’s appreciation.
Editorial commends a morning rail service south from Albuquerque to San Marcial, arguing it would aid business and development while proving profitable for the railroad. Also contains advertising blurbs for Chamberlain's Pain Balm, New Life Pills, a Virginia carriage anecdote, Studebaker wagons, and Winkler's furnished rooms.
A quip filled mosaic of notes on girls kindness and popularity, a dental of endorsements and anecdotes. It includes a testimonial about Electric Bitters curing a dyspeptic mother, deer track observations, a pneumonia anecdote, a Boston visit joke, sewing machine ads, and a plug for The Chieftain.
The camphor laurel, native to parts of Asia, is a hardy long lived tree with evergreen leaves and yellowish white flowers. It yields crude camphor by steaming wood chips and trapping the vapor, though the tree is destroyed in extraction. laws protect replanting. The wood is valued for carpentry. Also notes on Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and the Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy safety for children, plus a stray northern peninsula notice about a loose dog.
The first artesian well in Europe was drilled in Artois France and has flowed since A D 1126. The United States saw its first well in 1800. The Pecos Valley in New Mexico is noted for its prominent flowing wells. For eczema and similar skin conditions Chamberlain's Salve provides immediate relief and has cured many cases. Sold by all druggists.
An advertorial claim touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as blood cleansing medicine to cure pimples eruptions and skin conditions. It recommends All Healing Salve for open sores and Pellets for stomach liver and bowels, urging readers to order by mail if unavailable locally.
The article recalls George Eliot's first agreement with the Romola publisher for 10 000 guineas, later reduced to 7 000 to preserve artistic effect. It notes Eliot and Romola’s payment and an aside on a Victorian medical ad for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. It also mentions water lilies blooming by day and closing at dusk, then submerging.
Fragmentary timetable notes show local freight and passenger times between Albuquerque and Socorro with mid train stops at Magdalena and San Mareo. Mentions 400 am and 4:20 am events, 10:55 am and 10:00 am windows, and a Magadalena sector with Sunday exceptions possibly.
Advertising brief notes selling agents for various sized Jack of all trades engines in So corral, San Marcial, and San Antonio New Mexico. Prices and terms available on application.
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