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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1888
Page
4
North bound and south bound train times listed for the Atamine Topeka and Santa Fe line with departures from San Antonio Carthage and Magdalena stations. Post office hours run 7 am to 6 30 pm with weekly pay for derivers locals noted.
City council meets Monday. Hannah's market stock and new stock. Navajo traders in town selling horses and blankets. General Strickler returns from California. Tularosa men travel in from the west. Visit Harvey Dalton's Gem City for fresh oysters. Wednesday evening features speeches and music at courthouse ratification. Ayer's Sarsaparilla praised for stomach liver and kidney relief. Republican Territorial Convention to meet Wednesday. Grand Benefit Ball for Soeurre Hose Co No 1 planned at It House Thursday evening to raise funds for fire apparatus storage. Church services and baptisms scheduled. Lord's Supper to be administered. Deputy Sheriff Charles Allen returns after 16 days from Rito Quemado with Jesus Baca, charged in shooting Desiderio Jaquez and another Mexican. rain shortage noted.
Citizens of Socorro raise funds totaling about 5 000 dollars for a school building project. An Albuquerque Democrat notes Socorro’s growth as a once-slow town now showing vigor with 3 000 dollars pledged for school bonds. The article mentions a Wednesday event featuring Black Ore Co investments and speeches by local officials.
Local records show a fundraising total of 3,875.00 with receipts reaching 4,475.80 for school site bonds. Contributors include Browne & Manzanares Co, Socorro Bank, A T Harrison, J M Lana, and many others. The notice also lists court, school, convent reopenings, and city ordinances with civic announcements and lost papers.
Fragmentary OCR text references partnerships between BR. P. hight and Freok W. Giehwin, with names like K.P. Hol Ingestine & Co and R. P. Folphingstine. An 1888 date appears with Socorro, New Mexico, and mentions a business dealing, possibly a collection of accounts, but the text is garbled and lacks coherent facts.
A local ad promotes a free sixty dollar music box with zither attachment for customers who pay the larger amount for orders before November 20. The box, valued at 60, is showcased at a display with a 60 price tag and mentions a 960 value. The notice invites visitors to view and purchase during the next three months for a chance to own the instrument, along with related decor items and food offerings at the Park House Arbor in Socorro, New Mexico.
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