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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1905
Page
2
Analysis notes farmers weigh the trade off between abundant crops and low prices versus scarce yields with high prices. Prices influence where crops are grown, competition, and long term supply as buyers seek other sources when shortages occur.
The July deficit dropped to 13.68 million dollars from 17.3 million the previous year. Receipts are increasing and expenditures decreasing, and no tariff legislation will be needed for this year at least on account of revenue.
A commentator argues governments should tax single and childless people to fund payments to mothers who give birth. The proposal suggests direct payments to mothers could improve social outcomes and support families.
One hundred Chinese were admitted into the United States last month, a number that raises questions about escapes from the vast Chinese empire where hundreds of millions reside. The record suggests no noticeable gap in the population.
Mrs. Mary Hunex of New York claims her husband earning four dollars weekly leads a double life and supports two families. A financial expert appears to have them all beaten.
The export price of wheat averaged near one dollar per bushel in the past fiscal year, a level not reached since 1898. The Republican policy aims to redeem Bryan era promises, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Dr Julia Holmes Smith condemns men who stay home at night while praising Mrs Smith in a playful aside. The remark reflects social attitudes and gender roles in the era.
A fragment recalls Cremony’s view of Apache cleverness and a tale of a young Apache testing signal writing with tobacco payoff. It shifts to a testimonial about Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy curing cholera morbus in jurors after a Birmingham case. For sale by druggists.
After the wedding breakfast the bride’s father reveals a $10,000 check among the presents. The groom confesses he cashed it at the bank a few moments earlier and they decide to tear up the worthless item.
Advertises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a natural-acting medicine. Claims it allays coughing relieves the lungs aids expectoration opens secretions and supports the body's effort to restore health. Sold by all druggists and marketed as a remedy that aids nature.
In a reminiscence a Danish boarhound follows Mrs Hamiston from the library and acts as a train bearer tugging her dress to the stairs. The narrator endures the animal's gentle fangs as a bystander, while Mrs Hamistone explains the dog’s jealousy and guides him away. A separate travel anecdote in the Chicago Record-Herald notes a mother traveling to Chicago with two children who avoid paying fares when the conductor questions their ages.
Bennettsville South Carolina resident A Brown testifies his wife suffered dyspepsia and torpid liver before using Electric Bitters. After starting the remedy she recovered strength and vigor. The So corro Drug and Supply Co. sells them for 50 cents a bottle. Also a light note on engagements and furniture installment collectors.
A clerk from the Santa Fe railroad disclosed a conspiracy to steal transportation valued at about $20,000. Using signed passes and request blanks, he diverted rail travel to outsiders, mainly theater treasurers, while investigators note a large loss of funds.
John G. Bisher of Gillam Indiana reports complete recovery from a fifteen year lame back using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The liniment is praised for sprains and bruises and sold by all druggists. Ex Furnished rooms at Winkles's.
An advertisement-style passage touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the cure for weak stomachs and bowel issues. It stresses no alcohol or whisky, promotes relief from coated tongue and bad breath, and claims long-term health benefits with pellets as a companion remedy. The text criticizes substitutions for dealer profits.
For three weeks past Cipriano Baca Julius Meyer and Octav Perea members of the mounted police force of New Mexico have been giving San Juan county their attention. They have done much good in this county. They are under Captain John Fr Pul lerton and found nearly all the latchers doing business without a license not from any criminal intent but from neglect of the laws. The laws regulating these things are good laws and the mounted police are out to see that they are obeyed. They are close after cattle rustlers and law breakers and their trip to San Juan county has had a splendid effect and will bear fruit in the future. Captain Fullerton is to be congratulated upon having in his service such men as Baca Meyer and Perea. May the good work go right on.
An enthusiastic older passenger on a crowded excursion train to St Louis asks the conductor what R and W stand for and how whistle is derived from them. The piece notes humorous mishearings and a mix of medical ads, humor, and bits about General Grant's cousin and Galena lore.
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