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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1902
Page
3
A Texas town near a revival hosted Sam Jones who refused wine given as good faith. A newspaper quip that buttermilk was his favorite drink sparked a flood of buttermilk deliveries to the evangelist’s hotel. Milk wagons, bells, and buckets filled the scene as the crowd laughed at the unintended consequence.
A satirical piece extols practical farming skills over genteel manners. It lauds farming chores such as plowing, planting, and horse gear adjustment as nation helping, while criticizing lounging urban vanity. An advertisement for Candies and fruits at Kataenstein’s follows.
Two observatory clerks in Greenwich undertake a monumental counting task using photographic charts to map the heavens. They have counted 212,507 stars so far, aiming to tally about one fifteenth of total stellar objects, with three years expected to finish to ensure accuracy.
Reading like a run of sensational cures, the ad extols W H Brown of Leesville Indiana who endured asthma to fetch Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption. It promises instant relief for lung troubles and offers trial bottles free, with guaranteed 50c and 1.00 bottles. It also includes a quirky note on backward walking as a cure for nervous headache and ends with a subscription plea for Tue Curerrarn.
A Chicago Tribune observation describes how a dropped penny in a streetcar captivates passengers. Eyes turn, heads collide, and petty drama unfolds as riders chase the coin from floor to center of attention until the conductor recovers it.
It was treated for three years by good doctors writes W A Greer McConnellsville Ohio for piles and fistula but when all failed Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured me in two weeks Cures burns bruises cuts corns sores eruptions salt rheum piles or no pay 25c at all druggists
A Georgia justice married a runaway pair who arrived at his house and wed in a carriage ceremony. Afterward the groom produced thirty six cents from his pocket and said it was all the money he had, set aside for honeymoon expenses, offering it to the judge.
Public auction ordered by Preston Hussey as special master to satisfy a judgment against The Graphic Carbonate Mining Company and Asa B Fitch. Mortgaged mining claims and mill sites in Magdalena Mining District including Sampson Lode, Review Lode, Waldo Lode, Graphic Lode, Greyhound areas, and related land interests total several parcels. Sale set for September 29, 1902 at the Socorro courthouse front door between 10 a.m. and noon.
National Encampment of the G. A. R. in Washington D C runs October 6 to 11 with tickets on sale October 1 2 and 3 at 50.75 for round trips. International Mining Congress at Butte Montana September 1 to 8 tickets on sale August 20 21 26 27 at one fare plus two dollars for round trip. Territorial Fair at Albuquerque October 14 to 18 tickets on sale October 13 to 17 at 2.30 for round trip with return by October 20 via Taos Jaguas Santa Fe Agt.
Mt Carmel Academy, a girls school run by the Sisters of Loretto, will resume studies September 8. Repairs during vacation left classrooms unavailable on the first Monday as planned. The curriculum is described as systematic and thorough, with emphasis on physical comfort and moral training.
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