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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
8
Floersheim's offers summer reductions while Mrs Proctor tends a wound from a rusty nail. Verbal asides cover sign painting, wool arrivals, a refused marriage, civic speeches, and a mix of travel and local events including a post office reopening at Mesteno Mills and a camping party planning five weeks in the mountains.
Crops look fine in the Valley. J A Lebert went to Roy on business. Mrs Annie Martin visited Miss Maggie Ward. Sam Listenbee visited Sunday. W H Van Duyne building a fence this week. J P Martin and W F McAfee went to Dawson on business. W L Sutton reports a sick horse and is away at war in Colorado. J A Spencer and W A Van Duyne built a house for Miss Maggie Ward on her claim last week. Mr and Mrs Bev Hobson entertained friends Sunday. J D Lumbard and son Vert and Roe Van Duyne and Harry Ward attended from Abbott Sunday evening. Walter Martin and wife dined with Miss Maggie Ward Saturday. J H Spencer and W H and Vert Van Duyne went to Red River Wednesday to work for M W Mills on his orchard ranch. Bessie Van Duyne injured her face Monday evening after running into a barbed wire fence.
A collection of short notices lists individuals visiting or staying in Roy and nearby towns on business or personal travel. Names include Scott Smith Mesteno Dr Frank Brady Solano Chas Shaffer Irvin Ogden Solano A A Berentz Mesteno M E Holmes Dawson Dr F B Evans Roy D M Talbot Solano Benj F Brown Gould Solano Floersheim Springer Hughes Solano B Martinez Varvizo Bud Farmer Supt Carpenter Williams Solano E E Ferguson Dawson Wagon Mound Pedro Lumbach La Minta Canyon George Blesch Lemont Miss Ethel Hendrickson Raton Louis Archuleta wife Wagon Mound Miss Bell Van Born El Paso Kansas City Delbert Swetman Etsas City Amelio Gonzales De Haven P P Branch Homer Holmes Great County Okla Mrs Cart Kansas City Co Kate Baca De Haven Stefanes text suggests a wedding rumor with no report.
Justice Garcia presided on August 1 awarding plaintiff A. Bushke-vitz sixty dollars and costs. Judge V N Moore represented the railway company. A S Bushke-vitz and J W Tyler appeared for the plaintiff. The railway company appealed to the district court with bond and costs paid. It faces double damages if the road is not fenced within six months after completion.
A discouraged youth laments the labor market with lines about waiting in pool halls corners and doorsteps for a lucrative position. He describes idle crowds and a nation’s plumb and the poor voter feeling the strain as demand for labor remains scarce.
The Mora County Normal Institute will convene on August 17 1908 at Wagon Mound Mora County New Mexico. All teachers seeking to teach in Mora county must attend from opening to close. Institute conductor will be John H Vaughan and sessions run two weeks with examinations on the last two days. Ricardo Marrinnz Supt Public Schools Mora County NM.
The following names appear on the advertised letters uncalled for as of September 1. Bird BE Bird Mrs Alex Hendrix Howard Mastas Juan Martinez Pablita Olivas Seledon Burrs HB Garvie Isabel Montano Martilde McElroy Robt McEmno Anna. The letters will be sent to the dead letter office after the date.
On the first day of July 1003 two horses were stray ed or stolen, a bay horse branded P on the right shoulder and a dark bay branded Y on the right hip. A reward of .0010 is offered for the return. Jose Dolores Medina Roy N M.
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