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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
6
A fraud scheme in South Dakota dupes farmers by first offering low land prices then demanding half dollar per acre for advertising. Agents promise pay after sale, but no contract backs it. In Brown County at least 22 farmers fall for the bait, one losing 320 dollars. Several plan to fight in court.
A girl recounts a nighttime telephone conversation with a whispering voice she fears her husband might overhear. The caller, intrigued, steers the speaker to end the call, leaving the narrator puzzled about the rumored topic.
A concise moral line from Seneca stating that the giver should forget what was given while the receiver should never forget what was received, underscoring the asymmetry of social obligation and memory in favors.
Washington Attorney General Bonaparte directs filing of a bill in equity to unwind Union Pacific control of Southern Pacific and San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake lines and to declare UP and Oregon Short Line stock in Santa, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific illegal. The suit targets a major interstate monopoly in transcontinental transport and names Farmers Loan and Trust Company and prominent Harriman, Schiff, Kahn, Bullman, Frick, Rogers, and Clark individuals. Special assistants Kellogg and Severance will aid the case.
Governing boards of the State School of Mines Normal School Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind Agricultural College and the State University filed in Denver District Court an alternative writ of mandamus to compel State Auditor Stader and State Treasurer Bent to pay from remaining appropriations. They contend Stratton inheritance taxes fund supports all allocations while Bent says funds do not enter the general fund. The legislature had approved varying sums for each school with one half of each amount still due: Mines 35000 for natatorium and gymnasium. Normal 20000 for library. Deaf and Blind 5200 for administration building and 5000 for pipe organ. Agricultural 46000 for experiment station. University 100000 for grounds and buildings.
John D. Rockefeller attended Sunday worship at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Augusta where Rev. G T Walker preached after leaving a sick bed. After the service Rockefeller conferred with Walker and made a generous donation to the church.
A health advertisement extols Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root as the best kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims kidney disease causes heart failure pneumonia and bladder and kidney breakdown and promises quick cures with the product sold in fifty cent and one dollar bottles. Free sample bottle and book offered by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton New York.
A secretary describes how club complaint books hold varied entries from members. Some notes are humorous such as cold hot water and missing novels for the library, while others reveal anonymous scandal, including flirtations and loans owed to a person named Maj Hawkins.
Mrs Lillie Wildher of Chattanooga Tennessee reports that Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured a running neck sore and a severe facial tetter after other remedies failed. She credits two cakes of soap and a box of ointment for herself and two babies with similar skin issues, dated February 16 1907.
A fragment from a Des Moines scene shows a young patron ordering a song while a waiter cautions about a sufficient amount of decorum. The text preserves the era’s lively patter and social tone.
A contest regarding Homestead No. 16736, filed January 20, 1908 by George F. J against Paul Frenkel, alleges nonuse and lack of improvements since 1907. Notice requires appearance March 16, 1908 before US Court Commissioner W. H. Willcox in Clayton, with further proceedings March 11, 1908 at the Land Office in Clayton. publication ordered due to insufficient personal service.
Department of the Interior Land Office at Chayton issues a contest proceeding by Clara F Roy against Herbert J Hinote owner of part of section 16 township 20 north range 26 west for abandonment lack of improvements and residence since October 1907. Proceedings set for March 3 and March 10 1908 before officials in Roy and Clay M. with publication dates February 1 to March 7 1908.
The fourt h time Swiftwater Bill Gates forms an entente cordiale with fortune in the Klondike. It is said his clean up for this season will be 560000 dollars.
A Galway bishop calls parents to switch Irish children from tea to a potato and oatmeal diet, arguing that adoption would reduce lunacy in the country. The remark reflects concerns over tea consumption and works toward better nutrition.
The line suggests a conflict between emotion and reason leading to a general world weariness and resentment as actions outrun judgment. It hints at inner tension and personal imbalance without detailing events or people.
French households favor vegetables prepared with rich sauces. Cauliflower in bechamel, round potatoes and carrots, buttered beans and peas, and pears stewed and served with syrup are described. The syrup is reduced with light red wine and lemon peel for flavor.
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