New Mexico Notes and Upcoming Events
County Fair dates set for Sept 16 18 at Farming and the State Teachers Association convention scheduled in Albuquerque Nov 23 25. Other items include fishing in Pecos and road improvement groups, Texico to vote on liquor sales June 9, and Magdalena Power Company plant work under way. Bank vaults survive fire. mining districts show activity. notaries public named. historic Elizabethtown district poised for revival. open waterfowl season urged. Pena Blanca bankruptcy case filed.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Farming- On
State Teachers’ Association
Albuquerque
Deming National Bank
Magdalena Light and Power Company
Socorro
Suit Filed Over 141000 Real Estate Transfer Scheme
The District Court in Santa Fé, New Mexico, hears a $141,800 suit brought by Antero Valley Land Company and Farmers Land Investment Company of Colorado against B C Robinson of Albuquerque. Plaintiffs allege false representations and that 8,500 irrigated acres and water rights in Adams County were transferred to hide assets after sale to H C Ford for 20000 cash and five notes of 19360 each. Ford and Coy, who organized the plaintiffs, have the properties and seek repayment plus interest on notes and damages totaling 20000.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Santa Fé
N. M
Santa Fé County
Colorado
Albuquerque
Missouri
Antero Valley Land Company
Farmers Land Investment Company of Colorado
B. C. Robinson
H. C. Ford
Rufus Coy
Adams County
Ford and Coy
Arthur Ponsford
Charles F. Carnine
Denver
Women Held on Arson Charge in Deming
Mrs. Helen R Heath and Mrs. Margaret Crowell faced a preliminary hearing before Justice C C Rogers on arson charges for the Clark block fire of May 9. Each woman posted 1000 bond and was bound over to the next grand jury. The case is a major sensational development in Deming with Heath linked to political figures through her husband, chairman of the county road board, as attorney R B Ryan of Silver City represents the Clark estate and insurers.
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County Road Board
R. B. Ryan
Silver City
Clark
Custer Captive Alex Robinson Pleads Guilty in Geronimo Case
Alexander Robinson alias Pablo Sandoval an Apache from Lawton’s expedition to capture Geronimo pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the murder of Francis Morujo an Isleta Indian. Federal Judge W H Pope sentenced him to three years in prison and a $500 fine.
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Santa Fé
Lawton
Geronimo
Alexander Robinson
Pablo Sandoval
Francis Morujo
Isleta
Contract Cancelled of 12000 Acres Timberlands in McKinley
The state has cancelled the 1905 contract for about 12 000 acres of McKinley county timberlands. Land Commissioner A A Keen oversaw the deal with a Michigan based company accused of not cutting timber or meeting contract terms.
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Santa Fé
McKinley County
A. A. Keen
Michigan Corporation
Man slain in Rio Puerco shot during alleged accident
District Attorney Manuel A. Vigil ordered an investigation into the death of Antares a sheepshearer at Rio Puerco. Supposedly the fatal shot came from a rifle in the hands of a young son of Benito Savedra a wealthy sheep owner.
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Albuquerque
Manuel A. Vigil
Rio Puerco
Antares
Benito Savedra
Against Advertising Pokes Fun in Small Town Exchange
An editor questions local business promotion while a Hayville store proprietor jokes that advertising keeps him busy. He recalls advertising ten years ago and never finding time to go fishing, highlighting a casual rural newspaper banter about ads.
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Hayville
Castoria Endorsed as Safe Remedy for Infants and Children
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to examine Castoria bottles for the signature and its 30 year history. The ad emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children, while a stray line hints at keeping a servant.
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Fletcher
Ladies Can Wear Shoes Easier With Allen’s Foot-Hase
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Hase antiseptic powder shaken into shoes. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Adv found in LeRoy New York.
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Allen
N.Y
Bet You Won't Split The Pot In The Bet Duel
A brief street duel of bets escalates with taunts as two men challenge each other over winnings. One asserts quitting gambling, the other vows to continue, each pressing the other to back up the claim with a wager.
Three Flights Up
A fragment mentions an old flat and a dated exchange about occupancy. The ad copy touts Red Cross Bag Blue as making clothes whiter and pleasing grocers. A quip notes a young man mixing rye with wild oats leads to a crop of trouble.
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Red Cross
Ady
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