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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
6
A synopsis of the 1905 election law explains candidate filing rules, ballot printing, and emblems. It covers party nominations, engraving of ballots, penalties for violations, and the biannual city elections held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in April.
The Close Observer criticizes city ordinances and building design as dangerous death traps in Albuquerque hotels and rooming houses. He points to three story and two story structures on First Street and West Railroad Avenue with only single or no usable fire escapes, risking occupants if stairs are destroyed by fire.
The speaker vents over unsafe rooms lacking proper rope access and enforcement of city ordinances. He notes personal experience sleeping in such places and criticizes the lax enforcement as the luckless Serie once again escapes.
The Roswell Tribune outlines six reasons to back statehood, including added representation in Congress and the judiciary, federal funds, public lands worth vast sums, and lower taxes. It argues Arizona would gain equal flight for freight rates and attract immigration, boosting circulation in a new state.
Sam Couch rails at the upper class declaring that a poor man has no right to wear paper collars in Hyden Kentucky. The Thousand Sticks edition notes his protest against wealthier attire and social distinction.
Philadelphia March. Mrs Annie Weightman Walker said to be America’s richest woman and heir to $50,000,000 left by William Weightman will live over a store to show contempt for modern snobbery. She will keep her millions, declining Newport houses for a shopfront home at 1426 1428 Walnut Street, arguing duty to society was misapplied and she plans to remain a businesswoman. The decision shocks social circles in New York, Philadelphia, and London and tests the will dispute involving Mrs Jones Wistar.
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