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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1906
Page
6
The Raton plant of the Colorado Telephone company in Raton will buy Park avenue lots and start a new building for plant and offices. The upgrade will greatly enlarge capacity and modernize equipment, costing about 70000 dollars.
The Rio Grande at Espanola registers six feet six inches above normal as floods widen the river up to 700 feet in places. Warm nights melt mountain snow rapidly, risking spring freshets. Telegraph poles and lines have already washed away. Chamita reports the river remains very high with potential for greater damage if the weather stays warm.
The Harwood Home for Girls closed its school year with pleasing exercises six girls vied for medals from the W C T U of this city. Lucinda Trujillo won the Spanish speaking medal and Florence Ransom the English speaking medal. Large attendance, year-round success, and summer departures noted.
A fragment notes muffins described as melt in your mouth and beyond compare, with phrases about fast luncheon meals and pleasing texture. The readable text is brief and lacks clear names, dates, or places.
Fragmentary note discusses Carnation Cream and its fat content for cooking. It mentions Carnation Muffins and a questionable measurement, with garbled wording about water and dosage. Contains unreadable portions but preserves mention of Carnation sample context and fat percentage.
Jade Ellis attorney general of Ohio pursues removal of Standard Oil from the state of its founding. He has conferred with Roosevelt and Garfield, and reports say they will back his legal fight.
Special correspondent reports Jose Moralez, known as John the Evangelist, leading a large sect named The Angels in Jayuya Puerto Rico. Moralez, unlettered and rude, inspires fervent crowds of about 8,000 with sermons denouncing science and other religious bodies, claiming communications with John the Evangelist and predicting doom for dissenters.
An Arizona couple Bruce Neil and Misa Nellie McClung eloped after a 2:30 pm ceremony in Pittsburg and fled by car with plans for a swift northward honeymoon. The bride’s mother opposed the match. the couple reportedly sought to avoid pursuit as they left St. Louis for Wickenburg and a hoped reconciliation.
The Methodist Episcopal bishops meet at Evanston and announce the New Mexico conference led by Bishop David H. Moore will open in Roswell on October 11 with the English and Spanish sessions at Socorro on October 14. Also noted is Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised for bowel complaints, with general availability through druggists.
The ad promotes opening an account to own a bank book and lists for sale items by A Bratina including general merchandise and real estate. Albuquerque area ranches and lots are advertised with cheap cash prices and monthly payment options. It highlights fiftee n acre and two ditch irrigated ranches near the city, cottonwood transplants, and a store with two extra rooms and dwelling space. Prices and details are available by in person or written inquiry to the owner.
Sealed bids for thirty thousand dollars of Albuquerque city building bonds will be received until 12 oclock noon June 4 1906 at the City Clerk office. Bonds bear up to 4 percent interest, payable in New York, with 20 to 30 year maturity options. A 1000 bid bond is required with each bid.
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