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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1905
Page
4
The 12 year old daughter of Cyrus H McCormick urged affordable modern cottages with lawns and vegetable gardens for workers. After her death, her father funds cottages as a memorial, designed to be self supporting and low rent. The Denver News notes the lasting lesson of childlike sympathy.
A Santa Fe editorial argues New Mexico trails El Paso County Texas in taxable wealth. It notes El Paso’s $18 million in taxable property versus New Mexico’s total value, cites railroads boosting El Paso, critiques two thirds valuation rules, and questions state assessments versus market value.
Henry Clews praises the satisfactory general outlook with bumper crops of corn wheat and cotton and strong foreign demand. He notes record bank clearings of 103.6 billion for the nine months ending September 30 and rail traffic at capacity, with mercantile failures totaling 76 million versus 11 million a year earlier.
The Optic notes western farming trials where Campbell’s intensive cultivation with dust cover yields $25 per acre on wheat and alfalfa crops, citing Clark M. Moore near Kaneas, not far from Denver, as evidence and urging local testing and information sharing. It also cites a Chicago professor challenging college priorities and urging reform in public printing to curb waste and excess.
From Louisville Courier Journal IT shows a humorous monologue about a man failing to balance his cash account. The speaker insists he tracked purchases though the ledger remains baffling. He catalogues items from car fare to hats, lunches, shined shoes, beverages, and a final note claiming thirty cents went to foreign missions.
In March 1825 Greensburg Gazette discussed a diagram of a railroad with a steam locomotive and three transport wagons. It explained cog wheels engaging rails, six wheel drive, and speeds from six to fourteen miles per hour, noting advantages over canals and inclines. The editor, however, remained skeptical about practicality in local terrain.
The Range expands to eight pages and circulation reaches 1500 in Colfax County. The paper pledges broader coverage, aims to help readers with law and business, and plans to boost local enterprise while promoting joint statehood and development. Arizona congressional issues are discussed alongside regional rail and statehood prospects.
A fragmented article critiques class government and national unity, highlighting General Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Johnston. It frames wartime rivalries and postwar policy as a moral test, urging equal justice, nonpartisan duty, and protection of rights for all citizens under law.
The congressional train with Congressman Tawney and party will stop in Albuquerque at 10 AM for one hour. The group traveled from Williams at 6:30 last night and reached Winslow this morning, then continued to Adamana Arizona arriving at 1 PM and staying until 7 PM to view the Petrified Forest. After Holbrook and Gallup stops the train is due in Laguna Pueblo with a brief Albuquerque welcome by a joint statehood league committee.
Pugilist Harter of San Francisco who was arrested Monday night on charges of obtaining money with fake checks asked for a continuance until next Wednesday afternoon. Justice George St. Craig granted the delay and Harter remains in county jail in the interim. His relatives say he will settle the matter and clear himself of the charge.
Wilt Shaw propriety announces a new first class billiard hall in Albuquerque. The facility, to be named The Billiard, will feature four Brunswick balko tables and an automatic pin pocketing plane, with Mr Shaw and Mr Withrow opening the venue to the public after a fire sale of equipment.
Fragmentary OCR text offers no clear subject or event. The readable portion mentions Jling's Best and eating at a producer's, but lacks names, places, dates, or outcomes to form a coherent news item.
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