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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1906
Page
5
The executive committee will discuss fair week prices and the final arrangements before the opening of the twenty sixth annual fair. P F McCaw is fair manager and will chair the meeting in room 11 Grant. Attendees include officers, advisory board, and all interested in attendance.
Bernalillo County District Court attorney Julius Stash filed suit for Earnest Lay seeking $15,000 damages after a bridge at Tuoreau collapsed last November. Lay, at the site, was bruised with a wrenched back, allegedly due to negligence by M. C. Westbrook, the bridge builder for American Lumber company.
Wiegold the local professional wrestler has earned a $250 side bout with Brooklyn Strong Boy William Baumann at Ellis' Theater next Thursday night. Wiegold, a 148 pound Iowa import and Santa Fe shop machinist, is matched against Baumann, a skilled mat artist, in a bid for supremacy. The Philadelphia club will host the event, drawing local sports enthusiasts to the athletic bill. Prof Charles Herold of Bisbee meets Sid Varney next Sunday and may draw the local winner into a later Arizona match.
The Sells-Floto Circus arrived this morning with elephants visible through car windows. A large crowd gathered at the railway depot to watch unloading as rain fell, then lined Railroad Avenue for the free street parade between noon and 1 pm. Horses pulled wagons to Barelas beyond the city limits, and spectators rushed toward the cars after the parade despite the mud.
A large afternoon performance drew crowds to a temporary tented fair near Silver Bell nine miles west of Theson. Matador Torné Fella will headline the Mexican holiday event set for September 18 with a protracted ball fight and barbecue. Local officials await decisions from county authorities as Mexican miners populate the 2,000 residents. Sheriff Pacheck of Pima County has headed for Silver Bell, potentially delaying plans.
Jack Nesbitt linotype operator and local typographical union member, reported missing since last Saturday, has contacted the El Paso Herald from Kansas City. He says he was drugged after a drink at a Juarez resort, woke in a Rock Island box car near Santa Rosa, robbed of wages union funds and his gold watch, then traveled to Kansas City to write his colleagues.
Clayton New Mexico dispatch dated September 11 reports Edward Edgar shot and killed Dolores Quintanna's father Quintanna after repeated whippings of his daughter Mrs Edgar. Edgar had warned of deadly force and carried out the act following another beating. Neighbors protected the Edgar home from arson attempts.
The Democratic convention of Lincoln County met last Saturday in Lincoln with A. C. Storms as president and H. C. Harper as secretary. Delegates were chosen for territorial and eleventh district constitutional conventions, and for eighteenth district legislative pauses convention. Delegates instructed to vote for Hirst as Democratic nominee from the eighteenth house district.
Letters from St Anthony hospital Denver say J C Baldridge improving after typhoid fever with no relapse. A one legged man on Railroad avenue sells pencils near San Jose market, should seek steadier work. Leonard and Lindeman music house received a car of pianos, late but on time for the firm’s sizable car-load orders. A L Comstock Nashville division engineer, formerly married to Mute Hareh Comstock who died here August 24, returns to Kentucky with daughter Helen. a prior divorce claim was noted but no action taken regarding the child.
A detailed report from the Democratic convention discusses legislative reforms, an appellate court preference, and a focus on combating corruption. It covers the joint statehood vote results, county-by-county tallies, and remarks on delegates including W S Hopewell and Rafael Romero. It notes district conventions and local endorsements, plus a local crime ad and a strawberry ad at Maloy's.
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