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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
12
The city skating rink advertises popular entertainment options with change of program tonight. Patrons are invited to enjoy tests of motion in the arena as performances and songs are scheduled for the evening.
Community notes from Albuquerque area cover visitors, births, and personal news. Mentions include Dr W P Wilson arriving from Willard New Mexico, Mrs Annie Johnston Smith visiting from Unionville, and John W Sullivan of Hagan tours. The Isleta pueblo fiesta begins August 28 and area meetings note church ladies’ aid events and a Congregational notice.
Fay Tanner alias Pay Turner, described as a woman of doubtful reputation, was arrested in El Paso on a theft tally of one thousand dollars or more. She faces return to the city for a hearing as two warrants accuse grand larceny and embezzlement.
An advertisement lists a full line of loaded shotgun shells at McIntosh Hardware Co with coal prices and contact. It mentions AZTIX PUDOM MILL and Pacific Mountain Wood Vinton posts, Gallup lump coal at 650 per ton, and a phone number 251.
Governor Curry issues official call for a conference of commercial clubs boards of trade and chambers of commerce to meet in Albuquerque on October 1 1908. The aim is federation planning a territorial promotion committee to advance New Mexico during the Sixteenth National Irrigation Congress in Albuquerque September 29 1908.
The Non-Sectarian Benevolent Society organizes a Tag Day during the Irrigation congress and exposition to raise funds for its Albuquerque charity work. Priced tags have been used successfully in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, with plans still to finalize sale details.
Sheriff J L E Martian and Deputy Sheriff Charles Parker were fired on by sixteen Negroes as they rode in a buggy in a Chandler neighborhood. One Negro reportedly killed and another fatally wounded. officers’ wounds uncertain but possibly fatal. Large crowds rush to the scene amid fears of a race war.
The Colorado Federation of Labor endorsed the Democratic Party in the national campaign after a viva vote at its convention. The endorsement followed a long communication from President Gompers and members of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor.
Delegates accused the convention of being robbed as the Republican and Democratic parties were urged to honor laborers. The federation reportedly pledged to back the Democratic party contrary to many members wishes, with calls for reconsideration denied.
Walton's Drug Store offers Fers good ice cream and ice cream soda items for customers seeking nostalgic dessert treats at the store.
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