Skating Rink Teases Test Run Amid Paint Delays
A skating rink postpones full opening as refurbishment runs short on time. Officials say only limited evening sessions will be offered over a few days while paint and building work are completed.
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
8
A skating rink postpones full opening as refurbishment runs short on time. Officials say only limited evening sessions will be offered over a few days while paint and building work are completed.
Roswell resident Henry Hetlin visited the city while others from Corona, Sapulpa, and Aragon arrive on business or for shopping. Fire crews responded to a kitchen stove blaze at 802 Kent Avenue. A couple visits include Mrs Catherine Day's illness and Mrs Agnes Mortley Cleveland's Socorro trip.
Colonie Ralph E. Twitchell returns from Las Vegas to resume duties as secretary of the board of control for the Sixteenth National Irrigation congress and related expositions. Robert F. E. Wilson reports strong eastern New Mexico representation for the Pecos valley exhibit. Local baseball game plans at Traction Park and a Presbyterian sanitarium setup are noted along with a marriage and relocations of families. Community events include temperance union meeting, free entertainment by the Christian church, new fire team testing in Lamar, and multiple film showings at skating rink and Crystal theater with reviews of The Braggart Two Traveling Rages and The Greed for Gold.
A catalog style ad from Strong's Book Store promotes Behoot Books and Supplies for students, tennis and baseball gear, and blank books. It highlights half price closings on chest protectors masks and sample baseball mitts, plus overhaul and sale of framed pictures and Wallace Notting pieces.
A fragmented clippings note a local novelty item or product titled Frets Good and mentioning cream soda. It hints at a promotional or display in a shop but lacks complete context or a clear event or date. The readable bits emphasize beverage branding and a retail setting.
Backer A L Richmond of Ferguson Construction and the Metropolitan Bank of Pittsburgh donates 100 dollars to the National Irrigation Congress for a depot design for the new railroad entering Albuquerque. The winning plan must cost no more than 50 thousand dollars and could usher in a new era for the city. Madrid notes an attempted three day Sunday closing protest by shopkeepers, abandoned as many refused to close.
A long string of personal names including Alicia Sanchez Irene M Burke Nora Stevens Mrs Mary McGiovern Amedita Mall Rose Creal Mrs Mary Neet Sarita Montoya Irma D Arcy Bertha Kinnett Mildred Fox Mirriam Cook Jose Salazar Florence Williams Ha ze Coy Mamie Wheneke Mrs Hattie Dye J R Rivera D 8 King David Moya Mary Tucker Dolores Hunting Adele Goss Linnie Jordan Bertha Dinwiddle Bessie Cavanaugh Max Perea appear as an OCR fragment.
Chicago, Aug 13 Mary Barry a Chicago girl brought before a Hartford Conn court arrived in Chicago claiming jealousy by cousins who feared she would inherit Mise M FE Welsh estate. She said her aunt gave her jewels offered for valuation in a jewelry store when arrested.
A mediation board led by Judge Martin A. Knapp and Commissioner Charlies P. Neill met in Washington with H B Perham of St Louis to resolve a dispute between the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway and its telegraph operators over the nine hour law. Knapp said no discussion would occur until a definite conclusion is reached, and another conference is planned for tomorrow.
St Paul reports railroad men see no real car famine this fall. The expected grain shipments will bring a familiar car shortage, but no serious disruption is anticipated beyond the usual tightness as heavy movement begins.
The two week joint teachers' institute for Méik Kinney and Fernalillo counties ends under Prof R F Asplund with 56 attendees. Twelve applicants seek third grade certificates, thirty second grade, and several first grade. exams are set for today and tomorrow.
Havana reports the supreme court reviewing the Oriente uprising case of Urbano Guerra Jose Moreno Jose Febial Juan Cesespes and Nicholas Barrutta The court upheld rebellion and conspiracy findings and increased sentences Bener Cuervo received life imprisonment others were set to ten years.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Walton's Districts and urban quality themes including spombh. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear events, dates, or persons beyond generic place names.
Ithaca N Y August 13 Liberty L Bailey dean of the Cornell college of agriculture who was recently appointed by President Roosevelt to chair a five member commission to study farm conditions sent a letter to President Hoover today declining the appointment on account of health and other duties.
President Roosevelt named Dean Batley head of a farm life commission but Batley declined citing time constraints. The panel was formed to study ways to improve farm life and report recommendations to the president. An upcoming ice cream social at Christian Church on Aug. 14 featured a program with readings and musical performances.
Fragmented OCR notes reference a group and a meeting about collars and accessories. Specific names, dates, and places are unclear but suggest a local issue or notice involving vendors and inspections. The readable text hints at a public matter or advertisement in a regional paper.
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