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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
8
Long list of city notes including visits by merchants and professionals from Deming Gallup Roswell Clovis El Paso and more. Local events cover society meetings church notices theater showings and a divorce suit. rail congestion and minor crime reports also noted.
The Duke City band has signed to perform during the Irrigation Congress exposition week. They are assembling a top repertoire with steady practice to deliver the latest and best music for attendees.
Rain caused Sunday night cancellation of the Robinson Park concert. The program will be performed Thursday night at the same park with the previously announced lineup.
A new Sacred Heart school hall on South Fourth Street opens soon to house 256 to 309 pupils under Father Tomase. Tonight and tomorrow feature an entertainment sale bazar and raffle to raise funds for the building costs with an auctioneer assisting to boost the outcome.
A violent fight between Mexican workers at the Santa Fe area left Morales with a deep knife wound to the side. He is hospitalized near death with police and county authorities seeking Lopez, a suspect and fellow native of old Mexico, who escaped after the stabbing near the railroad shops and South Broad Way.
A fragment from a local notice references laundering on ladies collars shirt waists skin ts and chic suits. The brief item mentions a laundry service operated behind the Pont of might be a back room.
A Thursday August 27 Elk's theater event features an Old Folks Concert with colonial costumes and a chorus of thirty. Charles A. Frank and other soloists headline a musical evening to raise funds for a fatherless and motherless child, aiming for a large attendance.
Fred K. Ellis will return from Des Moines to assume charge of the Learnard and Lindemann Boys' band in Albuquerque. He left a Des Moines theater job to take the post, signaling his enthusiasm for the boys and the city. The ensemble, after a year of training, held a strong meeting and aims to produce top Southwest music.
The American barkentine Good News docked in Tacoma on August 18 with a cargo of black powder for Dupont Powder. The voyage from Wilmington, Delaware lasted 269 days and included severe storms off Cape Horn and a forty day struggle to enter the Pacific.
A local store promotes half price and deeper discounts on framed and untrained pictures and a full line of J. G. Rider fountain pens claiming quality to rival Parker and Waterman. Pens range from two to five dollars before discounts with two year guarantees and a half off sale noted.
On May 26 a squall off Valparaiso tore away yards and most sails of the vessel. The crippled wh eel struggled days at sea as worn crew fought to hoist rigging. Captain Peter Kerick and twelve men remained aboard while the Vesmet limped in with scant yards and topmasts, overdue and valued at 56 percent.
7 000 registered and high grade Angora Bucks Dees and Kids for sale. Prices reasonable. Will sell any number to suit the buyer. Goats are good heavy shearers and will bear critical inspection. Come and see them or write what you want. M. R. McCRORY MLD San Marcial NM.
Local ad for G F Pratt & Co touts a large assortment of canned fruits and vegetables. It highlights service at 214 South Second Street and offers coal pricing at 50 per ton. The notice invites customers to inspect the stock and place orders by phone 251.
Fragmentary text notes a local incident involving PHS figure CJ Oram and SODA. No clear names, places, dates, or outcomes are recoverable. The readable fragment hints at a discussion or event but lacks verifiable details.
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