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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
10
Local notices report paper delivery by special messenger and provide contact details. Travelers and residents return from trips, including A Singer from the north and Miss Wetter leaving for old Mexico. School staff and residents announce travel home while others announce local business and social news. Commutation tickets and local apologies appear among varied items.
A New Mexico Democratic Party delegation arrives from Las Vegas for a Round Table conference Sunday at 4 PM at the Christian Church on Broadway. The Round Table boys meet Monday at 7 PM, August 31, with Miss Woodman leading special work.
Strong's Book Store advertises free pocket Webster's Dictionary or Scholars Companion with every school book and supply purchase. Also promotes the celebrated Indian Chief Tablet compact tablet offered for a nickel, with contact at Phone 1104 next door to P. O.
A fragment lists groceries with prices including ham prunes cocoa tamales and tobacco. The second item notes entrance examinations on Monday August 31 for all pupils below eighth grade, with higher grade exams at Central school, and Albuquerque Kindergarten opening August 31 with tuition details and locations.
A local shop Hawley’s offers a mocking bird whistle to every child who buys school books at the corner store. Ad reads You are in Ned of any thing dainty in the grocery and directs to B F G Pratt Co at 214 South Second.
El Paso sends three large glass jars of valley fruit to Albuquerque for the sixteenth National Irrigation congress test. The Missouri Magneth pears and Flaming Tokay grapes headline jars, with Muscats and other fruit showcased to highlight El Paso valley production. Tucson and Phoenix boost airing of irrigation opportunities and publicity for Arizona and its cities.
Forest Service tests a woven wire and barbed wire fence at Wallowa National Forest Oregon protecting 2200 sheep from predators including coyotes and lynxes. Bears occasionally breach the fence but most predation is halted. Private landowner J W Emmons reports 670 sheep sheltered with minimal care and plans expansion.
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky reports twenty years of granular sore eyes ended after trying Chamberlains Salve in February 1908. He bought one box, used about two thirds, and has had no eye trouble since. Sold by all druggists.
La Cruces reports that H. Bursum denies the New Mexico platform contained a plank for the Elephant Butte dam and says the language was a misprint or amendment not adopted. The Santa Fe convention record and comments by local Republicans dispute the misinfo and affirm ongoing support for the dam project.
A partially legible note lists a payment of up to 850000 and references A Monoya at 215 West Gold Avenue, suggesting a financial matter or settlement.
A brief items notice notes school books and supplies available at Hawleys located at the corner storefront. Details such as brands or prices are not provided in the fragment.
Fragmentary notes describe unusual supermarket chatter about sodas and brand names. The garbled text mentions a Malt Miley store and odd beverage references leaving readers curious about possible product lines and pricing.
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