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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1925
Page
6
The page shows publication details for the Albuquerque Morning Journal with editor and office address, subscription rates, and notices about advertising policies and Associated Press rights. Dated December 1, 1925, Tuesday.
Charles F. Lummis cites a Britannica doubt about California oil, but Las Vegas reports a promising second oil well. The Journal notes surface indications may prove elusive and stresses drilling as the true test, hoping Nevada becomes a significant oil center.
An Albuquerque charity urges residents to aid mountain communities with old clothes and small gifts. Donors should include jelly, peaches, usable discarded toys, or a small check, as a cheer for a meaningful Christmas in 1925.
The city now hosts vaudeville in two moving picture houses with weekly variety acts. Albuquerque adds to its circuits, offering diverse entertainment for residents and visitors. The venture poses financial risk but could boost public interest, with Crichton expected to support regular variety shows. The town prides on multiple theaters and a range of cultural offerings.
The text notes Albuquerque is rapidly becoming supplied with centers good stores and good amusement, signaling growth in retail and entertainment options for residents and visitors.
The Hoosier Society of Chicago led by George Ade plans a $15 per plate dinner endorsing Coolidge economy. The mimeographed letter says talks will focus on economy with self funded speakers and Parisian menu items, and no liquor due to prohibitive prices and penalties. Tickets will demonstrate the thrift theme.
The piece argues that China’s true rule is custom, not a centralized state. It notes that Chinese governance is local in character with distant formal structures, touching the people mainly through taxation, and that mass happiness would rise if there were no general government.
A collage of light verse and quips spans topics from a ship officer dodging a kiss to jokes about education and dogs. Highlights include a sailor’s boast on storms, a sly jab at football “educated toe,” and a dog college that makes the bark.
Albuquerque workers in the Santa Fe shops will begin a nine hour day today, affecting about 500 men. Thanksgiving social notes include Nellie Brewer’s belated Los Angeles trip, Janet Buchanan visiting Albuquerque, and J Louis Trauer hosting in Los Lunas. A $32.02 collection for the Non-Sectarian Benevolent Society was acknowledged, with friends and relatives traveling for visits and a LaPorte marriage announced for Miss Annie Laurie Service and Thomas Crumpacker.
A homespun dialogue shows Benny and his mother arguing over a near miss with a cut glass cake plate and a vase, ending with a threat of punishment as the boy admits wearing his mother’s patience thin.
Village grocers Span and Spick avoid tricks and tell the truth about their peas prunes rice and cheese. Customer complaints about wilted greens and non fresh onions are met with honest responses and quality replacements. The poet endorses Span and Spick for reliable service and fair dealing.
Paris reports reveal M Loucheur plans a 10 percent capital levy paid over thirty annuities to fund a sinking fund and ease short term debts. He rejects a forced bond conversion and may seek five million francs in bank notes. Radicals and socialists distrust the Briand government as it seeks a compromise to win a confidence vote.
New York November 30 The American Smelting and Refining company today reduced the price of lead from 9 75 to 9 50 cents a pound.
In Chefoo China on November 30 estimated casualties from street fighting between factions total about 35 dead and 60 wounded. Marines arriving from Tsingtao attempted to occupy barracks opposed by Chefoo troops.
Clark Kinnaird recalls a costly legal battle over a modest sum and expands into reflections on injustice. Carlyle defines injustice as disorder and a deep, universal human impulse to resist wrong, dubbing it the worst evil and a test of manhood and conscience across humanity.
Carl C. Magee Albuquerque editor charged with murder in the Meadows hotel shooting of John B. Lassetter will not be tried in December due to depleted court funds. The district attorney said no grand or petit juries can be convened this term. The next regular grand jury session will be in June 1926.
A somber meditation on night as the mourner’s companion. The speaker finds calm in dark, cloudy moonlit seas though grief remains, surrendering to fate and offering the quiet, solemn solace of the ocean’s wind and waves. A reflective line hints at Heaven hearing a reader long gone from earth.
A 1925 McClure Syndicate piece argues success arises from heredity environment and luck. It notes opportunity, not just ability, shapes outcomes and emphasizes humility and self‑effort while acknowledging chance plays a role in achievement.
Carrizozo hunters led by Earl Elvin and Weldon Harkey discovered a deserted cave in an inaccessible White Mountains cliff while chasing turkeys. Inside were relics in dust and a Cincinnati riding saddle dated 1842, a bearded man portrait, and the inscription John Rawlings Never More. Movable cave items will be brought to Carrizozo for exhibit.
Drafting of a merger plan to unite the Kansas City Southern Missouri Kansas and Texas and St. Louis Southwestern railroads into a new southwestern system is nearing completion. L. F. Loree sponsors the plan and an early terms announcement is expected. Kansas City Southern shares rose to their year high on the news, signaling its role as the nucleus of the enlarged system.
Net operating income for 77 class one railroads reporting October earnings rose 2.2 percent from September and 6.7 percent from October last year. Total reach ed 131.304 million dollars, up from 123.184 million in October 1924 and 128.513 million in September 1925.
Philip A. Hartman of Annville was executed by electric chair for the robbery slaying of State Policeman Francis L. Haley at Abbotstown, Pa. Hartman admitted guilt in a pre-execution statement, declaring himself the killer.
Carrizozo New Mexico announces plans for a community house and a children's library for grade schools. A building fund will be started, and a committee is collecting books for the library foundation. Christmas shopping hints appear on the society page.
An American Indian at Isleta tied lights around railroad switches early Monday. He moved a staff box near the railway office and resisted a loop operator. A deputy sheriff arrived, the lights were restored, and the man was arrested after being shot at to stop him.
Stocks fell on uneven trading as volume dropped and pool operations were suspended on several issues. Rail shares showed firmness amid merger rumors, while French fiat rally and rising gasoline prices influenced commodity markets.
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