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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1925
Page
16
Advertisement and subscription details from the Albuquerque Journal listing rates for one to six months and policy notes. It notes second class mail entry, Associated Press rights, and advertising charges for society and church notices.
The piece notes Congress opens with little public notice and widespread apathy. Varying issues like farm relief prohibition and tax cuts are discussed, but legislators are seen as avoiding heated topics. Public sentiment favors lower taxes but shows indifference to political action and governance.
The piece notes record Christmas buying across financial centers benefiting manufacturers merchants and railroads. It urges early planning prudent selecting and forethought for buyers to avoid crowded stores and limited stock at month end.
Vice President Dawes pushes for a revision of Senate rules, receiving commendation from some quarters while facing continued political resistance and uncertainty about passage. The policy move sparks debate on procedural change and its impact on congressional power.
The piece argues Senate rules give individual senators veto and delay power, hindering Dawes reforms. It contends public pressure must confront delays with concrete cases to force change, since abstract justice fails to mobilize sentiment. It warns that a single obstinate senator could trigger a public backlash that ends current rules.
The Philadelphia preacher Rev. Dr. Russell H. Conwell, famed for Acres of Diamonds, dies. His career defined the early inspirational lecture, shaping audiences from canal workers to chambers of commerce with encouraging visions and a nation fed on cheer. The style, seen as tonic, may never fade from public demand.
A fifty mile hike in Oregon included participants who smoked and those who did not. the non-smokers won. The piece mocks the need for laboratory testing to prove obvious truths and criticizes the era's skepticism about practical knowledge.
A school exercise led by Miss Kitty prompts students to write poems about birds. Charles Pape reads his piece about a bird laying an egg and a breakfast egg eaten, while Leroy Shooster imagines a songbird and Benny Potts’ sparrow tale ends with hunger. The teacher plans to collect papers for review.
The clippings parody politics and society with jabs at radio language Spanish teaching, vanity messages, and a mock Christmas Carol. It mocks General Li Caesar Julius Publus Santa Claus police satire and a wry note on public rest in a police station.
Attorney Ellsworth Ingalls returned from Hutchinson Kansas. Esquipula Baca has left Pena Blanca after a stay. Lee Moore of Vernon Lila spent the day in the city and then headed to Gallup for a bank job. J H T Mayberry Patterson NM departed after a brief visit. Mr and Mrs W D Ward Springfield arrived to spend winter with daughter Mrs L M Fee. T A Riordan Flagstaff manager of Arizona Lumber and Timber Company arrived in Albuquerque.
A poetic reminiscence contrasts Jasper Jinx born rich with a life of excess and ennui. The speaker recalls grinding work, lean years, and enduring toil before wealth, capturing themes of class, longing, and disillusion amid urban leisure.
The latest census reports a population of 113,493,729 for Continental America and 126,782,318 including possessions. The figures are presented as official totals reflecting territorial holdings and demographic counts.
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas criticizes current tariffs immigration limits Esch Cummins and Federal Reserve acts for not aiding farmers. He notes farmers face low net incomes under 4 percent and only 80 cents buying power per dollar postwar. He calls for a permanent farm policy with farmer participation. He opposes untested laws but supports federal action to stabilize agriculture.
A column explores Napoleonic insights on courage and character referencing Murat. It highlights how boldness without prudence fails in cabinets as in battle and notes Epigrammatic maxims from Napoleon about great men, luck, and circumstance.
The 69th congress convened as the new tax bill moved to the House. Navy witnesses testified in the Mitchell court martial. Nicholas Longworth of Ohio was elected speaker. Republicans amended House rules against opposition. The Fall Doheny bribery indictments quashed earlier were upheld by the district court of appeals.
Miss Lenore Bourk, a University of Denver co ed and Denver Soda Fountain secretary, grappled with a bandit who believed a pistol was loaded. Though struck, she escaped serious harm as the robber fled with $75 from a $375 payroll. police noted the gun appeared unloaded.
An old epitaph reflects on how true character reveals itself in hardship and how to judge a man by his conduct during trials. The passage emphasizes the principle that adversity tests integrity and guides fair assessment of others.
Dr. Frank Crane cites Rose Pastor Stokes and argues marriage emerges from desire to live with one mate. He contends marriage protects children and civilization, though faults exist. Promiscuity would undermine society. lovers’ loyalty sustains the institution. Copyright 1925 by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
Paris Dec 7 AP A tax heavy bill by M Loucheur seeks eight billion francs in extra revenue for 1927 including tobacco and alcohol price hikes between 60 and 100 percent. The package also contemplates higher railroad fares telegraph and telephone rates an amortization fund tax evasion crackdown and higher income and business taxes.
Fire of undetermined origin early today destroyed the main building and library of the Central State Normal school in Mount Pleasant Michigan with an estimated loss of 500000 dollars.
Wall Street opened with aggressive buying lifting many railroad and industrial shares. Investors welcomed President Coolidge's remedies for agricultural distress and expected Congress to pass constructive legislation, sending broad market gains across the board.
A traveler asks if a resting place exists for the night and questions whether darkness hides it from view. The response promises comfort for the weary and confirms beds will be available for all who seek them.
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