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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1908
Page
10
The city should not rush the sewer plan but consider a commission of practical men to study and present a bonded financing option. A commission would relieve council workload while ensuring careful analysis of a future sanitation system vital to public health and growth.
Readable portions describe a broad uptick in commercial and industrial activity across the country. The text attributes the renewed optimism to multiple concurrent causes driving demand, investment, and production forward after a period of dullness.
The article argues that widespread business suspensions and unemployment have shrunk holiday demand while charity needs rise. It predicts a spring revival with construction and railroad work restarting, hinting at Albuquerque Eastern expansion and a robust year ahead for the city’s economy. It also notes federal building work resuming and a positive outlook for skilled and unskilled labor.
A London telegram reports that Mr Purrel leads the steel trust export division and has sailed to New York after failed overtures to settle a modus vivendi with English and continental steel mills over Mexican and South American trade. A world price war may follow as foreign competition challenges the trust’s price controls.
Analysts note the response from Mexico and South American traders was a flat refusal to enter any agreement. The question now is whether rivalry in prices will trigger a broader trade war.
The United States plans a major build up in Hawaii with larger army garrisons and fortifications. The Navy advertises bids to construct at Pearl Harbor the world's largest dry dock capable of housing current and future battleships for the next twenty years.
A verse on virtue contrasts with a sports quandary about the world marathon champ. Hayes won the London 1908 classic, Dorando beat him in New York, then Longboat defeated both in another race, leaving the status muddled and prompting talk of a race among Dorando Longboat and Hayes.
A fragmented title page mentions A Pugilist Life with Chapter I A Comer and A Stayer while referencing other chapters and carnival fare. The garbled text also includes stray words like HOLIDAY GOODS and ORIGINAL PRicks WE Tit LCONOMIS, lacking coherent narrative or clear facts.
A collage of editorials and notes from Southwest papers mocks politics and statehood jokes, praising New Mexico’s possible statehood, and includes a patient testimonial for Chamberlains Tablets noting digestion aid and liver regulation.
Attorney General James M. Hervey holds county assessors for 1908 receive three percent of collected moneys instead of four percent as prior. The ruling aligns fees with new law effective January 1 1909, clarifying compensation on taxable property and licenses and timing of entitlement upon collection.
Englewood High School defeats Butte in a football game in Bulle Montana December 14. The Chicago team clinches a capstone victory as they wrest the title of northwest champions.
In Butte today the home team beat Chicago 12 to 4 in a fierce match. House scored for Butte, Piper added a Chicago touchdown and goal in the second half. Injuries included House leaving the field, replaced by Harrington, with Piska Sears and Stein suffering broken noses. Englewood to face Denver High on Christmas Day before five thousand spectators.
Our assortment of canned fruits and vegetables are a selected stock. Come in and examine them. F. G. Pratt Co., 214 5. Second.
Stenographer Brock praises the Royal 65 as the best value among standard typewriters. She compares it to Remington Underwood Smith-Premier Fox and others, claiming it delivers consistent results and real merit at a lower price.
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