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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1925
Page
6
The Albuquerque Morning Journal notes publication details including office address 310 West Gold Avenue and a Santa Fe entry pending under 1879 act. It lists subscription rates, advertising policies, and Associated Press rights, dated December 27, 1925.
The holiday accident in Las Vegas New Mexico claimed Arthur Langston and James Pierce, two well known citizens. Their deaths cast a pall over the city and state as families endure irreparable loss.
The article portrays William Hohenzollern in a private Dutch setting delivering sermons and distributing photos to the poor. It notes his 30-year worldly presence, stubborn self belief, and continued efforts to portray himself as William the Superman despite exile and changing public attitudes.
The article notes Albuquerque residents and mail carriers were busy with Christmas parcels and greetings. It argues early buying and mailing prevents congestion and late deliveries and calls for public common sense to ensure timely distribution.
The article discusses China’s long history of internal conflict with no strong central government. It notes former follower Kuo betrayed Marshal Chang, triggering civil war. It argues soldiers switch sides for work, and leaders are the key battlers rather than centralized power.
A writer argues that in China a leader’s death ends conflict, noting Marshal Chang’s execution of Kuo and torture, reflecting on Western fantasies of punishment versus practical war ends, comparing past threats to hang Davis and the Kaiser with the futility of those plans.
Rabbi Stephen 8 Wise of New York argues Jews accept Jesus as a great religious teacher not a Messiah. He notes Jesus was versed in Jewish wisdom and followed prophets and sages, while Orthodox rabbis protest his revolutionary teachings and cross remains a divisive issue.
A montage of quirky notes and wry quips about culture, liquor, and journalism. The items mix opinions on Scottish bagpipes in jazz bands, a remark about Frank Munsey, a long lived maid from France, and playful jabs at Prohibition era fears and Santa Claus.
A snapshot of Albuquerque area moves and visits includes James Pierce of Raton visiting friends, George Arnot departing for Magdalena on business, Tan A Staab of Santa Fe heading to El Paso, and Miss Helen Rodey hosting a young people dance at St. John’s guild hall. Also noted are the Baca sisters from Socorro visiting and Elfego Baca’s family, Clara Gerhardt of Belén traveling for training, plus the Santa Fe coast lines office move to San Bernardino and I J Custer’s store crew relocation.
The poem depicts publisher George Meredith judging manuscripts harshly in Strand London, favoring some with grand literary fire while dismissing others as trivial. A failing publisher crashes after misjudgments, judge contends, and the piece ends with a call to persevere against critics.
In a padded family scene Benny is sent to the store for yarn as a lecture on responsibility unfolds. The mother humorously orders sammon colored yarn, warning of misidentification if worn, while the narrator recalls a prior weather prediction and the looming cold. The dialogue highlights family dynamics and small daily dilemmas.
Benny and Willyam argue over a red woolen vest for Benny and a possible darker color, while Ma and Pop scold turn into playful banter about finishing the garment and punishing the boy. The scene ends with comic exclamations and the line proving things may worsen unexpectedly.
Moscow delegates at the communist party congress blame the Kulaks for derailing grain export plans and hindering industrial spending. Leo Kameneff cites excess grain, rising peasant wealth, and the party’s fear that attacking the Kulak danger risks political policy. He insists the system aims to shift the middle peasant from bourgeois to socialist.
Frank Haddan, longtime Colfax county resident, died in New York City on December 21 at age 56. He had worked for Phelps-Dodge and been a ranch foreman on the Bartlett ranch in Colfax county for 18 years, with earlier years in Nacozari, Sonora. Burial set at Fairmont Cemetery after funeral services.
A brevity quip from Punch notes a motorist’s complaint about parking spaces for pedestrians and criticizes cemeteries as commodious, reflecting a social satire of urban planning and public spaces.
Will Rogers reflects on Elinora Sears and Mellie Dunham in Boston and Providence as headlines loom over society, sports, and politics. He recalls meeting Nick Longworth and Garner in Washington while lampooning Maine, Ford, and Notre Dame. The piece nods to Knute Rockne, John W. Davis, and a looming Capitol scene with a teaser about the next issue.
In St. James Parish near New Orleans the perique tobacco industry persists as a small yet storied crop. Grown by direct descendants of M. Perique on about 600 acres, the crop is harvested in July and aged up to three or four years before sale, with yields around £ 00 pounds per acre and prices driven by market demand.
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