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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1908
Page
6
A bond proposal to fund public improvements in Roswell NM dominates local discourse with calls for progress and civic courage. Support emphasizes city growth, finance through borrowing, and the link between public works and urban advancement.
An excerpt discusses perceptions of American attitudes toward marriage and love, contrasting Western and Oriental views. It cites Ng Poon Chew and voices from a Berkeley club arguing that love is seen as irrational or detrimental, labeling it a form of dementia Americana.
The piece mockingly surveys two distant views of marriage, labels both as regressive and evil, and catalogs era debates from figures like Kaiser Wilhelm's sister accusations to Roosevelt era campaign funding ideas. It highlights claims about Corbett and Lincoln’s assassin, mine safety costs, and press critiques of government policy.
The article reports a hopeful 1904 industrial view as shoe factories resume full time, a cotton and woolen mill restarts, and metal machinery lumber paint vehicle plane and jewelry trades show gains. Executives foresee no lasting downturn with credit constraints easing and a cautiously optimistic start to the year.
The article discusses enforcement of anti liquor laws revealing racial bias in Georgia. It notes the law targets black drinkers while whites evade with club loopholes. A Georgian observer reports whites can drink freely via clubs despite a 500 dollar license tax on such clubs. The piece suggests southern sentiment will reject evasion of prohibition despite cynicism.
A Washington report from the Chicago Recent Herald predicts a Republican national convention to start June 16 with about 420 delegates. Territory representation is cut while Oklahoma gains delegates, and calls for post January 1 conventions to name delegates are discussed.
Disjointed notes reference Taft rumors, Rockefeller funding for Chicago University, an umbrella lightning incident in Richmond, a Vancouver firemen judgment, and a Prescott bounty dispute with an Apache squaw. Mentions of New Mexico, Grand Canyon, and Poley’s Honey and Tar cited as a safe remedy under the Pure Food law.
The piece notes rapid prohibition growth in the southern states, arguing it targets crime and vice in the black population. Senator Johnston of Alabama cites efforts to remove saloons to curb crime, with Alabama and Georgia moving toward statewide bans within a year.
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