07 Jul 1909
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
4
A fiery opinion piece alleges the Albuquerque city administration inflames water fears to distract from Honest John’s controversies. It accuses Democratic leaders of manipulating public alarm to favor a water company takeover and to shield a legal and financial liability cloud around John’s administration.
A writer highlights the Alaska purchase of 1867 for 7.2 million dollars. Since then Alaska has yielded about 550 million in tangible wealth, confirming Secretary Seward's foresight and contrasting with early criticism as "a fool's bargain" similar to the Louisiana purchase.
The Chicago Journal argues Germany’s invasion threat via air ships is exaggerated. It notes the Baltic coast is largely German controlled, but the Kiel canal makes the Baltic a German military lake. It cites the Elbe, Weser, and Ems river system guiding ships from Germany’s coast to safety in war.
The article notes that extensive German canals connect rivers from the Rhine to the Baltic, with canal boats ready for sea towing and seven Frisian harbors linked to rail spurs. It highlights ready troop and supply embarkation across a nationwide canal network, seen as military foresight.
The Cuban congress adjourned on Saturday after senators approved a bill authorizing cock fighting. President Gomez failed to persuade lawmakers on the budget and government expenses. Cock fighting and the lottery appear more important to the Cuban public than financial matters.
New York public service commission backs a Broadway moving sidewalk line from Tenth to Forty second streets. Subways would house platforms with a parallel sidewalk for transfers to Shanks' mare. Patents held by Continuous Transit Securities. leaders include Max E Schmidt and associates Ripley Frieh Vanderbilt.
The late Democratic publisher Mrs Bennett faces a $60,000 breach of contract suit. Felix Isman sues Laura Bigger Kennett over a Bijou theater deal, alleging she repudiated an accepted mortgage sale after Deciding to sell to the Shuberts.
The Dundee Advertiser notes estimates from BK W Thying of the International Reform bureau about opium use in China. Estimates vary, with claims of ten to twenty percent of men and two and a half to five percent of the total population using opium, and higher rates in some places. It cites over a thousand opium dens in Po-Chow prior to anti-opium efforts and mentions the term black rice used locally.
The World reports on Bonaparte's witless defense of the justice department. He likens his stance on Mr Farle and the sugar trust to a husband and wife bear story, illustrating a strained humor amid political critique.
A pained critique mocks Charles J. Bonaparte as chief law officer after a quarrel over a modernized American classic. The piece recalls a Western wife’s telegram about a killed husband and ends with a World editorial jab about unruly press aims.
Budapest correspondent for the London Express reports Frau Hoiker has started a school teaching all ages proper table manners and how to handle unfamiliar dishes. Examinations test students with unknown delicacies and successful applicants receive a certificate to face any banquet.
Washington reports say lawmakers now accept the corporation tax scheme as ending the revenue doubt. Tariff schedules will be judged on downward revision, with President Taft demanding substantial rate cuts. Conference committee work will intensify as the president presses for lower rates and party factions prepare to back or fight proposed changes.
A garbled 1920s style column references long Taripp debate lasting seventy days. Mentions Honest John palm er Harvard sixty seven, flirtations, prople, and a distracted city council. Notes a New York woman jailed for shooting stepson’s leg.
The column mixes satirical quips about safety for stepdaughters in Gotham to Fourth of July fatalities in New Mexico with quick items. It notes Tom Jefferson and the Declaration, a theft in 100 degree heat, and a Wyoming doctor who died demonstrating medicine. It ends with a Goshen Mass quadruplets surprise and a joking remark about a surprise party becoming serious.
Night falls on a quiet scene by the acequia where a mother cat and her kittens sleep. A dark intruder strikes, killing the mother and scattering the kittens as the Morning Journal reports the grim incident observed by a sanitary inspector the next day.
A resident urges Albuquerque water officials to test Coyote Canyon as the city seeks more supply. He reports four wells on his land yielding substantial water 108 to 20 feet below the surface and invites further experiments to confirm usable volume.
Thos J Topham of Coyote Springs offers sale of a water right and five acres. Asking price 23600 dollars. Sale notice dated July 5 1909.
Chicago storyteller Joe Ryan recalls a tale from a coal operator set at a Hot Springs gambling house. Two streetwise dealers invited to hunt ducks mistake wooden decoys for real birds, causing panic as one fires on the decoys and the other shouts a warning about misfiring boosters.
Alfalfa favors deep loam with good drainage and no excess water. Sow 20 to 30 pounds per acre for hay, 14 to 18 for seed, and expect maturity in year three or four. Keep weeds mowed, cut hay at first bloom, seed at pod color when brown. Dodder is a major enemy. separate it from weed seeds.
A fragment shows a wife described as optimistic and a remark about remarriage if her husband dies. The text hints at a past conversation where she expresses certainty she could do better next time, indicating tension in a marital relation.
The document records the Certificate of Incorporation for Daily Tribune Incorporated filed May 28, 1909 in Santa Fe. It lists incorporators Andrieus A. Jones Harvey M. Ferguson James Hand James G. Pitch Owen X Marron, designates Albuquerque as principal business location in Bernalillo county, and cites a 1905 act governing mining and manufacturing corporations.
Owen N. Marron named agent in charge for a proposed corporation to purchase The News publishing and printing equipment and rights in El Paso Texas. Articles grant broad powers including real estate, leverage of assets, stock dealings, contracts with government bodies, and operation across world markets. Authorized capital stock set at $50,000 in 500 shares of $100 each with five named incorporators.
Legal notice detailing stockholder inspection rights, by laws, dividend policy, and board powers. Includes authority to amend the certificate, appointment of officers, and executive committee provisions. Notaries confirm signatures in May 1909 in New Mexico counties with official seals.
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