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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1925
Page
5
Advert tail and newspaper masthead from the Albuquerque Morning Journal include publishing details, addresses, subscription rates, and notices about public and advertising content. The fragment notes staff directions and AP association with reprint rights, dated Saturday June 6, 1925.
An editorial warns of a terrifying rise in fatal auto accidents in Albuquerque. It attributes the issue to a dense business district and short blocks, urging slower driving, better pedestrian crossings, and personal responsibility of drivers to prevent needless deaths.
The July Harper's will include Mrs Katherine Fullerton Gerould's article on New Mexico as part of her Western city series. She aims to capture the state's flavor, life, and customs, noting both ugliness and beauty, and praises her as a leading American writer and stylist comparable to Edith Wharton.
An article notes that the location and style of marriage ceremonies reflect personal taste, with emphasis on individual preference influencing how weddings are conducted.
The couple planned a marriage in an airplane but high winds and possible legal hurdles prevented the ceremony. The public avoids an anticipated display, and the delay preserves decorum amid their public intentions.
A discussion urges focusing English programs on letter writing and proper envelope addressing. With schools closed, talks should resume next fall and continue annually. Classes could practice real letters about students lives rather than themes on distant topics.
The two states pledge to take the fight to the Supreme Court over a dam across the Rio Grande in Colorado. Governor Hannett signals strong action to protect water rights, while Texas Attorney General Moody notes irrigation interests at stake and calls for a full congressional investigation into the Interior Department permit granting.
A string of light items and reader notes from Albuquerque and Texas, including jokes about grape fruit juice eye protection, a proposed penny sharpener using old razor blades, tax collector Norment in Bernalillo county, a river fishing note, joke about gardening and nails, a remark on rheumatism and work, plus housewives embracing dust storms as excuses to skip sweeping.
Mrs Louise Longstreet Lea and Mr Robert Lea depart for Santa Fe. Mrs J H Fenner heads to Los Angeles with sister Mrs Eugene Pease. Rev W A Brewer and Mrs Brewer visit Albuquerque briefly. Hon M R Springer and family plan a Los Angeles trip. Myrtille Gunsul visits Washington and Atlantic City. Mrs Jennie Finley returns to Carbon Texas. Mrs D A Macpherson hosts seventy guests for cards. Grand Central hotel proprietor orders a new omnibus for the hotel route.
Pop smokes and ma darns stockings as a child narrator recalls Persey Weevers with a swollen nose and bruised eye after a fight. The tale shifts to tension and curiosity about a possible visit from Persey and his mother, ending with a mention of a shock and partial break.
A 1925 summary lists ten spiritual discoveries noted by Dr. H C Culbertson in response to a prior list. They cover ideas of God sacrifice immortality conscience the God man brotherhood evolution the plasticity of social institutions the subconscious and psychic phenomena as methods guiding moral progress.
A reflection on thinking versus reading. The text argues that knowledge gains power when tested by personal thought and comparison of truths, and notes that true thinking requires intrinsic interest and is rarer among scholars. Schopenhauer is cited contrasting erudition with natural insight.
Old Times recollects farm labor with ten dollar monthly pay and hard days under the sun. The speaker returns to a shack now with books, magazines, a phonograph and a car, noting life has moved on and the world improves despite prior gloom.
Cambridge report states eight-year-old John Veres of Lowell was indicted for murder by the Middlesex grand jury. He admitted with a six-year-old companion to pushing Vivian Husson, 19 months old, into the Merrimac river and throwing stones at the body until it sank. the other boy cannot be prosecuted due to age.
Sir Robert Peacock, Chief Constable of Manchester, told the Third International Police Conference in New York that wider publicity of crimes and suspects would help police worldwide. He cited England 1923 crime stats and urged institutions to confine habitual criminals, promising crime reduction and stronger detective work from experienced officers.
Dr G Werner of Dusseldorf in the United States says Germans elected Von Hindenburg for honesty and integrity to symbolize republican government. He notes the people fear graft and demagoguery, favor the Dawes plan, and reject any return of the Kaiser or former ruler.
George H Williams a St. Louis lawyer and longtime Republican figure was named by the governor to succeed the late Seldon F P Spencer as Missouri's senator. Born December 1 1871 in California Missouri he is a Princeton and Washington University law graduate who has served as circuit judge and juvenile court reformer. The selection came with backing from Robert H Davis of Fredericktown and Williams is described as a proficient golfer with two sons and a wife Harriet Stewart.
A compact English lesson notes proper usage of words like try and come chasten and supersede with emphasis on pronunciation and spelling. It defines perpetuate as to cause to be continued indefinitely and gives an example that His good deeds will perpetuate his name.
Roswell New Mexico reports Ruidoso in the Pecos valley will stage its largest Fourth of July celebration to date. The two day event runs July 3 to midnight July 4 and includes a barbecue and rodeo with attendees expected from multiple Pecos valley communities.
The University Heights Community Church issues its first 16 page Booster magazine edited by pastor H. W. C. Ainley. A sermon series on prayer runs Sundays through September 27, with a daily vacation Bible school starting June 8 for all Heights and Albuquerque children. A fellowship supper is planned for June 19 at the Heights community hall.
New York June 5 AP investigators found diamonds and jewelry worth about 30000 buried in the sands of Coney Island. The haul is tied to missing assets of the bankrupt Morris Sieger and Son firm which failed for more than 200000 last month. Sieger, head of the firm, leapt to his death from a Times Square building shortly before the bankruptcy was made public.
Honor awards were presented to Lenders Wu for notable activities in finance and community service. Recipients were recognized for leadership and collaborative efforts across local banks and nonprofit groups.
Brookhaven officials report a 14 year old boy admitted fatally shooting Prof. A K Watkins, principal, to “get rid of him” after discipline. The youth, captured near the scene, led a posse to the body found with a shotgun wound.
A humorous Madrid quip notes that one small word can bring happiness to a man. The line reflects light banter and Buen Humor style from the period.
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