Basis for High Hope in New Mexico Oil Prospects
The Journal reports a heavy wet gas find forty two miles east of the city and notes geologic method behind drilling. Geologists are optimistic about Valencia and Torrance counties and a potential main pool between the San Juan and Artesia fields. The Wood well confirms cautious but hopeful prospects for local oil development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Grant
New Mexico
Valencia
Torrance
San Juan
Artesia
Archaeology for Everyone at University Talks
Dr. Kidder gives lectures at the University of Albuquerque on archaeology translating technical terms into everyday speech. He explains ongoing field work and answers common questions, offering the public free access to insights gained from years of careful digging in remote sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kidder
Southwest
Albuquerque
Representation in the Senate and the Constitution
The World's Work notes that New Mexico with under half a million people has as many U S senators as New York with over ten million. It questions why such disparities should surprise or pain a devoted admirer of the Fathers, while urging defense of the Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
United States
New York
Debate over Senate representation and state populations
The article argues the Constitution protects smaller states by equal Senate representation. It cites Delaware, New Hampshire, and Vermont as smaller eastern states with two Senators, contrasting their influence with populous states like California and New York. It criticizes World's Work for bias and defends regional parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Delaware
Wyoming
New Hampshire
Vermont
United
New York
Senate
Moscow
California
Arizona
Nevada
Moonshine memory loss and local quips in frontier columns
In Jefferson City Missouri a police judge noted that moonshine drinking erases memory as jurors recall selling it. The Roswell Record comments on local recall petitions in Albuquerque and jokes about lamp posts and public life. The Light Brigade and Giants sports quips mix with roving witticisms about umpires and the Legion game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Roddy
Albuquerque Social Roundup Twenty Years Ago
Twenty years ago in Albuquerque a string of local residents visited and traveled. Notables include J G Fitch of Socorro and Judge Ellsworth Ingals in Las Vegas on business. Families like the Meats and Farrs left for California, while J A Carruth visited Santa Fe. Vera Twist enjoyed a month in the American Lumber camps. A birthday gathering honored Bernalillo Bearrup with cards and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Ingals
Las Vegas
Vera Twist
Thoreau
American Lumber Company
J. A. Carruth
Point Richmond
Calif
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Little Benny's Note Book 7 recounts a dessert mishap
In a humorous少年 tale Benny and his father seek supplies for dessert. They forget to buy a spool of wire darning cotton and ice cream after a long hunt, prompting a playful exchange with Benny's mother and a lesson on not forgetting essentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop
Benny
Annihilation theme in a daily English lesson
W L Gordon defines annihilation as complete destruction. He uses a personal line about annihilation of dreams to illustrate the word. The lesson emphasizes correct usage of words and pronunciation for proper English.
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W. L. Gordon
Forty Five Minutes From Broadway to Be Chautauqua Feature
George M. Cohan musical Forty-five Minutes From Broadway will open July 13 at the Albuquerque Chautauqua. The production features songs such as I’m a Popular Millionaire Only Forty-five Minutes From Broadway and So Long Mary delivered by a company of twenty including principals and chorus.
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Broadway
George M. Cohan
Albuquerque
Expert Warns League Ban on Poison Gas Won’t End produc tion Threats
Dr. Charles Herty cites Geneva action as not ending gas threats. He references a 1921 Washington conference subcommittee report opposing prohibition of poison gas research and warns universal controls would be needed to curb production. One noncompliant power could nullify any pact.
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Council of the League of Nations
Geneva
Charles H. Herty
Synthetic - Organic Chemical Manufacturer's Association
Washane
Ington
Searles Herty
Herty
Prohibition Poem Sees Barleycorn Out in WALT MASON Verse
The piece muses on John Barleycorn and Prohibition, noting hopeful longing for liquor's return but declaring Barleycorn banished by a sober nation. It contrasts forbidden drink with the government’s ongoing enforcement and the doomed quest for a revival of the old alcohol era.
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John Barleycorn
Barleycorn
John
Uncle Sam
Vacation timing chosen to dodge peak travel rush
A judge records a plan to take a late year vacation to avoid the early year rush. The quote suggests deliberate scheduling to minimize crowds and crowds.
Reading vs Thinking Emphasized by Elmer Brown Advice
Charles Elmer Brown tells NYU graduates to treat thinking as a duty not a luxury and to kindle thinking with personal interest. He contrasts thinking with reading, noting reading imposes foreign thoughts while thinking arises from one’s own impulse.
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Charles Elmer’ Brown
New York University
Schopenhauer
Mastery and Mystery by Dr Frank Crane
The piece argues religion fulfills two human aims mastery and mystery. It links mastery to self control and life leadership and mystery to the unknown of existence. It notes religion illuminates life’s struggles and the enduring allure of metaphysical questions beyond logic. Copyright 1925 McClure Syndicate.
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Mystery
Frank Crane
Century Magazine
Glenn Frank
Island of
Knowledge
Karakhman’s Push to Make China Red
M Karakhan the Soviet ambassador to Pekin pursued recognition and a communist shift in China. He used nationalist themes to rally students and the press, denounced Western powers, and witnessed the Russo Chinese treaty signing five days after a bomb damaged the foreign minister’s home.
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M. Karakhan
Pekin
Russia
China
Karakhan
Petrograd
Central Committee of
Far East
Harbin
Wellington Koo
Robbery Report At The Olympic Cleaners
The Olympic Cleaners at 210 1 2 West Silver reported a Sunday night burglary. Three women's dresses and a man's coat and trousers were stolen after burglars forced open the back door. J W Hopkins of 400 North Arno reported a bicycle taken from his home.
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Olympic Cleaners
West Silver
J. W. Hopkins
North
Arno
Reading tires the mind with constant pressure
The excerpt argues environment and memory shape thought more than reading does. Reading may suppress original thinking by keeping the mind under constant pressure, as the author notes that perpetual reading yields little personal thought and cites Pope’s quip Forever reading never to read.
Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts in New Mexico Satire
A Morning Journal letter from June 28 1925 thanks the paper for publishing Mrs Katherine Fullerton Geroulds satirical critique of New Mexico. The contributor defends Albuquerque and Santa Fe, mocks the author and her portrayal, and praises the Journal for its stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
Albuquerque
N. M
Katherine Fullerton Gerould
New Mexico
Ute Indians Knit Aid War Effort Revealed by Red Cross Courier
The Red Cross Courier recounts how Ute knitters aided wartime efforts. An Indian knitting club formed on the Uintah Reservation led by the superintendent's wife, with broad participation. Crippled Frank La Rose earned blue ribbons for his knitting at the Uintah county fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Courier
Margaret Moseley-Williams
Red Cross
Albuquerque
Southwest
Frank la Rose
Uintah County
Ted asks father to carry him home after walk
A tired boy says he is all out of gas and pleads for a ride from his father after a long church walk. The scene conveys fatigue and the child’s playful metaphor for being exhausted.
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Ted
Boston Transcript
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Luna
Las Lunas
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Ira A. Abbott
Supreme Court
Hubbell
Los Angeles
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William Farr
Helen Bearrup
Bernaliillo Bearrup
Miss Bearrup
Myra Saddler
Hattie Kunz
Bessie Telfer
Lola Neher
Helen, Ward
Helen Telfer
Evelyn Everett
Little Benny
Lee Pape
Wort
Cpeeeiee
Walt Mason
Clark Kinnaird
McClure
Cleaning Company
Pope
Gerould
Bernalillo
Algodones
Mia
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