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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1908
Page
8
A flurry of gatherings across Albuquerque includes the Baptist church youth group party, Women’s Relief Corps programs, Indiana club meetings, bridge and card socials, and a wedding planned for Miss Julia Chapman and Joseph Friedberg. Notable items feature vocal and instrumental performances, lectures, and preparations for Saint Patrick’s Day Calumet club event.
A nostalgic ad invites boys to Strong's Book Store for baseball gear. It promotes bats, balls, mitts, masks, chest protectors, and catches, with prices from 50 cents to 1.50 and up to 6.00 for some items. Ham mocks are advertised with a playful line about “The Whole Dam Family.” Phone 1104, next to the Postoffice.
A Kansas City Journal item notes a playful exchange about poker bets and fun, highlighting a quirky dialogue on wagering as entertainment. The brief theater of words hints at attitudes toward gambling and social odds without endorsing or condemning.
J E Fife a prominent Pecos valley farmer and Hagerman Irrigation director died at his Hagerman home at 6 am after gangrene of the bowels. An operation had been performed the day before by Drs Galloway Roswell Brayston and Thorne. He had spoken to the Farmers institute on experiment stations last week. The community calls his death a great blow.
Mr. John Wagner is out of school with illness as the university plans a boosters trip to Roswell. A Spanish debate on whether Spanish should be taught in grades was held. The annual university play will be Love's Labor Lost at the opera house on April 28. Marton Morton writes on The University Pueblo at Albuquerque for The Student World. The girls’ edition of the U. N. M. Weekly comes out next Saturday with editor Mathilda Allen. Territorial Secretary C. K. Ober toured the campus praising Y M C A growth and urged formation here. The Hague calls for a new catalog due in a week. The normal class visited the second ward school for reading and language work. Copies of The Mirage are on sale at $1.50 with 200 Buffalo photo cuts planned. Joseph McGuinness entertained with a clarinet solo. Plans for orchestra and chorus are discussed. Dr. Hodge praised Las Comanches. The Trat house near completion matches campus style. The first intercollegiate debate in the territory was Agricultural college versus University. Hodgin’s committee opposes Albuquerque National Irrigation congress meeting timing, citing vacation conflicts, distractions, and hotel trouble for hundreds of teachers and visitors.
The school plans short daily music instruction for early grades with no homework. Weekly illustrated talks cover rudiments, notation, rhythm and technique, plus practice guidance. Instructors schedule child recitals to foster appreciation, with later student ensembles and guest hearings for parents and friends. Mrs Florence Freeman, Instructor.
Leading citizens plan a public meeting at the Elks theater in Albuquerque to address the ongoing That Boy problem. The program features music by local bands and multiple speeches urging juvenile court needs and public playgrounds, with mothers urged to attend.
An advertisement endorses Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a mild pleasant laxative. It claims a gentle action and regular pleasant cathartic effect and offers free samples at any drug store.
A brief humorous sketch notes Mr Hogan being asked where he received a black eye and replies he was initiated into his mother-in-law’s society, a satirical line from Leslie's Weekly.
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