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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
6
The Morning Journal extols its status as the leading Republican paper in New Mexico with daily publication year round and high circulation notes. Terms list daily and monthly subscription options for mail and carrier delivery in Albuquerque.
The convention meeting at Ellis' opera house will select men to oversee Albuquerque's public affairs for two years. Ward delegates last night chose candidates and policy aimed at guiding the city's future prosperity. The public expects wise, efficient action aligned with citizens' wishes.
The San Francisco Call reports California Senator Perkins severely challenged as a higher critic of the Bible after remarking that Captain Bradley Fiske’s battleship article was a fine literary work but unprovable. Critics deem the joke in bad taste and question his literary knowledge.
Editors urge balancing attention between the 2004 city administration and the hotel question. They warn that inadequate lodging for irrigation congress attendees could harm Albuquerque's welcome and memory of the visit if people cannot secure decent sleep accommodations.
The New York World asks readers to judge two samples of how United States senators perform with neatness and dispatch, praising Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas for fiercely opposing corporations while noting his past as Arkansas governor when he desired travel and power.
A historical column recalls Southern railway requests for three round trips from Little Rock to St Louis and the suave inquiry about Mr. Merriam's health. It notes Senator Tillman’s publicized disdain for railroads and Senator Davis's corporate aversion, contrasted with his earlier duty as governor regarding pat deadheading.
A periodical urges more railroads and mills while criticizing overregulation and stock mania. It argues industrial leaders built the south, yet notes dead engines, idle cars, abandoned expansions, and political restraints since 1887. It defends truthful critique of railroad regulation as necessary but warns against strangulation.
The Denver Republican accuses the New York Tribune of trying to deter delegates to the Democratic National Convention by circulating a report that a daily drinker would be limited at Denver. It labels the tactic a radical attempt to influence the outcome and reveals other implied tricks tied to party politics and convention attendance. The piece also notes a Berlin newspaper’s defense of imperial language bans and recounts a local school anecdote about a note on a pupil’s eyesight issue.
Wide mosaic of items from early 20th century reports. Notes on New York bond issue of 40 million dollars at 4.4 percent, political talk around Bryan and Hughes, rail rebates, billboard nuisance, health warnings on ice near sewers, smallpox serum reference, Alaska gold output, and views on China's rising influence and potential world power status.
An old advertising notice promotes Allen's Footiease powder for swollen tired feet with claims of relief and pricing 25 cents. Numerous personal notices follow including a divorce statement from J. M. Broutn and a debt collection request for the estate of A. H. McKhargs with contact for Mamie Hoagland at Gold Avenue and Third Street.
Probate Court in Bernalillo New Mexico handled the alleged Last Will and Testament of Annie Loebs deceased. The will was produced read in court and set for proving on May 4 1908 by order of the judge. Probate Clerk A B Walker signed the notice.
A collage of brief notes and curiosities mentions a Navy investigation into a term for a peculiar malady among an Ananias Club, a St Louis man fined 400 for insults to a woman, possible council inaction, dry season costs for Pullman porters, and humorous references to diamonds in Arkansas. It also notes railways alleged mail robbing, a Santa Ana disturbance, anarchist reactions to Chicago police, Russian prefects, and a Syracuse rector asked to resign after requesting a kiss from a 14 year old, with a quip about holy scripture.
A compilation of editorials and commentary from Southwest papers noting coal costs in New Mexico, spring around the corner, and political snubs. Silver City congratulates Albuquerque after losing a proposed sanatorium site, while tax dodger Max Frost draws editorials in Santa Fe. Pratt & Co. advertises quick sales and savings on groceries.
Spring term of Miss Philbrick's kindergarten begins March 2 with optional forenoon or afternoon sessions. Tuition seven dollars and fifty cents per ten weeks. Albuquerque area notices include a book ad, laundry service claim, and a land patent notice for Elias Chavez with final five year proof to be made April 6, 1908, before U S Commissioner H. W. S. Otero in Albuquerque. Witnesses listed: Epifanio Gunete, Juan Gunete, Gabriel A. Chaves, Candido Vage. Manuel R. Otero, Register.
An ad proclaims Imperial Laundry in Boggs offers laundering of ladies apparel and skirts with uniform size and smooth finish. It claims porcelain nest boggs improves laying and prevents stale eggs from mixing with fresh ones. Price 2 for 25 cents per dozen, contact E W Fee at 602 604 South Past St. Phone 16.
Fevan Wrekoff's strain bred to lay White Leghorns and ark's strain bred to lay Barred Plymouth Rocks offer eggs for hatching. Prices are 2 dollars per 13 and 12 dollars per 100. Harger and Sampson advertise at the corner of Twelfth Street and Mountain Road.
Going out of business sale offers entire stock at below cost with several items listed. Tomatoes large cans 6 cents, sugar corn 10 cents, pumpkin cans 6 cents, lima beans 6 cents, large prunes 15 cents per pound.
Joseph Baldridge and Otto Dieckmann executors of George B. Somers deceased announce a public vendue on March 0, 1908 at 10 am on the premises. They will bid cash for Lots 13 14 15 16 and 19 20 21 22 in Block 39 original townsite Albuquerque N M. First four with improvements appraised at 2499 dollars second four unimproved appraised at 1206 dollars. No bid below appraised value accepted.
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