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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
6
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The piece argues temperance through open saloon opponents cite U S Department of Agriculture data showing only two percent of corn goes to whiskey. It notes two townships with distillery corn yields, costs, and farmer receipts, suggesting high license may become inevitable as public sentiment shifts toward restricting saloons.
The piece questions why buyers prefer catalogue goods over examining items locally and draws a parallel between mail order growth and an epidemic. It notes millions support catalog houses despite risks and hints at a rapid rise and potential decline in the practice. It cites Maxwells Taueman and critiques the reliance on pictures and promises in buying.
A columnist urges readers to weigh the true costs of buying abroad versus supporting local merchants. The piece argues that sending money out of town harms lawyers doctors ministers bookkeepers and landlords by starving local livelihoods and weakening the town’s life in the long run.
The Baltimore American reflects on Andrew Hamilton, famed insurance lobbyist, noting vast wealth and generous clients yet a fall from grace after found dead in bed. The piece condemns lobbying as prostitution of principle, arguing success without morality corrupts public life.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the Democratic Party in Kentucky narrowly failed to gain as Beckham refused consent. It suggests Beckham’s removal ends Beckhamism and signals a rebirth for democracy.
The San Francisco Call reports a prevailing view that Taft leads the Republican nomination path despite mixed signals from convention location votes and territorial delegate counts. Committeemen, though politically driven, are expected to align with Taft if their states back him, else they risk political marginalization.
Senator Jeff Duavis recalls Arkansas memories amid a cheering homecoming. Prosecuting attorney Lewis Rhoten greets the visit, alleging the trust buster accepted railroad passes and asked for non prosecution of alleged boodlers. The report notes pardoned convict money in office.
A speaker denounces the government as radically wrong and warns the nation faces a calamity. He laments Jeff Davis’s influence and questions saving the republic handed down by the fathers while the old ship drifts toward disaster.
A compilation notes Washington Star calling for conciliation amid factional feuds in New York Cincinnati Boston Chicago and other cities. It critiques crime infiltration and urges self-examination and reform while citing public figures and recent remarks on food, religion, suffrage, and politics. Also announces a post office construction, improving business, and Albuquerque land sale by executors Baldridge and Dieckmann.
A stream of arrivals and visits fills Albuquerque as business travelers, engineers, and guests from Las Vegas, Grants, Los Lunas, Magdalen, and beyond converge for meetings, mining talks, and social visits. Notables include Witting, Wade, Wells, McGaffey, and O Donohue, with events ranging from armory lectures to vaudeville at Crystal Theatre.
An old advertisement page lists laundry and farm products. Mare Speciality of Laundering Ladies Collects shirts waists and sends. Imperial Laundry markets porcelain nest eggs, presents stale eggs as mine. Eggs priced 25¢ per dozen. Wycketts strain bred to lay White Leghorns and Park's strain bred to lay Barred Plymouth Rocks offered at $2 per 15 and $12 per 100. Harger & Sampson at Twelfth Street and Mountain Road advertise.
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