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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
6
Regional notice outlines subscription options for the Daily News: mall delivery one year in advance for five dollars, carrier delivery one month, and mall delivery one month, with the location noted as Albuquerque New Mexico.
For Alderman Second Ward D H Boatright for Alderman Third Ward B H Briggs and for Alderman Fourth Ward J T Mclaughlin. For Board of Education Fourth Ward D D Rosenwald.
The article calls cap ital investors to fund a top quality hotel in Albuquerque, noting the city as a growing resort with a climate ideal for tuberculosis treatment. It argues local capital is limited and outsiders could earn steady returns from a hotel meeting rising demand. Publicity to eastern states could attract funding and increase property value.
Waycross Georgia residents back a high license with a fixed annual retail liquor license of thirty thousand dollars. The town notes long standing prohibition, minimal enforcement, four police officers, and strong schooling with ninety three percent of children in school and no visible poverty or loafers.
Railroad shops and a car factory operate here as men prove more reliable than in liquor towns, and these are reasons Waycross maintains the $30,000 license.
The Courier Journal holds a neutral stance toward Kentucky party managers, offering what little support it has without faith or opposition. It notes years of contumely from the party leaders and only cautious backing in return, hindered by the managers’ own follies.
The Morning Journal corrects a previous item crediting the Salvation Army for aiding a Highland widow with pneumonia and four dependent children. It states the Non-Sectarian Benevolent Society provided relief within an hour of the report and continues to care for the family.
The piece cites a New York World report urging Congress to allow Negro soldiers from the Twenty-fifth Infantry, dishonorably discharged, to reenlist by swearing they took no part in the Brownsville incident. It quotes Shaw’s Boston monument inscription praising Black soldiers’ service and questions the justice of mass dismissals.
The text notes Secretary Taft likely holds a large delegate lead with over three fourths of delegates already chosen. It suggests even if contested seats were seated, Taft would retain a two thirds majority. Managers claim the first ballot will decide, though such claims are typical political bravado.
Report on Taft fractionists claiming 32 Massachusetts delegates and a planned drive to win delegates at large. Boston Transcript notes possible district contests and a statewide straight-ticket push, with Senator Lodge leading Taft and Senator Crane defending his position amid internal friction and Crane's reluctance.
A new charity in New York named the Kosher Kitchen offers a full meal for seven cents to indigent Jews unable to use bread lines or soup kitchens due to kosher meat restrictions. Crowds of hungry people gathered before opening, requiring police to manage the queue. The piece contrasts New York hardship with conditions in New Mexico.
The New York World highlights Jacob Popp a High Wycombe trader fined for Sunday selling. Despite $780 in penalties over six years his shop draws steady receipts of about $150 to $160 on Sundays while Monday summons mount. Critics mock the Sunday blue laws as ineffective against public demand.
A fragmentary item notes editorials by Ora Nnieg Coyote and Ernest Seton on risks to men from North American animals. It mentions Mayor Bursum clashing with Santa Fe officials over a $180 yearly water rent increase, cited as evidence of city-interest vigilance.
The article cites Chief Wiley of the US bureau of extension proposing windmill use to generate electricity for farms and households. He notes wind as a potential perpetual power source, enabling cooking and lighting, with farmers storing and selling surplus to travelers.
An Albuquerque testimony touts Dean's Kidney Pills as treatment for backache and urinary issues linked to kidney problems. Mrs. J R Grubb of 217 Broadway describes relief after using a small portion of the medicine. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Also mentions canned fruits and vegetables at Pratt & Co 214 South Second.
Eggs for hatching from Dustan Wyandotte stock offered at $2 per 15 eggs. Also public notices from the Department of the Interior in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, N M, detailing final proof hearings for homestead entries and witnesses. Names include Gabriel A Chaves Cristoval Castillo y Chaves Epifanio Gunele Casimino Sais Bendido Sais Rafael Chaves Manuel Cantillo and Manuel R Otero.
Executors Joseph Baldridge and Otto Dieckmann under George B. Somers deceased announce a public vendue on March 20, 1908 at 4 PM. The sale covers lots 12 14 15 16 and 19 22 in block 39 original Albuquerque townsite with two frame houses, appraised values 2400 and 1300 respectively, cash only, no bid below appraised value accepted.
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