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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
7
At the exposition grounds Navaho Indians led by Chief Peschuktine performed a striking fire dance in a long procession. The group, described as tall sinewy, wore strange headdresses and body paint as pyres burned, drawing cheers from spectators.
A luminous parade by the New Mexico Automobile club featured about 100 horse drawn wagons decorated with bright electric lanterns. The procession moved from the Central Club area around the business district before dispersing at the end of the evening.
A city report to the Chicago board of education details extreme poverty among ten thousand school children. Many lack meals and proper clothing, with stories of missed breakfasts and overworked, underpaid parents. Some families rely on meager wages while others face extensive hardship in the stock yards district. The study, by the child study branch, urges action including possible breakfast programs in schools.
A U S Senator states courts should decide whether his ties to Standard Oil and other firms were improper. He argues employment was proper, notes compensation not discussed, and defends past service to companies including General Electric and Bell Telephone amid calls for investigation and possible legal action.
Bay State Democrats nominate a full state ticket for November at Pobbans. Charles J. Patranal is named Lieutenant Governor and Jaomex FL Axl War Treasurer and Receiver General Hawin Kenedy is Auditor Simon Viger Attorney General John A. Thayer. Presidential electors at large are Richard Olney and James Cotter.
St Louis October 1 C Haile vice president and traffic manager of the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission that freight rates will advance on all lines in the western trunk lines territory and on all roads in the Trans Missouri area. The increase, not yet settled, is expected to be up to ten percent to help railroads escape bankruptcy. Theodore Roosevelt Jr begins work at Hartford Carpet Corporation after arriving in Thompsenville Conn.
Erik arrives in St Johns after delivering stores to the Roosevelt at Etah Greenland. Peary with three men plus Commodore Peary and 25 Eskimos aboard plan a dash toward the Polar sea. The Erik carried two New York sportsmen and a photographer while another party remained to winter studying natives.
Six people died and several were injured when a Toledo and Ohio Central passenger excursion train bound for Howling Green Fair collided from the rear with a freight train at Sugar Ridge. The rear car telescoped as at least four bodies were recovered, and the crash halted due to a reported hot box. Names of some victims and witnesses are reported from Sugar Ridge and East Toledo.
Denver October 1 The thirty fourth annual convention of the American bankers association closed with George M Reynolds of Chicago elected president and Lewis B E Pearson of New York as first vice president Thirty eight new members were named and a vice president replacement noted.
The convention took a firm position opposing both the proposal to guarantee bank deposits and the plan to establish postal savings banks. It asserts a policy stance outlining its stance on fiscal safeguards and public banking options.
In Valparaiso Chile on October 1 a Belgian syndicate with capital of 1.2 million dollars is organized to compete with American dealers in selling canned meats in the nitrate region.
The homeward rush of Americans from Europe fills New York's ocean liners at 16 000 weekly. Travel trends show steady passenger totals for steerage as well, with high prices paid for berths in London and Paris. A separate note discusses a courtship expenses case seeking recovery of time and money spent before engagement.
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