Everything Now Ready for the Fair
The twenty-ninth annual Car nival heads into six fast and furious days with the full program set. Organizers say stages rides and exhibits are ready, with schedules posted and tickets available.
03 Oct 1909
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1909
Page
1
The twenty-ninth annual Car nival heads into six fast and furious days with the full program set. Organizers say stages rides and exhibits are ready, with schedules posted and tickets available.
Albuquerque readies for the 29th annual New Mexico fair with Nat Reiss carnival, top horse racing, cavalry demonstrations for President Taft, new relay races, daily airship flights, and extensive exhibits from Pecos to Las Vegas. governors and officials plan events as crowds prepare to flood the city.
Miss Ada England, 20, and Mr. Cook, 23, faced obstruction when Ada’s mother took her to a train to send her to an eastern school. William Cook rode 60 miles to Durango to intervene but was restrained by authorities before the train departed. England was a respected local equestrian competitor. the incident disrupted plans for a marriage.
The Holland American Line steamer Rotterdam, bound for New York, went aground in the river near Maase after departing Rotterdam today. No injuries reported as crew investigates grounding and awaits rescue or tugs.
A 1909 sworn statement from B C Wright, Albuquerque Morning Journal business manager, asserts a 30 day circulation of 5,692 copies. The piece extols the paper as the finest New Mexico newspaper with full Associated Press service, announcing a special edition circulation of 15,000 copies.
President Taft attended a Portland luncheon with Senator Bourne and guests, then golfed at Waverly Links with John Hays Hammond and Captain A W Butt. He spoke at the armory praising the army and outlining his policy aims, including ship subsidies, anti trust amendments, and Roosevelt era conservation efforts.
In Portland the armory crush during President Taft’s visit left Ed mund K. Hill 65 dead shortly after being placed in an ambulance. Officials cite heart disease and a crowd crush as the cause as Hill collapsed amid the throng seeking aid.
Orville Wright set a new high altitude record for heavier than air craft reaching about 1600 feet with Crown Prince Frederick William as passenger. The Prince witnessed the ascent and presented Wright with a diamond and ruby pin as cheers rose from the crowd.
A passenger liner about ten miles north of Frotterdam in fog was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and proceeded to New York at 4 20 p.m. The vessel had 1,000 passengers aboard.
Ann Arbor Oct 2 Captain Juman R Bouby former commander of the White Star liner Republic when sunk after colliding with the Italian steamer Florida has joined the University of Michigan as a freshman law student at age 50. The collision and ensuing litigation steered him toward admiralty law and the urge to be treated like any other freshman in Ann Arbor.
At a conference in Muskogee Oklahoma C J Jackson general attorney for the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad and County Attorney Crump agreed the road would no longer protect interstate liquor from seizure by Oklahoma officials Local officers will now search cars and seize liquor consigned to Muskogee
Zurich Oct 2 The international balloon goal race opened with twenty eight balloons. The Swiss balloon Mars piloted by Dr Farner won landing within 690 yards of the goal. First prize is 500 dollars. High balloons have not yet been reported.
President Taft toured Portland in a sunny procession and greeted about 20 000 school children who formed a patriotic display. An arrest occurred when Arthur G Wright carrying a camera tried to reach the president near a hotel but police held him for examination. Wright claimed innocence and said he is a draftsman from Massachusetts.
Morning Journal report details Phoebe Armstrong 45 denying marriage to Charles Miller 50 before a double tragedy at a Chicago boarding house on Nous Street. Police say Miller entered Armstronge room by back stairs and then shot her before killing himself, leaving Miller fully clothed.
George Killion, agent for a Terre Haute brewing company at Loogoater, Washington, died by suicide after the area's dry law led to business collapse. A mortgage on his horses and wagons was foreclosed yesterday as the downturn worsened.
Johns Newfoundland October 3 Work by the Commercial Cable company to lay underground conduits in St John streets to connect offices with the landing site was halted by Newfoundland authorities. Operators must travel by shore to the city and plan to request intervention from the American government due to unsafe conditions.
Government warning to professors and teachers about exchanges between Oberman girls and African men in German colonies. Officials note most cases are harmless but deplore the trend. Girls seek curiosities photographs and letters from Africa while some German residents object to such contact.
The navy department reports the Arcona has reached Honolulu and will sail for San Francisco on October 10 to represent Germany at the Portola celebration.
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