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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
7
The 1897 New Mexico law mandates voter registration before general elections. It details precinct boards meeting dates, affidavit procedures, and penalties for noncompliance, including fines up to five hundred dollars and possible jail time.
City officers report a brisk meeting lasting about an hour and a quarter. Aldermen Ange Beaven Coon Hanley Wroth Neustadt chaired by Neustadt fill in for Mayor Lester. Financials show park receipts totaling 117.75 with 1,140.05 in expenditures and a 777.46 balance. Robinson park upkeep and Highland park bond conversions noted.
The Young Men's Republican club hosts a major gathering tonight at West Siver Avenue clubrooms. The program includes speeches, music, popular spralers, and a smoker after the formal program as campaign activity grows ahead of the election.
Mayor Lester names a six member board of automobile license examiners to enforce the new ordinance requiring drivers to hold licenses and display numbered plaques. The city clerk will issue the license and number upon certificate presentation with fees of 1.50 for drivers and 2.00 for the plate, as applications surge.
The council rebuked two sidewalk bids for lateness and authorized resubmission. A cement flume project under North Fourth Street was referred to the street committee. The fire chief to relocate electric plant patterns at Highland station. A liquor license petition and street-finance requests were discussed with routine approvals and adjournment after visiting Dr. Wreth's car.
Work on the Central avenue extension in Albuquerque, halted by the exposition, will resume immediately and finish the unfinished blocks. Some property line adjustments slow progress, but officials aim for uniform width and grade from First Street to the courthouse. The university hill cutting advances under road supervisor Gillenwater, planning rapid completion as funds allow. This major project marks the county’s first step in a broader road campaign to match top counties.
Rosabelle Teale company staged Anita the Singing Girl at the Elke theater last night to strong local praise. Mine Leslie led as Anita with Selman as Ned Tremont. notable scenery and elaborate costumes highlighted the production. A repeat is planned tonight followed by That Perkins Girl, a pastoral comedy, on Wednesday. Debs Cancels Speaking Date In Newark Due to illness Debs unable to address Military Park meeting or Colosseum encounter as rest order persists.
Guidance on dairy hygiene stresses absolute cleanliness to prevent impurities. It advises rinsing milk buckets and strainers with cold water, washing in warm water with Gold Dust, rinsing, scalding with hot water, and air drying for twelve hours. It also urges clean cloths and a soft brush kept and dried similarly for utensils.
The Albuquerque board of education moves toward a large new high school and a manual training building to ease overcrowding. Finance and staff expansions accompany plans while four overflow wards already operate, with more students projected by November.
B Lo Medler and Talle McKinney, prominent local figures, took a fast automobile trip to the Banias foothills and back. The machine reached about forty miles per hour on the mountain road, with no mishaps on the outward leg but a close call when a wood wagon and team appeared on the return. The event stands as a memorable yet cautionary tale about prairie driving.
Governor Hughes draws crowd in Oswego with praise for art and western trip. Chandler replies to Hughes and attacks crook voting while urging supporters in Watertown to rally for governor race. Political rhetoric continues as candidates press for support in New York area.
Chicago reports Robert F. Cantwell an attorney was found guilty by a jury in Judge Poster's court of assaulting John Kerlin an umpire for the American League on September 2 over a game division. The item also promotes Ballard's Horehound cough remedy with pricing and local dealer.
Bob Hunt, sought for the August 26 murder of Schnack in Pueblo, was captured on a business street today by two police officers. He resisted briefly, then admitted the shooting and boasted of eluding arrest while remaining in Pueblo and Denver.
Senator Lodge urged a big and better navy to deter insults from Japan and protect both Atlantic and Pacific coasts. He warned the nation lags in officers and ships but has sufficient men and machinery, arguing a strong navy is the best insurance for peace and criticizing Bevan for opposing naval expansion.
Washington October 12 charged with violating the white slave law barbering in the whoshee, selling women for immoral purposes Gree Sinclair and Ida Drury were indicted by the grand jury. The indictments stem from a raid by Inspector Baldwin of the department of commerce and labor. The alien women, held in detention at Baltimore, will be brought here for testimony and later deported. It is alleged they entered the country within the past three years.
In New Iberia Louisiana on October 12 a mob of several hundred stormed a house to seize Nicola Lector a suspected desperado. He was killed during the attempted arrest when the door opened. The crowd used revolvers and two boxes of cartridges in the confrontation.
Claims to restore strength for overburdened women and nursing mothers through a glyceric extract of medicinal roots. Describes relief for headaches, pelvic pain, irregular periods, and secondary symptoms, urging readers to request a free booklet from Dr. R. V. Pierce in Buffalo, N Y.
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