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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
6
The convention completed the ticket with first class men for county offices. It praises the nominees and especially urges re electing the current county board for an honest economical administration versus past misgovernance, calling for ratification by voters.
Albuquerque business leaders argue the Santa Fe road should offer equable rates to Albuquerque as the dominant local traffic point. They claim the line benefits from a “square deal” and threaten ICC recourse if rates to other towns like El Paso remain more favorable.
The Springfield Republican contrasts two forms of demagoguery in politics. It argues the democratic demagogue pits classes and engenders envy while the aristocratic demagogue stirs national and international distrust for votes. Senator Lodge is cited as its leading exponent.
The article describes Temple dropping to all fours with Hobson to denounce Japan. It claims the American fleet neared Japanese ports and was welcomed, while the senator delivers warlike rhetoric, likely wired to Tokyo.
In a Scotland letter William KE Curtis describes Abbotsford, Sir Walter Scott’s house. The irregular rough stone structure sits near the River Tweed four miles from Melrose, part of Tarrick village, and lacks a single main entrance with multiple external doors to access various rooms.
The Washington Herald extolls October as a peak month of delight urging readers to move and respond to October's air and sunshine. It laments that the season lags in other regions, noting October’s boastful behavior contrasts with local dullness and calls for better mood and vitality.
The piece notes suspicions that the county Democratic ticket timing is delayed to negotiate with rival groups hurt by the Republican convention. It warns that any such deal could worsen internal party sores more than it would heal outside divisions.
The text discusses how cometary molecules face opposing forces, causing changes and dislocations. Photographs capture this molecular metamorphosis, implying comets may break into pieces and scatter in space similar to the Piela comet.
The analysis weighs Taft against Bryan for the nation’s best administration. Taft’s long public record and consistent enforcement of laws are praised while Bryan’s integrity and oratory are noted but his lack of executive experience and proposed panaceas are criticized as impractical. The piece suggests Taft would likely win broad electorate support.
A garbled collage of editorials and quips from several papers. It references Roswell Record Trini dad Advertiser Paso Times Houston Post Hot brook Argus and Arizona politics with a note on an ominous telegram about Pima county. The fragment hints at a political climate and media chatter.
A British reviewer cites grave signs of moral retrogression across classes, warning of decadence and declining virility. He questions whether industry, duty, and respect for authority endure and urges stronger discipline, moral culture, and character building at home and in schools.
The piece cites Tom Watson not expecting victory yet notes broad U S conditions align with his conservative prophetic view. It praises the Pecos valley irrigation exhibits as eye opening and influential, reflecting strong local pride in the irrigation congress and Roswell Democrat’s approving stance.
Southwestern News Notes reports Manuel Juarez, a Bisbee native, crushed and killed when a wall toppled by a high wind after a major fire. The gusts also sent miners fleeing to Sylvanite New Mexico where a new mining camp of several hundred forming near Hachita. A Servian wanderer Stephen Stein travels world earning funds and expects to finish in three years. Prescott Aziz steam laundry narrowly avoids disaster when a hobo hidden in the boiler room escapes bullets and a potential explosion.
The Cincinnati Enquirer mildly favors Taft and notes Blaine did not face the apathy Taft encounters. It adds that the Democratic Party also confronts discord unseen in 1884, driven by private business motives rather than explicit platform clashes.
French astronomer Camille Flammarion reports a newly appeared comet visible in northern skies near midnight and not yet charted. He describes rapid morphological changes from a javelin head to two rectilinear jets with a sweeping tail as it travels, noting it follows celestial attraction and outlines its orbital path.
The piece notes the RNC buying full page ads to boost Taft, urges voters to be wary of ballots mislabelled as President Taft. It also cites a New York divorce tale, a building height code in New York, Evening World on living on 18 a week, and a Pittsburgh couple who wed "in fun" potentially seeking an exit.
In Rome on October 22 the Italian cruiser Fieramosca was ordered to await the Duke of the Abruzzi in New York, with the Ftruria to be dispatched to escort the duke and bride to Italy. The Elking family will not attend the marriage deed transcription, and Senator Elking may receive the Chevalier of Annunciade upon visiting Italy. The cruiser Pieramoseu remains in New York waters after arriving from Bridgeport following Columbus Day events.
In Naples the Duke of the Abruzzi and his brother the Duke of Aosta held a tense conference over the Abruzzi marriage to Miss Elkins. The Aosta line insists royal members wed within their rank, while the Abruzzi favors a match outside. The Abruzzi then departed heading north, destination unknown.
The AlbyQ Typewriter Exchange announces a cut rate on new Underwood typewriters. Promotion highlights lower prices and available models, inviting customers to visit showrooms for demonstrations and purchase details.
Plans for a 25000 dollar cotton gin and cotton slog plant approved by government experts at Yuma will be built at Sacaton. Architect J M Creighton reports completion within a week. Plant will process custom work for Arlington and Buckeye ranchers and advance Egyptian cotton experiments in the west.
Territorial Secretary Nathan Jaffa records filings for Brownell Capper Company Silver City with $1,000,000 capital for general mining 50 year existence and incorporators George K Brownell Eugene R Cosgrove Robert Brownell. Silver City Lumber Company based in Silver City Grant County with $25,000 capital and Laughren as agent. incorporators Fulton J Davidson A Russell Davidson and Laughren. The Kansas Tea Company lists Moiye Union County New Mexico as principal place with W A Davis as agent and $126,000 capital and 1 000 shares.
The entity lists ownership of 200 shares at par value 100, operating cold storage plants and ice manufacturing. Established fifty years ago, originally incorporated in Kansas, it now conducts business in this territory as a foreign corporation.
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