Go political shifts and tax suits shake New Mexican countys
The New Mexican notes Governor Curry and Gilad hearing on go. Kansas City, Kansas adopts the commission form by a strong majority. Sandoval county faces tax suits totaling seventy thousand dollars as taxes paid lag behind debt service. The county lacks jail, courthouse, and public improvements, with Santa Fe Railroad as a major taxpayer. Sandoval county backed Bull Andrews in the last election and Lamarzo received one vote.
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Sandoval County
Sandoval
The
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Typhoid Warning in Roswell Looms Over Sanitation
The Santa Fe New Mexican warns that typhoid in Roswell and nearby New Mexico towns signals the need to clean yards alleys and vacant lots and to maintain livery stables and outhouses. It says a single death due to neglect could be charged as murder, though Roswell records little typhoid.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Santa Fe New Mexican
When Will New Mexico Be Admitted to Statehood
A column analyzes delayed statehood for New Mexico and rails at graft and corruption in Territorial government. It discusses the antiincome tax stance of Taft era politics, calls for honest officials, and endorses George Curry for political roles. The piece ends urging support for Curry and Lamar.
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Oon
Bull Andrews
New Mexico
Sisterhood of States
Lakewood
Democratic Party
City Council Proceedings July 6 1909 Minutes and Ordinances
Official copy of the council minutes notes the July 6 1909 meeting with all members present except Haynes and Wiseley. It records approval of prior minutes the plat of Home Place Addition and a contract for opening an alley in Block 2 with E M Msher. Ordinance 185 is read third time and amended to widen sidewalks. amendment passes and ordinance is adopted. Ordinance 188 is read first and second time under suspension and ordered published. Ordinance 189 is read first time and referred to the Streets and Alleys Committee with Dr Haymaker added for this purpose only. Communication from E L Bedell.
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Haynes
Wiseley
Home Place
E. M. Msher
Robinson
Main Street
Alameda
Fifth Street
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Bell
Dr. Haymaker
E. L. Bedell
Wryidlys
Pas Torres
Gilbert
Lucius Dills
Dills
Whiteman
Cummins
St. Mary’s Hospital
Water and Sewer Departments
Mr. Wyllys
Drink Slogan Boosts Soda’s Thirst Quenching Image
An advertisement extols a glass of the soda as a large drink that quenches thirst and leaves you wishing for another. The copy emphasizes generosity and refreshment to entice customers.
Let Them Have Him Curry Demands Echo Samar Interest
Samar delegates tell the Cablenews there is broad desire to have ex Governor Curry back among them. They praise his fairness and firmness, saying his return would aid governance and community relations. The report also notes local ordinances, hearings, taxes, and city matters from a 1909 council session.
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Curry
Samar
Daza
Questioning Prosperity After Railroad Layoffs At El Paso
The Tucumcari Sun notes a meager El Paso railroad shop output with about four hundred workers laid off. It questions when prosperity will return under a Republican administration, recalling the 1907 panic and ongoing unemployment in the United States.
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el Paso
United States
Tucumeari Sun
Income Tax Amendment Sent to States for Ratification
The Senate acted on Taft's June 16 message, thirty years after the last constitutional amendment proposal. The proposal seeks to amend the federal constitution regarding income tax, marking a historic step in American democracy.
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United States Senate
Taft Block of Tax Policy Shapes Constitutional Change
Republican leaders led by Mr Taft made the Democratic constitutional amendment a policy on taxing individual incomes and then accepted his theory that corporate income tax is constitutional if framed as an excise. The senate, guided by Aldrich, compromised on a corporate levy, while opposing any income tax, branding it as a necessary evil. The episode as pandering to public sentiment is noted by the New York World.
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Congress
House
Secretary of State
Senate
Bailey
Union
United States Supreme Court
Democratic
Mr. Taft
Tafit
Aldrich
Fernando Wood
New York
Stomach Trouble Prompts Remedy Claim
An advertisement warns of stomach and breath problems from stomach trouble and promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as the first step to remove the cause. The copy claims the tablets are easy to take and most effective.
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Chamberlain
Mayor confirms appointments of Inspector and policemen
Executive Session reports the mayor confirmed C A Clem as Electrical Inspector Tobe Stewart as policeman and Roy Wooster as policeman. Recess calls back. City Clerk W T Paylor signs off. Beef market quips aside from the notice.
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C. A. Clem
Tobe Stewart
Roy Wooster
Lawn Social at the Y P Ladies and Friends
A brief notice describes a lawn social hosted by the ladies and friends of the Y P society. Event details are sparse but indicate a community gathering with social aims and local participation.
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the Ladies and Friends of the
Y. P
Roswell Gas Co. Offers Reward for Sign Vandalism Conviction
The Roswell Gas Co announces a $25 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone damaging its signs. The notice appears as an early 20th century utility warning, urging swift action against vandalism.
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Roswell Gas CO
Real estate bargains offered by K S Woodruff
A notice from K S Woodruff at 1716 offering cheap property as he prepares to move to the northwest. He invites interested buyers to contact him for details about available real estate bargains.
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K. S. Woodruff
African Bishop Sails for Europe
The Right Rev. Hugh MacSherry bishop of Eastern Cape Colony South Africa left New York after a stay since last winter and sailed today for Europe tying up his visit to the United States with the current European voyage.
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New York
Hugh MacSherry
Eastern Cape Colony
South Africa
Europe
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J. C. Gilbert
Magner
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Hugh Lewis Jr
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