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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1920
Page
5
A string of short notices covers Corral and stable for rent via Palmer Ketner, new shop openings on Front Street, and various residents visiting Gallup. Shoemaker Roklizer opens, DiMon and Rouse sell a Reo to Direct Line Coal, and local names like Gillenwater Andrich and Parker populate the week’s chatter.
Our advertisement stresses buying foodstuffs with good judgment. It claims friends trust genuine articles and fair prices, and urges readers to purchase from the seller to ensure knowledge of what is being bought. It promises readers can buy just as wisely and gain confidence over time.
Tuesday morning return of Steven Vidal from a business trip to Phoenix Arizona. Several residents and visitors travel between Gallup and nearby towns for family visits and work. A charity dance at the Opera House funds St. Marys Hospital. Lou Stewart<t> Banner Drug Store expands as painters finish and a new cash system is installed.
Bluewater New Mexico July reports a special meeting of the Bluewater Commercial Club to secure larger stock pens a better team track and other improvements from the Santa Fe Railroad. Traveling Protest Agent Abbott attends and a committee is named to gather stockmen data.
Representative George W. Edmunds outlines the Merchant Marine bill as a two part measure. It creates a seven member Shipping Board and funds a national maritime program with up to 25 million dollars annually for five years. The plan includes promotion of government shipping interests and foreign trade policies favoring American capital and control.
A minister sermonizing on matrimonial harmony encounters an outspoken bride who interrupts to request changing the line about following the husband in life. The exchange showcases a comic clash between tradition and a modern, independent wife.
A wartime critique argues the public only acknowledged the need for physical development of American youth after mobilization began. Navy records show only 52 of 100 volunteers were fit for enlistment, with many youths deemed underweight or deformed. The piece cites Colonel Roosevelt and calls for parental accountability and broader athletic encouragement to build strength andcharacter.
Industry leaders stress gymnasiums boost efficiency and profits. J Ogden Armour cites a $100000 office gym as benefiting both workers and business. In Gallup a Methodist gym offers free access for boys 11 to 18, with equipment like dumb bells and parallel bars, funded publicly and run by volunteers from 8 to 9:30 PM on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Richard A. Lager of Idaho Springs was killed when lightning struck a TNT charge as he and other men prepared to discharge 14 shots. Harry Bowra of Aztec, New Mexico, was nearby with pack mules. his train and he were blown off the trail, several mules killed, Bowra escaped with cuts and bruises.
Gonsul Boyle dispatches a lengthy telegram to Washington to avert hostilities between Mexican provisional and federal troops and Governor Cantu’s forces in Lower California amid reports of an invasion underway.
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