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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1906
Page
2
The entry at Roy New Mexico concerns a misclassified transmission via a second class matter tag. Authorities warn of processing delays and request proper postage and routing details to avoid further holds.
At a crystal wedding the dining room features glassware and mirrors, with smilax garlands, cut glass vases and bowls filled with white chrysanthemums, glass candlesticks, and a center arrangement on a circular mirror. A glass slipper mint souvenir sits atop the gift table. A simple menu includes oyster cocktail and fried chicken. The article also notes quince storage and use in preserves, jelly, and marmalade.
Instructions describe boiling brown sugar and vinegar with allspice cinnamon and cloves, then adding five pounds of cranberries and simmering for two hours. Preserve in a closely covered stone jar.
A curious observation notes that in a man and woman of equal weight the woman's tongue is smaller than the man's, a detail highlighted in comparative anatomy discussions.
Andrew Carnegie in a National Civic Federation address backs heavy inheritance taxes as wealth should return to the community. He opposes a graduated income tax while urging that monopolies and multi millionaires be taxed upon death to better distribute wealth, arguing wealth belongs to society.
Senator Dubois of Idaho delivers a second speech in the Senate arguing Reed Smoot embodies church influence in Utah politics. He charges the Mormon hierarchy, led by a president and twelve apostles, guides Smoot and uses church power to affect national policy, asserting Smoot would serve church aims before state interests.
Reports from Stockholm said King Oscar of Sweden is seriously ill with heart failure after days of ailment. The royal family gathered at the palace and crown prince Gustavus Adolphus was summoned from Berlin as four doctors attended him.
The Greeley Eaton Windsor sugar factories paid 210000 215000 and 179000 for November beets, totaling 604000 with payroll and expenses raising circulation to 739000. September and October deliveries added 1 500 000 to growers. Beet farmers in Greeley district convened 260 delegates to draft next season contracts opposing siloing beets at 550 a ton and awaiting Oct 20 delivery rule. Henry C Watson resigned as president, Charles Mason elected.
The Mexican government to take control of the Mexican Central National International Inter Oceanic Hidalgo and Northeastern lines forming a 10 000 mile system. Tehuantepec National and Vera Cruz Pacific stay independent. A Mexican company will issue securities to swap with old firms and 21 directors split between Mexico City and New York.
Amid a brutal cold wave Minneapolis area faces a coal shortage as railways fail to move fuel. The Glenburn North Dakota Commercial Club plans to seek state troops to run coal trains while farmers burn outbuildings for fuel. Hveleth Minnesota endures darkness as communities brace for continued deprivation.
The Denver, Laramie & Northwestern Railroad Company files a Colorado certificate naming Henry Apple as business agent of record, with residence in Denver. It has bought the right of way for most of the Fort Collins to Laramie route and plans to start construction in spring, with cars expected to run before the 1907 winter. The survey runs northwest from Fort Collins through Park Station and Virginia Dale to Laramie.
Senator Teller of Colorado introduced a bill for New Mexico statehood. Victor Ortega named postmaster at Chicayo Santa Fe county. John Wielandy, Santa Fe horticulturist author, dies in Missouri. Bail set in Questa murder case. Diphtheria epidemic quelled at San Juan pueblo. Multiple notaries public appointed by Acting Governor Raynolds. Notable deaths include Mrs. Nestor Armijo and Judge A. Freeman. Public football injuries noted. Gallup and Santa Fe political shifts described. Mineral production projected over six million dollars with strong cement industry growth.
A 150 horsepower engine owned by the Albuquerque Gas Electric Light and Power Co. ran runaway at the timber mill power plant, destroying fly wheels and the engine block, halting Albuquerque streetcar service. Engineer Hicks escaped unharmed as belts snapped and the structure bent. The Sacramento Telephone Company filed incorporation papers at Santa Fe with capital of 10,000 dollars and headquarters at Alamogordo.
New Mexico and federal officials discuss upcoming dipping season after a nearly full-day session. Government inspectors from Utah Wyoming Idaho will supervise dipping, with about 125 men at pay between 75 and 100 dollars monthly, aiding the Territorial Sheep Sanitary Board in inspections and movement to dipping sites.
Gov. J Romero War Chief Yep pa and Jesus Baca of Jemez Pueblo returned from Washington after presenting grievances over lands taken by settlers and asking exclusion of whites from dances. The President referred them to the Indian Affairs Bureau and their funds for expenses shifted from fat satchel to lean.
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