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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
2
A historic volcanic disturbance in Alaska is reported as the most violent ever recorded. The ejecta covered about 300 square miles, with ash blanketing fertile lands several inches deep. Villages in the Shells kot wtrak region were said destroyed as the Dora steamer witnessed the ash cloud.
Washington fears that the combined influence of Japan and Russia could derail the Joint International Loan of fifty million dollars for China. Bankers, including Japanese and Russian representatives, resumed sessions after news from Paris at the State Department.
Washington reports the Navy Department ordered Admiral Outerbaus to proceed from Key West to Havana with one air patch ship and another vessel. The State Department sent the dispatch via Minister Beaupre noting Havin had escalated into a race war.
A Phoenix reader relays a brutal tale of rebels burning a mother and two children in their home near Teple. English traveler George Arnold Brows passes through Phoenix en route to Low Angelia, intent on future ventures.
Undaunted by past debuts the suffragist faction plans to urge insertion of equal suffrage plank into the party platform at the upcoming convention.
The conference opens at Eales Park with teams from Kansas South Dakota New Mexico Utah Wyoming Nebraska and Colorado joining in the seven game event.
An official report states the Vendeblatte submarine was crushed by a battleship off Cherbourg during minute warfare. Twenty three crew members perished including Commander Lieutenant Prions and Enka Audle. A young farmer near Modesto, Cal Robutell, killed himself after the incident.
News brief notes the date as a timestamp in multiple paragraphs. It mentions a network of wires and world coverage, summarizing events and dispatches from varied regions. No specific names or places are provided in the readable text.
A week of varied events spans impeachment efforts against Judge Hanford of Seattle and corruption cases in San Francisco. Gold sales resume as Treasury holds bullion, while boxing and mining legislation face votes. Senator Nixon dies of spinal meningitis in Washington after nasal surgery, and the Interstate Commerce Commission gains final authority over rate law administration.
Reporting from Washington on resignations in the Treasury Department and Department of Agriculture A temperance union protest over an armed rifle production appropriation is noted The House debates a dry levy and President travel expenses while Dowie’s widow faces poverty and legal probes unfold in Zion City and beyond
La Junta Colorado announces free summer Bun day concerts arranged by the City Concert committee for residents and visitors to enjoy music this season.
The item lists varied happenings including boxing promoter warnings, a cruise liner launch, naval and labor outlooks, and Cuban political tensions. It mentions promoters, battles, ship events, and potential armament calls amid a broad, fragmentary data set.
A miscellany of items notes domestic violence with a farmer from Angola shooting his wife and himself, a Burlington township mother of twenty six children, price shifts in gasoline, and political figures in hospital. Other items cover mob violence in Asturia, New York politics and a Molly Pitcher Hall of Fame bid, auto ordinance cases in Chicago, labor strikes at Russell, robberies in New York, and antitrust actions against the Aluminum Company of America.
In Santa Fe the Southern Pacific railroad was fined 9100 in two cases for violating the machinery appliance act. An Exposition Commission was appointed by Governor McDonald to select officials for the New Mexico buildings in San Diego and San Francisco. Named appointees include Governor Herbert Hagveman, Borwall, Governor W. Thornton, Santa Fe, Mayor J. J. Binjer Las Vegas, and A. Jasiro Dering.
Beet fields cover 600 acres with strong growth and early readiness for first cutting. Alfalfa and other crops also thriving as farmers report potential for three to four harvests this year depending on weather.
The Senate pared two Republican reform measures and approved acts on good roads funding transfer of Insurance to a corporation, extending bid deadlines for Socorro water projects, renaming Whiskey Creek, livestock stallion rules, board of education terms, and irrigation bonds and districts. It memorialized Con Reinanks for two federal judicial districts and tabled a child labor bill after House action while seeking to interfere with New Mexico strikes.
Senate bills propose a $800 000 bond plan for a state high road system and local road improvements. A people vote next November must approve bonds before issuance. Also bills limit county road debt to four percent of assessed value and require public approval. A commission would oversee spending. Senate Bill 166 covers general automobile matters.
President Tan transmitted Senate nominees for key federal posts in New Mexico. Appointments include receivers of federal lands in Santa Fe, Clayton, Fort Sumner, Tucumcari and Gallup with registers named for Fort Sumner, Clayton, Rowell, Santa Fe and Tucumcumen.
A spirited gathering at the court house organized a large delegation of prominent citizens from Dona Ana Territory to lobby for improved roads and related legislation benefiting the county and state. The meeting aimed to secure support for major public works and highway funding.
Farmington shipments show wool valued at about $112000. The station sent about fourteen thousand pounds per load and estimates indicate forty ear loads may be shipped this season, totaling roughly 160000 pounds at twenty dollars per hundredweight.
A roundup of incidents and developments from Sierra, Grant, Colfax, and surrounding counties. Reports include deaths by suicide in Springer and Roswell, cattle movements, highway and train acts, water flow changes at Lake 20, and local industry notes from Hachita, Portales, and Santa Fe.
A group of youngsters in a Westside apartment area draw a stern rebuke from an elderly man. He tells a young girl she could be jailed and never become president if the noise continues, highlighting a tense encounter between children and an irate neighbor.
A garbled, partial dialogue shows characters debating a fancy tea ball and milkmaid roles with awkward phrasing and missing context. The pieces hint at social scene attire and etiquette but lack clear actions or outcomes.
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