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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1907
Page
3
F P Gayle, manager, reliable and prompt. Bernard Gunsul, electrical contractor, 303 N Main, phone 141, agent for General Electric Co. All kinds of electric work.
Kirbys Best bottled drinks advertised by George B. Jewett of Main Street collates with Balke Coll. Co. equipment listings. Readers urged to refresh memory by calling 162 for a teaser sip and billiards setup details connected to Kirby's Bottling.
A compact newspaper ad block promotes Roswell hotels and shops. It highlights Cigar and candy stores near the railroad, a block west of the post office, and multiple hotel options including El Capitan Grand Central Shelby and Roswell Hotel with room and meal prices. It also lists dry goods and ranch supplies suppliers.
W P Lewis Hardware Co advertises as the largest house in the West with complete stock and right prices. Friendly service requested for business, located at first and main.
Skellahin and Calfee advertise specialized city property services at 303 North Main Street. The listing emphasizes expertise in local real estate, with a focus on city property transactions and client guidance through urban property markets.
Roswell businesses list long established providers including Roswell Drug and Jewelry Co., Daniel Drug Co., Pecos Valley Lumber Co., Roswell Lumber Co., Kemp Lumber Co. and K Dye Works. Advertisement promotes up to date stock and local services such as cleaning and pressing at K C Dye Works and call on lumber and building materials at area yards.
Harry Morrison leads a Roswell ad offering watches diamonds jewelry cut glass and hand painted China. L Boellner promotes Roswell’s best jewelry with similar lines. Einberg calls attention to 203 Main St Roswell with a swell line of jewelry and watch repair services.
The Roswell Produce and Seed Co promotes its full line of field and garden seeds and invites customers to request a catalogue for available varieties and pricing.
An old Roswell classified snippet advertises New and second hand furniture at 100-02 N Main. Hills and Rogers, proprietors. Also notes Iakin's Second Hand Store offering the highest prices paid for second hand goods with phone contact.
Hamilton Bros advertise hat cleaning and re blocking with delivery. W P Wood offers tailor made suits cleaning and pressing at 118 North Main Street with phone 409.
Joe Torian is advertised as a reliable transfer man with downtown and residence phone numbers 224 and 426 respectively.
Various church announcements detail Sunday services at St Andrew s Episcopal Baptist Christian Roswell and other local churches with sermon topics music and Sunday school times. A separate legal notice from Roswell outlines a suit by Ella Lea Bdel et al against Nancy Thurber and Lea Cattle Co with a May 13 1907 answer deadline, seeking to quiet title to specific lots in New Mexico.
The coming week features multiple leagues opening with South Atlantic games in Savannah and Charleston and Columbus at Jacksonville. Other events include Oklahoma City Baseball League meetings, Denver Colorado league play, Dartmouth visiting Washington and Lee, and a busy slate of boxing wrestling and dog shows across several cities. The schedule lists Tuesday matchups and events in Milwaukee Los Angeles and Chicago with various venues and participants.
The section lists sports openings and fixtures: Cubs at St Louis, Indians at Detroit, Red Sox at Philadelphia, Giants at Washington. National League matchups Brooklyn at Boston, Philadelphia at New York, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, St Louis at Chicago. Cotton States league games Mobile, Jackson, Meridian. Wabash College vs Indianapolis American association team. Denver automobile show. National Hunter Improvement Society in Washington. Friday intercollegiate gymnastics in Chicago. Oklahoma University vs Southwest Kansas Normal in Norman. Yale at Brown in Providence. West Point vs Simpson College in Indianapolis. Vancouver lacrosse society annual meeting. New York Athletic Club indoor swimming finals. New England sportsmen’s show closes.
The second annual motor car and sportsmen's show in Montreal opened today and runs through the week. It greatly surpasses last year's event in exhibits and interest across eastern Canada.
Wyatt Johnson advertises two thousand acres of salt grass land for lease describing a single body of land. The Roswell Trade Directory claims to bring results by keeping your name before the people.
A property owner is told that sale of a residence requires listing on the market before transfer. The notice stresses that selling outside a formal listing is not permitted under current guidance.
The fragment notes a directive to list something immediately with a signoff by R. H. McCune at 210 North. The readable text presents a concise instruction for prompt listing and an associated name and address.
Main Street Roswell N Me notes a rush to address matters at once as the speaker lists saleable residence properties and cites many demands exceeding available houses.
Many of the country’s best players arrive in New York for an indoor tournament staged by Mrs. Helen Holmes. Competitors include Mrs. Barger Wallach, runner up at last national, plus Malcolm Whitman, Raymond D. Little, Holcomb Ward, William Clothier, Karl D. Behr, William A. Larned, and May Sutton who has been invited to compete. The event, the national championship, runs for several days.
Monday briefs include two Supreme Court reviews of the railroad employer liability act and an ICC hearing in Topeka on grain rates. Harriman railroads case moves in Salt Lake City federal court. Pilgrim Fathers meet in Boston and nurses training conference opens in Philadelphia. Odd Fellows lodge in McAlester, and Sunday School workers in Minneapolis. First Salt Lake City musical festival opens. Tuesday sees Horace George Rayner convicted of murder in the William White case.
A sweeping slate shows January 24 actions in southern legislatures, education conferences in Pinehurst and Columbia, and court sessions in Missouri. Nationwide events include Carnegie Institute dedication in Pittsburgh and a Rough Riders statue ceremony in Arlington, with Bryan speaking at multiple venues.
The article describes the seab mite as a severe parasitic problem in sheep, more common in southern and western ranges, causing constant irritation, scab formation, and rapid reproduction. It notes the parasite's extensive impact, with infected flocks suffering emaciation and potential death if untreated.
Washington reports deny a naval parade or maneuvers for Jamestown expo opening. Rear Admiral Harrington says the display will be ships at anchor for crews to visit the exposition. American ships arrive six days before opening, foreign ships start arriving April 24, with Japanese cruisers due May 8.
The operetta Golden Sickle will be presented next Friday evening to benefit the Baptist church building fund. Local cast and volunteers stage the performance to raise funds for church construction and improvements.
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