Local Visitors Stay On Pleasure Trip In Town
Weeks long pleasure visit ends with guests at The Gilkeson and R B Jones for livery rigs. Details on dates and schedules remain unclear.
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1908
Page
4
Weeks long pleasure visit ends with guests at The Gilkeson and R B Jones for livery rigs. Details on dates and schedules remain unclear.
The notice lists various local items including tradesmen at work Russell does boiler and carriage work. Deputy Sheriff O Z Finley visits Kenna on official business. W H Rhodes on two week business trip to Santa Fe. Ladies Aid Society of the M E Church and Queen Esthers plan a sale of home made items in Sparks building on Tuesday April 14 with booths for each day. For sale runabout buggy advertised by W C Reid. Mr and Mrs John B Sanders leave for Booneville Mississippi after a visit. Sheep breeder Wm A Chidester from Ramah Colorado leaves for Hereford. The Tuesday booth offers ironing day goods at Sparks building.
Miss Lula English returned to Richmond Kentucky for her ill brother. Roswell officers and visitors including Captains Penn Ballard and Murphy inspected 138 cadets, drill, barracks, armory, and mess hall at the Institute. A 6,000 gallon dipping vat project and multiple tours were noted.
Special to the Daily Record Carlsbad New Mexico April 13 report on Dr J P Jones of Chicago and the Jones Chemical Intravenous Treatment. Patients from New York Chicago Massachusetts North Carolina Virginia and Texas shown improvement with eight ounce infusion into the arm followed by rest and open air care. Local citizens funded a sanatorium site near La Huerta and a committee endorsed the treatment.
An in city office visit prompts home seekers to call at the Roswell Title and Trust Co office for a free keepsake. The ad invites prospective buyers to stop in while in town and receive a souvenir.
City Council met after recess and set two year salaries for officers. Clerk pay rises to a monthly rate of 100 dollars with duties expanded to cover waterworks secretary work. Marshal salary increases to 75 dollars per month. City physician rises to 50 dollars monthly. Teamster pay up by 10 dollars monthly. A cement sidewalk is approved on Pecos avenue west side between First and Alameda. Election returns canvassed and Democratic candidates certified. Oldest first policy for bills and salaries. E A Cahoon reappointed to Carnegie Library board.
C Willahan of Lakewood and Sadie L Vaughan of Guide Rock Nebraska wed at R L Miller home near El Capitan hotel with Rev H F Vermillion officiating. The couple, sweethearts in Nebraska, plan to settle on the groom’s farm northeast of Lakewood after a December move. Free eye tests offered at L B Boellner’s Jeweler and Optician.
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