Ruef Grand Jury Postponed in San Francisco Case
The grand jury continues its investigation into telephone company cases as not taken up today. Mayor Schmitz is overruled by the Board of Supervisors. Abraham Ruef has been posted as jurors appear in court. The Pacific Company inquiry proceeds in San Francisco with Judge Ryan appointed in place of a clerk amid bribery allegations involving Supervisor Nichols.
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Telephone Company
Schmidtz
Board of Supervisors
Pacific Company
Takoma Biscuits for convention guests
A convention service featured Takoma Biscuits produced by Loose Wiles and sold through Jaffa, Prager & Company. The item appears in a brief listing with the code 38-13.
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Takoma
Jaffa, Prager & Company
Jajffa, Prager & Company
Oklahoma convention faces injunction over constitution draft
Guthrid April 16 The convention adjourned after drafting a con stitution which exceeded its power and clashed with a court injunction. Kent Murray and other delegates aim to submit new propositions. The convention may stay in session until the constitution is signed and then sent to a special election on August 6.
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Guthrid
O. T
Bure
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Election Board
Kent Murray
Grand Concert at Baptist Church Tonight in Roswell
The Ladies Cemetery Association hosts an 8 o'clock concert at Baptist Church. Also in Roswell Prof H W Campbell will speak Thursday on his Campbell Day Farming Project with the place to be announced. Local notes mention arrivals from Amarillo and a return to Olathe, Kansas after a winter visit.
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Baptist Church
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
H. W. Campbell
Roswell
Tournament Entry Fee and Prize Distribution Pronounced
The entrance fee is fixed at five dollars per contestant. Prize money will be split with sixty percent for the second prize and forty percent for the third prize. The committee reserves the right to determine further details.
Local notices and ads from the April convention week
Public notices invite bids by noon on Wednesday April 17 with entrance fees to W. S. Kilgour at Smoke House. Riding tournament moves to the grand stand at fair grounds due to unsafe grounds. Free to all. Local items note Ha german family visiting, Chase and Sanborn coffee samples, and several business ads including Roswell Steam & Laundry and Jaffa Prager & Co. promotions. Also piano for sale and a four room house listing by Carlton & Bell.
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W. S. Kilgour
The
Military Institute
Fair Grounds
Reveries of a Bachelor at Baptist church tonight
Reveries of a Bachelor to night only at the Baptist church continues. Majestic. R Forsyth, once laid up with erysipelas, able to be out of doors. Bernard Pos returned this morning from a business trip south.
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Baptist Church
R. Forsyth
Bernard Pos
Grand Concert Draws City’s Finest Chorus
A fine chorus composed of the best singers in the city performed at the Grand Concert tonight. Visitors arrived for the event include G. Pinel of Dayton and J. C. Wilson of Carlsbad. Others en route or visiting relatives include Dick Seay visiting his parents during the convention, BE A Clayton and wife from Artesia, W. C. Breeding and sister from Lakewood, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hodges of Artesia, and E F Cooper and family from Dayton. Hess & Co. photographers promote their services. The note mentions a cool place to rest during travels. 39-1f fa.
Barbecue Announcement at Slaughter Farm
One mile east of town on Second Street at Slaughter farm invites stockmen and visitors to a barbecue. Transport by street car, automobile, cayuse, or on foot. The cook will call for dishes at 11 30 a.m. as cattle with various traits are mentioned. Chairmen J P White and J F Hinkle oversee.
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Slaughter Farm
Roswell Weather Report for April 16
Local Roswell New Mexico report from the Weather Bureau notes a maximum temperature of 84 and a minimum of 60 with mean 72. Precipitation 00 and wind from the southwest at 4 miles per hour. Forecast calls for a cloudy night with showers and colder, followed by a Wednesday of fair weather. Official M Wright in charge.
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Roswell
N. M
S. W
Opening Inning Surges Carry Early Win
A strong first inning sets the tone as the home team opens the season with a decisive victory. Key players contributed early runs to establish a lead that framed the rest of the game.
Cadets Triumph Over Amarillo in First Convention Game
New Mexico Military Institute cadets defeated Amarillo 3 to 1 before a large Amusement Park crowd in the opening game of the convention week. Crowell pitched well for the cadets allowing three hits and seven strikeouts. Weber of Amarillo matched with six strikeouts. Key plays included a pair of unusual outs on dropped flies and a double play by Lohman and Hester.
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Military Institute
Amarillo
Crowell
Weber
Lohman
Hester
Amarillo and Roswell to Play Second Game at 4:15 Today
The score by innings shows Amarillo 3 and Roswell 1 after the early game. The Roswell town team will face Amarillo in the second game beginning at 4 15 this afternoon with other convention games set for subsequent afternoons.
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Amarillo
Roswell Town
Panhandle Stockmen Conclude Eight Annual Session in Roswell
The Panhandle Stockmen Association of Texas holds its eighth annual convention in Roswell at the Baptist church basement. President Thomas S Bugbee praises Roswell hospitality and outlines gains from pasture improvements, rail access, and new feed tests by Prof. Marshall while secretary E H Brainard records 34 new members and cattle inspections.
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Thomas S. Bugbee
New Baptist Church
Fifth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Main Street
Bugbee
H. F. Vermillion
The
Baptist Church
Jas. W. Stockard
H. J. Hagerman
W. B. Slaughter
Dalhart
Texas
Roswell
John Chisum
Judge Richardson
Panhandle
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Amarillo
Plainview
E. H. Brainard
H. E. Crowley
Midland
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
Southwest
Mining engineer joins Kentucky project after mountains trip
Jaffa, Prager & Company note Dr J. Odd Hamilton returned from a mining trip with Prof. F A Jones, a consulting engineer, who is handling engineering work for the Kentucky Mining Company. Also public notices seek a woman to help in a private boarding house at 708 N Main.
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J. Odd Hamilton
F. A. Jones
Kentucky Mining Company
N. Main
Grand Concert at Baptist Church Tonight
Mr and Mrs Zellman and daughter Susie alongside Miss Fred Dimmitt of Amarillo visit Mrs Hattie Clisbee during the convention at the Baptist Church Grand Concert tonight.
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Zellman
Susie
Fred Dimmitt
Amarillo
Hattie Clisbee
Grand Concert at Baptist Church Tonight
Snow Storm hits Kansas as Topeka reports whirling snow this morning with a 36 degree temperature. For rent a barn with three stalls loft and space for a buggy near 411 N Penn Ave.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
N. Penn. Ave
Perfetto Wafers Sold by Jaffa Prager Co
Ad extract notes Perfetto Wafers by The House of Loose Wiles sold through Jaffa Prager & Company. Also lists a governess position on a ranch for summer and a complete change program tomorrow at Majestic in terse entries.
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Jaffa, Prager & Company
Majestic
First class photographs at moderate prices at Hess & Co
One hour's entertainment for 10 cents and showcases Majestic, Loose-Wiles Candies and Crackers at Jaffa, Prager & Company. Tobe Cazier arrived from Carlsbad for festivities. Dr A L Norfleet cashier of the Bank of Artesia was in town today.
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Hess & Co
A. L. Norfleet
Bank of Artesia
Coffee and grocery notices from the convention era
The text notes a cafe call for a good cup of Coffee in the Grocery Department during the convention. It mentions Chase & Sanborn's Famous Seal Brand Java and Mocha. Jaffa Prager & Co. 31 Helen Mitchell came from Dexter to attend the big meeting. A shipment of Arsenate of Lead arrived at Roswell Drug & Jewelry Co. Home Market offers chickens, bread, pies and cakes at the Western Grocery. 3714
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Chase and Sanborn
Jaffa, Prager & Company
Jaffa
Prager & Company
Chase & Sanborn
Jaffa, Prager & Co
Helen Mitchell
Dexter
Roswell
Western Grocery
Local visitors attend convention in Texas
Miss Lola Sparks of La Grange and Adam Miller of Stanton arrived in town for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. Lusk and to attend the convention while sampling Arcadia Chocolates at Jaffa, Prager & Company.
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Arcadia Chocolates
Jaffa
Lola Sparks
la Grange
Tex
Adam Miller
Stanton, Tex
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Ruef
San
Francisco
Oklahoma Convention
Ralph Smith
T. M. Daniel
G. L. True
W. Lane
Olathe
Mary Palmer
Dr. Farnsworth
Hagerman
Pat
J. D. Bender & Son
Ivers & Pond
J. J. Williamson
Carlton & Bell
G. Pinel
Dayton
J. C. Wilson
Carlsbad
Dick Seay
BE. A. Clayton
Wife
Artesia
W. C. Breeding and Sister
Lakewood
John R. Hodges
Fa ‘As
E. F. Cooper
Mittee
J. P. White
Chmn
J. F. Hinkle
Secy
U. S. Weather Bureau
Oficial
M. Wright
Cadets of the
John Good
Quanah
J. A. Manning
D. L. Myers
Pecos Valley & North Eastern Railroad
W. McGaffey
Automobile
Gilmore & Fleming
Prof. Campbell
Corpus Christi
Mess & Co
D. S. Pinckley
M. MT
Stewart
Kennard
Gammon
Morrison
Miller
Montoya
Smith
Weller
Butler
Foy
Alston
McAlester, If
Laughton
DeWitt
Panhandle Stockmen
Great Panhandle Stockmen’s As
Sociation of Texas
Marshall
Goodnight
Slaughter
Littlefield
K. K. Scott
Richardson
Stockard
Jerry Cazier
M. L. Moody
First National Bank of Elida
Boston
Mass
Central Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Eastern Oil Company
Charles Murray
Mike
Acme Cement Plant
Willard R. Sampson
Albany, Mo
Acme Cement
H. Hyde
St. Mary’s Hospital
Allery Undertaking
the Baptist Church
Ullery
FURN
Tobe Cazier
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