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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1910
Page
4
Mrs. H. L. Fisher of Denver arrived for a visit of a month or six weeks with her sons Dr. E. M. Fisher and John Fisher.
Miss Daisy Stanley Seft left yesterday for the Nambe Indian Reservation near Santa Fe to make her home and work among the Indians.
Mrs. Wilson Hagnes came back to Dexter Saturday evening following a week spent with her mother, Mrs. J. H. Carter.
Miss Pearl Swinney returned to Lake Arthur Saturday evening after spending four days in Roswell visiting T. J. Deason and his wife.
Kodak developers offer free film development with a prints order from Baker and Cornell located at 207 West 4th Street. The note appears on a street display or flyer.
Miss May Lester left yesterday to visit Mrs. Cora Pomeroy who has moved from Roswell to Amarillo.
Mrs H F King and family from Glasgow Kansas after six months here departed yesterday for Raton New Mexico to spend the winter.
Mrs. Will Freeman formerly Mable Ballard returned to her Clovis home after a short visit with relatives and friends in Roswell. Mrs. B D Garner left for New York City to join her husband on a buying trip for Joyce Pruit Company.
Mary A Cobean notary public advertises a $500 000 loan on irrigated farms with annual interest and prepay privilege. The notice also calls a September 6 1910 election in Chaves County New Mexico for four delegates to the State Constitutional Convention with polling at 8am to 6pm across Roswell Dexter Hagerman Plainview Hernandez Kenna Elkins and other precincts.
A traveler stayed in the city as a guest of Major Eugene A. Lohman during his visit. Details on the visit remain sparse but the association with Major Lohman is noted.
Mrs. T. F. Cazier traveled to Dexter Saturday night to visit Uncle Jerry Cazier, who suffered a stroke and is slowly recovering.
Mrs Kinnie Witte of Dexter visited the city for a shopping trip today, stopping at storefronts and running errands among local shoppers.
Clyde Chamberlain, the deaf boy who has worked on the Artesia Advocate for five weeks, returned yesterday and will again be noted with his parents in the city.
Brown mare taken up by Harry Wait of Orchard Park. Brand half circle J L on left hip. 2306 tag/reference.
Mrs. R. J. Reynolds of Hagerman arrived for a visit with Mrs. W. K. Whitman and will stay several days. She is accompanied by her father-in-law C. I Reynolds of Kentucky who is visiting the valley.
Hal and Joe Ware Clyde McCaslin and Fred Newmeyer returned this morning from a two or three days visit at the home of R. M. Ware between Dexter and Hagerman. All are popular players on the Roswell baseball team.
R. E. Huffman of Pecos Valley Lumber Co. at Elkins came Saturday evening for a shave due to the barber's vacation. He stayed over Sunday with Roswell friends and returned to work this morning.
Charles A. May returned to Carlsbad Saturday night and oversaw water distribution from mountain runoff in the Rio Hondo as supervisor for the U S Reclamation Service. He reported last week’s flow was the best the Hondo has had this year.
C M Farnsworth came back from Vaughan where he prepared for installing houses and sheds for the Roswell Auto Company at the Roswell Vaughan auto mail and passenger stage end.
H. T. Drury and U.S. Bateman began a series of talks to back Democratic delegates to the constitutional convention. They are set to speak at Lake Arthur Hagerman Dexter Boaz and Kenna in the coming nights.
R. F. Cruse came home Saturday night after several weeks along the Pacific coast in California. He was joined by Mrs. Cruse who then headed to Paris Texas to join their children who spent the summer with grandparents. The family will reunite in the fall.
Ed Seay and C A Baker started on today’s automobile trip toward Vaughan and other locations along the Rock Island railroad.
Democratic headquarters for a western congressional campaign opens in Chicago with tariff extravagance and graft as the slogan. Party leaders express optimism and say conditions are favorable for Democratic gains next November.
Play commenced today in the fifth annual tennis tournament for the championship of the White Mountains at Crawford House New Hampshire. Men’s singles and doubles events will be decided and the winner faces W B Craigin Jr of New York, holder of the Crawford Notca challenge cup, which goes to the player winning it three times.
Citizens gathered at the First Baptist Church in Roswell New Mexico to establish the Roswell Law and Order League. The group plans a meeting there on Thursday August 4 at 8 00 PM inviting all supporters of law and order to attend.
Mrs Pegg suffered bruises in a buggy runaway on Sunday evening when harness broke and the horse bolted. Mr and Mrs Chester Pegg and the sister were thrown from the buggy as it overturned on railroad tracks. only Mrs Pegg was injured. The buggy was badly wrecked.
J. S. Wranosky and wife convey two lots in Wranosky's Orchard to George A. Davisson and water right No. 2321 from Hagerman Irrigation Co. for $10.00. The filing compiled by Bonded Abstract Co. on July 8 1910 notes the Hagerman New Mexico transfer.
W. G. Hamilton came back last night after a three day excursion through the mountain country near Roswell. He started Friday morning with H. J. Hager Man, who has headed to El Paso in his car.
Mrs. H. D. Rockafellow returned Saturday from Colorado Springs and Denver after five weeks away. She resides with her son in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Cherry, who plan to leave Wednesday with Mrs. O. H. Smith for a visit at Pine Lodge.
A marriage license was issued this morning to George Lewis age 25 and Jennie Brown age 23, both residents of Artesia.
F. H. Anderson from Hagerman and J. L. Marr of El Paso visited Roswell this Sunday. W. H. Gillemwater arrived from Albuquerque and C. M. Richards with wife from Carlsbad spent the day. Mr and Mrs George Hall and P. G. Hall from Artesia came for a short visit. Dan McHatton returned from a Chicago trip. The Roswell Land Company opens an office in the Clem House across from the courthouse square.
Miss Ruta Akin will travel to Lake Arthur tonight for a week long visit, staying at a local hotel and visiting nearby sights.
The Democratic Central Committee of Chaves County announces a Democratic Primary Election on August 9 1910 to nominate four delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Candidates must file by August 1 with a $25 fee. precinct delegates are allocated by voter counts from 1908. Full instructions to judges and polling places will be provided by August 4.
Firemen were summoned at eight o clock Saturday evening to a blaze at the corner of Second street and Union avenue but neighbors organized a bucket brigade led by Manuel Paredes and extinguished the fire before the wagons arrived. The blaze came from a defective flue in a native citizen s house, whose name was not learned.
The city’s buildings are gaily decorated for visiting organizations with a varied program of amusements between sessions and drills. Prizes totaling several thousand dollars are planned for competitive drills among Uniform Bank companies and Knights of Pythias. Seven hundred dollars will go to prize winning lodges in the subordinate lodge parade on Wednesday. An aquatic competition is set for Thursday and a boxing show for Friday night.
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