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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1905
Page
2
Roswell Daily Record lists subscription rates and mailing rules dated May 19 1903. It notes daily seven days a week service and payments in advance, with deadlines for advertisements to guarantee inclusion in the same day issue. The Record is the official paper of Chaves County and Roswell, and carries Associated Press membership.
The New Mexico Military Institute at Roswell is praised as a premier territorial school with 36 cadet placements from county and legislative members. Under Col. J W Willson the academy has grown, faces limited cadet capacity of 120, and aims to expand with better facilities and a 240 cadet goal as funding allows. The article highlights strong faculty, fiscal frugality, modern buildings, and Roswell’s favorable climate and rising rail access by 1906 as key factors in its future prominence.
Mexicans of Roswell will meet tomorrow to set plans for celebrating Independence Day on September 16. The program includes a morning parade with impersonations of Washington Hidalgo and Bolivar, an afternoon barbecue and oratory, and evening fireworks and a grand ball to foster closer U S Mexican ties.
R L Slaughter wife and son from Midland Miss Lottie Harris of Austin Mrs Annie Mumford of Dallas and Dr and Mrs G T Veal of Roswell returned from a mountain outing reporting a very pleasant experience A A Slaughter went to Dallas and Col C C Slaughter with wife and two daughters Carrie and Nellie headed to Cloudcroft Lodge for a month Most party members left for home Monday night except Mrs Mumford
A Joplin Missouri druggist Mrs. Obe Witmer promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as unequaled for bowel complaints in a circular to customers. The ad states dealers sell and recommend the preparation.
Two vacant lots with cement walk at Third and Lea corner and a gentle gray mare aged four with saddle offered for children. For rent a brick business house half block east of the post office. Also loose lime sold by Kemp Lumber Company on East Fourth Street. Chamberlain remedies advertised for stomach and liver relief. Desert land claims of 160 acres near Artesia offered for sale or trade, by J Mack Smith.
Daily arrivals and departures listed for north bound trains with mails. South bound trains close for mails at 5 05 p m and 3 20 p m respectively.
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