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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
4
Local news items report visits and moves among residents and merchants: J B Atkenson from Artesia. John H McKinstry in Artesia on business. many locals from Carlsbad, Hagerman, Dexter, and nearby towns visiting Roswell. U S Market features cheese and canned meats. Valle y Lumber and other businesses advertise supplies. Several arrivals and departures frame a day of shopping, travel, and small business.
Father Herbert reports work on the sisters planned hospital will begin in three weeks. Architects J M Nelson and Son have prepared a watercolor view and a photograph of the completed building, praised as strikingly beautiful. Also notes of Roswell residents leaving town for Artesia and Tucson for family reunions and relocation.
Lake Arthur New Mexico August 7 three artesia wells are under construction ten thirteen and fifteen miles west on Cottonwood one well has reached the first flow nearly to the surface prospectors expect to reach second and third flows boosting the water belt by four or five miles if successful existing belt covers nine to ten miles. Local business shifts include Mrs Fannie Balmeth selling property and planning to rent stock arriving, with general merchandise slated. Lake Arthur hosts a printing office a saloon and a barber shop as the town grows. Deeds filed record show land transfers in Roswell and nearby areas including a patent to Elisha Orr for 158.99 acres and minor tracts involving J N Poteet Otis Albin C W Haynes Seth Fleming. Desert claims filed by Laura Budd Ella Schneider and Mary M Dean and homesteads by Alexandra J Billberry and Thomas M Laster. Antonio Escabado vs Ambrosio Virgil trial still pending.
Wanted: general house work helper for a good home with good wages. Apply at 509 N Pa Ave or 3713.
The Lakewood Townsite Company reports the second town well shows a water flow that rises over the casing while drillers continue drilling deeper. The new well already surpasses the old in output.
All instruments and office furniture of the late Dr. W. E. Parkhurst will be sold at his former office through September 1. The sale is conducted at the office recently occupied by him located at 3614.
The Ladies Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church plans a meeting Thursday at three o'clock in the afternoon at the home of Mrs H F Smith located at 3512. The event invites members to gather for discussion and fellowship.
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