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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1905
Page
4
Local notes list social events, visits, and business trips from Roswell residents. Mentions Wild Turkey dinner at the Shelby Hotel on Sunday, several travelers visiting or returning from Amarillo, Carlsbad, Pecos, Portales, and Texico, plus brief notices about real estate, commerce, and community services.
A dense roster of local offices is named including Judge of the Fifth Judicial District Wm H Pope District Clerk Carl M Bird Jas M Hervey K S Woodruff District Attorney Sheriff County Treasurer Clerk and Recorder Supt Public Institutions Probate Judge F P Gayle J M Reed J T Evans Vir Kenney Jno C Peck Surveyor County Assessor AP ae ee 28 ew County Commissioners First Dist W M Atkinson Second Dist Thos D White Third Dist N J Fritz County Physician E H Skipwith
The document names city officers and council members including J. F. Hinkle as president of the council and Geo. L. Wyllys as head of the Ry Coops. Also listed are city treasurer Lucius Dills city attorney city engineer and other posts with several names such as W. W. Phillips Jae Cummins and Roscoe and a fire department leadership team headed by John T. Kelly as chief and Chas. Whiteman as secretary.
First Ward lists J. A. Foreman and J. A. Cottingham. Second Ward names L. K. McGaffey and Mark Howell. Smith M. Slaughter is noted. Fifth Ward includes C. C. Emerson and W. Sc. Burras with Mark Howell and W. W. Burras mentioned.
A cluster of small ads lists a five room adobe house for rent at 109 N. Ky furnished. Various sale notes include a Little girl's wheel at $10, a residence at Main and 13th St, a lady's saddle new at $40 now $18, an engine and boiler 40 hp in good condition, a draft team of black horses from Kemp Lumber Co, a rotary well machine with tools and pipe, a Cranston press seven column folio in good order, and contact details such as Record Office and Lock Box 142 Artesia N M.
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