Roswell School Chief Urges Early Study Priority
Superintendent M H Brasher defends strict after school make up for pupils with poor grades and urges focus on studies. Roswell plans a larger high school with seven teachers, 225 high school pupils, and 80 to 90 grade students. The New High School Building progresses, library books and lab equipment funding via lectures and dances.
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Toney
New Mexico
Hig
Board of Education
Jyery
Roswell
States
New Mex
Pauly
Miss North
Mothers Clubs
Mrs R F West Plans Ennis Texas Visit
Mrs R F West departed for a month long stay at her former home in Ennis Texas. She was joined by her sister Miss Mable Griffin who will visit Ennis then move to Dallas to settle there.
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R. F. West
Ennis
Texas
Mable Griffin
Dallas
Miss Bess May McClane Returns From Six Week East Tour
Miss Bess May McClane arrived home after a six weeks pleasure trip to eastern points. She visited Chicago Niagara Falls Canada Buffalo Elkorn Indiana and attended the National Public Speakers Convention.
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Bess May McClane
Points East
Chicago
Ilinois
Niagara Falls
Canada
Buffalo
Elk Nart
Ind
Deeds Filed for Record Compiled by Bonded Abstract Co
Roswell transactions show deed filings from 1906 to 1910 including Roswell Gas Co to Roswell Gas and Electric Lights Co lots 1 2 3 and 4 block 7 Thurbers add and west half of block 9 North Spring River add. Other deeds include Ellie C. Jackson to J E Allison Lake Arthur lots 16 17 18 for 475 dollars Lizzie M. Nickey to E W Poth part of NE quarter of SW quarter Sec 32 T 10S R 24 E for 35000 dollars Artesian Valley Land Co to L M Kelley tract 91 The Farms of Lake Arthur about 5 acres for 407 15 dollars Lake Arthur Townsite Co to Edwin M Scott Lake Arthur lots 1 2 3 4 4 and 6 block 29 for 300 dollars John W Bloomet ax to Bloom Land and Cattle Co SE quarter of NE quarter and NE quarter of SE quarter Sec 34 and W half of SW quarter Sec 35 Tp 11 S R 21 E with water from Hondo Ditch for 100 dollars. Also notices of church service and business ads including Father Adalbert Catholic Church notices and real estate market withdrawals and local items. Mention of Mary Maude Earle P D Southworth baby news and Roswell visits by Mrs Roger Elliott and Tom Malone.
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Roswell Gas Co
Roswell Gas and Electric Lights Co
Roswell
T. P
North Spring River
Ellie C. Jackson
J E. Allison
S. R
Hondo Ditch
Improve Mountain Roads for Adirondacks
Organized efforts to secure good roads throughout the Adirondacks will be taken as a result of the conference held here today by automobilists and property owners.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Adirondacks
Illinois Troops Gather for Eight Day National Guard Camp
Peoria today resembles an armed camp as thousands of uniformed troops assemble for the Illinois National Guard annual encampment. Soldiers will stay eight days in the city.
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Illinois
Peoria
Ill
Illinois National Guard
Third International Congress for Home Education Opens
In Brussels on Aug 21 the third International Congress for Home Education opens after the international congress on physical culture. Delegates represent educational bodies philanthropic societies and women’s organizations from many nations gathered in the Belgian capital.
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Brussels
Women’s Organizations
Seventy Sixth Methodist Camp Meeting Opens at Martha's Vineyard
The annual camp meeting for Methodists starts tomorrow in the large iron tabernacle on Martha's Vineyard. The site was chosen in 1835 and has hosted sessions every year since.
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Martha’s Vineyard
Boston
Big Iron Tabernacle
Catholics on Pilgrimage to Visit Columbus Birthplace
A distinguished party of Catholic pilgrims from America, organized by the Knights of Columbus, will arrive in Genoa on August 21 to visit Columbus birthplace. They will then proceed to Rome for a private audience with Pope Pius X.
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Genoa
Italy
Knights of Columbus of America
Columbus
Rome
Pius X
Sixth annual Hell Gate swim set for tomorrow
New York reports the sixth annual Hell Gate swim under the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps will take place tomorrow. Many life savers are expected to participate in the dangerous cross river swim.
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New York
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Pennsylvania Bible Conference Opens at Mt Gretna
The fifteenth annual Pennsylvania Bible Conference begins today at Mt Gretna Pa with Bishop Bell of Los Angeles Dr Peter Roberts of New York and W C Pearce of Chicago among the notable speakers on the program in the Aug 20 opening.
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Mt. Gretna
Bishop Bell
Los Angeles
Peter Roberts
New York
W. C. Pearce
Chicago
Great Electrical Show in San Francisco Attracts Exhibitors
Preparations finished for the Pacific coast's largest electrical show. The Coliseum is secured for the display and exhibitors from across the United States are gathering for the event.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Population center shifts westward toward Illinois
The 1890 to 1900 movement puts the U S population center from Ohio toward Indiana and now near a Kentucky? No. The report notes a shift from Ohio into Indiana and toward Illinois, with census projections suggesting the center could reach Illinois pending expert confirmation.
Population Center Shifts Westward Across Decades
The article traces population movement from Parkersburg West Virginia toward Chillicothe Ohio and beyond, noting westward shifts since 1790 and growth in southern and western states. It discusses Chicago drainage canal delays, costs, and health impacts, plus Milwaukee harbor developments and the rising use of trust companies following Justice Fuller’s will, highlighting the fiduciary trend and its effects on western finance.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
Chillicothe
Ohio
Baltimore
Washington D. C
Woodstock Va
Cincinnati
Texas
Oklahoma
Chicago Drainage Canal
Board of Sanitary Trustees
Henry H. Walker
Chicago River Improvement Association
Chicago
R. R. McCormick
United States
Drainage Board
Milwaukee
Fuller
Supreme Court
Puller
Merchants Loan & Trust Company
Marshall Field
Justice Fuller
Economist
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Norta
Mothers’ Club
Supt. City Schools
M. BE. Gray
Dalhart
H. L. Riles
Madras
EAGLE
Joyce-Pruit CO
Catholic Church
Father Adalbert
Mach. Co
M Link
Singer Sew
Mary Maude Earle
P. D. Southworth
Roger Elliott
Greenfield
Tom Malone
Hell Gate
Pennsy Bible Conference
Indiana
Nick-Ory
Hillnois
Pecos Valley Drug CO
Fexall
Smith’s
Brown
Praetorians
the Praetorians
C. B. Gardner
J. A. Brown
Roswell, N.1
Knights Templar
Court M. Treat
Comvetition Bureau
Association of Commerce
Denver
Albuquerque
C W. Parker Amusement Company
J. H. O'Rielly
John B. McManus
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