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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
2
The Record appeals to practical farmers and fruit growers to submit letters about irrigation profits, land, crops, and experiences in the Pecos Valley. It highlights Roswell connections, apple growing anecdotes, and aims to publish regular farmer letters in daily and weekly editions. The piece notes officials and Commercial Club boosters support and invites widespread contributions.
Retrospective pieces recount J. P. White and Capt. C. W. Haynes era as Roswell’s community figures. They cover G. A. Richardson’s law career, the first law library, the Bank of Roswell, and Chaves county’s 1891 organization. Details include Lincoln county history, land offices, and early transport milestones like the 1894 Hondo River locomotive crossing. The Old Settlers column highlights local politics and notable residents amid frontier development.
A lengthy roster lists county officers including judge, district clerk, district attorney, sheriff, treasurer, recorder and probate judge. It covers county commissioners, health and education appointees, city officers such as mayor, city attorney and engineer, police and fire department heads, ward representatives and street committees. Also noted are the Commercial Club officers and a biographical sketch of J. A. Richardson, lawyer and Roswell community leader, plus a brief endorsement for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and a note about Roswell Creamery packaging.
They appeal to our sympathies by claiming Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets can restore health and happiness. The ad asserts the tablets invigorate the stomach and liver, strengthen digestion, and regulate the bowels, with sale through all dealers.
U. S. Land Office notes appointive figures as receivers and registrars. Fair Association lists W. M. Atkinson as president Otto Hedgcoxe as vice president and Lucius Dills among executive committee members James Hamilton and J. W. Stockard also named.
A broad set of property ads describes eight room houses with modern conveniences on Richardson and Pennsylvania Avenues, two residence buildings on North Main Street, a five room house on South Lea Avenue, and various land tracts near Cumberland Town site, artesian belt, Hondo land, and town lots. Prices are stated as bargains.
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