City approves sidewalk improvements after supreme court ruling
The Roswell city council unanimously ordered immediate sidewalk work on Main Street and all new walks authorized by ordinance. The report by City Attorney H. M. Dow followed a Supreme Court ruling sustaining the city in the abutting owner cost. Additional items included occupation ordinance No. 218, fire compliance at the Nimitz theatre, lighting for bridges, and a replevin case in Justice Bell court over tremors seized at the Green Front raid.
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H. M. Dow
Supreme Court
Veal
FE. F. Hardwick
Nimitz Theatre
Roswell
Messrs. Cummins, Mullis
Cottingham
Council
Justice Bell
Tub Wilson
Wooster
Green Front
Gilbert
Roswell Seed Co Buys Thomas Fee Orchard At $330 Per Acre
The Roswell Seed Company bought the Thomas Fee orchard in Hagerman estate block 22 for 9.39 acres at 596 trees and priced at 330 dollars per acre for the crop alone. The deal, the best per acre paid for apples this year, includes picking and packing at the buyer’s expense.
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Ae Roswell Seed Company
Thomas Fee
Fee
Hagerman Estate
Purc
Roswell Seed Company
Dr. Goodsell
Goodsell
Jacoby and Behringer Dismissed After Trial
The trial of Pete Jacoby for possession of liquor for sale ended in acquittal and discharge. Tub Wilson’s trial was continued to tomorrow. Constable Fred Benninger was dismissed on an interfering with an officer charge, with Judge Welter noting Behringer acted on court orders. The charge against Charles Gilbert remains unresolved.
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Pete Jacoby
A. J. Welter
Jacoby
Tub Wilson
Fred Benninger
Justice Welter
Wooster
L. O. Fullen
Behringer
Charles Gilbert
Seamen in Convention Vote for International Strike
Delegates from seamen and marine firemen unions across America and Europe, excluding French groups, agreed to strike unless ship owners form a board of conciliation to address sailors grievances. The decision was announced at the International Congress of Sailors and Firemen in Copenhagen on August 26.
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Copenhagen
America
Europe
International Congress of Sailors and Marine Firemen
Pentecostal Camp Meeting Near Matteawan Opens
In New York on August 26 a Pentecostal church of the Nazarene camp meeting was inaugurated on a Hudson overlook near Matteawan. A tabernacle stands ready and many affluent adherents plan summer cottages. The event is to become an annual gathering with sessions through September 5.
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New York
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
Hudson
Matteawan
Roosevelt Aligns with New York Progressives in Rail Statement
In Carroll Iowa on August 26 Colonel Roosevelt declared the fight in New York is against bossism and corruption linking business and party leaders. He pledged a ruthless war on corrupt alliances and stressed progressives oppose domination by special interests. In Ames crowds greeted him as his train stopped at Marshalltown where he appeared in pajamas and slippers protesting photographers.
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Carroll
Iowa
Roosevelt
New York State
New York
Ames
Marshalltown
Socialist party faces internal rifts amid trial echoes
The passage notes tensions within the Socialist party with mentions of William D. Haywood, the former western mine leader, whose murder trial years ago drew national attention and contributed to the party's turbulent history.
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America
William D. Haywood
Western
Socialist Party
Koreans foresee U S Japan war within five years
Dr. S. H. Kimm, former Korean legation attache and now Korea's representative in the United States, says Korea believes the United States will be drawn into a war with Japan within five years. He cites guerrilla insurgents opposing Japanese annexation and notes censorship hides the true Korea situation, predicting a war for liberation by twenty million Koreans.
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New York
Korea
United States
Japan
S. H. Kimm
Washington
Dr. Kimm
Wool Market Report Quiet in St Louis Trade
St Louis reports a quiet wool market on August 26 with steady activity across territory and western medians. Prices for fine merino and other grades shown with ranges from 14 to 20 cents.
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St. Louis
Cattle Receipts Steady in Kansas City Market
Kansas City Mo August 26 cattle receipts total 2 500 with 1 000 south erns. Market steady. Native steers 4.75 to 8.25 dollars. Southern steers 4.00 to 5.25. Southern cows 3.00 to 4.25. Native cows and heifers 2.60 to 6.75. Stockers described in report.
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Kansas City
Great Eastern Exhibition Opens in Sherbrooke
Montreal reports Canada's Great Eastern Exhibition opens tomorrow at Sherbrooke Quebec and is set to be a record breaker for exhibits and attendance. The fair runs through the following week.
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Montreal
Canada
Sherbrooke, Que
Census counts Roswell school children near twenty five hundred
Thomas Harrison completes a city census of school age children in Roswell. He has 2,220 names so far and expects 200 to 250 more, a rise from last year despite declines among Negro and Mexican students due to removals.
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Thomas Harrison
Roswell
Harrison
Roosevelt Special to Visit Iowa and Nebraska
President Theodore Roosevelt plans a cross country trip through Iowa and Nebraska today. He will stop in more than a dozen locations where he will deliver addresses and express views on immigration and population policy.
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Roosevelt
Iowa
Nebraska
Damrosch Orchestra May Come to Roswell
The Elks of Roswell plan to bring Walter Damrosch Symphony Orchestra and Band, a fifty piece group regarded as among the world’s finest, on a western tour this fall. If local interest grows, Roswell could host the act after a twelve hundred dollar guarantee is pledged.
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The
Elks of
Roswell
Walter Damrosch
Elks
Livestock Market Report Shows Steady Hog Prices
Hog receipts reach 2,500 with market steady and bulk sales at 8.95 to 9.30. Packer and butcher quotes run 9.00 to 9.30 for heavy hogs, while light hogs fetch 9.15 to 9.35. Sheep receipts total 2,500 with a strong market. lambs 6.00 to 6.75 and western muttons 4.00 to 4.60.
Convention on a Boat
Northwestern Electric Sight and Power Association opens its annual convention aboard the Queen in Seattle. Delegates tour the Sound and Cape Flattery voyage while an on board electrical exhibition operates on ship generated power.
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Seattle, Wiash
Northwestern Electric Sight and Power Association
Seattle
Cape Flattery
Intermountain
Drunkards to Insane Asylum Policy Adopted in Passaic
Passaic county authorities rule habitual drunkenness a mental disease and will commit afflicted individuals to the insane asylum. The first two cases resulted in women being sent away for treatment after long histories in the county jail for drunkenness.
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Patterson
N. J
Passaic County
Socialists Gather in Copenhagen International Congress
In Copenhagen delegates from many nations convene for the International Congress of Socialists as banners declare unity in the workers movement. Germany shows influence with over a hundred delegates while France faces internal divisions led by Jean Jaures and rival factions.
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Republic
Jean Jaures
Herve
Guesde
France
Judge Pope's Roswell visit and court schedule
Judge Wm H Pope announces he will visit Roswell next Thursday for night chambers and hold court there Friday and Saturday with Eddy county cases. Court opens in Portales September 5 for two weeks, then Clovis for one week, moves to Carlsbad, Eddy county court starts October for three weeks, then Federal court opens in Roswell on the third Monday in October and Territorial court not before November.
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Wm. H. Pope
Roswell
Eddy County
Portales
Clovis
Tne Court
Carlsbad
Eddy County Court Fo
Federal Court
Territorial Court
May Settle Southwestern Miners Strike Soon
Kansas City report says coal mine operators and Southwestern field miners are optimistic a settlement will come within the week. Miners meet at Pittsburg tomorrow to vote on an operators plan and, if approved, confer Monday to complete contracts offering the Cincinnati convention wage increase with operators gaining concessions on working conditions.
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Kansas City, Mo
Southwestern Field
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Killing at Washington ranch shocks Carlsbad area
District Attorney L O Fullen heads to Carlsbad to probe the killing of Claire W Merchant Jr at the Washington ranch. Merchant, about 35, left a wife and young children after being attacked by four men with an ax. No further details. The case ties to local Merchant family with Abilene connections.
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L. O. Fullen
Carlsbad
Claire W. Merchant, Jr
Washington Ranch
Texas Line
Mr Merchant
Merchant
Abilene
C. W. Merchant
Will, Lige
J. D. Merchant
Ed. S. Seay
Roswell
George H Hutchins
Schlitz
IOWA DAY PICNIC BRINGS IOWA-LOVING CROWD TO ROSWELL
The Roswell gathering at Slangater's Grove drew about a hundred Iowans and enthusiasts claiming Hawkeye status. Col. Charles R. Baker hosted a lively program with talks by local leaders and lighthearted letters from Senators Cummins and Dolliver. Messages from Dr. Parsons and Rev. McDowell added, while Governor Mills proxy joked about Leaving Iowa.
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Roswell
Iowa
Slangater’s Grove
Col
Charles R. Baker
Col. Baker
Cummins
Dolliver
C. L. Parsons
P. H. McDowell
Wm. J. Mills
I. P. Wetmore
Haskell
Oklahoma
Smith
Rufus
Roswell Buildings Highlighted In Dallas News Reports
Dallas News features Roswell High School and the Chaves County Courthouse under construction, noting total spending near two hundred thousand dollars. Kansas City Star and El Paso Times also cover Bottomless Lakes near Roswell with favorable local condition write ups.
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Dallas News
Roswell
Chaves County Court House
Kansas City Star
el Paso Times
Fayetteville man travels to Albuquerque for visit
O L McMillen of Fayetteville Arkansas sails for Albuquerque for a similar visit though he expects to return in the winter. Good driving horses at City Livery.
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O. L. McMillen
Fayeteville
Ark
Albuquerque
Roswell Weather Forecast and Temperatures for Aug 26
Local U S Weather Bureau report from Roswell New Mexico records the max temperature 69, min 52 and mean 60 with trace precipitation and cloudy wind from 2 miles north. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with showers tonight and Saturday and warmer.
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Roswell
N. M
Vax
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