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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
3
Local residents including Charles Shaffer G N Amish Frank Talmage and A Ashton travel for short business visits to and from Hagerman Dexter Artesia and Amarillo. The piece also notes city loan funds and ongoing registration books with mentions of Roswell Carlsbad and a farm goods market featuring white cling peaches and cheap tomatoes.
Miss Nell Collins went to Dexter last night to visit until Saturday with her mother.
Mrs Emory Hobson departed this morning for a short visit with her parents in Artesia.
Highest cash price paid for poultry reported for U. S. Market in 2011. Mrs. Della Raplee and Mrs. Lee Whitesides visited Pecos for a four or five day stay. Pearl Wilson returned from a Kansas City business trip after several days away. L. B. Boell ner offers new negligee collar pins and Ascot tie pins.
Capt. N. J. Fritz arrived from Lake Arthur this morning to attend the county commissioners meeting where the judges and clerks for the upcoming election were designated today.
A fresh lot of diamond brooches arrived at L. B. Boellner the Jeweler 4912 Doc Sears. Miss Bila Draper left for Dexter after visiting Mrs Fred Duncan. 20 acres of Hondo land 21.4 miles from the city priced at 12.50 per acre.
Former Roswell men and local farmers Frank Large and James Forstad toured Dexter property near the city limits. An adjoining 5 acre and 10 acre tract are for sale at a great sacrifice with cash bids requested through the Title and Trust Company.
Mrs Frank M Duncan returns to her Carlsbad home after a two day stay in Roswell to handle business. White cling peaches are being prepared for pickling.
S. H. Price departed this morning for his home at Red Lake near Elida after several days in Roswell attending to business matters.
The Boards of Registration list headquarters in Roswell with Precinct 1 at the District Clerk office and Precinct 2 at the P V Lumber Co office.
Read our ad about 80 acres improved. Mrs Cartrigat and Miss Lula Williamson returned to the Felix ranch near Hagerman after nine days visiting Mrs R S Gravens and family. Bring old school books for due bill usable as cash or on new books. Judge Sutton returned from Hagerman after a joint debate with Mr Snyder the Socialist speaker. They debate tonight at the court house yard.
An Independent Market ad offers a premium roast for Sunday dinner. Located at 118 North Main, the shop promotes its best roast yet with a direct call to shoppers.
Mrs. A. C. Fulton arrived last night to visit her mother Mrs. L. Davis and sister Mrs. Will Stampp, coming from Houston Heights Texas.
Miss Pearl Lewis returned on a recent evening from Portales where she spent two weeks in charge of a sickness case as a professional nurse. The season’s latest large mammoth lockets for ladies are shown at L. B. Boellner, jeweler.
Mrs. A. C. Beall departed this morning on her return to Fort Worth Texas after spending two months visiting her grandson Byron O. Beall.
Mr. Smithson of Illinois visiting Hagerman to review land interests arrived this morning for a short stay in Roswell.
The ladies of the Christian church announce a chicken pie dinner with vegetables salads and pies in the vacant building opposite Joyce Pruit Co on Saturday the 27th starting at 11 30 a m An evening supper will feature ice cream and cake in a well hosted event at 4615.
A string of small classified items offers a mix of real estate, livestock, and household goods for sale. Listings include a 45 room modern home, Angora goats, porch swing settee, a carload of buggies, a family horse, Jersey cow, milk cow, chickens, office fixtures, and a corner lot with El Capitan View acreage priced around 200 dollars plus title and trust involvement. Contact details reference P O Box Roswell and local business Mabie Co and Record Office.
Classified style notice batch lists multiple help wanted ads from a newspaper page. Items include a woman for general housework at Home Bakery address 4713 SE, a first class agent for a live wire proposition, a governess on a ranch at Mt View Ranch Meek NM, a salesman and collector for Singer Sen Mach Co at 4411, and two lady boarders at 1128S Ky Avenue.
Several rental notices list light housekeeping rooms and boarding options. Locations include 215 W 3rd St 4716 13 N Rich 4616 902 N Main 502 S Lea Ave and 816 N Main. Some ads require no children or no sick. one offers a 5 room modern house with bath and utilities. Office rooms available. contact Pr J W Kinsinger. tf
Small black record book used for hauling beer is missing. Reward offered for return to Louis Rucker at 4912.
The Cemetery Association will meet Saturday at 2 30 oclock at Mrs Sid ney Prager s. All members and those interested are requested to come out.
Saturday Evening Post Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's Home Companion each priced at 1.50 yearly with Hattie L. Cobean as agent. Phone 166. James Smock L B Hageman Wilbur E Sloop and W J Smock, all railroad men except Smock, left today for Lakewood to fish in the big lake where channel cat are plentiful and hungry.
Roswell Steam Laundry announces the grand opening on Monday August 29 1912 and asks for patronage. Watch for their wagons and delivery service as J W Atkinson mercantile firm signs the notice.
Mr. R. M. Parsons has returned from Chicago where he sought the best engine and fuel for Pecos Valley development. He will demonstrate a 15 horsepower engine that will burn fuel oil at an estimated cost of 50 cents per day. Ask Parsons in Room 54 Texas Block.
A local notice invites attendance at a Baptist Young People's Union candy booth in a city intersection, 5th and Main, offering homemade candies and ice cream for a dime. The item promotes community engagement and a Chinese laundry nearby. F J Solis, previously with Hartley Co., departs. F D Neill takes his place as Hartley Co. representative after Solis’s four months in the area.
An advertisement invites women to earn $18.00 to $25.00 weekly from home with minimal daily time. No investment required. Respond to Mary B. Taylor at Box 30, Woman's Building, Joliet, Illinois for details.
Des Moines Aug 26 President A G Milled of the Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police urges the legislature to place all police officials under civil service. He also seeks a state bureau of identification with a rogues gallery, plus a state detective bureau at the Capitol.
A historical ad page lists diverse Roswell merchants including U. S. Meat Market with a quality motto, George B. Jewett billiards, Jaffa Prager Co. dry goods, Joyce Pruit Co. wholesale and retail, Roswell Drug & Jewelry Co., Independent Hardware Co., Oriental Livery Line, Pecos Valley Lumber Co., Roswell Lumber Co., and Kemp Lumber Co. promoting hardware, lumber, groceries, clothing, ranch supplies, and services.
Roswell ad promotes Dilley Furniture Company with the swellest line of furniture, high quality and low prices, showcasing a local retailer.
Roswell Hotel promises comfort with meals as Shrader Grocery Co advertises strictly good goods at reasonable prices and solicits patronage for shopping.
Hills and Dunn advertise furniture hardware stoves rugs and sewing supplies at 305 307 North Main with phone 69. The note lists dews second hand items and sewing machine needles bobbins and assorted notions.
Notary Mary A Cob ean records at the office and W S Murrell offers piano tuning and repair services with graduate credentials from the Chicago Conservatory. Advertisement highlights guaranteed work and a Morrison Bros ready to wear apparel store with millinery.
Dilley and Son provide undertaker and private ambulance services with prompt response. Allery Furniture Co lists undertaker options with contact through phone numbers 75 or lil. Henninger offers undertaker and embalmer services with private ambulance and parlors at 121 W. 4th Street and phone 3-5 rings.
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