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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1905
Page
2
Roswell Daily Record notes the New Mexico Military Institute as a key local asset and fiscal booster for Roswell with cadet enrollment potential and building needs. It discusses advertising impact, Old Settlers material support, and the value of Roswell institutions while quoting the political climate and statehood debates in Albuquerque.
Various small ads and notices mix with a line about parties organizing for state officer elections. Items include for sale of fruit, ice, a horse, residence, hay, engine and boiler, pears, ponies, harness, wagon, saddle horses, and a printing press. Listings show Roswell area contacts and prices, with multiple vendors like U. S. Market Parker Earle Porter & Bryant A. Nisbet and Roswell Electric Co.
Office holders list New Mexico officials and county posts. The piece notes circulating circulars to prominent men aimed at defeating the statehood bill, with postmasters resisting bosses influence. It says administration forces seek Washington access to appoint an Otero man and file charges against rivals, altering expected lines in the contest. The president’s surprise announcement disrupts the plotting.
The writeups of public and general conditions will convince readers that Roswell and the Pecos Valley are up to date in every respect.
FOR RENT. Three room cottage. E H Skipwith. 14410 FOR RENT Nice furnished rooms Gentlemen only 106 N Rich. 4711 FOR RENT Two furnished rooms for light house keeping Mrs N Costa 405 N Penn ave Gate
POMS ncaa, us ake eek J. F. Hinkle Prest. of Council and Geo. L. Wyllys City Clerk. Fred J. Beck City Treasurer. City officers include City Attorney K. K. Scott, City Engineer, Lucius Dills, City Physician W. W. Phillips City Marshal, J. J. Rascoe Policemen M. W. Witt W. L. Ray Scavenger William Fyffe Pound Keeper J. H. Taylor Police Judee and J. B. Bailey Members of City Council Frank E. Brooks M. D. Burns J. P. Church Clarence Allery Sylvester P. Johnson J. W. Kinsinger W. W. Ogle A. L. Whiteman Geo. L. Wryllys. Fire Department John T. Kelly Chief Chas. Whiteman Secretary E. J. Glover Engineer.
Classified blurbs show multiple want ads: nurse position at 104 E Walnut St. girl for house work with two in family, Samuel Atkinson at 5211. stenographic office work via Miss Davis, 411 North Mo. request to buy a second hand single horse wagon for a farm from F N Brown near Roswell Nat Bank. rental offer of part of millinery store room at 408 North Main St by Mrs Etta Hawking on 501f.
A Joplin Missouri druggist Mrs. Obe Witmer reports there is nothing on the market matching Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints. He says they sell and recommend this preparation and many druggists would advise customers to use it. For sale by all dealers.
A readers note provides the slate of officers including President Bee G. A. Richardson, Vice President E. A. Cahoon, Harold Hurd as treasurer, and J. A. Graham as secretary. The listing names the second vice president inch ere and other positions, reflecting a community organizational rollout.
U S Land Office listing officers including Register and Receiver H Leland D L Geyer with president W M Atkinson and vice president Otto Hedgcoxe. Executive Committee members include Lucius Dills James Hamilton and J W Stockard with others.
Carnegie Library trustees named include J. J. Hagerman A. M. Robertson E. A. Cahoon Col J. W. Willson and Mark Howell. The roster appears in the public notices list.
Notice to Bridge Builders bids for a trussed foot bridge 46 by 6 feet over the Hondoon west line of Main street will be received at the City Clerk office until noon Saturday September 2 1905 Plans and specifications may be seen at the Clerk s office Bids cover material and work Council reserves right to reject any and all bids
The Sisters Hospital building committee in Roswell New Mexico invites sealed bids for all materials and labor to erect a four story brick and stone hospital. Bids due September 7 1905 at 12 M with a $500 certified check and a contract bond of at least one third. Each bid opens in public and the committee may reject any bid. Architects J M Nelson & Co Roswell NM.
A persuasive notice touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a cure for biliousness and dyspepsia, claiming renewed health and happiness through invigorated digestion and regulated bowels. Also mentions Roswell Lumber Co. offers lumber and building materials at North Main Street and Stockard & Deans advertise driving horses for sale or rent.
Paul P. Gurney of Licking county Ohio with fifty years in Merino ram handling arrives in Roswell New Mexico around September first. He brings an extra shipment of Ohio rams from Rambouilletts Moulton Burnham Van Meter Lincoln Harris oath ers and Delaine breeders Foster Dukes Bishop Dennis Bell Helser Grubb among others. The display promises prize winners and invites the public to view.
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