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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1941
Page
8
Mrs Puckett of 415 West Second advertises eyelets metal spots and buckles buttons. Public notice appears as a brief classified item with address and item details.
Statement from W. R. Kirkland declaring nonresponsibility for debts contracted by others. Filed as a public notice with date 12-2. Includes standard courthouse style disclaimer and name signature.
A brief advertisement promotes hobby items including boiling onions soup package salad package and homemade sour kraut sold at Anderson's Gardens with emphasis on garden and pantry supplies.
Doctor T E Boggs offers eye examinations and glasses fitting at 309 North Main. Lenses are ground in own laboratory by expert technicians. Broken lenses duplicated immediately. Phone 21 for appointment.
The stock market attempted further recovery but only partial gains occurred as steels and rails, leaders of the previous rally, were tamed by profit taking. Quoted items showed mixed results with more advances than declines. Trading totaled 1,082,300 shares with gains in American Can Air Reduction Union Carbide Du Pont Allied Chemical Johns Manville Eastman Harvester United Aircraft Sperry American Smelting Standard Oil and Consolidated Edison while Montgomery Ward American Telephone Southern Pacific and Great Northern Railway lagged. Bonds fluctuated and commodities rose.
Christmas crafts offer easily made embroidered pillow cases luncheon sets aprons and crocheted pot holders from Art Gift Shop located at 107 West Fourth. This brief advertisement promotes affordable handmade gifts for the holiday season.
New York bonds report shows Treasury 3 1/4s at 104.27 and 3 1/4s 46-44 at 105.27. Federal Farm Mortgage unchanged. Home Owners Loan 2 1/4s 44-42 at 101.4 with Dec. 3 date noted.
Daily closes show AmAirl, AmCan, AmChC and others mixed with gains and losses. Wool and cotton futures rise modestly as New York markets report on Dec 3 with notable moves in Grains and textile commodities.
Spot cotton in New Orleans closed steady and 27 points higher with sales of 3,025 bales. Mid 16.05? No. mid-dling price reported at 17.05 per unit, reflecting a firmer market on December 3.
Seventeen young men enrolled in a refresher course to qualify for enlistment in the army air corps. The group includes Homer Allen Stevens and Julius J. Goodart. Capt. Clarence Vogel aided the setup, with Elks Club sponsorship and school cooperation. Classes meet at Junior High on Mon Wed Thu 7 to 10. First six weeks instructors are Gladys Taylor and Norbert Bush.
Historical price notes show Wheal Corn and Oats figures for Dec May and July ranges. Values listed include Dec 76 May 81 7/8 for Corn, Dec 49 1/8 May 53 5/8-1/2 for Oats, with Wheal values Dec 1.18-1.17 May 1.23-1.23 and July 1.23 1/2-5/8.
Dec 3 curb market notes show Alum Co Am at 102 1/4 Alum Goods 13 1/4 Am Book 22 5/8 Ark Nat Gas 13/16 Carrier Corp 5 1/2 Cit Sve 3 1/2 Ford Met Ltd 1 1/8 Hecla Min 5 1/4 Humble Oil 62 Ins Co N Am 79 5/8. Continuous price reporting reflects trading activity across the listed securities and commodities.
December report shows butter receipts 644,450 with creamery and centralized car rots at specific levels, eggs receipts 4,761 with varied graded qualities and local firsts prices, and live poultry markets steady to firm. Poultry categories include hens, leghorns, broilers, and turkeys with multiple weight classes and color distinctions, plus dressed poultry market unchanged.
The Boston wool market was more active after news of new invitations to bid on government orders for eight and a half million yards of heavy woolen overcoating and three and a half million yards of wool lining cloth. Actual sales remained limited as mill buyers sought options on wools for potential contracts. Dealers' asking prices for domestic wools were firm to slightly higher.
The Adv announces Art Gift Shop offering children’s wear, needlework supplies, knitting yarns and gifts at 107 West Fourth. The shop promotes a range of craft materials and gift items for hobbyists and shoppers seeking fabric and yarn goods.
Classified ad requests tenants for bedrooms at 200 North Michigan. Includes contact method via phone to No. 11 for arrangements and details.
Hogs: salable 3,000, most steady with Tuesday, top 10.10 for 170-300 lb. sows 9.25-9.75. Cattle: salable 4,900, calves 700. good to choice fed steers steady to higher. cows and calves steady. yearlings strong to 25 higher. Notable: Colorado fed heifers 12.85. several loads good to choice steers 11.60 to 13.00. vealers 11.00-12.50. Sheep: 4,500 with limited early trade. lambs and yearlings up 15-25. native lambs 11.25. fed yearlings 9.75.
An old advertisement claims the liver should pour two pints of bile daily to aid digestion. It warns that blocked bile causes gas, constipation, and sour feelings, then touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as the remedy with a 10¢ to 25¢ price.
Roswell Lodge No 18 A F A M holds its regular communication Thursday December 4 at 7 30 PM with annual election of officers and a special committee report on a matter of vital interest by order W M Hugh M Huff Jr and attest secretary Elmer H Riemen
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