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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1910
Page
3
Local notes list shoppers and visitors with arrivals from Capitan mountains Dexter Hagerman Meek Evansville Ind and El ida. Offers include 10 pounds lard for 1 25 from Independent Meat Co and services by Enterprise Home Roswell Floral Co with free delivery and a phone number 8 32115.
George M. Slaughter returned Saturday evening from a ranch near Portales. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Anderson of New York visit representing Collier Publishing Co. P. J. Staggs returned from a six week business trip to Kansas City and Muskogee Oklahoma.
Phone 182 and Livery for hack buggies and saddle horses. Howard Crutcher returns from Carlsbad after a call on Saturday night. Bruce H. Marsh returns from Kansas City with a cattle shipment. Henry Nimitz travels to Clovis to oversee theatre duties. Mr and Mrs A L Huie and son from Waco Texas leave Portales after a brief visit.
Mrs. J. W. Goodby who brought her baby to a doctor and has been in Roswell several days returned to Acme Sunday morning.
M. H. Robertson of the Independent Hardware Co. was injured when an oil can spout pierced his leg. He traveled to Austin, Texas, Sunday morning to remain there while the wound heals.
Ira P. Wetmore Jr of El Paso arrived today to tend business and visit his parents Mr and Mrs Ira P. Wetmore of this city.
Rev. Wm. Rhodes came home Sunday morning from his Dayton area farm where he has been overseeing ongoing farm work and duties.
Mrs. W. H. Johnson returns to Elida Sunday morning after an eight week stay to have her little daughter's eyes treated.
Announce a salesmen opening for a live wire company with requirements for selling securities and a clean record. Mentions contact methods and address at 526 Cooper Building, Denver Colorado 3213.
Messrs. N. S. West G. C. Douglass A. T. Wurtzel and Harker traveled from the south end of the county this morning to serve on juries after spending Sunday at their homes.
An Economy ad promotes a ball bearing drop head sewing machine with the latest improvements and a ten year guarantee, priced at 25 dollars.
Mrs. F. W. Parvin and her young son traveled back to Amarillo Sunday after a two week stay in Roswell. Mr. Parvin, an engineer with the railroad, was temporarily assigned there by the company.
Miss Nannie Hamad departs Roswell after a year of service as a Look-keeper for Roswell Title & Trust Company and returns to Kansas City Sunday morning.
Record Publishing Co advertises engraved visiting cards in latest styles for Xmas gifts with prices from 1.50 to 3.75 per hundred including plate.
Clyde Mathews late Saturday from Higgins Texas came to join his wife who had been visiting Mrs. Tom Duke for ten days. The Mathews family returned home this morning. Mrs. Duke is improving nicely.
A New Jersey commuter develops a small musical device to attach to the snorer's person. It converts the night’s noisy breaths into melodies with selectable records, ranging from lullabies to brass bands, offering a humane boon to suffering households.
Washington reports that the National Immigration Commission dissolved after delivering its findings. The document urges redirecting new citizens from crowded zones like New York to southern and Gulf ports to fill urgent agricultural labor needs. The commission was created three years ago by President Roosevelt with Senate and House leaders. Its executive committee included Senator Lodge, Senator Dillingham, Congressman Bennett, and Labor Commissioner Neill.
Charles Montgomery was found guilty in district court after an eight minute jury deliberation in a territorial liquor license case. Lee Smith pleaded guilty to a June extortion charge and received six months in jail with daily costs to pay, tied to a $150 blackmail scheme involving a bank drop.
J D Cully and Co advertise scientific plumbing at reasonable prices with satisfaction guaranteed. Located at 121 North Main, contact through phone 118.
The Economy store offers sweaters for all ages with assorted styles and sizes. Shoppers can find knitwear for children and adults, aiming to provide affordable warmth this season.
A Roswell New Mexico classified list includes for sale items such as a corner residence, rooming house furniture, household goods, a driving horse, tickets to Nashville, White Leghorn pullets, a rubber tired runabout, and a driver saddle. Trades include 120 acres of patented land for Roswell property. Warnings include hiring a first class salesman and a woman for general housework requests in several addresses.
Public notices list several rental offers including a four room cottage on Main Street near 303 S Main and a six room house at 400 S Lea Ave with modern conveniences. Also offices for rent at Dr Kinsinger's and furnished rooms above Hobson Building. Lost items include a gold cross locket engraved Nomie, a heavy gold monogram ring, and a return ticket to Chicago with reward offered.
The court of claims is ordered to show cause why it should not distribute the 4 million dollar Cherokee Indian fund in line with a recent Supreme Court decision.
Sports men from several states and top dogs enter the annual meet of the Pointer Club of America in Waynesboro Georgia promising one of the organization’s most successful events. The meet follows the Continental Field Trial Club meet held here last week.
Crystal Palace in London opened the largest and most complete aerial exhibition, spanning balloons to dirigibles and early to modern aircraft. The display covers sixteen sections including an engine display and a warfare department. A flying meet is planned at Sydenham slopes in January with entries from top British and continental aviators and potential American participants.
Realty dealer notice states withdrawal of land from market by A Hartman marked as d213 Cc. A. Hartman. The public notice indicates cessation of sale activity and reflects owner’s action to end listing.
A distinguished Hoosier visiting New York for publishers interviews and the Indiana Society of New York dinner encountered a fashionably dressed woman who snapped for a waiter. He ordered two bottles of champagne, then corrected it to three, in a scene of hotel dining room bravado.
A diner at a crowded table ordered in sequence, with two bottles of champagne delivered to the ladies and a third taken by the author. The bill did not include the price of that third bottle, chaired by a literary gentleman who claimed to attend to the third bottle.
G W Bivens departed this morning for a ten day business trip to Aurora Nebraska to conduct company affairs and meet clients along the route.
W. C. Reid departed for Amarillo to pursue a $10,000 damage suit against the railroad company while Rev. J. C. Turner left for a three to four week business trip to Canadian, Texas.
W. P. Lewis went back to his ranch near Hope after a short visit with family in Roswell.
Mrs. W P Swinney departed early this morning for her home in Elida after visiting her daughter Mrs T J Deason.
Miss Myrtle Workman departed this morning returning to Wichita Kansas after a two month stay in Roswell.
Rev J C Gage and his daughter Mrs J D Christopher left this morning for Artesia to tend to business and spend a few days there.
Miss Iva Johnston returns to Blida this morning after a four month visit with E. R. Purpose and family at South Springs.
Rev. Geo. W. Fowler departed this morning for Sherman Texas to take part in the Christian Lectureship noted in the Record last week and will return Saturday.
Mrs. T M Tuttle left for Kansas City this morning while Mr Tuttle travels this evening with a carload for the same city. After a week in Kansas City they will visit their old Hamilton Missouri home, then proceed to Northern Kentucky for the winter.
Local business directory lists several Roswell firms including The Bonded Abstract and Security Co with capital of 50000 and address 207 N Main. Roswell Title & Trust Co at 303 North Main. Roswell Drug & Jewelry Co described as oldest drug store. Roswell Hardware Co wholesale and retail. Oriental Livery and Cab Line run by T E Ribble. Pecos Valley Lumber Co and Roswell Lumber Co as building materials suppliers. Kemp Lumber Co for cedar posts. W S Murrell Piano Tuning at 348 E Std St. Morrison Bros Store ready to wear apparel and millinery at unspecified location.
Jaffa Prager and Co. and Joyce Pruitt Co. advertise dry goods clothing groceries and ranch supplies. Anderson and Chunning props host boarding at No 9, 122 West Second Street. The largest wholesale and retail supply house in the Southwest offers dry goods clothing groceries and more.
The sweast line of furniture in Roswell offered by Dilley Furniture Company features high quality items at low prices.
Hills and Dunn offer furniture stoves rugs and sewing supplies both new and second hand at 306 307 North Main with phone 69 for purchases and inquiries.
Dilley and Son provide undertaker services with private ambulance and prompt service. H. H. Henninger is listed as undertaker and embalmer with a private ambulance and phone contact 28-2 rings.
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