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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1910
Page
3
Local notes list gifts at Boehner's jewelry shop and mention Willard Hird leaving Sunday night for a southern trip. W X Bastien returns from a business trip to Ennis Texas and Velocipedes are advertised by Enterprise Hardware. Several residents travel or visit towns including Roswell Artesia Carlsbad Bovina and Amarillo with minor social movements and local business spots cited.
Egleston left Sunday night for Pecos on a regular trip and will be away several days. Toy H. Mook returned to the Yellow House ranch after a few days at home. John Newell went to Elkins Sunday morning as a witness in court after a stay here.
D E Bryant of Hagerman spent Sunday with his brother W A Bryant of the Roswell Wood and Hide Co.
The Independent Meat Co offers ground bone for chickens at 2 cents a pound, highlighting a cheap staple for poultry preparation and feed.
Ray Lockhead, manager of the Ha german Alfalfa Meal Mill, spent Sunday with friends in Roswell.
J. A. Krasner arrived from Clo Vis Saturday night for a short business visit.
H O Kelp inspected sheep shipment at Fort Sumner before leaving Sunday morning. S G Platt arrived from Palisade Colorado to tour the country for two to three days. Will J Elliott travels to Hagerman to work with Roswell Wool and Hide. Mr and Mrs M M Prichard from Lake Arthur visited Roswell Saturday. George T Littlefield returns to Kenna after two days of business. Odessa White resumes studies at Orchard Park after weekend at home. J W Bradshaw and wife depart for two months touring Lockney Texas and Olney Arkansas. Electric reading lamps arriving at Caldwell Electric Co. new Karnak brass items showcased by L B Boellner Jewelers.
The Epworth League of the First M. E. Church, aided by friends, will present a high grade musical on Friday evening December 30. General Passenger and Freight Agent J Brinker of the Enterprise Hardware Co. returned to Amarillo Sunday after two days of business for the road.
A. H. Morriss advertises for cottonwood stove wood and shares a contact phone rural 242. Frank Bloom, treasurer and general manager of the Bloom Cattle Company, arrived Saturday night from Trinidad, Colorado, for a business visit.
Father Christmann spent Sunday at Hagerman where he performed duties for the Roman Catholic church.
L. W. Garner of Hagerman spent Sunday with relatives in this city and is a brother of B. D. Garner of the Joyce Pruit store.
Mrs Mary J Anderson accompanied by Miss Lena and Miss Mildred Woodruff departed this morning for Mrs Andersons home in Rocky Ford Colorado.
Mrs. Sadie Davisson returned to Ha german Sunday evening after spending three or four days with her sister Mrs. J. W. Wilson.
L. K. McGaffey came home Saturday evening after a two weeks business trip to Kansas City Chicago and Cleveland Ohio to oversee company matters and meet clients.
Caldwell Electric Co announces light bill reduction with tungsten electric lamps and offers contact at 108 W. 2nd. to inquire about the new lighting option.
J S Lea returned Sunday night from Santa Fe after attending a Penitentiary Commission meeting. Mrs Otto Walters came home to Dexter after a week with her mother Mrs Jessie Johnson.
O. M. Fairchild is due back this evening after a several month stay in northern New Mexico to oversee business interests and oversee operations.
Mr and Mrs W E Lukins of Sioux City Ia arrived Saturday for a sight seeing visit and went farther down the valley Sunday evening. J E Levers and daughter Jo returned from a three to four week trip to Oklahoma City Guthrie Brinkley Ark Memphis and other points. Lt G W Rice of Elkins and L S Vance of Portales were here on business and witnesses in the Musgrave case. Williamson formerly with Pecos Valley Drug now in Ar tesia livery business spent Sunday with friends.
M. T. Hill and his two daughters, who arrived two days ago from Boonville Mississippi, departed Sunday evening for Hagerman, where they intend to settle.
James W. Grubb of Galesburg Illinois, a newspaper man visiting three days, left Sunday night for Artesia to live on a ranch, marking a change of residence for the writer.
Ingersoll Book Stationery Art Co advertises educational games for family use. Includes instructive and amusing Bible quotations suitable for both old and young players and readers.
E Harnden departed Sunday night for Dexter to assume control of Shinneman Brothers newly purchased store. His family will move at a later date.
See our line of reading lamps offered by Caldwell Electric Co. at 108 W 2nd St with phone number 482 for orders and inquiries.
Dr. J Dale Graham and his wife of Ar tesia were passing through this morning en route to San Diego California where Mrs. Graham will spend the winter for her health.
We are ready with experienced men to repair windmills engines pumps and pipes. Call on J. L. Mabie & Co. at 105 N. Main St for any repair needs in these lines.
W. R. McDowall led a party of twelve prospectors who left Sunday morning in his car for New York. Also traveling with him was Mr. York of Cleveland, Ohio.
640 acres miles of Roswell 160 acres can be irrigated all fenced house well and windmill Plenty of out range. $6.00 per acre this is certainly a good purchase. Title and Trust Company.
Mrs Aline Collins left Sunday morning for her home in Birmingham Alabama after arriving two months earlier with her brother Clyde Steele who came for his health and is already greatly improved.
FOR SALE offers include a 100 foot front corner lot near the new High School Richardson area. A 5 600 acre ranch with 300 irrigable acres is available with trade options for an irrigated Pecos Valley farm. A rooming house with furniture is offered. A carriage horse, 4 years old, 16 hands, 1300 pounds, $300. exchanges for mares sought. Hand painted and plain china for decor for sale. Fruit apples by the box available at 117 West 2nd Street.
A column of classified requests seeks a sewing job delivery hack trade a Singer machine a chamber maid position at a Roswell hotel a general housemaid a ticket to St Louis a bookkeeper trainee a job as assistant superintendent in agri ventures and an irrigation expert ready to rent property to finance ventures.
Four room cottage on Main Street at 303 S Main with reasonable rent. Offices available through Dr Kinsinger. Six room house at 400 S Lea Ave newly refurbished with modern conveniences and lawn. One furnished room at Land Office Building with private bath. Five room bungalow at 207 N Penn contact 209 N Penn.
Miss Emma L. Hawkins, owner of an orchard once part of the J. C. Hamilton place and now in Roswell, departed Sunday for New York to spend the winter. Subscriptions offered for Woman's Home Companion Ladies Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post by Ingersoll Book Stationery & Bat CG.
Mrs. James W. Bennett and her son left this morning for a several days trip to Wichita Kansas and will then travel to Chicago for a longer visit. They may later join Mr. Bennett as they decide where to locate.
The Ladies' Guild of St Andrew's Episcopal church will observe the annual Christmas sale Saturday next the 17th in the old Post Office building. J S Lenox returned Saturday evening from Socorro and the property of the Old Governor's Mining Company in the San Andres mountains where he spent three weeks patenting lands containing the company's mines.
Miss Dana Gatewood of Washington DC, visiting relatives at Artesia and Greenfield, arrives this morning for a short visit with Mrs. R T McElhannon and Miss Hazel Hawkins.
Mr and Mrs Charles S Tucker who have lived here several months departed this morning for Amarillo to establish a new home. Mr Tucker is a Santa Fe engineer and has worked the line between Roswell and Carlsbad until the transfer to a run out of Amarillo.
Letter from Champ Clark dated December 6 1910 pledges aid to reestablish the Roswell Vaughn auto mail route. Clark notes opposition for speakership has faded and signals influence as a future House leader. He and Hill are Missouri friends who worked together years ago.
Miss Brownie Protho departed this morning for Longview Texas after a two month visit with Miss Nell Mason. Earlier she spent three months with her father on their ranch near Kenna. Safety razors by Enterprise Hardware Co from Carlsbad were shown in this morning’s gathering with Judge Grantham Kit Everest and W A Dannelley also attending. Dannelley had driven from Ar tesia to Lubbock and back on plains business.
The Wool Market in St Louis Missouri reports steady pricing on December 12 with territory and western mediums at 21 to 22 cents, fine mediums 17 to 19, and fine 12 to 13 cents per unit.
The Catholic church ladies host a bazaar in the Sheridan building on Saturday December 17 all day and evening selling aprons fancy-work and home made candy. 3813.
A silver handbag is offered as a Christmas gift from L B Boeliner, jeweler. The ad highlights a festive option for shoppers seeking a fine gift.
Roswell Hardware Co handles wholesale and retail hardware gasoline engines pipe pumps fencing. The Oriental Livery and Cab Line operated by T. E. Ribble offers day and night service with phone number 40.
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