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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1928
Page
4
Dodge sedan in good condition offered for quick sale. Contact T. H. Boswell Jr. at 100 East Second Street for details.
Roswell churches prepare a full Christmas program with the Southern Methodist church hosting a cantata and the Princess Theatre featuring The Song of the Star by Pecos Valley orchestra and band. Womans Club Quartet sings carols at a vespers service, with scripture readings and a call to join in Christmas worship at local churches.
The vast West Virginia sized region is a frontier for cattle and oil. Oil discovery two years ago spurred scattered boom towns. Transportation relies on airplanes and motor cars with distant rail lines. Rangers and Rio Grande border patrolmen, feared for fearlessness and results, patrol the inaccessible border lands.
The pursuit is led by Rangers headed by Toughie Johnnie Northcutt and Captain Rattle Snake Willie Wright, with Patrolmen Warren Tombstone Smith and Del Rio Earl Young, Sherwood, and Judge J. C. Hard Boiled Hannah. Officials’ nicknames are well known to locals, masking real given names.
Reports from Roswell city schools indicate absenteeism is down with normal conditions expected by week’s end. The Friends Society of Roswell High will meet tonight at 7 20 at 212 North Kansas, with all alumni invited.
An advertisement touts So All Ours as the town’s top battery service for all makes. Thorne & Johnson are named in the ad as part of the service offer.
Roswell Auto Co offers quick service for Ford vehicles with a wide stock and delivery. Contact A. F. Tugele advertisement, phone 1260, located across from Greenhaven Camp. I. F. Woodhead stocks Main Washing Machine parts for prompt repair at 317 North Main St. Frank Newman advertises corn fed turkeys, phone 1022-R4.
Bright beronia and cyclamen plants promoted as home gifts with delivery for Christmas. Reserve now and Roswell Floral Co will deliver. Visitors welcome, contact via phone 196-Ady.
Simplex Electric Heating Pads are convenient, recommended by physicians and inexpensive. L. F. Woodhead, 317 North Main Street.
Christmas trees available near Second Street and Kentucky Avenue. Adv 1713 advertises fresh evergreens for the season with pickup directions and pricing.
Investigators find evidence at a water trough tying a man named Burcham to a violent episode. The Blue Punk claims the act was revenge for a half million dollar whiskey hijacking last Friday. Runners allegedly moved liquor from Mexico toward Winkler county oil fields when hijackers seized the cargo. The Winkler fields lie in far western Texas near El Paso, spanning nine counties.
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