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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
1
A crowded New York store hosts a monster sale running through Monday night, with shoppers predicting three days of crowding to surpass all prior events. Nearby, travelers head home for Christmas as performances and journeys disrupt plans and schedules.
Will D. Sweet promoted to manager after H. S. Farnsworth resigns. Sweet came from Wellington Kansas where he worked with a large ice plant owned by Glamann Bros. Directors trust his grasp of the vice business and his plans for new buildings.
A notice announces a tree yard behind a blacksmith shop offering peach plum pear cherry grape berries and evergreen and ornamental trees for sale. Other items include a holiday trip to Atlanta and a report on Interstate Commerce Commission car shortage hearings in Kansas City with testimony from rail and cattle industry figures.
Holiday sale marks a quarter price cut on all Holiday Goods at Joyce Pruit Co Featuring Mexican Drawn Work and Zarapes as part of the promotion. Russo-Japanese treaty moves toward completion with Japan dropping inland Amur navigation demand and seeking revocation of Algun treaty over Sungari river access.
London reports no dissolution of parliament after the House of Lords rejects the governments education bill. The defeat marks a serious rebuff to the cabinet though not seen as grave enough to trigger a general election. The move boosts agitation to limit peers veto powers and aids nonconformists in their push for church disestablishment.
Consul Eugeno confirms Japanese training cruiser under Admiral Kataoka will visit San Francisco in coming months despite contrary reports. The move follows tensions from the Russo-Japanese context and signals official planning at the port.
A local business appeal seeks orders for Naval Oranges for Christmas from 50 ton Jaffa and Co. Travelers and merchants depart from Artesia and Hagerman to visit Quin ton Roswell and Amarillo for holiday business. Names include John Majors, Thom as Thomas, H L Muney, R E Muncy, W S Davisson, Wm Waskom, J N Nation, M C Stewart, Max Gonzales, Otto Baumer and Johnnie Washington as they journey for trade and family visits.
Mrs Edward Coe of Glencoe visits relatives as her husband tours El Paso and Las Cruces selling apples. He has sold six cars from this year’s apple crop.
Miss Eva Nelson, a student at London Conservatory in Dallas, arrived home last night to spend the holidays. She will sing at the Christian church Sunday morning.
Jaffa Prager & Co report shows a Woman's Club musicale netting $50 from $75 expenses. Mrs H R Morrow chaired the entertainment committee and Miss Edith Rodney assisted with talks on Francis and The Red. Mrs H F M Bear led a French history study on Louis XI Charles VIII and Louis XII.
Philadelphia December 20 The purchasing agent of the Pennsylvania Railway Co invites bids for the construction of five thousand box cars Their estimated cost is 6 000 000 With this order the company has ordered within the last two years nearly 60 000 additional freight cars
In New York County Supreme Court Julius Mayer acting for the people of New York filed action to dissolve the American Ice Company, seeking to break up the so called ice trust amid regulatory pressure and antitrust concerns.
Shah retains strength over 24 hours and signs key state papers in Teheran as Dec 20 reports note. King Oscar makes steady progress in recovery in Stockholm amid December updates. A multi millionare brewer Adolph Busch advocates income tax arguing wealthier citizens should support government, contrasting with Andrew Carnegie. Burr Brown resigns as Grand Central night clerk to take over Dallas Land and Cattle Co. farm. Modie Rainbolt fills Central night clerk role. presidential ads note Ingersoll's 20 percent discount sale drawing crowds.
A local ad promotes practical gifts for the season featuring table lamps and electric irons from Bernard Gunsul at 303 North Main. The Roswell Steam Laundry invites customers to mail in laundry with a promise of timely return and provides its phone number 29. Roswell 4716.
Advert shows 20 percent discount at Jaffa Prager & Co and Ingersoll's Book Store urging early Xmas buying due to large store crowds. The note emphasizes Mountain Apples and store promotions.
After the senate convened, Foraker urged an inquiry into the President's discharge of Black soldiers of the 25th Infantry. He said the President overstepped constitutional powers and misread testimony, contending only Congress can raise armies and set rules, while court martial procedures govern punishment for mutiny. He argued for restraint on executive power to avoid autocracy.
Court adjourns at 11:30 pm closing present term. Judge Pope rules Woodlawn Ditch Company holds priority to 12 cubic feet per second from South Spring river, over Chisum and Pumpkinrow ditches. Other cases include Sunday law violations and contempt, with various fines, jail sentences suspended or set, and trials or dismissals.
The first meeting of the Childs Home Society of New Mexico and Arizona was held at the superintendent Rev C E Lukens residence. A J Nisbet presided in the president absence. The salary for the superintendent was set at fifteen hundred dollars yearly and funds may be used as needed. A quorum requires the superintendent and three board members. The California branch disputes NM operating in AZ delaying action for months.
Nashville announces the consolidation of major Southern woolen mills with a capitalization of 1 250 000. The new American Textile Woolen Company will include Park Woolen Mills Roosville Ga Louisville Woolen Mills Louisville Ky Sweetwater Woolen Mills Sweetwater Tenn Athens Woolen Mills Athens Ga and Atlanta Woolen Mills Atlanta Ga with headquarters in Chattanooga.
Albany reports Governor Higgins commuted the death sentence of Albert T. Patrick to life imprisonment. Patrick has remained in prison nearly five years for the murder of Texas billionaire William Marsh Rice in New York City.
Colorado Springs reports Governor Herbert J. Hagerman of New Mexico is visiting for a week after returning from Washington. He dismisses as mere newspaper sensations rumors that New Mexico politicians have leveled charges against him or urged President Roosevelt to remove him.
The Great Northern is assembling a train of 50 cars loaded with coal to meet urgent needs in Grand Forks North Dakota. The specially loaded train will operate in passenger service time in sections through the timetable.
New York December 20 The Evening World reports a telegram from James J Jeffries in Los Angeles saying he would not fight Johnson the Negro pugilist.
President Roosevelt will ask E H Harriman to repair the break in the California Development Company works at the Mexican border. The overflow floods Imperial and Colorado valleys in California, with the company held responsible for damages since the breach occurred at its works under a Mexican concession. The decision followed talks with Senator Flint Director Walcott and F H Newell.
Mrs M M Garland died this morning at ten o clock from consumption. The funeral will be held at ten o'clock Saturday morning led by Rev C E Lukens. Full particulars will be in the Record tomorrow.
Local Roswell report notes max 63, min 36, mean 48 with no precipitation. Wind NW at 14 mph. Weather clear. Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with steady temperatures.
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