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A local butcher notes satisfied customers selecting Christmas meats that are fine fat juicy and tender.
20 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1910
Page
1
A local butcher notes satisfied customers selecting Christmas meats that are fine fat juicy and tender.
In Chihuahua Mexico General Navarro failed to capture Malpass despite earlier reports. Heavy losses occurred over two days of fighting as a government troop train linking with Navarre was reportedly fired upon with many killed and wounded. Sixty wounded were to be brought to the city. A passenger train near La Junta remains missing. Navarro reported insurgents receiving up to two thousand reinforcements. Friday saw a reversal of the previous day’s gains.
Harris, convicted of murder for killing C. W. Merchant Jr. in Eddy County last fall, drew a sentence of six to ten years after age verification showed he was at least 18. Jim Walker received a similar range of one to two years for cow stealing, with transport to Santa Fe planned for the prisoners under guard.
Fourteen teen prisoners are moved from the jail with twelve sent to the pen and two to the reform school. The group travels from Torrance to Santa Fe and then to Spring er where the reform school sits. Prisoners named include Bat Harris Vol ney Musgrave Jack Davis Doniciano Aguilar Elza White W J Satter white Park Edmondson Charles Garner Amado Guertas John Hart James Magill Roscoe Spriggs and Howard Howell. Jack Padgitt remains as a witness then returns to the penitentiary. Attorney D W Elliott requests an appeal bond of 5 000 for Volney Musgrave and Judge Pope orders safekeeping at Santa Fe during the bond. Jailer Young still holds two prisoners Lee Smith and Mrs Della Raplee at St Marys hospital with Smith ill and Raplee undergoing an operation.
Francisco Ramos a Mexican sheep herder was arrested after firing a Win chester at employer Hugh Davis at the Davis sheep camp forty miles north of Roswell last Friday. Davis said he paid another man $15 to take Ramos away after wages dispute and Ramos pulled the trigger three times. the first two caps snapped and the third shot missed as Davis fled. Ramos will have a hearing later.
Mr. M. S. Williams and Mrs. E P Lockart wed at nine o clock last night in the home of Mrs. Lockart s daughter at 410 South Kentucky. Rev P T Ramsey officiated before close relatives. They reside at 810 North Missouri and are active in the Southern M B E church with Williams as superintendent and Lockart a Sunday school teacher.
Nimitz to show Pecos Valley views from the Chicago exposition and have Haynes Burrus sing on Wednesday evening. The Nimtz will present the slides along with the regular program of new moving pictures and vaudeville. Also an advertisement notes a six room rental on North Hill for $20 a month with city water available.
Santa Fe president E. P. Ripley says railroads would view Roosevelt negatively as a 1912 candidate. He criticizes progressive government as destructive, adds railroads expect no help from either Republicans or Democrats, and condemns current legislation as excessive.
The United States circuit court in Philadelphia ruled that the Temple Iron Company was controlled by Reading and other anthracite railroads and banned it from doing business. The decree is permanent on that point, but the government’s other contentions were dismissed without prejudice, leaving open whether further action against related alleged combinations could occur.
The article notes Corsicana Texas population 9749 up from 9313 in 1900 and Texarkana Texas population 9790 up from 5256 in 1900. Combined Texarkana Arkansas and Texas population 15455 up from 10170 in 1900.
London December 20 government wins majority of 126 in elections for the new parliament. The polls closed yesterday and results show the governing party securing a substantial lead across constituencies.
In Hester North Carolina three charred bodies were discovered in the ruins of J. L. Saunders home. A strand of a girl's hair found in a bloodstained yard led to the arrest of Nathan Mon.
Wick Lake North Dakota December 20 editor Treadwell of the Rock Lake Apples is jailed after a shooting rampage that left Diggins with a lung wound and Bills with a neck wound. Diggins denied theft of whiskey from the editor’s office and resisted, leading to a confrontation and gunfire. Both wounded men are expected to recover.
A Black man is charged with criminal assault murder and arson. He was rushed to Durham for safekeeping and will be moved to the state penitentiary after today’s inquest. The bodies are believed to be Mr Sanders his daughter Mary and a two year old. A large bloodstained pocket knife found near the hair was identified as Montague s. The suspect was found at home resisted but was subdued and taken into custody.
Washington December 20 The contract to build the 27000 ton battleship Texas the largest fighting ship ever built was awarded to Newport News Ship Building Company as the lowest bidder at 5830000 dollars The ship will be the most formidable fighting machine afloat when completed.
Classified notice offers a perfect $400 diamond in trade for mares or hogs. Contact J. L. Coleman by phone Rural 20 with four rings for arrangements.
Senator Burrows, chair of the privileges and elections committee, was authorized to prepare a report on the bribery charges tied to Senator Lorimer's Illinois election. He said the report would comply with the committee's procedures.
Honduran government protests permit for the steamer Hornet to depart New Orleans claiming it carries ammunition and supports a revolutionary movement against President Davilla in a Central American republic.
Boston market news notes a quiet firm wool trade with fleece tone steady at 64 to cents per scoured. Ohio quarter blood and bales demand up to 28 cents, washed Delaine at 34 cents, pulled wool little changed, and foreign reductions dull. Also mentions Knights of Pythias funeral for Mrs. M. Fisher.
The Little Rock Gazette reports a monster trainload of Red Ball SUNKIST Oranges arriving for Christmas. California groves supplied three million tree ripened oranges sold through local dealers at low prices. The public is urged to buy now as a healthful holiday treat. A loss notice for an A4 ladies black pocket hood with a bank note is included.
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