Waggoner Wins Ford Merit Club Contest in Denver
R L Waggoner of Roswell Auto Co Ford dealers received a Ford Motor Company wire announcing his win in the Merit Club contest for 1941. He earned the prize for the largest sales increase in the Denver zone district covering New Mexico Colorado Wyoming western Nebraska and west Texas. He will attend a banquet at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Denver December 21 at 6 p m and travel by air. Congratulations to Mr Waggoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Waggoner
Roswell Auto Co
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Denver
Waggoner
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
West
Texas
A Sensible Gift from Jay Duvall’s Robe Pajama Selection
A cold season retail note promotes a man’s robe and pajamas gift from Jay Duvall. The message highlights an extra large selection and notes available through December 20th.
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Jay Duvall
Week End Poultry Specials at Whatley with Gifts
Two small fat hens for 1.00 and other poultry of all sizes. Place Christmas turkey orders early. Quality praised. W H WHATLEY listed with phone 418. Also GIFTS at ART GIFT SHOP 107 W Fourth offering embroidered pillow cases and luncheon sets, childrens dresses suits and coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flor Dan Carpenter
Pecos Valley
The
Yukon
W. H. Whatley
W. Fourth
Huff's
Mrs Olivia West Succumbs To Illness In Roswell
Mrs Olivia Amanda West pioneer resident of Roswell died at home 1206 Worth Ohio yesterday at three. Born June 2 1854 in Alabama she was eighty six. Survived by son John N West sister Maggie Erpp Bay Side Texas brothers Ed Glenn Fort Worth Tears Marion Glenn Cisco Texas Sam Glenn Mineral Wells Texas. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm Talmage Memorial Chapel with Rev W C Garrett First Baptist Church choir, South Park burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivia Amanda West
Worth Ohio
West
Roswell
Alabama
The
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
South Park
Services Today for Mrs Frances Taylor
Funeral services for Mrs Frances V Taylor, longtime city resident, were held at 2 PM at Talmage Memorial Chapel. Rev Roland T Schaeffer and Rev G T Reaves led, with Trinity Methodist and First Christian Church choirs providing music. Casket bearers were C M Hester, Sam Stovall, L B Watts, T H Gibbany, W H Hortenstein, and George L Reese Sr. Interment followed at South Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances V. Taylor
Talmage Memorial Chapel
Roland T. Schaeffer
Trinity Methodist Church
G. T. Reaves
First Christian Church
C. M. Hester
Sam Stovall
L. B. Watts
T. H. Gibbany
W. H. Hortenstein
George L. Reese, Sr
South Park
Unload 300 German Sailors in Our Backyard Sale
Carl Johnson promotes a 37 Plymouth Pickup sale or trade with no reasonable offer refused. Odd phrasing hints at a humorous or run‑of‑page classified note likely from a late 20th century local paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Carl Johnson
Anderson's Gardens Vegetable Soup and Salad Package
Anderson's Gardens offers a Vegetable Soup Package and a Salad Package. The deal highlights a paired lunch option with a variety of garden fresh ingredients and accompanying salads. Availability appears limited to midday hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson'’'S Gardens
Winter Sports Over New Mexico
Report from federal winter sport areas in New Mexico lists snow depths, conditions, and visitor counts. Skiing ranges from excellent to fair with varying crusts, roads often require chains, and forecast calls for fair weather with freezing nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
U. S. Forest Service
U. S. Weather Bureau
Hyde State Park
Little Tesuque Canyon
Santa Fe
Big Tesuque Canyon
Santa Fe National Forest
Sandia
Cibola National Forest
Lincoln Forest
Cloudcroft
Lincoln National Forest
Alamogordo
Cedar Creek
Ruidoso
Two Good Meat Loaf and Scotchmallow Pie recipes
A vintage cooking excerpt presents Two Pounds meat loaf with ground beef pork onion and tomatoes bound by cream or eggs and baked with salt pork topping, plus a Scotchmallow Pie by Henrietta Cowlishaw using oleomargarine flour eggs brown sugar milk and a marshmallow topping browned briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Schramm
French Paper Frills For Holiday Touch
A brief note explains making paper frills from colored paper by folding a 4x5 inch rectangle, cutting gashes along the fold, turning fringes inside out, rolling them around a pencil, then pasting. The frill is slipped onto the end of a chop. Mrs Glenn Steepleton.
New York Stocks Mixed As Markets Close Lower
Wholesale price moves show AmAmil at 57 3/4 and AmCan near 86 3/8, with numerous large caps like General Electric and U S Steel listed among closing quotes. Investment listings span aerospace, utilities, and consumer goods, reflecting a broad market snapshot from New York trading floors.
For Rent Furnished Apartments at Spring River Camp
Too late to classify notice advertises furnished apartments with modern features including automatic water heaters. Contact O. B. Boggs at Spring River Camp for details. Also lists sale of used living room furniture at 302 South Washington with phone 1573.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Boggs
Spring River Camp
Call
South Washington
U S Bonds Market Snapshot From New York
Treasury prices and yields listed for various U S bonds with dates 45 43 46 44 52 47 53 49 and 59 56 plus 44 42 52 44 and 1085 for Home Own Loan notes. Fed Farm Meeting is unquoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Bonds
New York
Treasury
Fed Farm Mtg
Chicago Grain Market Firm on December Wheat Rise
Chicago news reports December wheat futures advanced about a cent amid firm grain demand. December rose to above 89 cents, trading about five cents above May and over ten cents above July 1941. Wheat closed unchanged to one cent higher. December 89 1/4 3/8, May 84 5/8 1/2. corn up 1/8 3/8 to December 60 7/8, May 60 1/2 3/8. oats down 1/8 3/8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York Cotton Futures Close Steady on Dec 20
Cotton futures in New York settled unchanged to lower with January at 9.99, March 10.12, May 10.05, July 9.33, October 9.31, and December 9.28. Middling spot price listed at 10.32, quotations labeled nominal.
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New York
Amamil
AmCan
Amc&f
AmcColo
AmMet Amp<
Ammr&ss
Amrmil
AmSmel
Amstif
At&t
At&sf
AviatCor BethStl
Boeing BorgWwr
Briggs Citryi&fc
FiresTr GenElec GnFood
GenMill
GenMot Goodwh
Goodyr
GtwsSu
HollySu
KroGro
Mont W
StqdOil
Stdonj
Tx&pry
TexCorp
Unoilc
UnitAirl
UnitAir
UnitCorp
Usgyp
Usinda
Uspipe
Usrubb
Ussmel
Ussteel
WsMary
Wsairb
We&m
Tower
Cotton Market Steady in Galveston Trading
Spot cotton in Galveston on December 20 held steady with a one cent drop from quotes, mid Dling at 9.78 cents. No sales were reported.
Boston Wool Market Shows Mixed Demand and Prices
Boston reports mixed demand for fine and half blood territory wools with outlets limited. Buyers paid 1.03 to 1.05 dollars scoured for French combing length, 4.1 to 4.02 for scoured. Mixed wools in original bags sold slowly at 95 cents to 1 dollar secured. Some three eighths and quarter blood grades were hard to sell without grading.
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Boston
USDA
Territory
Tctcy
CURB MARKET REPORT FROM NEW YORK
Market prices listed for common industrials and utilities with closes shown for Alum Co Am and related stocks on December 20. Notable figures include Alum Goods 128 1/2, Carrier Corp 8 3/4, Ford Met Ltd 1, Humble Oil 64, Ins Co N Am 74 1/2, and Hecla Min 5 3/8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CURB
New York
Close
Alum Co Am
Ark Nat Gas
Bliss
Carrier Corp
Cities Service
el Bond & Sh
Fairchild Av
Ford Met Ltd
Humble Oil
Ins Co N Am
Wall Street Gains Amid Mixed Market Conditions
On December 20 in New York, stocks edged toward a rally with many holdings in a rut. Early modest gains faded before mid day buying lifted steel, shipbuilding, copper, rails, and specialty shares. Transfers reached 824100. cautions cited England invasion risks and 1941 tax concerns amid armament leasing to Britain. Leading gainers included U S Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Boeing, Eastman Kodak, Dow, GE, shipbuilders, Anaconda, Kennecott, US Rubber, and Great Northern. Laggards included US Gypsum, Texas Corp, Standard Oil NJ, Union Carbide, AT&T, GM, and IH. Treasuries and loans were erratic. commodities mixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
England
United States
Britain
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Boeing
Eastman Kodak
Dow Chemical
General Electric
N. Y. Shipbuilding
American Shipbuilding
Electric Boat
International Paper Preferred
Anaconda
Kennecott
U. S. Rubber
Great Northern
U.S. Gypsum
Texas Corp
Standard Oil N. J
Union Carbide
American Telephone
General Motors
International Harvester
U. S. Treasuries
Wool market shows signs of life on firmer demand
The Commercial Bulletin notes a firmer wool market after recent government awards against army fabric bids. Demand spreads across grades but favors finer wools, with steady prices overall. Country sellers seek lower asks, while mills resist. foreign markets steady with reduced U S interest. Mohair sales in Texas run moderate at 48-50 cents for adult and 60-70 cents for kid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
CCC
Texas
Kansas City Livestock Market Summary
In Kansas City on December 20 US markets show hogs salable 800 with fair activity and steady versus Thursday. Top hogs 6.05. 190-300 lb 5.90-6.00. lighter 5.25-5.85. sows 5.15-5.50. stock pigs scarce. Cattle salable 200 of 500, calves 100 of 150, generally steady. good slaughter steers 10.75-11.00. good fed heifers 9.50. medium beef cows 6.00-7.00. canners 4.25-5.75. vealers 8.50-10.00. Sheep salable 1,200. killing classes steady. top fed lambs 9.00. natives 8.85. clippers 8.40. fed yearlings 7.75. top ewes 4.25.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market report shows butter receipts 668079 with varied creamery levels from 34 1/4 to 34 3/4 and 92 central. Eggs receipts 5881 unsettled. poultry live 41 trucks steady with animal weights and color varieties listed for broilers and Plymouth Rock and White Rock breeds. geese over 12 pounds at 11. Other prices unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
White Rock
Springs
Plymouth Rock
New Orleans Cotton Market Quiet On December 20
Spot cotton closed quiet with small decline as sales reached 708 bales. Middling grade priced at .B6 per unit amid New Orleans market activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Johnson Family Move Ties to College Change
Mrs. Eugene Johnson of 114 North Richardson Avenue drove to Las Cruces yesterday after daughter Vivian Johnson, a state college junior, will not return for the second semester. Vivian has accepted a position in the Paraguay Store office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Johnson
Richardson Avenue
Las Cruces
Vivian Johnson
Miss Johnson
Parquay
McGuffins Supplys Shoes and Gifts West of Court House
Local storefront McGuffins supplies gifts and repairs shoes just west of Court House, offering a shopping option for weary feet. The notice appears as a fragment with contact-like location details and a 12-2012c marker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGuffins
West of Court House
Elgin Bulova Waltham Watches Half Price
Carl Johnson promotes a sale featuring Elgin, Bulova, and Waltham ladies and gents wrist watches at half price with promotional emphasis and a casual remark of certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin, Bulova, Waltham Ladies
Gents
Carl Johnson
Purity Stuffin Bread Dressing Mix Ad
An advertisement promotes Purity Stuffin Bread mix with spices for dressing. Simply add water or broth plus optional butter and onion. Sold as a 12c loaf and also good for sandwiches by Purity Baking Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purity Baking CO
Wreaths In Natural and Prepared Flowers
Glovers Flowers offers cemetery wreaths made from natural and prepared flowers and evergreen foliage. Call phone 275 for orders and delivery. Established local floral shop advertising seasonal wreath options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glovers Flowers
New York Wool Futures Mixed Amid Notices and Buying
New York December wool futures closed two and a half to four higher with distant purchases supported by Boston trade and spot houses. The spot month fell after issuance of seven additional notices as December top moved to 120.5, with May at 196.0 and spot tops at 121.5. B bid inquiries and results noted in the market brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Christm as turkey order rush notes quality concerns
A rushed order for Christmas turkey bids attention to quality as shop reports potential issues with freshness and handling. Consumers are urged to confirm weight, origin, and guarantees before purchase to avoid waste or spoilage during the holiday period.
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. G. Minion, Sr
ED Williams
Ford Motor Company Merit Club
Anderson Gardens
Olivia West
Frances Taylor
Central Hardware, Inc
Henrietta Cowlishaw
Glenn Steepleton
Huff
Florent Ae
Holmes
Biwits
Jewelry
Chicago Grain
Galveston
W. E. Destree
West 4Th
Skyrider
Anderson
Bogard & Youse
S. Main St
T. E. Boggs
N. Main St
W. Hendricks
Childrens
Fay
West Second
Roswell Building & Loan Association
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