Evening Chats Corn Fire Yesterday
Fire department responded to a corn field blaze at 700 East Second Street yesterday afternoon and quelled the fire before any damage occurred.
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1919
Page
4
Fire department responded to a corn field blaze at 700 East Second Street yesterday afternoon and quelled the fire before any damage occurred.
A mixed Roswell item list shows business calls, real estate pitches, and local notices. Headlines report wall drilling, tobacco market trends, high school basketball win, and obituaries. Items mention Artesia travelers, Mrs. Wheelock’s death, local sales, and civic notices with dates and places across Roswell and nearby towns.
Washington Dec 27 An organization to force the League of Nations issue into the 1920 campaign has been perfected by senators opposed to any form of ratification. Branches operate in six states and backers claim the group is non partisan. Its purpose is to put on record all candidates for suffrage on the League of Nations issue.
Desdemona Texas big oil story notes Frank Hogg seeking a Dallas or Fort Worth vacation after years of crops and oil royalties. Also reports the death of A W Nickle 68 a National Exploration Co official who died after a stroke and will be buried in Tulsa. Classified ad includes a Dodge car for sale at Phone 137.
In Rome on December 25 reports claim D Annunzio is held prisoner in Fiume by his own supporters with conflicting accounts. Followers allegedly refuse to permit his departure until the situation is resolved. Nearby, Roswell and Pecos Valley Camp No 123 promote a W O W musical extravaganza at the Armory under Mme Vesta Dodge Hartzell with $1,000 in costumes. Detroit Heralds draw college representation for local football lineup.
Albert Norwood, a prosperous Kansas City oil stock broker, was murdered outside his Los Angeles home. Police target his wife for information as she lies in a local hospital in collapse. A second clue is an abandoned killer’s car with fingerprint copies taken.
Mount Clemens Michigan December 27 Lloyd Prevost arrested in connection with the killing of young Brown has been released for lack of evidence. Mrs. Brown the widow probably will be released soon. She attended her slain husband's funeral in custody of officers.
Jack Lait, famed story writer, urges joining the Navy as a grand adventure. He jokes about aging, imagines vacationlike life at sea, and praises Navy pay stingy taxes and a life of pleasure, sport, and recreation on deck and breeze. He insists a man must be selfish for the sea and service.
A Rockford dairy company ran an unusual memorial in a local paper praising a horse that died after twenty years with the firm. The caption white, clean through, underscored the animal’s familiarity with delivery routes and its valued faithfulness to the business. Other items note gophers, a London breach of promise case, steel barges on the Mississippi, and a Winnipeg drainage project reclaiming 100000 acres.
Sophia Walker Harris sues in Chaves County NM to quiet title to Water right No. 2605 of the Northern Canal of the Hagerman Irrigation Company. The defendants include Charles L. Moore and unknown claimants. The land is described as the northeast quarter of the south…
Adjutant General orders require prompt payment of enlisted men with monthly reports by Bureau Chiefs and Department Commanders. Pay due by the last day of each month, to be made on that day or as soon as possible. Completion dates at stations, camps, and cantonments reported in writing to the Adjutant General by the tenth of each month. Army Recruiting Station Roswell New Mexico.
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