Rollickers Play Well Elks Show Last Night
Rollickers performed strongly scoring a decisive win over the Elks in a night game. The matchup featured solid offense from Rollickers and stout defense limiting Elks scoring opportunities throughout.
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
4
Rollickers performed strongly scoring a decisive win over the Elks in a night game. The matchup featured solid offense from Rollickers and stout defense limiting Elks scoring opportunities throughout.
A Roswell Elks Auditorium program titled Specialties Galore featured local performers in a garden party theme. Mrs Florence E Kilgour planned and drilled the acts including Maud Keller as Prudence and Will Elliott as Percival Huntington, with a large cast delivering song and dance numbers. The audience enjoyed acts from Miss Elizabeth Pruit to Captain Warren alongside violin pieces and light dialogue, helping the show raise funds for the Elks building.
The audience cheered as a strong chorus featuring Nellie Mason Evangeline Nelson J S Kirby and R S Cook joined the program. Mrs Henrietta Goslin led the chorus with a fine voice. Mrs J W Willson impressed as Mrs High Fiver with a striking costume. Margaret Hinson played splendid piano while an adept orchestra under Hies vell Norvell Croft Crosson and Trube opened the program. The stage setting was among Roswell’s prettiest and a bright spotlight aided several numbers. The cold house tested performers but all efforts overcame it.
R F Cruse advertises horse shoeing at a rate of $1.50 while claiming to offer the best work in the Pecos valley and inviting customers to come and be shown his craft.
The sale offers over 3,000 volumes including poems, classes and standard works, fiction for boys and girls and grown-ups. It promotes buying now at Ingersoll Book Store Russell, with two rooms for rent at 1011 Two Rooms West 15th Street. No children allowed.
Mr and Mrs Daniel O Flaherty from Kansas City arrive in Rose to visit Dr A B O Flaherty and family. He was formerly city engineer of Kansas City and is the oldest practicing civil engineer there. They likely spend the rest of winter in Roswell. Also noted is a Thoroughbred Jersey bull and a carriage business at 9416 Russell Avenue.
A telegram from El Paso confirms Gregory S. Moore's marriage to Mrs. Alice Ruth Greene. The couple, long-known Roswell residents, plan to reside with Moore's parents on North Lea Avenue before establishing a new home.
Chester A. Harned 25 and Clara E. Clem 16 obtained a marriage license yesterday and wed at the bride’s parents home at eight in the evening. Rev H F Vermillion officiated. Harned recently moved to Roswell. Clem has long residence here. They will live in Roswell.
Polling places for tomorrows special election are listed by ward: First Ward Court House Main Street. Second Ward Jei River Grocery at Fifth and Missour. Third Ward Judge Lea office Second Street between Main and Richardson. Fourth Ward Pecos Wall Lumber Co at Main and Walnut. Fifth Ward Cruse shop on Main between Walnut and Alameda. Polls open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Four bond issues require a vote on each one.
Washington February 19 President Roosevelt wrote to the Interstate Commerce Commission stressing the importance of addressing rail policy. He indicated the issue carries weight for national transportation and regulation, signaling ongoing executive engagement with agency oversight.
If you have cash to loan or invest, we invite a trial. We can place it for you. Roswell Title and Trust Co offers a prompt sale of farms at a good price. They are preparing a new farm list to send east and will handle the rest.
R F Cruse invites customers to plant a range of fruits including cherries pears prunes plums peaches raspberries blackberries gooseberries and currants. The note mentions a nice lot ready for sale at the shop on South Main Street chcap with a cryptic marker 73m wstf.
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