City council stalls on sidewalks and saloon rules
City meeting in Roswell adjourned without action on sidewalk widening and subsplitting ordinances. Propositions to widen Main Street sidewalks and regulate saloon issues were sent back to committee. Ordinance No. 199 allowing stage fires for performances and paying a night’s fee to the city was referred.
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P Mins
Wiseley
Whiteman
Wyllys
Roswell
Mr. Cavin
Bell
Messrs. Cayin
Haynes
Rhea
Bright
Alsa
North Spring River
Ohten
U. S. Bateman
Sterling B.tucker
John W. Poe
W. S. Prager
L. B. Tannehill
Fourteen Chinese Men Found Hidden as Lumber in Boxcar
Fourteen Chinese men, aged around fourteen, were discovered in a boxcar on Southern Pacific tracks. The car, labeled lumber, originated in Memphis and was bound for San Francisco. Immigration Inspector Hutchins suspects they entered the car at El Paso.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Southern Pacific
Memphis
San Francisco
Hutchins
el Paso
Chinaman Thomas A Montez Arrested Before Train to El Paso
Shortly after discovery he was arrested as he prepared to board a train for El Paso. The Chinese were found with ample food and water. They will be held for investigation here.
Chicago Red Light District Doomed After May First
Chicago police issued a prior order prohibiting liquor sales after May first in any venue where women gather. Officials predict a mass exodus of about fifteen thousand people from the city as a result of the edict, signaling the end of the district.
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Chicago
Chaves County Abstract Co Promotes Title Services
The Chaves County Abstract Co touts its strong title records and comprehensive set of books in the county. The firm emphasizes accuracy, reliability, and a long-standing reputation for quality title work.
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Chaves County Abstract Co
Strike Likely As B&O Conductors Vote On Action
Baltimore Maryland February 22 wage talks between Baltimore and Ohio railroad conductors and train men and the company ended in a disagreement today. The employer will vote on a strike, which brotherhood officials consider a strong possibility.
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Baltimore & Ohio R. R
Baltimore, Md
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Brotherhood
Quanah to El Paso railway line proposed
Col J L Bell of New York reports financing a new line from the Red River at Texas Oklahoma border through Hardeman Cottle Motley Crosby Lynn Gaines to El Paso. The route would link El Paso and Quanah with a connection to the Sierra Madre Rio Grande and Pacific Railway extending southwest from Juarez toward the Gulf of California.
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Quanah
Tex
J. L. Bell
New York City
Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
Hardeman, Cottle
Motley
Crosby, Lynn
Gaines
el Paso
San Diego
Waich
el] Paso
Quanan
Sierra Madre, Rio Grande and Pacific Railway
Juarez
Mexico
Gulf of California
Parsons and Lawrence Real Estate Ad
Par sons and Lawrence advertise at 215 North Main Street offering a house and lot next to Grand Central Hotel for sale at a sacrifice. They list 160 acres within a mile of town at 20 dollars per acre guaranteed within the artesian belt. A half block from the schoolhouse priced this week at 1000 dollars. Every day is bargain day with them. Ask Parsons he knows.
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North Main St
Parsons & Lawrence
Grand Central Hotel
Parsons
Quanah to Frisco line aims for St Louis and East
Towns pledge sizable bonuses for the new railway as Matador in Motley County commits 109000 while Quanah awaits a 25500 bonus Col Bell promises capital and imminent work. He has built a Texas road before and plans a line extending south beyond the Q A P route through Lubbock now under survey. Local optimism grows on New York reports of imminent activity.
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Quanah
St. Louis
Matador
Motley County
Middle Plains
Lubbock
Col. Bell
Lewis
J. L. Bell
Texas
New York
Regular meeting of Roswell Elks Lodge No 63
The B P O Elks Roswell Lodge No 63 holds a regular meeting on Tuesday night February 22. The lodge opens promptly at 7 30 with Otto Baumer serving as Exalted Ruler.
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Roswell Lodge
O. Elks
Fresh Sausages Standout Quality from 31 Quality Meats
The ad proclaims trusted flavor and value with Our Fresh Sausages Un Excelled Once Tried Always Used by 31 Quality Meats, inviting customers to sample the brand.
City Democratic Committee Divided Over Saloon Question
The City Democratic Central Committee met yesterday to discuss the upcoming city election but took no definite action. Four of five members were present and were evenly split on submitting the saloon issue to voters at a special or regular election. The committee will meet again next Tuesday.
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City Democratic Central Committee
Philadelphia Labor Strike Threat Looms In City
Philadelphia officials report Central Labor Union leader John J. Murphy may call a general sympathetic strike involving about 100,000 members after police arrested Pratt of the Camon’s union. Riot conditions trigger car stonings and patrols as talks on troop use continue. Bail set at three thousand dollars for Pratt on charges of inciting to riot and conspiracy.
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Philadelphia
Pratt
Car Suen’s
John J. Murphy
Central Labor Uion
Murphy
Ca Mnon
Central Labor Unit
Central Labor Union
Ratt
Sonephia Rapid Transit Company
Central Labor Ie
William Penn
Nelson and Wolgast to spar for lightweight title today
In San Francisco on February 22, Battling Nelson and Wolgast meet in Richmond Contra Costa country for a forty five round lightweight championship bout this afternoon. Nelson is a two to one favorite and both fighters weighed in near the limit as they expressed strong confidence before the 3 PM coast time start.
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Battling Nelson
Wolgast
San Francisco
Calif
Richmond
Contra Costa Country
Nelson
Memor ial Hunt For George Washington In Alexandria
The National Masonic Memorial Association forms in Alexandria to honor George Washington with a million dollar temple and hall of fame. The project honors Washington’s ties to Alexandria, including his roles in local government, education, and freemasonry, with artifacts and a special lodge room display.
Washingtons early patron and friend visit Mount Vernon memorial
The article describes Washingtons chair in a glass case and other relics from the lodge in Alexandria, noting a move to a new memorial site on Washington street. A first meeting adjourned and a wreath-laying at Mount Vernon followed by lodge conferings. Tonight's banquet will feature Dick inson Richardson Carling Clark and Reverend John Wesley Hill as speakers.
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Alexandria
George Washington
Dickinson
America
Braddock
Ohio
Old Lodge
Washington Street
Christ Church
Washington
Mount Vernon
Lawrence
House of Burgesses
Alexandria Washington Lodge
Alexandria Washington
District of Columbia
National Capitol
Edmund Randolph
Masons
Virginia
Capitol
Yorktown
Williams
Lawrence Lewis
Fax
General Washington
Lafayette
Ohere
James D. Richardson
Soverign
Charles C. Carling
Champ Clark
John Wesley Hill
D. D
New York
Martha Washington Tea Hosted by Southern Presbyterian Ladies
A Martha Washington tea will be held at the home of Mrs. C. I. Norvell next Wednesday afternoon and evening, hosted by the ladies of the Southern Presbyterian church. The public is invited and a silver offering will be collected.
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Martha Washington
Amarillo sells bonds for new high school
Amarillo Independent School District sold its $100,090 bond issue for a premium of $2,600 to Detroit United Bank and Bumpus, Stevens & Co. over six other bidders. Funds will finance a $50,000 high school and other improvements.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Tex
Amarillo Independent
Detroit United Bank and
Bumpus, Stevenus & Co
Detroit
Roswell Title & Trust Co Ad Says We Make the Best
An abstract services firm in Roswell promotes top quality title work with a bold guarantee. The notice emphasizes their reliability and expertise in handling property abstracts for local clients.
Five Companies of Troops Patrol Cairo Streets
Cairo, Feb 22. Five companies of the national guard patrol the streets and keep Cairo quiet. Adjutant General Dickson will retain the militia as long as mobs may threaten to avenge the death of Alexander Halliday by the negro deputy sheriffs.
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Cairo
National Guard
Dickson
Alexander Halliday
A Cold Wave Near Denver Brings Snowbound Delays
Denver reports a rapid cold spell dropping to four above zero as of seven this morning with forecasted colder weather for mountain regions. A Colorado Midland train bound for Buena Vista is stuck in a snow drift near Haver, and a relief plow is also blocked. A cold wave is predicted to reach Roswell tonight and tomorrow.
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Denver
Colo
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Colorado Midland
Buena Vista
Haver
Roswell
Child Burned While Mother Rescues From Fire
Four year old Daffy Dean Autry suffered severe burns at her east Fourth Street home when a match lit a tumble watch fire. Her mother, Mrs. Autry, sustained deep burns on her hands while smothering the flames with her bare hands. The blaze burned the upper legs and torso though the wind helped. Also listed: a folding bed and an Adam Sechaaf piano for sale at 101 N Ky Ave.
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Daffy Dean Autry
Adam Sechaaf
N. Ky. Ave
Roswell Weather Report February 22 Roswell Roswell Weather Report
U S Weather Bureau local observation at 6:00 am Roswell New Mexico reports a high of 71 and low of 30 a mean of 56 with 0.0 inches precipitation. Winds from the north five miles per hour. Weather partly cloudy. Tonight generally fair and colder with a cold wave. Wednesday fair and colder. Extremes for this date last year were 56 high and 35 low. Eighteen years ago extremes were 81 and 22 in 1893 and 1904.
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Roswell
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