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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1907
Page
4
A long list of town happenings includes visits by J I Hinkle, Richards and Brunk, and Misses Nelson and McLeod. Various residents travel to Hagerman Fort Worth Wichita and Chicago for business or home visits. A church recital and an oyster supper are announced with local shop promos and notices of sales and bargains.
The fragment references Cedar Brook and W. H. Mc Brayer in Oriental, with a note on bottling. Details are sparse, but indicate a beverage or bottling context connected to these names and place. No dates or outcomes present.
A collection of short notices about visits to Carlsbad and Lake Arthur, church recitals at the Christian church, payments and price changes at local businesses, and commodity ads. Mentions Mrs E W Bennett, George Hinson, the Freestead family, J A Simpson, C N Jones, John Lowenbruck, Eva Nelson, J B Atkeson, T C Getzwiller, and the Pecos Valley Steam Laundry with a shift to cash-only after February.
Master Ely Nelson and Master Bill Nelson Hudgins to sing at a church recital Thursday night. Travellers from Florida and Texas arrive in Roswell seeking locations and business, with several visiting for short stays or trips.
Local laundry ad from 123 West 2nd Street offers cleaning and pressing services. The short note mentions 74ff panes and uses abbreviated phrasing typical of era classifieds.
Mrs Louise Shrewsbury and her daughter arrived this morning from Pecos to stay two weeks while attending to business interests.
Miss Lizzie Evans returns to Alellen after visiting her father Judge J. T. Evans. Rustler Loveless now drives for Roswell Trading Co. W. M. Wagley arrives from the Panhandle to the valley. Mrs. C. E. Speery and children depart for Wichita after a five day visit. Several others, including Mr. and Mrs. Hurt and Miss Barlow, shop in Roswell before heading home.
Public notices invite applications to run a boarding house at Woolverton P B College corner 6th and Richardson or by phone with option to sell or lease and college to furnish boarders. Baptist ladies host a reception with chicken salad oyster supper from 7 to 10 p m at Mrs Otto Hedgecoxes home with free will offering. Local reports note Mrs J P Dyer returning to Artesia after a week with ill brother Andy Robertson and Mrs Frank McDaniel visiting Carlsbad for her sick mother Mrs F E Myers who is improved.
Col Charles L Ballard on Governor's staff returns from Santa Fe where he attended Territorial Council sessions. Postmaster Robert Kellahin arrives from Texico where he served as Grand Lecturer of New Mexico Masons and reports Texico booming and lively.
Judge Wm H Pope informs District Clerk Roberts he will be in Carlsbad February 7 to draw juries for the March Eddy county term and will reach Roswell February 8 morning. He will stay only between the morning train arrival and the auto departure to Santa Fe.
A short note urges planting now as roots are not yet active and mentions R. F. Cruse as a source of cheap goods.
If you cannot secure admission to the Business College, take the Home Study Course. Call and investigate, Thomas E. Kennedy, advance agent of a lyceum course from the University of Texas, came in this morning to make dates. Harry Hamilton arrived this morning from Artesia.
A collection of old time sale notices lists land scrip by W G Skillman 42th for sale of a fresh cow at 308 N Penn Ave a 160 acre Hondo land at 16 per acre via Tom Davenport 8216 a good gentle horse by R H McCune 74th open woven wire fence at Oasis ranch or phone 347 one drilling machine at Oasis Ranch 29th bronze turkeys and Barred Plymouth Rock chickens at Slaughter farm inquire J A Williams Zimwi tl a few corn fed hogs at Leland Farm Roswell 2% miles SE and Cyphers incubator and two outdoor brooders top buggy Studebaker hack full set of farming implements apply 204 W Alameda 8213
Two year summary from Roswell New Mexico Weather Bureau data includes mean temperature 57 and records for February 1905 1906. Highlights show 78 degree high on Feb 21 1906 and -29 on Feb 13 1905 with 1.54 inches monthly precipitation and 9.6 inches snowfall Feb 5–6 1905. Winds from south with 29 mph max from northeast.
For Rent notices show a front room and two furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Contact T. C. Market at 8113 or H. P. Hobson at 7411. Also note a room occupied by Lee and Hampton after February first. State location and price when replying.
Roswell New Mexico report for January 30 records temperature highs of 67 and lows of 48 with a mean of 58. Precipitation is 0.00 inches, wind from the southeast at 5 miles per hour, partly cloudy conditions. Forecast calls for rain or snow tonight and Thursday, with colder temperatures tonight.
Classified notes show a printer job inquiry at the Record office, a corn vendor seeking shelled pop corn at 3rd and Main, and a buyer seeking a horse with buggy and harness addressed to A. E. P. care of Record.
The Texas Cattlemen's Association entertainment committee will hold a Thursday meeting at 2 PM in the commercial club rooms. Full attendance is requested as business of great importance will be transacted. Chairman GEO M SLAUGHTER.
The Rollins Hardware stock has been purchased with outstanding accounts. the business will operate as THE ENTERPRISE HDW. CO. Debt settlement is requested from those owed. Also notes on Aristography learning speed and a report of F P Dillinger heading to Hagerman. Jack Porter visits Artesia lumber scene.
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