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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1906
Page
3
A sparse OCR fragment from a local newspaper shows partial words and stray letters with no clear event or named entities. The readable bits offer little context or concrete facts to identify people places or dates. The item reads as damaged text rather than a complete notice or report.
The Jamestown Exposition features a three week series of international yacht races in Hampton Roads during August and September 1907. Twenty prizes across seven classes will be awarded for schooners sloops and yawls plus an open Hampton Roads Cup race for any craft under forty feet. The international championship involves three races over consecutive days with a cup awarded to the winner.
The scoring awards points equal to the number of yachts in each class with one extra point for entry. A started but unfinished yacht earns no entry point but counts as defeated for others. A yacht’s championship record equals the percentage of points earned if she won every race she started. Regatta delays require Regatta Committee approval. Elimination races for Class P take place at Hampton Roads Yacht Club in late August to early September 1907. Charles Capps returns to Carlsbad after a week with relatives.
Real estate man W. W. Anderson urges Pecos Valley residents to build a 75 mile Lover's Lane from Roswell to Carlsbad. The plan envisions a smooth level road lined with cottonwoods, watered by bordering landowners, and maintained by local farmers as a source of regional pride and practical transport.
Deeds filed show Gayle J F Deen and wife to C L Wilson for 50 dollars a water right deed from an artesian well on lot 8 block 2 Thur bers addition Roswell. Mary E Tannehill to James K Chester for 1 dollar and other value 300 acres part of section 26 12 25 west of P W N E railroad. John K Walcott to C A Simpson for 200 dollars lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 block 36 Lake Arthur. W Randle and wife to Samuel L Herriott for 4000 dollars eighty acres 1913 26. F G Crain and others to J M Crain for 1 dollar and other considerations multiple Roswell blocks. Flora Rentz and husband to A E Riffey for 1 dollar and other considerations 34 acres in 33 15 26 and water right in Northern Canal owned by Felix Irrigation Company.
Rev. A Foltz reports that Santa Fe allows a car for Roswell and Amarillo Commercial Clubs. Amarillo allocates $2000 to its car to out-do Pecos Valley. The Panhandle show promises stronger Pecos Valley agricultural products to wow observers.
Catholic Sisters visiting Roswell secured options on two South Hill tracts for a summer academy and day school. One site is on Main Street and the other a block away. They will return after a Stanton Texas trip to finalize the Roswell site purchase.
Father Herbert went to Petos last night to be gone the rest of the week. John B Gill traveled to Hagerman for a brief business trip. Mrs M J Shepherd expected day from Georgiana Alabama for a visit with her son Charley Shepherd. She will be here the remainder of the summer.
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