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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1922
Page
3
A nostalgic poem by Anna Campbell recounts canning days on a farm. The speaker recalls the busy kitchen, mother tending the fire, the fragrant fruit, and the joy of family as jars are sealed. The piece ends with a reflection on labor made sweet by love and a note about jars saved for winter.
The Round Table met at noon at the Gilkinson with thirty six women present and guests welcomed by Mrs W A Johnson. Mrs John W Poe reported a delightful meeting with the Round Table as guest of the Rotary Club. Mrs Isaac Reese of Memphis Tenn spoke on the ratification of the 19th Amendment in Tennessee and her suffrage work.
Miss Lucile Cruse hosts in Roswell to honor visiting girls including Lucile Cruse and Hihess Shep herd. Guests attend a feast then proceed to Princess theatre show with Florence Wilkinson Fern Cobb Ruth Harvey Jane Sain Eloise Slaughter and many others. The gathering honors the visiting party from Roswell.
Roswell residents attended a play directed by Miss Madge Shepard in Artesia on Thursday evening. Attendees included Ruth Huff, Janice Jut, Flora Hurt, Hugh M Huff, Mary Gibbany, Dorothy Burnett, Hallam Shepard, Grayton Ferrin, and Mr. and Mrs J H Shepard with their family. Mr. and Mrs J M Hervey and daughters Ruth and Virginia recently returned from a three week trip to Albuquerque and other points in the western part of the state.
Roswell residents witnessed a jail break when six prisoners escaped from Blashek's mill, then were pursued by Constable Booth, W. D. Johnson and Joe Biggs. Eugenio Argon and John Cooper surrendered after a shootout, followed by other captures as the group scattered toward Spring River. Argon and Gonzales face murder indictments.
Miss Madge Shepard returned from Artesia after three weeks directing the play Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick staged Thursday to a capacity house loud in praise. Mrs C C Hill came back from Las Vegas today after a month with Capt and Mrs R D Jones. Jones has been ill but is much improved. Mrs Clarence Brown will return tomorrow from a month in La Junta Colorado.
Fragmentary notes describe Roswell residents including a local hero admired by women a dignified matron with bobbed hair a western woman joking about shaving sheep and a next wedding date. The text mentions a Mack Sennett reference a green Buick a club president learning to trill and an ad for listing rental property with Dobbs Furniture Store plus florist and phone numbers.
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