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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1905
Page
3
Ruth, the young daughter of E N Dewey of Agnewville Virginia, was gravely ill with cholera infantum last summer. The father recounts fearing her death within an hour, but after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy the child improved in five hours and recovered after half a bottle. The article notes the remedy is sold by all dealers.
A London to South America voyage aboard the Danube recounts multiple spectral encounters. Sailor Charles Jones first spots a breathing shadow, followed by the chief mate and then the captain, as a cold hand and eerie laughter haunt the ship. After crew distrust, the ship sinks into notoriety and is abandoned after a ghostly siege.
A narrator recalls a friend Dick Norval and his youth with Grace Lincoln. Years later Grace chooses charity work over marriage, while the narrator confesses he still loves her and schemes to win her for his friend. The tale blends affection, memory, and a hinted plan awaiting the tell.
The Vailey Picturesque photographer starts work on a souvenir book highlighting the town’s scenic spots and notable sites with plans for illustrated plates and descriptive captions.
The Pecos Valley souvenir booklet by Totten and Roberson progresses with W R Walton photographing farms and ranches from Roswell southward. The 80 page volume will feature scenes and descriptive matter with ads, printed on enamel paper, bound attractively, and issued in about two months. Five thousand copies are planned, with one thousand free to the Commercial Club and the rest sold to railways, real estate firms, and individuals. The project aims to showcase valley wonders honestly, without deceiving outsiders, and will be a lasting advertising medium for local enterprises.
Probate records list five property transfers in Roswell and surrounding areas. Edgar H Gamble and spouse sold a half water right in an artesian well and Lot 4 Block S West Side to Olef Person and Charles P Swanson for 32000. H Wildy Lea by committee sold three acres in section 4 township 11 south range 24 east with artesian well for 205.20. Claude H Lippincott sold Lot 2 in Bonnys subdivision comprising Lots 11 12 13 and 14 in Block 1 Thurbers addition to Roswell for 1. Luther A Stevens sold a tract fronting Union Avenue in Roswell for 160. Joseph Bradfield and others sold Lot 12 Block 48 West Side addition to Roswell to Robert F Cruse for 1. Detroit convention notes state the fifteenth annual meeting of the International League of Press Clubs will be held in Detroit July 17. Delegates number several hundred from US Canada and Cuba. The first business meeting will be at Wheelman club tomorrow with trolley and steamboat rides and other events arranged by local press and citizen committee.
A Roswell Daily Record notice dated July 3 reports a correspondent retracting a hospital plan letter. The author concedes insufficient information and says he would have withdrawn if he knew business leaders already favored the project.
The inaugural central Illinois Tennis Association tournament began in Bloomington with teams from Peoria, Bloomington, Jacksonville, Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, Quincy and Galesburg taking part.
Boston mass July 18 The Douglas athletic club of Chelsea has arranged a promising card of events its boxing show tonight Jack Johnson and Sandy Ferguson two of the foremost negro fighters of the country will meet in the feature bout.
A brick business house for rent located half a block east of the post office. EOD 15 tf. A. K. Mott. R. H. Kemp departed last night on a business trip down the Valley.
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