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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1907
Page
4
Local items note free eye tests at a jeweler, showings at the Majestic with 10 cent admissions, and crowd enthusiasm for films and music. Short notices include rental availability, travel updates, and city council meeting plans with various local residents and business references.
A Roswell Trade Directory card highlights local activity as Olive Noel travels from Dayton for shopping. Bernard Pos visits Dexter for business linked to his piano store. F M Cain arrives on last night's train from Dallas to enjoy sights of the valley.
A fragment notes Mrs Jaffa and an accompanying trip to Denver with an additional line about H A Dicken of Joyce Pruit Co grocery department who has been at home since Sunday with a threat of typhoid fever.
Mrs J Haydn Croft returns from Willard New Mexico after two months with her parents Mr and Mrs E L Smith. Will M Hicks depart for Spencer Indiana for the summer then return to Roswell later. Chas Harrington of Roswell Drug and Jewelry heads to St Louis for summer then back in fall. Joe McKee reports strong weight gain in Lincoln. A T Gunter leaves for Corpus Christ Texas for Mrs Gunters health for summer then back in fall. J H Nation travels to Quinton Iowa to visit relatives for several weeks. George Freidenoom reports cherry crop harvest. J A Foreman and family, after months in Indian Territory, will be back to Roswell around July first.
M. Fisher joins the dry goods department at Joyce Pruit Co. J. P. Little returns from Hagerman after visiting his daughter Mrs. O. R. Buldinge. A. L. W. Nilsson departs for Texico on a business trip for Honda Stone Manufacturing Co.
Ed Bloom manager of the Diamond A ranch arrived in the city last night for a few days of pleasure and business, planning meetings and leisure activities during the stay.
Nathan Jaffa, a Citi zen's National Band cashier, has completed a trip from America and rejoined duties. Details of the journey and next assignments were not disclosed.
Co. L. Ballard returned from Santa Fe with several prisoners sentenced at the present court term to penitentiary terms. Sheriff Ballard led the group as they traveled to the Territorial capital. Mrs. Boyd visited Roswell with R. H. Sain and wife and will stay one more day. Others mentioned include Mrs Overman an early homesteader near Hagerman and the Joyce family moving to a ranch. Ulery Furniture expands into new Snerida building promising a roomy, modern store once stock is arranged.
Mrs. A. H. Rockafellow travels to Denver to join her daughter and visit friends for several weeks. After Denver they will return to their Eyatt Michigan home. She has spent the last three months in Roswell with her sister Mrs. G A Richardson.
W W Anderson brought four foot tall oats from an 80 acre field to the Record office. He praised the oats as the best he had seen. A Majestic show last night drew strong praise for a French film Mephisto's Son and the program overall.
General Orders No. 8 from the Adjutant General at Santa Fe New Mexico dated May 27 1907 lists resignations including Major J E Elder from the First Infantry and W R La Londe from the First Infantry to June 1 1907. It also notes several officers placed on the unassigned list and multiple promotions and appointments with ranks and dates May 1 1907 and April 29 1907. It closes with reassignment details and directions for reporting to commanding officers.
W S Prager offers his beautiful South Main home for sale for business reasons only. The property is priced exceptionally low for the next 300 days and will be shown to any prospective purchaser by Carlson Bell.
A splendid hotel proposition offered as a money maker the first day and every day. Don’t pass this up. See Carlton & Bell. For record want ads, get results.
An advertisement offering five acres or five units of land in a single Main Street block for $800 total. Declares the property as splendid and promising a 12 percent return on investment. Carlton & Bell.
Ma Boon has purchased the oe tan Restaurant on Main Street near Second from Yee Quong. The contract requires payment of all debts by Yee Quong.
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