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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
3
F P Gayle manager at Chaves County Abstract Co promotes reliable prompt abstracting and records service with contact number 4126 7 for inquiries and work.
A compact ad for U. S. Meat Market at 107 North Main offers top quality cuts with a motto of quality. The Sacramento Market promotes its location and phone for customers seeking fresh meats.
Local shop offers rubber tires, horse shoeing, wheelwork, plow work, and tire setting services to customers seeking hardware and repair solutions.
Roswell's oldest lumber yard Roswell Lumber Co offers building materials and paint. Kemp Lumber Co invites customers to call for lumber shingles and more at East 4th Street.
Roswell jeweler offers repairs on watches with guaranteed work. Call and visit 203 Main St for service and selection.
Territorial records show Chaves County Abstract Company formed in Roswell with three directors Fred P. Gayle John C. Peck and Lucius K. McGaffey. Authorized capital twelve thousand dollars divided into one hundred twenty shares. stockholders listed with share counts and payments. Non-liability certificate states stockholders incur no liability beyond paid-in capital.
Narrative of a 19th century migrant who moved from cattle to farming in the Pecos Valley in 1884. He touts apple and alfalfa as profitable crops with each apple tree netting seven dollars and an acre potentially yielding five hundred sixty dollars in orchard net. He cites alfalfa returning ten percent on investment and notes Indian corn yields. The piece also lists local real estate and equipment sale notices from Carlton & Bell and others in the area.
W G Urton says Pecos Valley soil yields more with Brown Dura chicken feed and numerous hens. He notes his family of twelve thrives on egg sales, keeping grocery costs low, and urges local farmers to boost poultry and fruit to serve Roswell.
Coffeyville Kansas reports the arrest of cab driver Harry Love tied to the disappearance of Dr Valle Burgee a 24 year old dentist who vanished March 3 after a ride with a well dressed couple. Witnesses say shots were heard in the cab as Love drove away with Burgee leaving a baffling case that unsettles the community.
Some Coffeyville residents favor a murder theory urged by police while others suspect a staged hoax. They claim Burgee left town for private reasons without leaving a traceable address, a view the text suggests is increasingly plausible.
Classified notices list furnished rooms for rent at multiple addresses including 104 North Ky 205 N Lea Ave 808 N Richardson Ave 411 N Penn Ave and 8013. Some entries include front rooms baths and stables with phone contact numbers. One listing notes a premier residence in Roswell offered furnished by Millice and Wilson with modern appointments and a fine location.
A brief classified noting a loan tied to Carlton assets listed under Money to and Bell Loan. Details are limited in readable OCR and no action or party names beyond Carlton appear.
Wanted to buy a good gentle fresh milk cow at 11210 N Main St. Also positions for a raunch cook at Hamilton Stock Farm two miles east of Military Institute. A capable man and wife team to work on a farm with farming knowledge and cooking duties. Address H. F. at Record office.
No face or body has been located after exhaustive search for the dentist. Authorities report continued effort to identify remains and determine fate.
George L. Ralston the bank’s bookkeeper testified he and associates of W. H. Andrews and the Pennsylvania Development Company received money from the failed Enterprise National Bank of Allegany. He said bank statements were falsified and that a bank examiner was bent to help.
Realty dealers are informed the administrator Robert McClenny withdraws from the market all property belonging to the estate of Mrs Mary E McClenny. The notice is issued by Robt J McClenny as Administrator.
A financing notice offers $500,000 in loans on irrigated farms. Terms include long time loans with interest payable as due and the privilege to pay off before due date. Read by J. B. Herbst financial agent at 303 North Main opposite the post office.
J. E. Ervine of Houston arrived this morning from the south and will stay several days to buy alfalfa. A. C. Miller of Kansas City, in town for court related to a suit against J. P. White, left this morning.
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