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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
3
The clipping lists several local meat and commodity merchants including Star Meat Market at 123 N Main St offering corn fed beef and other meats, along with grain coal wool and hide suppliers and a Roswell Trading Co listing coal hay and grain.
The Texias Shop advertises rubber tires horse spring wheelwork plow work and tire setting. T. M. Rabb's Shop offers all kinds of blacksmithing including rubber tires and horseshoeing as a specialty. Ingersoll's Book Store sells latest books stationery and periodicals.
Public notice about Brunsch Balke Co. equipment for bowling billiards and pool from Geo. B. Jewett proprietor of Kirby's Bottling Works on Main Street. Call 163 to refresh memory for Kirby's.
A brief note mentions R H McCune at Patterson's harness store, referring to loans and games in a local commerce context.
An advertisement notes Kipling's Candy Store with a finest line of jeandies and shell nuts, cigars, and hot and cold drinks available to customers.
P. O. Box 566 459 E. 5th lists painting and wallpaper hanging services offered by SPARKS Contractors and Builders.
Jaffa, Ger & Co and Joyce-Pruit Co announce a large wholesale and retail dry goods, cloths, groceries and ranch supplies operation. They present the largest supply house in the Southwest offering dry goods, clothing and more to customers.
An antique Roswell advert highlights the town's oldest drug stores. It mentions Roswell Drug and Jewelry Co and Daniel Drug Co as longstanding suppliers of medicines, wallpaper, paints, and varnish.
Recently established here K C Dye Works offers cleaning and pressing of suits to order with phone contact at 517.
Roswell merchants advertise hardware stores including Roswell Hardware Co Weade sale and retail hardware pipe pumps gasoline engines fencing and tinware from The Enterprise Hardware Co and Lewis Hardware Co promote quality, large stock and fair prices at 322 N Main and First and Main locations.
The Gilkeson advertises new hotel rooms with private baths triple A first class. El Capitan Hotel offers European plan rooms at five cents and meals at a quarter. Grand Central debuts new management Woodruff and De Freest. Hotel Shelby proclaims leadership as the city’s main hotel. Roswell Hotel promises good food and hospitality.
Harry Morrison showcases watches diamonds and china at 20314 N Main St. L B Roellner proclaims Roswell’s best jeweler with cut glass and hand painted china. Sc Einberg opens as Roswell’s new jeweler offering repair services with guaranteed workmanship.
Pecos Valley Lumber Co and Kemp Lumber Co advertise a full line of building supplies including lumber shingles cement lime paints varnish and glass. Roswell Lumber Co claims to be the oldest lumber yard in Roswell and invites customers to see all kinds of building materials and paint at East 4th Street.
Capital Life Insurance Co of Denver Colorado claims to be a Western company serving Western people and the largest dividend payer in the business. Horace A Lay is listed as manager and invites inquiries before purchasing, promising no trouble to show the polity.
Williams and Co is highlighted as the sole exclusive men's furnishers serving the Pecos Valley area, emphasizing their unique market position.
The advertisement touts Carlton and Bell as the citys largest real estate business with Edward A Finnegan Garst Building 210 North Main and Gilmore and Fleming Real Estate and Live Stock Garst Building Room No 8 offering property buying selling and 5 percent commission services.
The Morrison Bros Store offers ready to wear apparel for men women and children with millinery as a specialty.
The Roswell Produce and Seed Co advertises all kinds of field and garden seed and invites readers to request its product catalogue.
An exclusive shoe retailer runs a promotional notice highlighting Peters and Stetson shoes as specials. The ad emphasizes limited selection and store exclusivity.
New and second hand goods available at Morgan's, Roswell Second Hand Store on Main Street, Hills & Rogers proprietors offering furniture and related items, and Makin's Second Hand Store advertising top prices for second hand goods with contact numbers.
Dr. C. L. Parsons serves as manager for Roswell Tent City and Sana Torium Incorporated, outlining leadership and corporate role in the local lodging and facility enterprise.
R. H. McCune, an agent for the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co., arranged bonds on short notice, illustrating quick broker action.
Robert Ballard Reliable Transfer man lists Downtown and residence phones 224 426 and Angell's General Transfer Safe and Piano Moving specialty at Cor Roswell Hardware Co with phone 378 in downtown area.
Citizens of Eddy County hosted a splendid banquet in Carlsbad to honor a former judge. The event featured speeches praising the judge's service and contributions to the community.
Carlsbad New Mexico June 12 a gala Schlitz hotel banquet honored Judge Alfred Freeman as he departs for Victoria British Columbia. Attendees including leading professionals and merchants toasted Freeman with cigars and a flashlight group photo. The event underscored Carlsbad loss with Freeman and Cameron moving away.
Last night Eddy County residents hosted a banquet honoring Judge Freeman. Speakers included W A Finlay L O Fullen D G Grahtham J W Brown and J O Cameron with themes on Freeman the Lawyer and Politician Seventeen Years in New Mexico and The Great Dissenter. A gold watch in a plush case was presented as a token of friendship and esteem by Citizens of Eddy County.
A fragment reports accusations about a fundraiser at Roswell Amusement Park tied to a presidential request to raise money for an election. The piece suggests funds were moved to support another governor candidate on the same ticket, with criticism of Judge Parker and implications about Captain Curry and Otero associations amid grafting groups.
Fire insurance agents from across Iowa gathered in Des Moines at the Savery hotel to form a state organization. May and Mattern welcomed about 500 visitors as the convention prepared to conclude with the creation of a permanent association. B F Kauffman of this city leads the preliminary group and is likely to remain president.
Liquor dealers from the United States and Canada gather in Atlantic City for the National Liquor Dealers Association annual convention. Philadelphia leaders Samuel Grabfelder L G Gerstley and J H Carstairs organize the three day program featuring entertainments and a saloon menu hosts. The business session is scheduled for tomorrow.
Five acres of splendid land within one block of Main Street offered for 800 dollars. Investment yields 12 percent interest. Carlton and Bell advertise the property.
By order of the Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico and under Sec 223, L will sell at public auction to the highest bidder or to a claimant owner if found. The horse is bay, fifteen hands, eight or nine years old, branded 7 on left shoulder and round top A with bar on left thigh, lazy V on jaws. Sale in front of R D Bells office on Main street at 3 p.m. June 29 1907. L J Richards inspector Dist 5.
In accordance with New Mexico law, J. Richards inspector announces a public sale of a gray mare, fourteen hands high, nine or ten years old, branded FA with a half circle on the left thigh. Sale on Main Street at 3 p.m. June 29.
A short advertisement notes a new batch of postcard novelties priced from five to twenty five cents each offered by Ingersoll's Book Store located at 82tf.
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