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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
3
F P Gayle is named manager of Chaves County Abstract Co also known as Reliable and Prompt. The firm lists address 4126 and emphasizes prompt service as its key attribute.
Local ad notes market listings at 107 N Main and 123 N Main with phones 425 and 56 promoting corn fed beef and other meats. Star Mac Market advertised as a local listing.
T. M. Rabb showcases blacksmithing and horsehoeing services while Ingersoll's Book Store offers the latest books, stationery, and periodicals. Both businesses advertise practical supplies and crafts for local residents.
Short local notice on Kirbys Bottling Works urging residents to refresh memory and phone 163 for a case order. Basic business blurb with minimal details.
Finely labeled fandies shelved nuts and cigars offered with hot and cold drinks in a compact storefront ad.
Jaffa, Prager and Co. and Joyce-Pruit Co. operate the largest wholesale and retail supply houses in the Southwest, offering dry goods, clothing, groceries, and ranch supplies.
Pecos Valley Lumber offers lumber shingles doors lime cement paints varnish and glass. Roswell Lumber Co proclaims oldest lumber yard in Roswell and invites customers for building materials and paint. Kemp Lumber Co advertises drugs wallpaper paints and lumber with courteous service. East 4th St.
Advertisement item notes Roswell Wool and Hide Co offering grain coal and wood supply and buys hides with a contact phone listed as 20. The terse ad emphasizes full-service furnishing and purchasing for local customers.
Grand Central Hotel announces new management Woodruff and De Freest and touts itself as best and largest. Hotel Shelby under H. Kercheval promotes leadership in the city hospitality market. Roswell Hotel claims to offer good food and a friendly atmosphere while you dine.
Harry Morrison leads a prominent Roswell jeweler display offering watches, diamonds, rich cut glass, hand painted china, sterling and plated silverware. L. B. Boellner promotes Roswell’s best jewelry shop with a full line of glass and china. C. Feinberg debuts as Roswell’s new jeweler at 20314 N Main St with repair services guaranteed.
The Chaves County Board of Commissioners meets in regular session as a Board of Equalization on June 3 1907 and June 10 1907. They approve competitive examination for indigent education placement, order refunds for erroneous tax assessments, and authorize a $7200.00 warrant to Midland Bridge Co. once Dexter bridge materials arrive.
Classified card notes two storefronts selling new and second hand goods. Oswell Second Hand Store advertises furniture at 100-02 N. Main. Hills and Rogers, proprietors, contact number 69 for inquiries.
The Capital Life Insurance Co. of Denver Colorado promotes itself as a western life insurer with the largest dividend payments. Horace A Lay serves as manager and invites potential buyers to see policies with no obligation.
The firm promotes itself as the sole exclusive men’s outfitter serving the Pecos Valley, highlighting a focus on quality garments and menswear. The advertisement emphasizes specialization and local availability for shoppers seeking tailored apparel.
The Board of Equalization meets from June 11 to 13 1907 in Patterson to examine tax schedules. It rebated 700 dollars to Mrs A W Boyce on 1906 valuation and raised valuations on improvements and cattle for multiple taxpayers including Atkins Puckett J M Lusk H F Smith Julius Garst and others.
The piece outlines dry farming as a method to reclaim arid lands from the Canadian border to the Rio Grande. It credits H. W. Campbell as a pioneer and describes subsoil moisture retention, soil mulching, and rapid modern machinery that lowers costs and boosts yields. It notes a belief that irrigated areas could learn from dry farming and save vast desert acres.
More than 100 undertakers gathered in Atlanta today for the Georgia Funeral Directors Association annual convention at the Piedmont hotel. President Jesse B. Hart of Macon presides as the meeting runs through tomorrow. Boellner the Jeweler advertises lower prices.
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