12 Mar 1904
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1904
Page
1
A local newspaper notes a notable success that brings pride to the High School and to the town, highlighting community recognition and uplift. The piece emphasizes collective achievement and civic backing for local institutions.
The High School under Miss Dillard staged Tennyson’s The Princess to benefit the public school library. The performance featured elaborate costumes, strong music by the N M M I band, and a large, enthusiastic audience at the Roswell opera house. Students including Ewing Lusk and Ethel Gipson received praise for their roles. university attendants wore Greek costumes. The event was a noted success with many solos, a gypsy love song, and living pictures.
The McCall committee selects day witnesses including ex Keller Bucy Mrs McDonald Mrs Shelby and several others for the Senator Dietrich case. Mrs J H Beekiman Jr hosted the Smart Set at Grand Central Tuesday with High Five games. Mrs Marshall won the club prize and Mrs Bond the guest prize among a list of attendees.
Harbor shelling at Port Arthur causes minor property damage and several Chinese servants killed as the Japanese fleet withdraws after a prolonged bombardment. In Washington, testimony on Senator Smoot’s protest probes continues with minimal attention. House actions include naming a special post office indictments committee. Social club events noted with attendees and prizes.
March 12 report notes the U S Steamship Cincinnati will depart Chemulpo to Chinnapo to rescue women and children from Unsan mines. A messenger reported quiet conditions near the mines and an engagement had occurred nearby. The Missionary Society event at Mrs James Garrard’s home featured African and home mission discussions and readings.
The Card Club hosted by Mr. and Mrs. H. F. M. Bear at N Richardson Avenue. Sunday School Leap Year party at Mrs. Sutherland's on Richardson Avenue featured a musical contest and a story game with refrains.
Packwaukee Wisconsin March 5 1904 editor Roswell Record reports C W Waddell writing from his sick bed after a house fire. He credits Blaze Killer tubes installed recently with preventing greater damage and possibly saving his life and that of his child. Neighbors attest the product blocked total ruin.
C L Tallmadge of the Tallmadge Southwestern Land Company will travel from Chicago in a special car with William Nicholson Captain Jess Steele Earth editor an AP reporter a Chicago Record Herald representative and several capitalists and Baltimore parties. They arrive Monday to inspect Roswell the city of the southwest and the Pecos Valley.
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