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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1907
Page
4
Local items list travel, business trips, and shop notices. Carlton O6tf and Frank Prestley left yesterday for Torrance while Boellner Jeweler advertises cheaper goods and free eye tests. Roswell visitors include G B Brown and P B P traveling through town.
Grand Central Hotel announces new management by Woodruff and DeFreest as J. R. Stanley returns to Dexter after a Roswell business visit. P V Petty of Ardmore arrives for a valley business trip while A Thesday aides M W Evans from Lake area interests. George E Weatherby Jr of Dayton arrives to conduct business and visit friends.
Local notices list several residents and visitors in Roswell, including Quince Cummings from Dexter and J E from Marion Kansas, with brief notes on their travels and business. The page also promotes loans, realty ads, and upcoming religious revival attendance.
J C Maxwell of McIntosh New Mexico visited the city by auto yesterday and left on a trip to his old home in Artesia. Woodruff and DeFreest operated a sale yard opposite the Post Office at 1011, where horses and mules were bought and sold.
J. M. Day of Wichita Kansas formerly of this city, on an extended visit in the valley, returned to Dayton last night after spending the day in Roswell.
L. O. Bevan of Lake Arthur visited the area Tuesday with J. E. Bevan of Haviland Kansas who is in the valley seeking a location for business.
Mrs. C. M. Doss came back last night from a several day visit with her daughter Mrs. Harry Holly in Dexter. Mrs. Holly accompanied her on the return trip for another visit.
A. Johnson of Kansas City, who has been here and in the valley for several days tending land interests, departed Tuesday for a several day trip to the Panhandle.
Miss Emma Willard and Miss Janet Cross of Chicago are spending several days in town as guests at the Evans boarding house. Miss Willard took a trip down the road last night.
Seph E. Rhea purchases the home of Dr. C. M. Mayes at Alameda Street and South Kentucky Avenue. Mrs. Rh plans to move from her Bovina area residence, about twenty miles northwest, in June.
Eggs for hatching offered at one dollar for fifteen from a pen of White Leghorns noted for a world record of 208 eggs per hen per year. Available at Roswell Poultry Yards by the Fair Grounds or Cash Grocery, phone 351.
Announcement from Roswell details the approaching marriage of Miss Laura Henry formerly of this city now of Kansas City to Mr. McGuffin of Kansas City. The wedding is set for March 14 in Fort Worth and the couple will reside in Kansas City. Miss Henry is well known locally.
At a meeting of the Jefferson Davis Camp United Sons of Confederate Veterans held yesterday afternoon at City Clerk Fred J. Becks office Finley was elected Commander and Z Finley was chosen adjutant. Other officers will be selected at the next regular meeting. The session was enthusiastic with members focused on camp growth and success.
Captain Murry recently arrived in Roswell has accepted Chairman George Slaugater invitation to coach Roswell polo players for April convention tournament. A recruiting drive is producing promising trainees as Roswell plans a three sided polo event with Amarillo and Midland teams contesting for honors.
Personal recommendations from those cured of coughs and colds have propelled Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to a staple in trade over a large part of the civilized world.
The act sets probate judge salaries by county class with San Miguel Bernalillo Santa Fe Grant Chaves Colfax Rio Arriba Dona Ana Socorro as first class and Eddy Guadalupe Lincoln Luna McKinley Otero Quay Roosevelt Sandoval San Juan Sierra Taos Torrance Union Valencia as second class. It designates 600 dollar annual pay for first class and 400 dollars for second class, repeals a 1905 classification act, and notes a March 15, 1907 county commissioner meeting in Roswell to discuss Lake Arthur precinct highway funding.
Sunnyside Camp Health Resort announces new management. Sanitarium feature eliminated. House tents offered for light housekeeping at $5, $10, and $15 per month. Contact phone 428-W. Manager S. Hicks.
Mrs. J M Powell wife of Prof J M Powell died at her Carlsbad home this morning after a long illness from tuberculosis She had been failing for weeks and was prepared for death Funeral services will be held in Carlsbad with interment there She came from Missouri six years ago living in Roswell before moving to Carlsbad last August
A long list of For Sale items including land scrip milk cow horses a Remington typewriter ewes alfalfa seed a Fresno cow and a new 8 room dwelling Also listings for fencing a drilling machine and various farm implements Eighty acres for sale near the court house and several poultry and animal offers plus a territorial public delinquency law excerpt detailing penalties for fraudulent checks with a March 12 1907 note.
For rent a large sunny room for two with board available. Phone 149. Address 719 North Main Street. Also for rent a three room house with three closets and water on Alameda Ave. Apply Price and Co.
A loan prospect offers $500000 to irrigated farms with long term terms and annual interest payments and a privilege to prepay. J B Herbst financial agent located at 303 North Main opposite the post office. Spencer Seedless Apple Co advertises strawberry plants for sale at 101f.
Wanted plain sewing at 704 W Hendricks St by Mrs Godby 511. Wanted one mile of second hand barb wire and posts. Send details to Box 585 Roswell.
Funeral notice describes Mrs Powell as a beloved Carlsbad figure active in the Baptist church. She leaves a husband, a son and daughter, and her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Beals, with brother Oliver Beals, all of Carlsbad.
House Bill No. 76 introduced by E. H. Biernbaum on February 13, 1907 seeks an act relative to the issuance of worthless checks. The measure was read twice by title, ordered translated and printed, and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Leavenworth Kan March 13 Judge Pollock denied the application for a writ of habeas corpus by ex Captain George W Kirkman who argues his two sentences for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman should run concurrently He still has seven months to serve in Ft Leavenworth Federal prison
Police and gendarmes in Kharkova Russia were killed by a bomb during a room search in a student’s quarters. Six others injured include three policemen and two civilians. Separate dispatches note a drumhead court martial in St. Petersburg reporting 764 executions by March 5 with Poland and the Baltic provinces bearing most. In Philadelphia Fritz Scheel conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra died after a month long illness.
Manager Nelms of the Majestic Theatre arranged a three night engagement with the Nobles Dramatic Co starting Monday night March 18 in Roswell. The company, well known and admired, opens with Ruben Glue described as a cyclone of fun.
Plain and fancy sewing offered by Mrs J M Kegans. Prices right. Phone 313. Room 1 Park Hotel.
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