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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1923
Page
4
A quirky clip mentions the upcoming baseball season as the great American pastime. A young woman watching a disastrous home game quips about a pitcher who “hits their bats no matter where they hold them.” Also notes about bicycle tires and car rims with a vented brag of vulcanizing services.
Fragmented ad copy notes Hall Bros Goodyear and Kelly offering tires at rising prices and urging early purchase. Also lists stray items like 2 dollar bills, a lost record reward, and Belgian hare sales at 2% to 3 pounds live weight priced 15 cents per pound, with H Long at 900 N Rich.
Roswell and Pecos valley see generally fair weather tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions on Wednesday. New Mexico experiences fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer in the east, light frost tonight, rising temperatures, and a mostly fair pattern elsewhere.
J. J. Wagerman donated the Albuquerque Journal fund to send the Hagerman basketball team to the national meet in Chicago, April 3-7, augmented by a $60 check from ex-Governor Herbert J. Hagerman of Roswell. On to Chicago Meet is the slogan of New Mexico high schools.
Roswell Auto Co promotes Federal Cord tires and tubes promising more comfort, fewer troubles, and greater mileage. Freeman's Dust Absorbers are praised as the best dust cloth for autos and furniture, selling for 75 cents at Hall Bros. The ad urges every car owner and housewife to have the product, noting improvements and auto accessories from the Improve Auto Co.
Electrical tradesmen say home lighting will improve with all electric homes. Experts note adequate lighting is now easier and cheaper, with a large house fine lit for 5 to 10 cents a day. Tungsten and gas-tilted lamps enable artistic, harmonious color schemes and decorative shades for fixtures enhancing domestic life.
Furnished by Abstract and Title Dept. First State Bank and Trust Co. lists transfers to W D Soper including Lots 13 16 17 in Hagerman area and Secs 31 11 21 17 3 30 in Townships 15 S Range 25 EB or DB with $1.00 consideration. Also transfers to Oscar Hewatt and W C Davidson for NW NE Sec 20 T4S R28B $200. James R Moore and wife to Andrew R Young for two-thirds of Lot 4 Block 11 Alameda Heights $10. filed dates March 7 1928 and March 16 1923.
Editor of The Record Cecil Bonney sails home tomorrow from Rochester Minnesota after a three week stay at Mayo Brothers hospital with wife Mrs Bonney who underwent appendicitis surgery. She will remain in Rochester at least another week and is reportedly doing splendidly.
A midwestern rural town held a memorable church supper and social last winter. To everyone’s astonishment the churchyard and interior glowed with a self-contained farm electric light plant, supplied by the local electrical agent, brightening the hall and heightening the festive mood as residents gathered to gossip and celebrate.
Children enjoy new electrical toys such as a balloon suspended from a trapeze with a tiny acrobatic girl. When placed over a vacuum cleaner and powered, air lifts the balloon and spins the performer, delighting 7 or 8 year olds with a simple, small current setup.
An 1876 July 6 Extra of the Bismark Tribune, found in Montana, carries the first details of General Custer's defeat. It recalls the Rosebud march, the death pact with Custer, General Terry's reinforcement of Reno, and the massacre’s aftermath as soldiers mourned at the battlefield.
Governor J F Hinkle signs Phillips Brickley act applying Volstead provisions to New Mexico and grants state authorities search and seizure powers. Also signs sold ier exemption bill. Advertisements note Lamp's Orchestra playing one dollar and a Spring blossom sign up. Salvation Army crusade heads to Albuquerque after two weeks here. Gamel to Artesia travel ad and lower valley goods trade mention.
State Life to a company advertisement appears in the fragmented text. The readable parts reference a general agent and Missotti, with unclear context about money or life insurance. The item is a damaged OCR snippet of an ad type, not a complete article.
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