Local News Briefs From Across Town
U S Market reports fish available constantly. Otis Jones returns from Portales. M W Stone back from Elida. S Llewellyn from Hager man yesterday. E H Wilkinson from Artesia yesterday. Western Grocery Co offers new wool sacks at 27 cents. Mrs A F Catron from Dexter shopping yesterday. E D Cook departs last night for Dexter and Carlsbad. C W Veatch of Artesia visits city yesterday. Pecos Valley Lumber Co sells wall paper paint and glass. H C Booth from Amarillo on business. W H Hitson travels to Dexter for a few days. Alameda Greenhouse reports fine two year old roses.
Payton Drug Co Sells Roses and Sporting Goods
A Payton Drug Co ad promotes memorial roses for cemetery planting and a complete line of Spaulding baseball and tennis goods. Alameda Greenhouse and Lon Beall visited Hagerman for business, 15 000 rolls of 1905 pattern wallpaper were acquired at Pecos Valley Lumber Co. 7011 W Reed inspected Hondo reservoir. Three desert claims and one homestead were filed in the land office yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Land Office
Spaulding
Payton Drug Company
Hold Quarterly Meeting of the M. E. Church South
The second quarterly meeting of the M. E. Church South was held at the church last night with good attendance. Presiding elder J. T. French of El Paso led. Dr. JF M. Brown was elected Sunday school superintendent. J. J Williamson Mrs. F H Pearce and Judge A M Campbell as assistant superintendents. Woman’s Home Missionary Society reported gratifying finances and growth. Since Rev S R Twitty began in October the church has added 16 new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
South
J. T. French
el Paso
JF. M. Brown
J. J Williamson
F.H. Pearce
A. M. Campbell
Rock Crusher Starts Up and Local Land Offers
A stream of notices describes people traveling for business from Willis Ford to Artesia and Roswell. It lists numerous land offers around Dexter Lakewood and Roswell area, including 40 to 160 acre tracts at $25 per acre, 20 acres with a house and orchard for $4,500, 80 acres with a 7 room house and orchard for $15,000, and several large tracts up to 3,000 acres with water rights. Prices per acre and distances to town are noted, with several artesian belt properties and railroad-adjacent lots highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipping Point
Pecos Valley
Hagerman
Lakewood
N. M
Turner and Malone Bank Building Visitors
Miss Pauliner Mattingly of Sherman arrives for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Moore. The Cemetery Association will meet Saturday at 2:30 with Mrs. W. W. Ogle on South Pennsylvania avenue. A rock crusher at the Pecos Valley Fertilizer and Trading Company plant on Sixth Street and Pecos Avenue will produce 20 to 25 yards daily for use by cement walk contractors and for fertilizer production. Claire & Petty plan to use the crushed rock for walks and note it is superior to current gravel. The firm has secured an order for about 1000 yards of crushed rock, including 209 yards for a Jump’s stable floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire & Petty
Jump’s J New Stable
Peculiar Meeting Reveals Long Lost Brothers Near Roswell
A Roswell newspaper item recounts family and travel news including Maude Evans returning from West Grand Plains, H. C. Cantdell’s move to Pecos, W. R. Hall’s Goldfield prospecting, and a remarkable reunion of Jack Thornton and Frank Pearce after sixteen years in Los Angeles. Also noted are Eunice Adams visiting from Kentucky and Miss Ethel Edwards departing Los Angeles for employment, with local property loan terms offered by Roswell Building & Loan Association. Charles Daugh locates land near Lake Arthur amid optimism for strong claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pearce
Pearce & Bixby
Lis
H. E. Pearce
Los Angeles
California
Coronado Block
Mr. Pearce
Geissler Family Joins Alameda Street Home
Mrs. Eugene Geissler and her children arrive from Chicago and reunite with Mr. Geissler who works in the dry goods department at the Jaffa Prager store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Geissler
Chicago
Mr. Geissler
Alameda’ Street
Geissler
Jaffa-Prager Store
Deeds Filed in Roswell and Hagerman Areas
Wednesday filings include T A McManus transferring Lot 10 Block 2 Mountain View Roswell to Jim Champion for 350 dollars. Ida S Kessler and Charles S Kessler sell Lots 1 and 11 Block 36 West Side Roswell to Clyde Emerson for 280 dollars. Pecos Valley Townsite Company sells Lot 17 Block 12 Hagerman to Uriah Sheard for 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. McManus
Jim C. Champion
Mountain View
Roswell
Ida S. Kessler
Charles S. Kessler
Clyde C. Emerson
West Side
Pecos Valley Townsite Company
Uriah Sheard
Hagerman
Taft to Speak at Vicksburg Ohio Monuments Dedication
The Vicksburg Monument Commission nearly completes plans for the May dedication of Ohio monuments on the battlefield. Secretary Taft accepted the invitation to deliver the oration with Governor Herrick and Senators Foraker and Dick expected to attend and speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Vicksburg
Rosweek's Hospital Move Starts To Secure Institution
A local plan to relocate Rosweek's Hospital began as officials aim to secure the institution's future. City leaders indicated the move would strengthen operations and improve patient care.
Sorrowful Mother Sisters Eye Roswell Hospital Hope
Roswell hopes to secure a Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother hospital with a three story brick and rock building costing 25 000 to 30 000 dollars. The Commercial Club backs the plan while city and county officials pledge support to house and treat patients in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Boniface
Marshfield
Wis
Commercial Club
America
Rome
United States
Romise
Mother Superior
Boniace
Aken
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Narrows
Pecos Valley Lumber Co
Sherwin- Williams
Moresco
Green River
U.S. Navy
John
Hagerman-Felix
George Zink
Santa FE Waitch
Pecos Valley Drug Co
THE
Citizens National Bank
Citizens National
Corner
4Th & Main Streets
American Rotary
L. R Hartley
P. O. Box
J. W. Overman
U. S
Otis Jones
Portales
M. W. Stone
Elida
E. H. Wilkinson
Artesia
Western Grocery Co
Mrs
A. F. Catron
Dexter
E. D. Cook
Carlsbad
C. W. Veatch
H. C. Booth
Amarillo
W. H. Hitson
Alameda
North Main
Payton Drug Co
Alameda Greenhouse
Lon Beall
W. M. Reed
Hondo Reservoir
Southern Methodists
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
S. R. Twitty
Willis Ford
Edgar Caffee
Ness
T. G. Crawford
John Cavitte
Brownwood
Tex
H. W. Stevens
C. W. Morgan
Peacock
E. M. Heath
D. W. Robinson
J. T. Panel
Rosstwell
Lake Arthur, N. M
Artesia, N. M
Dayton, N. M
Turner & Malone
First National Bank Building
Pauliner Mattingly
Sherman, Texas
C. A. Moore
Cemetery Association
W. W. Ogle
Pennsylvania Avenue
Maude Evans
West Grand Plains
H. C. Cantdell
Monahan
J. S. Wranosky
W. R. Hall
Grand Central
Goldfield
Nevada
Roswell Building & Loan Association
J. M. Reed
Serviees
Daniel D'Arcy
Kenna
E. J. D'Arcy
Western Union Telegraph Company
Eunice Adams
Mayfield
Kentucky
David Garton
Ethel Edwards
John J. Bogar
Jack Thornton
Messrs. Pearce
Charles Daugh
Arthur
F. P. Gayle
Taft
Uni
Ted
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