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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1907
Page
3
Local crafts listing highlights blacksmithing and woodwork offerings along with rubber II specialty. Includes contact reference T telthae and notes various horse equipment and related iron work.
Line of dies and shelled nuts featured with hot and cold drinks and meat. The leading notes of the city mention H. Kercheval as proprietor at the Geo Eat-In Store offering finest services.
Names of visiting and local residents appear with brief notes on errands and business. Capt Fritz of Hagerman and D W Robertson of Artesia are listed, with others like Earl Miller of Enid and W E Bowen noted on Friday visits. Free eye tests advertised at L B Boellner Jewelers. strawberry plants for sale. a secondhand store urges customers to shop after calculating with them.
James Lloyd Thompson advertises surveying and drafting services with concrete work as a specialty. Office located in Room 9 Garst Building.
The Joyce Pruit Company advertises as a large wholesale and retail supplier of dry goods clothing and groceries. It presents itself as the largest supply house in the Southwest offering a full stock for merchants and consumers alike.
Roswell's oldest drug store highlights its long-standing presence in town offering up-to-date pharmacy services and a range of jewelry items. The ad emphasizes modernization while preserving a historic retail identity.
Local jeweler promotes a fine line of jewelry and watch repairs with all work guaranteed. Customer invites visits to 203 North Main Street to view new pieces and service options.
Pecos Valley Lumber offers lumber shingles doors lime cement paints varnish and glass. Roswell Lumber Co claims to be the oldest lumber yard in Roswell and invites customers to see their full range of building materials and paint.
Thomas Spurgeon and son T. T. Spurgeon sold their newly built cottage at North Richardson avenue and Eighth street to John T. McClure, a new attorney who arrived from Nebraska. McClure bought the Spurgeon home as an investment, reflecting faith in Roswell realty. T. T. Spurgeon had been employed by W. W. Gate.
A flood of brief notices from Roswell and nearby towns records visitors and moves. Names include Colorado Texas visitor 1211 W V Johnson jeweler L B Boellner, Dr Ives Farnsworth Hagerman, Uncle Bob Johnson, Jim Manning, Rev R W Lewis, A E Cope Missouri, and others with short hops to Texico Carlsbad Torrance Carrizozo Lake Arthur Seaport.
J B Herbst traveled to Carlsbad for a brief business trip and planned to return Sunday morning. Fred F Wray and O McCaffrey from Maquoketa Oklahoma came in Thursday on a prospecting visit. B P Smith of Sherman Texas departed after several days of business. Mr and Mrs J E Stacy arrived from Missouri to visit friends near Roswell. Woodruff and DeFreest advertise the region’s cheapest realty loans opposite the Post Office.
H. H. Hess of Artesia returned home after two days in Roswell attending business matters.
Harry E. Haines has gone to St. Louis to work at his trade as a tinner. Mrs. Haines will follow him next Thursday. Joan B. Infield, assistant cashier of the Bank of Artesia, returned home after a short business visit in Roswell. Grand Muncy came up from Artesia horseback to visit his brother R. E. Muncy, the transfer man. Mose Schloss Guy Wheeler and J. R. Stanley of Dexter came to Roswell for a day of business Friday.
Miss Adelia Morgan and Miss Eva Nelson joined L. R. Alexander who went ahead as advance agent in Hagerman for a musical entertainment last night.
Garst Building at 210 North Main lists Edward A Finnegan selling services with a strict five percent commission.
Tom Duke and Howell Pitts return from a three weeks trip to Silver City and Old Mexico without finding any place superior to Roswell. They found nothing on their expedition that matched Roswell.
Three Building and Loan Associations in Roswell have loaned 200000 in the past six years. If you have not yet secured a home loan, see R. H. McCune at once.
Hamilton Bros advertises goods available for quick delivery with phone contact 224.
Wood will leave Sunday for Seattle, Washington, while his parents plan to depart in two weeks for Long Beach, California.
Elder C C Hill principal pastor says the new church will resemble a Spanish mission on the outside and convey mission influence throughout. He adds that interior feature finishings benches and furniture will be secured to match the theme.
High School students debated the value of newspapers with the resolution That the Press is the Greatest Public Benefactor. On the affirmative side were Harry Nelson Neil Sherman John Hoffman and Cliff Mott. The negative speakers were Howard Moore Marshall Atkinson Walter Buckley and Reuben Peterson. Judges ruled 2 to 1 for the affirmative.
Miss Anna Reavis, staying two months with Mrs. Cc. D. Thompson, traveled to Lake Arthur on Friday. She lives in Sedalia, Missouri, and plans to return. J. A. York arrived Friday with a carload of household goods and expects to settle in Dayton with his family, moving from Kay county, Oklahoma. John Hook of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, arrived Friday and joined family in Artesia, bringing goods stock and chickens.
Sunnyside Camp Health Resort announces new management and elimination of sanitarium feature. House tents offered for light housekeeping at $5 $10 and $15 per month. Phone 428 W. S. Hicks manager. 0516 R. C. Hicks spent Friday in Elida with J. F. McCracken of Bolivar Missouri visiting territory business.
E. H. Holitik and Joe Moss left for Orange Texas after five days in Roswell for health. They aimed to view the country for potential relocation and left with a favorable impression of the Pecos Valley resources.
Mrs. D. H. Rathbone joined her husband in Dexter after several weeks in Roswell. They traveled from Texas where Mr. Rathbone conducted prospecting work. The couple believes Pecos Valley is ideal for living and has reestablished themselves in Dexter. He works in the well drilling field.
Residents report Texico will build a new union depot styled after an old Spanish mission. The structure is seen as an attractive feature for the growing town and a welcome sight for visitors entering the Southwest.
Modern Woodmen of America urges members to send their name and Camp to H. I. Nowlan by March 18. It is important that you do so.
A lengthy exchange unfolds over the Barnes interview with Secretary Garfield. The Santa Fe New Mexican rejects the interview as fake while Las Vegas Optic backs Barnes and apologizes for doubt. The Morning Journal questions why the New Mexican would not publish a fuller, verified dispatch.
County commissioners delay action on awarding the Pecos river bridge at Lake Arthur a recess until March 23. If Chaves County lines shift or split, funding and site plans may change. Lake Arthur volunteers have contributed 2055 dollars toward the project with Mitchell & Pigg of Weatherford to construct for 6055.65 dollars.
London suffragists held a mass meeting this morning with radical speeches. They announced plans to commit petty violations of the law to prompt government action and force jailings until women win the vote.
Mrs. C. E. Childs of Des Moines Iowa arrived last night and is in town looking for a suitable location.
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