This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
1
Chicago March 17 President Taft told the Chicago Newspaper Club that newspapers are essential and a test of resilience. He praised “statesmen of the press” and warned against exaggeration while urging justice for public interests in railroad policy amid stock and livestock market notes.
Khartoum March 17 After two days of sightseeing with Mrs Roosevelt and his child Colonel Roosevelt today dug in his great mass of correspondence. He is alone a task to discourage.
This afternoon the Roosevelts attended a garden party at the Grand Hotel. They plan to depart for Cairo tonight on a special train at nine o'clock.
Washington March 17 Chaplain Couden opened the House session with a Thanksgiving prayer praising Saint Patrick. He prayed that Ireland’s patron saint be hallowed in hearts across races and creeds for his self sacrificing devotion in carrying the Gospel to benighted peoples.
Kansas City reports 4000 cattle receipts, including 500 southern stock. Market gains reach up to ten cents. Native steers bring 6.25 to 8.50, southern steers 23.75 to 7.75, southern cows 3.00 to 6.00, native cows and heifers 3.50.
Parsons and Lawrence at 215 North Main Street advertise real estate, life and fire insurance services. They promote bargains on improved farms, Main Street business property, residences, and suburban homes with daily bargain claims and a promise of the best life and fire insurance on the market. He knows.
The Earl of Roseberry will lead a party of English noblemen to San Francisco to watch the Jeffries Johnson fight. A special train and ring accommodations have been arranged for the visiting dignitaries.
Hutchinson Kansas March 17 Edward Payson Weston arrived at nine o clock this morning after walking twelve miles from Nickerson where he spent the night. He is eight days ahead of his schedule and will probably stop tonight at Newton.
The Joyce-Pruit Company held its annual spring opening yesterday afternoon featuring living models wearing new gowns and millinery. The event drew many Roswell ladies and generated much interest in the elegant headgear and garments on display.
Mrs. Fanny Richardson, the small pox patient reported missing, was found last night at the home of Antonio Pontojo in Chihuahua addition. She was placed under guard and placed under close quarantine by officers.
A silk head scarf is found and kept at the Record Office. Owner may claim by proving property and paying the advertisement fee.
A Weston West Virginia Independent reprints a temperance update tracing dry victories in Elkins New Martinsville Sistersville and St Marys and the county wide pledge to halt new licenses Wetzel county. The piece notes improved morals fewer drunks rising business activity higher postal receipts bank deposits and steady rents as prohibition spreads across the region, arguing fines and threats from brewers are outweighed by dry success.
The excerpt laments a community torn between lawless violence and corrupt influence. It questions who would exchange virtue for pay, implying some seek to profit from pollution by purchasing permission, while others resist such ruinous compromises.
The Carnegie Library received a new books shipment including Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, a valuable reference for musicians and students in the city.
London March 17 the Bank of England directors raised the minimum rate of discount from three to four percent citing persistent foreign demand for gold that has markedly depleted the bank's resources.
In St. Louis on March 17, wool prices edged lower with Territory and Western mediums at 23 to 26 cents, fine mediums 18 to 22, and fine 11 to 16. Trade tone shows cautious demand among merchants and mills.
Dayton Florida March 17 United States Senator John W Daniel of Virginia is in a coma after a paralytic stroke and death is expected at any moment.
Crescent Oil and Land Company farmers are drilling eighteen miles north of Gallup. Heavy drilling machinery has arrived and been moved to the site. President J. P. Porters expects the well to prove a strong oil field in western New Mexico. The location sits about four miles from the Arizona and Colorado railroad route under construction from Gallup to Farmington.
Wyatt Johnson told a Record reporter that many residents planted trees last week without trimming the tops to match the now root-pruned stock. He warned that cutting the tops to align with the roots is essential for tree survival and better results.
Philadelphia reports say reinstating all striking motormen and conductors and meeting a union committee could end the strike. In Chicago chainman Knapp and mediator Neil press for settlement with forty seven railroads and labor officials. Cincinnati miners face grave talks as the sub scale committee fails to agree, risking 300000 miners walking out. Lewis predicts wage gains with few operators blocking.
Fred Jewell of Artesia arrived as a business visitor here today to conduct meetings and assess local opportunities.
U S Weather Bureau Local Report observation at 8:00 am in Roswell New Mexico shows clear weather with mean temperature 54 degrees, maximum 70, minimum 38, no precipitation, wind from the south at 1 unit. Forecast for tonight and Friday calls for continued clear conditions. Extreme temperatures on this date last year were max 68 and min 23 with 91 as a 15 year high in 1908 and 1895 as the low.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.