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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1933
Page
6
A column notes stock market gains then losses while urging restraint on lawn vandalism. It reports a vandal cut a catalpa tree bark near the Court House, mentions Professor Morris building a rock wall, and warns against war, ads in the Record, and the wearing of green on Main Drag with Newsboy John sporting a green pencil.
The will of Mrs. Martha King was filed for probate today, initiating estate proceedings. Probate officials will verify validity and appoint an executor to manage assets and debts.
Looking for stamped embroidery goods find most anything in this line at our shop stamped dresses for children priced from 50c up Advy. from FKragerman William H Docktay of Hagerman, Roswell on business today.
Dexter resident Joe B. Miller was seen in Roswell today on business from his Dexter home.
The fragment shows Lowrey Auto Company advertising services with prices: books for nine dollars, car washes for one dollar, car greasing 73 cents to one dollar, and batteries charged 75 cents. It notes yesterday's visit by John Miller and James E. Lusk of Dexter and Tom McKinstry of Hagerman in Roswell.
Walter Jones visits Roswell from his Pine Lodge road ranch. The Plains area ad notes Pickwick Rooms 111 on South Main as available for lodging during the week.
Government motor fuel standards favor water white gasoline to ensure purity and reliability. The advisory asks buyers to avoid colored gasoline and follow Adv. M13t10c guidance to prevent quality issues and engine damage.
Frome Lake Arthur Lyle Moots and Clarence Evans were in Roswell yesterday, visiting the town from Lake Arthur.
An eclectic OCR page shows Falcont Electrical Service offering repairs and a phone listing, a gasoline quality ad urging water white fuel, fryer and poultry promo copy with prices, Brookshier Produce ad, and a brief note that Millie Lewis is expected home tonight from Chicago after selling 20 cattle fed, all typical 1960s small-town classified snippets.
Santa Fe March 17 AP Bills signed by the Governor today and recorded in the Secretary of State include HB113 taxing state lands under contract of purchase and other measures such as a Mine Safety Act HB132 substitutes to motor transportation HB144 creating state purchasing act HB178 Lane liquor bill HB236 related to community land grants SB32 provides monthly county salaries and SB140 to motor vehicles SB144 county treasurer tax collection SB198 time limit for estate claims SB203 seed protection and SB233 amending a public monies act.
Vandervort was in Roswell on business today, traveling from his home on Ancho Street to attend to local matters.
Tillman Ormand pleaded guilty in J P court to a personal violence charge filed by his wife. Judge L L Johnson sentenced him to 30 days in jail, suspended on his promise to leave the state immediately.
An old advertisement offers short term loans to finance tire purchases and auto repair work. Payments are made in monthly installments. The ad is from R. J. McClenny at 416 North Main St with Adv M1712c.
This ad from a local grocer boasts fresh bank holiday sales with 500 more specials tomorrow. It highlights full shelves and storage, urging shoppers to try their tender juicy meats while promising the lowest uniform prices on earth.
Local ad offers floor sanding services by L. H. Weller. Promises to install new floors or repair old ones and resolve any floor problem. Contact by phone.
Officers warned the public after a young catalpa tree on the courthouse lawn had its bark cut around a foot of its trunk. The damage, bound with burlap for revival, occurred in the northwest lawn area and authorities vow to prosecute similar acts to curb recent vandalism inside the courthouse.
An old advertisement promotes water-white gasoline for engine care with a bold sales line urging readers to buy. The brief item hints at automotive benefits and consumer choice in a period newspaper style.
An old newspaper advertisement for a beauty shop promoting a marvelous permanent styling at Old Misson Beauty Shoppe located at 219 North Main with phone 182. It emphasizes a new slant on beauty and invites readers to visit or call.
Daily new jig saw puzzles offered by Smoke House Ady with fresh selections each day for puzzle enthusiasts seeking varied challenges and entertainment.
Mrs Edna Ellen Morrison wife of Roy E Morrison died yesterday afternoon after a month long illness. A Roswell resident for twenty years she was born in Oklahoma in March 1901 aged thirty one. Survived by husband seven children seven siblings and both parents Mr and Mrs C C Peek of this city. Funeral plans were not set pending word from relatives with Talmage Mortuary in charge.
Mrs Lela Adams of Goreville Illinois recounts weakness and drowsiness then credits Cardui with improving her strength and weight. She endorses Cardui for run down or nervous conditions and notes it has been used by women for over 50 years with sales at local drug stores.
Found notice dated 1933 indicates a truck license owner may claim a license by calling at the record office and paying a thin advertisement fee.
The Tiny Tots of the Walker School of the Dance perform at The Yucca Theatre this Saturday with matinee and night showings advertised.
A brief notice lists J P White of the Building and Advertising Committee regarding a cosmetic shop project. The item references a contact phone 484 and indicates involvement of local business and civic planning channels. The exact scope and location are not fully detailed in the readable text.
Ad copy touts cheap sulfur compounds in gasoline being expensive to you, promotes water white gasoline, ten dollar coupon books for nine dollars, car washing for one dollar, greasing for one dollar, battery charging, with Horton’s Transfer contact at phone 136.
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