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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1905
Page
4
Local Roswell items report O M Putnam from Dexter, Hall from Artesia, J T Evans to Hager man, wall paper and goods at Pecos Valley Lumber Co, many residents visiting, stockmen's convention in Fort Worth, rent notices, and upcoming travel. Also mentions 15,000 rolls wallpaper, 1905 patterns, and An article notes a hung jury in the Danely murder case in Carlsbad district court.
Garton Hall & Company turned over their stock and accounts to creditors, L. D. Fort appointed trustee to oversee the process. store closed temporarily as preparations proceed. Also noted is a serious farm accident in which a man was injured by a wagon axle, treated locally, no danger. A March 1905 license report from Roswell details liquor and gaming licenses, with Roswell School Fund entitlement and receipts certified by Probate Clerk F. P. Gayle.
A committee reports it raised about two thousand dollars for public schools and notes lukewarm citizen support with three hundred letters unanswered. The group is instructed to persist, expand the committee, and seek wider public backing, with Nathan Jaffa pledging effort. Creditors Prager & Company and several wholesalers are named.
J M Miller and Hon Charles L Ballard, prominent Roswell residents and political figures, were badly hurt when their vehicle broke down and overturned near the Hobson ranch ten miles south east of town. Ballard, a State Senator, had just returned from the Roosevelt inaugural ceremonies in Washington. Miller, a longtime council member, was returning from his farm east of Hagerman. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon before the legislature reconvened.
In a London trip tale, Stephen King seeks noble heirs for his daughter Alice but learns the true couplet of ancestry. Alice and George Levan mock the pretensions by revealing their own modest provenance and purchased heirlooms, ending with Alice engaged to Levan and Cressy thwarted by truth.
The Roswell Commercial Club directors will meet at 7 30 Tuesday evening in Club rooms to discuss a Sisters hospital for Roswell and other important matters. Full attendance is desired.
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