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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
3
Local market advertises corn fed beef and assorted meats at 107 N Main with phone contact 425. another listing at 1122 N Main with phone 56 promotes STARter MARKET. The copy reflects a small town grocery ad layout and mentions meat varieties available.
Joe Torian is listed as a reliable transfer man with downtown and residence phone numbers 224 and 426 respectively.
City council debates sidewalk expansion and street openings as Bell introduces ordinance No 94 to require cement sidewalks within thirty days along specified blocks. Ordinance No 95 sets salaries for officials, including a city attorney at 600 yearly and mounted police at 1080, with fees to treasury. Committees reappointed. resolutions on Davenport judgment tabled.
H Miller arrives from Carlsbad for a week visit. A C Nevins of Hagerman transacts business here on Wednesday. E J Miller returns to Picacho after business. Henry Russell back from a three week business trip to Texico. C H Potter returns home to Campbell. J F Capus leaves for Acme to take a cement plant job. J M Hughes visits from Lakewood. F E Wilson of Texico returns home after three days with friends. Miss Blanch Lanham returns to Picacho from Roswell. Clarence Davisson arrives to meet homeseekers on excursion. Miss Sadie Moore, former local operator, noted.
A woman traveling from Carlsbad arrived Wednesday evening and will start Thursday morning in Por tales as a day operator and clerk for the Western Union Telegraph Company.
R D Matthews departed Wednesday to return home in Denver after spending a day in the city on business.
B. L. Cooper went home to Elkins on Wednesday after a brief stay here to handle personal interests and affairs.
Mrs. J. W. Davisson arrived Wednesday from Hagerman to spend a day with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Wilson.
W. S. Davisson traveled from Ha german on Wednesday to meet the excursion and take care of ongoing business interests.
Bob Perryman of Hagerman departed Wednesday on a trip after several days in town on business.
Miss Katie Deiss of Dayton formerly of Roswell departed Wednesday for an extended visit with relatives in Indian Territory.
J B Russell arrived from Dexter on Wednesday to assume leadership of the blacksmith shop he recently purchased from Dan Majors.
Tom Carruthers came up from Lake Arthur on Wednesday morning for a two day business visit and to meet the excursion tonight.
Postmaster Robert Kellahin departed Wednesday to Artesia to establish a new Royal Arch Masonry chapter. He planned a Wednesday night initiation and affiliated activities with local members and lodge leaders.
Misses Bedell and Keller captained by Captain Barlow and Mr. McMichael joined a Wednesday picnic. Chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bedell.
J. C. Grant of the Grant Brothers Drilling Company departed Wednesday for a trip lasting three or four weeks visiting Pittsburg Pennsylvania and New York City for business and project discussions.
J. T. Chenault and family from Denton Illinois have arrived to spend a month in Roswell after a month in Carlsbad. R. P. Craige of Cuba Missouri returns from a ten day trip to Hagerman and will spend the winter in Roswell.
Mrs. M. J. Gribble and her children left Wednesday for Texico to join Mr. Gribble a railroad employee and begin their new home together.
John M. Davidson resumed his studies at Woolverton college in Roswell on Wednesday after spending several days at his Hagerman home.
W. H. Chisum of Sherman Texas, who has overseen the large Chisum orchard at Dayton, arrived in Roswell on Wednesday for a short stay.
F Reynolds who has been here since the first of the year looking at the country and regaining his health left Wednesday for his home in Gibson City Illinois.
N. J. Winchell came up from Dexter on a business visit. Miss Maud Coleman, a professional nurse, went to Elida to tend a sickness case.
Mr and Mrs C V I Bout and their child ren of Dexter depart Wednesday for their old home in Rotterdam Holland. They plan to return in August.
Mr and Mrs A L W Nilsson hosted a six o'clock dinner at North Main Street on Tuesday for twelve guests. The table featured smilax centerpiece, after dinner cards and punch. The Silver Tea by Presbyterian ladies at Mrs Fred Hunt's on orth Pennsylvania avenue drew many attendees and a successful musical program.
Mrs J B Dond departed Wednesday to return to Fulton Kentucky after a month with her son Ward Doud who accompanied her and will stay indefinitely for his health.
Mrs. M. D. Warfle returns from Hagerman after several days attending a revival at the new Seventh Day Adventist church where her husband Elder Warfle leads the program.
Mrs. King arrived by car from Torrance on Wednesday, the latest update in the local schedule of residents traveling by auto.
James Smocck quits as brakeman on the mixed train to Carlsbad due to a lame back. Will Bell takes the post, having filled it before his recent trip to Tucson and other Arizona points last September. He returned about a week ago.
The Book Club will gather with Miss Holt for a Friday afternoon meeting. Members plan discussion and refreshments at the usual venue.
Father Herbert came back last night after several days in Texico, concluding a brief stay.
A string of local residents arrived home last night from various northern journeys. Frank Anderson and J. Anderson came in from Morrill, Texas to join families here. S. W. Holder led a party of five or six prospectors back from the north. E A Clayton returned from a northern trip and continued to Artesia. E F Hardwick went to Artesia for several days on business. W A Chestnutt left for Dexter after several days of business. D Goodman departed for Artesia after country touring. W A Lamb of the U S Reclamation Service came in from Las Vegas and Oklahoma and left for Carlsbad. Mrs J M Day, visiting from Wichita, Kansas, returned to Dayton after a week in Roswell. Mrs R F Upton and daughters Genevieve and Elizabeth Cavins, from San Diego, California, returned home after Christmas. Miss Bessie McLaughlin arrived from Vinita Oklahoma to live with sisters Louise and Susie McLaughlin.
Miss Carrie Whiteman remains at home on South Hill while Dr. Conrad Meyer and furrier A Habisreitinger visit Roswell after spending a day with Charles de Bremond R F Barnett and family H R Morrow and friends. The travelers are former Swiss gentlemen en route from Trinidad Colorado to Roswell to renew acquaintances.
Mrs W Allison arrived Thursday from La Cananea Mexico to stay at her mother Mae R Johnston's bedside. Johnston was very ill with appendicitis but has since improved since her daughter's arrival.
Mrs Cynthia Garst of Weed New Mexico arrives after visiting her children in San Antonio Texas. She plans a brief stay with her cousin Morrison Garst before journeying to her homes in the mountains.
A new composition at the institute titled in honor of Col. James W. Willson Jr. emerges as a promising work. Capt John Pletcher leads the band in a blue and white cover edition featuring a half tone of the institute battalion.
Bids will be received for remodeling the Christian Church according to plans on file. Bids must include a $200 certified check payable to Rev. C. C. Hill as guarantee of entering contract and bond within ten days if awarded. Owner may reject any bid. March 16, 1907 by J. M. Nelson & Son Architects. 1317 L. J. Trojan of Enid, Oklahoma Territory, departs for Dexter to tend his land for six weeks.
Shriners from southern Missouri cities gathered in Joplin for a ceremonial session. A street parade of local and visiting nobles proceeded through the downtown during the afternoon.
Night Marshal Witt arrests a stranger Tuesday night who matches the description of an Anadarko jail escapee, Thomas Ford alias T J Haugher alias Cyclone Dick. The man admits to the jailbreak and says he will surrender when Anadarko officers pursue him.
Capt Fletcher, a composer, debuts a new march shaping the local music scene with a fresh wind in melodies and rhythm highlighting regional brass and drum sections.
Notice reads I have sold my shop and will collect my accounts at once. See me on the streets or call on Judge Bai ley. 15tf DAN MAJORS.
Local plant dealer announces trees and fruit assortments including apples plums pears cherries shade trees and roses for sale at his shop on South Main Street inviting interested parties to drop a card for arrangements.
Local notice invites participation in a Sunnyside camp stating no advanced tuberculosis cases accepted. Contact phone 428 for details, signed by W. S. Hicks, Mer. 151f.
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