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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1905
Page
4
Local residents including Joe Addington and A I N White visit Roswell on business and prospecting. Contracts and sales push Lakewood land boom with 3000 acres sold, 2600-acre colonial plot planned for Polanders. Lakewood hotels busy, cork artists rehearse for an Easter minstrel show as real estate changes hands rapidly.
A good sized crowd gathered last night at the Baptist church to hear Rev. Dr. Milburn of Tennessee deliver a sermon titled Let the Ungodly Forsake Their Ways and the Unrighteous Their Thoughts. The audience gave full attention and the meetings will continue through Sunday with all services open to the public.
Roswell Aerie No 704 Fraternal Order of Eagles passes resolutions mourning the death of L D Danenberg on March 26 1905 in Galveston Texas. The memo salutes his public service and offers sympathy to his widow and family and orders publication and minutes entry. An advertisement for Clem and Ringo wiring services with chandeliers by phone 435 2512 follows.
The Roswell Commercial Club and county commissioners will cooperate to improve roads into Roswell, focusing on East Second Street with grading and D. Ward King drainage for a hard, smooth surface. Local leaders and Mrs. D D Temple return from Artesia, and plans involve state methods. Invitations go out for the Clarence Hurd and Grace Lewis wedding on April 5.
Roswell Produce and Seed Co advertises 252 onion sets and ten barrels of onion sets for sale. It promotes Clem and Ringo as a first class bicycle repair shop and invites customers to come, get acquainted, and call 435 for inquiries.
To the Public. The undersigned declares he has no partner in the cement sidewalk business and thanks the public for past patronage, seeking a continuation of support. 2416
A lack of funds may force no April term of district court in Chaves county this year though adjournment decisions are not final. A Federal court sitting is scheduled for April 17, with district court at Carlsbad adjourned to April 7 for an extended session. Judge Pope traveled from Carlsbad to handle hearings before the Carlsbad adjourned session, and Portales hints that its next court may open and immediately adjourn.
The Cemetery Association ladies host a Hot Tamale Dinner and Supper on April 1 from 12 noon to 10:30 pm. Location to be announced later, with serving for both dinner and supper. Rain or shine.
Lost fur sighted near Gus' store prompting return to the record office for cataloging and further inquiry. Local witnesses report no injuries and the item appears of minor value, with patrol units keeping the area secure.
Notice to contractors bids due by 4 pm Wednesday April 5 for erecting and completing a one story frame cottage in Roswell for E D Kinsinger. Bid must include a $25 certified check payable to E D Kinsinger as guarantee to enter contract and bond within ten days of award. Owner may reject any or all bids. J M Nelson & Co tol 1905.
Reports from Bonesteel and other Rosebud points describe serious prairie fires sweeping the reservation. Many homes and thousands of dollars in hay were destroyed. A home with eight children saw one child fatally burned as the family narrowly escaped death.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans succeeds Rear Admiral Barker as commander of the North Atlantic fleet. Evans hoists pennant on the Maine, flagship after Barker is retired at sixty two. Barker's long career includes Civil War actions, captaincies of Enterprise and Philadelphia, and service in the Spanish American War.
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