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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1907
Page
3
An old advertisement lists Bowlin Billiards with Brunswick Balke Coll Co equipment and George B Jewett, proprietor. East Side Pool Hall on Main Street promotes cigars and tobaccos and a phone contact 163 for Kirby’s Best case.
Carlton and Bell as W. M. Reed return to work at Carlsbad Sunday night. H. C. Booth, railroad special agent, spent Sunday in Roswell. Don’t sell until you figure with Ma kin’s Second Hand Store. Phone 227.
Ice of candy store grand on Water Street appears with beverages and nuts. Peder Willet Woodruff and De Freest list surveying design and drafting services. J. Lloyd Thompson promotes concrete work from Garst Building. JAFFA PRAGER CO and JOYCE PRUIT CO advertise dry goods and ranch supplies. Roswell Hotel touts lowest prices near the depot.
A West First and Main location ad invites customers with a complete stock and right price. The message emphasizes polite attention and solicits business from local shoppers.
ARRY MORPSON offers legging and exclusive jewelry including watches diamonds ri ch et glass and hand painted china. B. BOLLNER promotes full line cut glass hand painted china and silverware. FEINBERG invites calls to 204 Main Street for a swell line of jewelry with watch repairs and guaranteed work.
Readable text notes Roswell Lumber Co as the oldest lumber yard in Roswell and mentions a jewelry company. Includes references to building materials such as shingles doors lime varnish gass paints wall paper and interiors.
The Morrison Bros Store advertises ready to wear apparel for men women and children with a specialty in millinery.
The PeelER Shoe Store promotes exclusive stock featuring Peterg t and Stetson styles as special deals. Local shoppers are urged to visit for limited selections and unique footwear options.
Local ads show OSWELL SECOND HAND STORE at 100-02 N Main and Hills Rogers proprietors offering new and second hand furniture. MAKIN'S SECOND HAND STORE advertises highest prices paid for second hand goods with phone 227.
The clip notes sale and real estate emphasis with scattered calls to list property in Roswell. It records multiple residents traveling for business to Kenna and Carlsbad, while local messengers and residents such as E C Bennett and J W Wilson are noted away on various tasks.
Miss May Stickney arrived from Artesia to attend Easter services. Mrs. G. A. Richardson and Mrs. Rockafellow returned from Antesia after several days away. W. M. Cook of Roswell Automobile Co. came back Sunday night from Rocky Ford Colorado on business. H. M. Riddick of Joyce Pruit Co. in Carlsbad visited Roswell friends Sunday.
Miss Little McKnight traveled to South Springs Saturday night and returned Sunday morning with Miss Yallie Higgins with plans to spend Sunday together.
Howell Pitts and his father in law Mr Dorris arrived in Roswell from Carlsbad Sunday morning to spend a few days visiting while both men work at Carlsbad.
Mrs C W Dryden of Michigan and Miss Mary C Dryden of Illinois visited the area last week and departed Sunday morning for Amarillo.
Cadet B M Hall Jr of the Military Institute traveled to Carlsbad for a short visit with his father who is staying in the area from El Paso temporarily.
J H McPherson came back Sunday morning after a several day trip to Carlsbad to attend to business and establish his new barber shop.
E. R. Everline arrived Saturday evening from Kansas City to join his wife for a visit with J. D. Macklin and family. They expect to stay several weeks.
Mr and Mrs BE A Duckworth who have been here since January visiting their son Dr J C Duckworth departed Sunday morning for their home in Lancaster Missouri
J. B. Herbst as financial agent at 303 North Main advertises a loan program offering five hundred thousand dollars for irrigated farms. Loans feature long terms, annual interest, and the right to pay off before due date. Public notice invites inquiries.
Mr and Mrs J C MecVicker left Saturday night from the Andy Robertson place a mile and a half west of town for Carlsbad to live on a ranch.
H. B. Mull came back to Artesia Sunday night after taking nitro-glycerine from Artesia on Saturday to shoot the Roswell Oil Company well. He traveled by rig.
Mrs W D Amig returned to her Hagerman home Saturday night after visiting her children in Roswell since Tuesday.
Alfalfa seed offered for sale by Chas Doty, merchant east of Roswell. Prices stated as right. Seamless notice of available seed with contact pointer in the Roswell area.
Bs Kemp Lumber Company returns Sunday night and plans a long business trip to Fort Worth. Ex E C King and Miss Marguerite Tolleson visit from Artesia with Miss Imogene Tolleson who travels to Chicago for a month with her mother. B Pricell returns to Roswell after a year away. Bettie Tannehill comes back from Corpus Christi with her sister Mrs J E Ferguson. James A Dunn and wife depart Bloomfield after two weeks visiting sister Miss Mary Dunn in St Marys Hospital. Swensson states Testil holds a patent on artificial stone and has only a limited manufacturing right.
Bolen arrived Saturday evening from Mineral Wells noticeably improved after a three week health resort visit. He came with his mother Mrs. Hettie Johnson who plans an extended stay in Roswell.
Clerk S I Roberts passes through Roswell en route from Carlsbad to Portales for the April Roosevelt county district court term in Portales. Assistant District Attorney C T Spencer and Sheriff A L Hull join the trip for the same session. Dr R B Bradley returns from Picacho reporting Ed Tippett of Beaumont Texas is critically ill with meningitis tuberculosis and not expected to live. Tippett's mother and brother travel from Beaumont and New Orleans to Picacho for the bed site.
The Damrosch New York Symphony orchestra departs for a six weeks tour visiting all principal cities in the East and middle West starting today April 1 in New York.
Chicago dispatch reports the start of a countrywide effort by railroads to raise freight rates on grain and grain products from Chicago to Atlantic ports from 2 to 4 cents per hundredweight. Notices filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission trigger expected legal challenges over constitutionality as other midwest cities face similar hikes.
Classified note offers buggy painting by B. F. Smith with contact by phone 176.
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