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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
8
A local shop promotes greeting cards for Mothers Day May ninth while notes on political rallies and community happenings appear. Roswell Army Jazz Band to perform for Legion carnival ushers a busy week with baseball at Lake Arthur and county race announcements alongside hotel ads and lost class ring notice.
In San Antonio on May 1, a local report notes the Mexican presidential election set for July 4 has been postponed due to rebel activity in Mexico City. The dispatch references unrest affecting political scheduling.
An assortment of local notices includes an upbeat cleanser promotion from Roswell Auto Co, a brief report of a wind event on North Main Street damaging a home area and a fence, plus a Roswell Floral Co flowers ad and a Dexter adjacent 240 acre alfalfa farm for sale with wells and hay barn and a typewriter for rent.
Lawrence Hunt, at eleven and then four years in politics, championed Theodore Roosevelt. He mailed a pamphlet to Leonard Wood at Governors Island. Wood replied noting preparedness as peace insurance and praising the boy’s peace message. Lawrence shared the letter with friends and the Evening Mail.
A search party led by District Attorney Thomas Woolwine returned exhausted from the desert. Officials hope for a definite location on Harvey while he recovers from two attempted suicides in the Coeee hospital, where his nervous condition remains grave.
White seed corn, one good cultivator, mowing machine and rake offered for sale. Contact 1007-R2. Also an automotive ad line from Roswell Auto Co and Quick Service Garage emphasizing summer tires and comfortable rides.
Leonard Wood holds a 143 delegate lead over Governor Lowden in a Sun and New York Herald presidential preference poll of county committee chairmen. Wood is first choice in 19 states, Lowden in 8, with Johnson first in 2 states outside Michigan. Delegates tallied: Wood 352, Lowden 209, Sproul 76, Johnson 86, Coolidge 35, Watson 30, Borah 8 across 34 states surveyed.
Sperry C Van Horne of Roswell NM filed notice to make final desert land proof for Des 026157 in N44 Sec 21 T12S R25E NM P Meridian. Proceedings before U S Commissioner Dan C Savage Roswell NM May 6 1920 with witnesses John M Rose Joseph B Greever I B Scoble Duncan McVicker. Emmett Patton Register.
R C Worswick and Pete Louisiena bought from Corn and Blanchard between four and five thousand head of sheep in one of the region’s most notable deals. May Ninth is Mothers Day. readers urged to send greetings and view greeting cards at Cobean Stationery Shop.
Laundry ad invites Roswell customers to have blankets cleaned by Roswell Laundry Co. The offer highlights reliable service from the Biggest, Busiest, Best shop and provides the contact number 16.
Carl McNally and Herbert Lowrey traveled to Michigan to pick up two new Buick autos and drive them back to the city for local use or sale.
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