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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1910
Page
4
W. C. Brainard of Carlsbad is in town on business. Fred W. James arrived from Clovis for business. G. E. Davisson and W. H. Corder of Gage Oklahoma came in for a business visit. Highest cash price paid for poultry noted by U.S. Market.
Mo S S Inn hosts Sam Mitchel and W H Ballard of Xunlap who arrived last night and are staying at the Grand Central. Money to loan on good real estate for three years. Title and Trust Co lists John I Hinkle, Harry Cowan, T and F D Mitchell of Hager as business visitors.
C F Ederle of El Paso arrived for a business visit as a traveling salesman for a wholesale igar house. FOR RENT One large room for light housekeeping, two bedrooms, $6 and $7. Mrs J K Barnes arrived for Springfield Missouri for a visit of months with her parents Mr and Mrs J E Levers.
Four thousand dollar stock of dry goods now open and doing business at Pecos Texas for improved land near Roswell. Joe B Miller Pecos Texas. 5214.
Miss Florence K Selden has spent three years in New York studying at the Institute of Musical Art and is now teaching in connection with her training.
Washington reports that about 25 million people are barred from public spitting with 3421 arrests in 1909 across 74 cities in 7 states. Health officers enforce more, while police often overlook it, noting fines mainly between 1 and 5 dollars.
A teacher privately established in the city invites a small group of students for voice and piano instruction. She trained with leading instructors across the country and specializes in voice placement and tone production.
S M Owens Owens Farm advertises delivery of fresh vegetables to any place in town with orders to be placed the evening before and notes a new alfalfary product for sale. Phone 293-6 rings 82112.
R. E. Winger will arrive tonight from Fort Worth to spend a week with Mrs. Winger, who is making an extended stay in Roswell.
Miss Florence Selden a graduate of the Institute of Musical Art New York City Frank Damrosch school of music will take a limited number of pupils in voice and piano. Apply 510 South Kentucky Avenue.
President Taft indicated the possibility of vetoing the railroad bill if it reaches him in its emaciated form. He refused to discuss the bill as it stood and said he would study it carefully, with action to depend on the final shape of the measure after congressional passage.
Two men were killed and three other men along with two women were seriously injured in a head on crash between a southbound freight on the Ohio Electric Railway and a northbound Springfield passenger car. Eleven people suffered minor injuries as the freight car, out of control, derailed on a hill near Urbana, Illinois, today.
For sale or exchange 160 acres improved with a house, well, windmill, stock sheds, corrals, and good fencing adjacent to open range. Suited to dairy ranching and chicken raising. Cash or trade for Oklahoma Kansas Missouri property. Price 1600. Contact E L Wildy at 222 North Main St.
The Railroad Bill will probably be vetoed by Taft, or it would be if he had but a small proportion of the backbone of his predecessor. Roosevelt's magazine The Outlook is busily engaged in warring upon the Territory of New Mexico. It is degrading statehood and is not particular about the means it uses in so doing.
The Record publishes the proposed prohibition ordinance in full as a news item. It is likely to be amended before passage, but today it reads as the law will in general apply in this city. The Lorimer bribery case cited as argument for electing senators by the people.
Edward Payson Weston, the famed strenuous octogenarian, arrives in New York City after a 2483 mile journey from Los Angeles in 77 days. This feat contrasts with prior medical opinions attributed to Dr. Osler.
Forme United States Senator William E Mason of Illinois said today that in his opinion fully fifty percent of the seats in the upper body of Congress have been purchased. Even if but a portion of this be true it is a terrible indictment of the American political methods.
Reports say Taft and Roosevelt have drifted apart as Taft views Roosevelt’s rising popularity as a personal insult. Roosevelt is reportedly enjoying the attacks on his own stout successor.
Summer calls for strict enforcement of the city's sanitary ordinances especially closets and their sewer connections. The note also suggests ensuring adequate water pressure to flush all closets.
The Record argues for absolute mayoral control of Roswell’s police and enforcement of the prohibition ordinance, contending shifting authority would hinder enforcement by denying him the necessary means.
Dispatches from Washington in the last week say statehood for this session is a faint hope with none of six administration bills likely to pass. The outlook suggests New Mexico and Arizona will be denied full citizenship they deserve, as promises by the Republican party appear neglected.
Washington May 4 The Bureau of Labor report on Bethlehem Steel works in South Bethlehem Penna says 2300 men labored twelve hours daily seven days a week with a large share earning only twelve and a half cents an hour.
Francis Weng traveled from Artesia for a brief morning visit with friends. He met local acquaintances during the stop and left to continue his day.
B F Yoakum, chairman of the Frisco System, tells the National Farmers Union convention in St Louis that middlemen drive food costs. He urges direct field to table marketing, warehousing, and greater federal farm funding to raise farmer profits, lower consumer costs, and reduce political demagoguery.
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