This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1905
Page
2
Daily per week daily per month and longer terms listed with prices. Includes notices that the paper is the official paper of Chaves County and Roswell city and notes daily except Sunday.
Ads must be in printer’s hands by eleven AM for same day. standing ads also due by eleven. Roswell wins first game. Roosevelts’ Army post location debated in Washington. Wool market strong. Holbrook Arizona water surplus. Nan Patterson case shows jury influence. Russian fleet heads to China Sea. Admiral Dewey predicts Russian naval victory. The Earth’s April issue discusses Hondo reservoir and Pecos Valley. White House stork rumor. Avery Turner’s private car transit through Roswell. Germany experiments with hay box cooking. frost fighting methods outlined with fires, smudges, and irrigation. Hill’s Cleaning Compound promoted. Carlton Bros. real estate offers two-in-one lots and houses.
Cocoa and Rockledge News editor R. N. Andrews endorses Herbine for indigestion dyspepsia liver and kidney issues and calls it a blood enricher and harmless vegetable remedy. Sold by Pecos Valley Drug Co.
El Paso dispatch notes opposition to Pat Garrett, former Roswell resident and Lincoln County sheriff who helped kill Billy the Kid. The Republican county executive committee backs A. L. Sharp for collector of customs, opposing Garrett on grounds he is a New Mexican rather than a Texas office holder.
Lakewood New Mexico May 3 The past week saw strong real estate transfers building and cattle and horse shipments The new hotel by J B Michener is under way and will soon offer a first class facility E P Moxley expands store with hardware stock Turrentine Bros from Hereford Texas arrived with household goods moving to a new farm west of town Frank Moore a skilled blacksmith from Carlsbad started work Urban Wiggins employs him J W Walters and family moved into a nine room two story modern home Mr and Mrs William Walter Dean returned from a wedding trip in Texas Stan Mote traveled to northern Texas on business W R Allison Town Company manager left for three weeks on a trip to Iowa and other northern points Ads for sale and notes follow
D R Byrnes of Doversville Texas reports fourteen days in bed with a bruised leg found relief from Ballard's Snow Liniment. He calls it the best medicine for bruises and a positive necessity. Available at Pecos Valley Drug Co with prices 25c 50c and 1.00.
C. C. Tannehill of Roswell, long a key member of Stringfellow Tannehill, was in Portales on business and reconnecting with friends. His house recently sold all interests to a Texas syndicate, and he will retire once this is settled. He praises Roswell’s prosperity as the Hondo dam project advances.
A 1902 testimonial from Mrs. A Barr of Houston Texas praises Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a cure for a bad cough after exposure and public speaking. The note mentions the syrup is pleasant to take and sold by Pecos Valley Drug Co.
Multiple rental notices advertise furnished and unfurnished rooms and 4 to 5 room houses for rent. Listings include 312 N Missouri 2156 719 N Main 501 5th St 407 N Missouri Alameda Avenue and 201 N Penn Ave with conditions for gentlemen or invalids and horse pasture at E C Hinde's farm.
A sequence of classified notices seeks a small iron safe, a girl for general housework, men for Hondo reservoir and truck farm work, a clerk or collector with references, a driving horse and harness for rent, and 100 fat mares plus young mules for purchase. Contacts include Record office, Slinkard’s camp, E T Hayslip, J P Lovelady in San Antonio.
All owners of artesian wells are hereby notified to list their wells with the Artesian Well Supervisor, who will furnish the proper blanks to be filed with the County Clerk. W. A. WILSON, Artesian Well Supervisor.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.