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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1935
Page
5
Society editor updates and local notices from Roswell Daily Record with society events, editor contacts, and advertising details. Includes pricing and mailing information, newspaper staff roles, and Associated Press rights note.
In a May 1935 column the writer argues President Roosevelt should veto the Patman bill to issue two billion dollars for the ex soldiers bonus. The piece contrasts past and present budgets, criticizes the administration for not balancing the budget, and questions whether the president will pay soldiers while signing a five billion dollar spending bill.
In Chaves County New Mexico the Roswell Building and Loan Association seeks foreclosure under a 1935 decree. The Special Master will sell at 10:00 AM May 15 at the Roswell courthouse front steps the East Half of Lot 3 in River Side Heights Addition, Roswell, to satisfy a $534.98 judgment plus $25 master’s fee, cash on strike off.
The New Deal today announced sweeping reforms in the egg laying business. Each dozen eggs laid by every hen must weigh 23 ounces, or 111-12 ounces per egg, under penalty not of the hen losing its blue eagle but probably its head. Tiucumcari News.
The piece notes a Washington backed return to rural life gaining ground. It credits better farm supplies and convenient services like cross roads groceries filling stations and local entertainment for spurring city residents to move back to farms and enjoy nature while expecting daily newspaper and rural mail deliveries.
A fragment notes spades and other garden tools are common, but today the essentials are a can opener and corkscrew as quoted from the Chicago Tribune. The remark suggests simple, portable gear for practical tasks and casual living.
The Albuquerque Journal notes that generous moisture could ease soil erosion and revive plains farming. It recalls past forecasts of resource depletion were wrong, citing coal, oil, forests, and population trends, and suggesting renewed optimism if government erosion controls and rains continue.
Carrie Erickson sues John Erickson for absolute divorce in district court Chaves County NM. Plaintiff demands alimony and litigates assets and custody. Defendant must answer by May 31 1935 or default judgment will be entered. Attorney Claude J Neis of Roswell NM represents the plaintiff.
Mary Landis marries Cole Sanborn to fight Chet Radbourne owner of Circle 3 Tranch who wants Mary. Radbourne captures Rusty Hunter and Morse. Cole captures Radbourne and secures Mary with Peters family protection. Haskell battles, duels forbidden, Mary escapes with Sheriff Magruder aiding. camp busybody reveals the tale.
Characters in a frontier tale collide over a violent incident with Mary recalling a past assault and Cole vowing not to kill but to pursue justice. The scene shifts to the broader New Mexico notes on land rehabilitation, Governor’s Day, chamber of commerce recovery, and local civic updates spanning Carlsbad to Dona Ana.
Washington officials said the government plans to centralize relief management by July 1. State directors would report to Washington, not governors, with many already under federal control. The move aims to speed the 4 billion dollar relief drive and mirror centralized civil works leadership from a year earlier.
A free booklet presenting opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy will be mailed to any reader who writes to the Educational Division Dept L-207 545 Fifth Ave New York N Y Adv.
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