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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1905
Page
3
For sale half section near Artesia and various items including a Blickensderfer typewriter press and office equipment. Also small furnishings for a hotel, fishing or farming gear, and two rooms for rent. Bargains offered by Record Office and local sellers including L F D Stock Farm and A M Mason.
President Roosevelt travels east from Denver on the Union Pacific at seven this morning aboard the Presidential special with a preceding pilot train. Security measures along the line are heightened as speeches highlight railroad rate reforms and a possible interstate commission to regulate freight and passenger charges. In Sterling, Fort Morgan, and Eldridge, tensions tied to Cane Belt railroad control and family feuds echo today’s events.
The American Stock Growers Association, formed from seceders from the National Live Stock Association, opens its first annual convention in Denver with several hundred cattle men attending the Broadway Theatre. Indications grow that affiliation with the National Live Stock Association is not on the table currently. Chicago prepares for Roosevelt, with receptions and banquets planned around his Chicago visit, including a luncheon at the Hamilton Club and a banquet at the Auditorium. A separate notice advertises two furnished rooms for rent at 201 N. Penn, Mrs. J. B. Mathews notes.
Geo L Chubb of Harlan Michigan says Chamberlains Cough Remedy is the best cough medicine he has used and faster at curing a cough or cold than any other. It should be kept at home for instant use and is sold by all dealers.
Exposure to cold winds and throat exposure can cause coughs and colds. A Houston, Texas, reader reports one bottle of Ballard's Horehound Syrup cured a bad cough and found it pleasant to take, with Pecos Valley Drug Co. selling the product.
May 9 Chicago dispatch reports a growing strike threat as drivers for the Weing Teaming Company walk out after a discharge for not delivering to a boycotted firm. A second major strike potential involves the Crane Company after two drivers refused to deliver material to the Marshall Field building.
Mrs Hunt entertained a luncheon for lady friends at North Hill in honor of Mrs Little of Omaha. Guests included Mrs Burrus Garrard Baker Norvell and Jewett. A gum molding contest after four courses gave prizes. Mrs Garrard won for a pig sculpture. Various club meetings followed with papers on Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Portia and Current Items. The Independent Club and OES mingle with a tea at Mrs Cowell’s and Entre Nous luncheon on South Kentucky Avenue. Baptist church women held an afternoon tea at Mrs Hedgeoxe’s home with ten dollars in receipts.
Rebels seize thirty guns and 20,000 rifles with ammunition after Sanaa, Yemen Province capitulated April 20. Garrison and Turkish officials were allowed to depart the city as rebels turn toward Menakha.
Classified brief offering a first class cook at 408 N Richardson and a girl for general housework with morning applications at 426 N Richardson. Also seeks men to work on Hondo reservoir with wages 1.75 per day and board 4.59 per week at Slinkard's camp.
Directors of Colorado and Southern, meeting in Denver, adopt measures to make the road a through line to the Gulf. They seek a $100,000,000 bond issue and incorporation in another state to take over Fort Worth and Denver City, buy Trinity and Brazos Valley, and build 165 miles to Houston. Acquisition of Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek is noted, signaling a regional railroad realignment.
The American Church Congress began its annual session today at Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn. Bishop Brewster of Connecticut addressed the opening program. This evening the congress will discuss the future of the Negro in America.
A brief health note advises sustaining vigorous digestion to delay aging. It recommends eating age and occupation appropriate foods and using Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets to correct stomach disorders. The tablets are pitched as a remedy for weak stomachs and indigestion and are available from all dealers.
The Boston wool market remains very strong with limited buying activity due to scarce supplies. Fresh wools arriving from Arizona Nevada and California have sold at 25 cents, with cleaned costs around 64 to 65 cents.
Daily south bound arrivals and departures listed with local time 11 20 a m and mail close times. North bound trains depart daily with close times at 3 20 p m. M D Burns serves as agent and mails close times apply to both directions.
E M Ward Calhoun, former Cane Belt railroad president and general manager, was shot and killed on a San Antonio and Aransas Pass train at Willis today. The shooter was W T Eldridge of San Antonio, Calhoun’s brother-in-law Capt William Donovan was earlier killed by El.
Why suffer from rheumatism when one application of Chamberlain's Pain Balm will relieve the pain. The quick relief this liniment affords makes rest and sleep possible and can become permanent for some users. Mrs H Leggett of Yum Yum Tennessee reports widespread relief and calls it the only remedy that helps. For sale by all dealers.
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