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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1907
Page
3
The Joyce Pruitt Company advertises the largest supply house in the Southwest offering wholesale and retail dry goods clothing and groceries.
Roswell features the Roswell Lumber Co oldest yard in town and Kemp Lumber Co offering up-to-date supplies. Also noted are the Roswell Drug & Jewelry Co oldest drug store and Daniel Drug Co serving drugs wall paper and paints from East 4th Street.
Makins Second Hand Store advertises highest prices paid for second hand goods and provides phone contact 227 for buyers and sellers seeking quick cash.
The article follows Major Pushton and family as they move into a prairie city, joining lodges, clubs, and social life. It contrasts Western communal welcome with old Eastern social exclusivity, showing growth through barter, education, and civic clubs while noting social shifts, church roles, school limitations, and a town’s bittersweet migration.
An exclusive shoe store promotes Peters and Stetson shoes as specials.
Harry Morrison leads local jewelry offerings with diamonds, watches, glassware and silverware. L. B. Boellner touts Roswell’s best jewelry selection including cut glass and China. C. Feinberg promotes a new Roswell jeweler at 20314 N Main St with repairs and guaranteed work.
Capital Life Insurance Co Denver Col A Western Co advertises as the largest dividend payer and invites Westerners to compare policies Horace A Lay Manager warns of 20 trouble to show policy advantages and urges inquiry.
W. P. Wood operates at 118% North Main Street offering tailor made suits along with cleaning and pressing services. Phone 409.
Robert Ballard is listed as a reliable transfer man with downtown phone 224 and residence phone 426.
Editor W. E. Bowen of Hagerman New Mexico extols the Pecos Valley for irrigation farming. He cites high per acre incomes from orchards and trucks, small farms outpacing large back East, and a growing economy fueled by energetic farmers. The Hagerman mineral well is noted for health benefits and shipping its water nationwide.
Washington May 15. The extension granted by the house at the last session for the establishment of residence by homestead entrants in North Dakota Idaho Minnesota Montana Washington and Wyoming expires today. The original period ended December 1, 1906, but Congress granted this delay. The provision also applied to soldiers declaratory statements.
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