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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1910
Page
4
E Howard arrived from Lake Arthur to spend the day while Miss Stella Farmer returned from a week long visit with friends at Lake Arthur.
F A Thelen returned this morning from a work trip to Lake Arthur, arriving after travel to fulfill business commitments and resume duties.
J IL J Brown returned from Carlsbad after a two day visit. Father Christmann left for Clovis and west cutoff, planning about a week away. Juror Breed Hurst visited Dexter for a short stay. N S Sweeney returned to Hagerman after a Roswell business trip. J J Lair of Pecos Valley Alfalfa Meal Mill visited Hagerman yesterday. Mrs Ernest W Burns and daughter visited Orchard Park for three days. Mrs E C Thorne and two children shopped in Hagerman yesterday. Mrs John Ethel returned from Artesia this morning. Rev McPherson of Artesia arrived for a short visit. Mrs Hans Olson came from Artesia for a visit with Mrs A E Olson. Mrs Roger Elliott traveled from Hagerman for a brief visit.
C. J. Curry departed last night for his home in Fort Stockton Texas after spending two weeks in town visiting Miss Myra Powers and other friends.
Mrs J W Dudley visited her parents Mr and Mrs P P Clark in Dexter. James A Manning returned from a cattle business trip. W C Reid made a business trip to Artesia and returned this morning. Fred Lee of Kemp Lumber Co traveled to Carlsbad for a brief business visit.
Tom Duke came back from a business trip to Clovis while Mrs. James Garrard returned from weeks in Henrietta Texas and other Lone Star State sites plus Kansas and Anx Vasse Missouri. Tom White and Bud Wilkinson returned from Bovina where they helped load cattle bought by Rhea Brothers for a large shipment.
Mrs. J. T. Watson and her children are expected to arrive mid June from Eureka Springs Arkansas to join Mr. W. Watson and resume living in Roswell. Mr. J. K. Bishop and Dr. W. W. Phillips returned from Amarillo reporting D. P. Seay somewhat improved but condition remains serious.
James M. Williamson Emory F Hoagland and Edward H Howell of Hagerman were last night initiated into the mysteries of Elkhom by the local lodge. Joan I Hinkle Noah S West and Thomas B Platt were here from Hagerman to attend the ceremonies.
Miss Georgia Kinsinger from ftais city attended the wedding of Miss Clara Williamson to Mr. B Bishop at Artesia last night. The ceremony was scheduled for eight this morning and the couple will establish their home in Hope.
C. C. Hill, county superintendent, and Rev. P. T. Ramsey, pastor of the Southern M. E. Church, traveled to Dexter last night for the County Eighth Grade Commencement. Twenty young people received certificates of promotion to any high school in the county.
The certificates will admit students to any New Mexico high school without further examination, allowing transfer based on the certificate.
Cherryvale Kansas patrons filled the opera house for the Sanford Dodge Company performance of The Merchant of Venice. Sanford Dodge’s Shylock impressed critics and audiences alike with his portrayal, drawing praise from J M Ward who predicts an even larger reception in Cherryvale after the positive reception here. An Armory Saturday matinee is announced.
Henry Rock travels to Lake Arthur with plasterer Jake Bulger and others to oversee a church project. Roberts Clements, claiming kinship to Samuel L. Clemens, says his father and Clemens were brothers and notes a historic dispute over spelling of Mark Twain’s name. Clements, from Virginia, last saw his famous uncle in New York seven years ago.
In Chaves County New Mexico Roswell Building and Loan Association as plaintiff offers for sale by Special Master at public vendue on July 5 1910 at 10 am at the front door of Citizens National Bank Roswell the Lot 14 Block 72 Town Lake Arthur together with improvements and all appurtenances to satisfy a mortgage judgment dated April 26 1910 The amount due totals 377 92 dollars with 12 percent interest from Oct 15 1909 plus 10 percent on principal and interest for attorneys fees and costs of suit and sale commissions
Chicago reports the appointment of E. J. Mullaney as Commissioner of Public Works with a $10,000 salary. The role covers water supply, street cleaning, sewers, bridges, and city operations affecting thousands of employees and a $65 million property base amid aging systems and reform pressures.
Fred H. Bartlett, who broke his arm while cranking an automobile three weeks ago, is recovering nicely. He is a partner of Governor Herbert S. Hadley in the ownership of the old Pierce place southeast of town.
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