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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
4
Local items note G T Creech returning from Carlsbad and multiple town visits. Many residents travel for business, legal work, or to attend baseball games and church services. Public notices include real estate transfers and a sheriff sale set for May 22 1907 at ten o'clock.
May 23 report from Paul Minnesota notes judge presiding with assistants considering exceptions to the governments bill against Standard Oil of New Jersey. The case targets alleged patent concerns and restraint of trade linked to the oil trust. Defendants have filed exceptions, with top oil trust lawyers opposing the government’s arguments tomorrow.
A Dallas man, Jephowan, was convicted of fraudulent use of the mails in a land claim case tied to the Hartfield tract in New York City. He allegedly used the mails to collect funds from presumed heirs by claiming a syndicate offered $225,900,000 for his papers and titles.
J C Bigham left this morning for St Joseph Missouri after a prospecting trip through the valley. Mrs J Levinsky, who has been here.
Leavenworth Kansas May 22 D R Anthony Republican elected to Congress in the First District to fill the vacancy from Charles resignation defeating Albert Kingsley. Anthony editor owner of the Leavenworth Times ran on tariff revision and anti monopoly platform. He supports curbing trusts regulating railroads and revising tariffs including iron steel and lumber to reduce consumer costs.
A fragment discusses direct nomination of candidates by the people and Kansas politics, then mentions Anthony as a popular editor with a potential Washington career. It notes Linnaeus family origins from Linnæa, and a tale of a lemon-happy childhood. Also cites Miss Morgans Concert and King Haakon's Paris visit in May.
Grand Concert at the M. E. Church South at 8 o'clock tonight. Admission 35 cents. Linnaeus Anniversary noted in London on May 23 with leading botanical and scientific societies celebrating the 200th birthday of Carl Linnaeus. Exhibition and speeches highlight Linnaeus work in natural history.
For sale or trade an appealing hotel proposition described as a money maker from opening day onward. Readily presented by Carlton and Bell and urged to action by the advertisement.
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