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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1907
Page
4
A local ad notes Alfred Benjamin & Co., HartSchaffner & Marx, and 8 M. & S. garments with Morrison Bros. labeling. Prices range from ten to thirty five dollars, highlighting well-cut apparel that exudes dignity and poise.
The store advertises itself as a well kept shop for men's wear offering neckwear shirts gloves hosiery and related items. It pledges to satisfy customer needs with the newest ideas and good service.
A flurry of short notices reports visitors and travels around Roswell. John H Colemans family welcomes a baby boy. R R Smith arrives for a sight-seeing visit. several residents depart for Dallas Fort Worth and Columbus Ohio. upcoming events include Miss Rabb’s piano recital at Mr E Church South.
Captain Ackey one of the instructors at the Military Institute leaves for Fort Worth to spend the summer and will return to his old position in the fall.
Miss Anna C. Mouck of Cleveland Ohio has been here since last January for health improvement and will return home this morning she plans to come back in the fall on same health note and stay.
Graeme Frost son of Col. Max Frost of the Santa Fe New Mexican finishes a nine month term at the Military Institute and plans to return in September.
Frank Brock and his wife and baby departed this morning for St. Louis where they will settle. They plan to return in the fall for a visit with Mr Brock’s parents who are the landlord and landlady of the Richards hotel.
Ralph R Crowell left this morning for Alva O T after nine months at the Military Institute. He will spend the summer at Jamestown and in the East, returning to Roswell in the fall.
John Graves Hedgcoxe arrived Thursday night after spending nine months in Chicago.
The article notes a pianist studying the pipe organ under the city’s leading teacher and expecting to remain in Roswell to teach the piano.
Mrs. R. L. Knight and Miss Lizzie Worley of Elk arrived late from Seymour Texas where they had an extended visit. They spent today in Roswell with Mr. Knight who came up from Hagerman this morning. They depart tonight for Elk.
W R Clements arrived by auto from El Paso and will stay until tomorrow to handle affairs. He and his family have relocated to El Paso, bought a residence, and he has purchased a sale stable to pursue horse and mule buying business.
Miss Janie Brown Miss Edith Rodkey Miss Grace Garland and Master Maurice Garland left for the East this morning. Brown and the Garlands go to Pittsburg Pa Rodkey heads to Chicago then Jamestown and Chautauqua before joining Kidd-Key College in Sherman Texas Rodkey declined offers from Artesia and Roswell school boards to stay with Kidd-Key. In Carlsbad Mrs J O Cameron hosted a luncheon for Mrs Oliver E Smith nee Bettie Ogle of Roswell with red decor Mexican souvenir place cards and five course service. Guests included Mrs Smith E McQueen Gray Miss Touzelle Miss Pratt Mrs A A Freeman Mrs W A Dannelley Mrs W Lewis Miss Flora Clark and W A Finlay.
Land within Roswell corporate limits is fenced and cultivated. Features an artesian well, fruit trees, and a six room house. Asking price 3000 or will trade for a good residence. Carlton & Bell.
Notice to Contractors announces bids for erection of a Portales Bank and Trust Company building in Portales New Mexico. Bids due June 5 1907 at 4 pm with 5 percent certified check or bond,ing bond equal to contract price, and time for completion required. Directors reserve right to reject bids. T216 J A Pairly cashier See Ceylon tonight Majestic.
For sale or trade. A splendid hotel proposition, a money maker the first day and every day. Don't pass this up. See Carlton & Bell.
Notice announces the dissolution of the firm McMeeken & Hurd by mutual consent on May 23, 1907. W. W. McMeeken and Davis Hurd signed the notice dated April 11, 1907. The business will continue in Roswell, New Mexico under W. W. McMeeken who is authorized to settle the firm’s affairs.
E S Alnutt of Salina Kansas seeks to build a motor street car system in Roswell at an initial cost of 75000 dollars. The line would run from North to South Hill to the depot with possible later extensions to the farms and fair ground. He asks residents to take one third of the amount in stock. A committee of R F Barnett Harold Hurd and L K McGaffey was appointed by the Commercial Club directors to study the proposal.
Ian Houston remains before the court for the Charley Johnson killing. Robert Carey receives two days in jail and a fine for contempt of court after failing to appear as a witness. The case against W R Newman for horse stealing was dismissed by the prosecution.
J. S. Lewis of Cincinnati visited the Roswell Gas Company ice plant, sold by Triumph Ice Machine Company. He pronounced the plant one of the best for its size in the country.
A real estate note offers five acres for $800 within one block of Main Street. The ad claims the investment will yield about 12 percent interest, attributed to Carlton & Bell.
W R Bond has sold his transfer wagons business to W T Smith who will assume control on June first. Miss Elizabeth Yoder of Omaha and her cousin Mrs Wm Neligh with her little son of West Point Neb arrived for a visit with Mrs C Co Martin. A watch and $15 were stolen from Ed Wiggins at Rushwell Automobile Company’s garage on Pennsylvania avenue last night. J W Naylor of Dexter was in town today and Arthur was seen this morning. Reed came from Carlsbad to spend Sunday. Rhodes returned from a business trip south.
A Saturday Evening Post summary notes easier money conditions worldwide as March and April stock liquidation boosts liquidity. Bank of England rates fall to four percent, Berlin rates lower, and New York call money around two percent. Railroads expect cheaper capital as credit loosens, amid mixed views on Roosevelt's impact.
The passage notes consols at a generation low amid tight money, Santa Fe’s 25 million bond issue, and investor concerns. It highlights the green bug and spring weather hurting winter wheat and cotton, with potential national business impact depending on crop yields and the President's popularity in the fall.
A fire at the Mer cer Hotel in Burnside Somerset Kentucky destroyed the building early today. Miss Bertin Toombs a telephone operator was burned to death. Thirty guests asleep in the hotel were rescued uninjured.
Mrs M M Brunk and a baby from Dexter return by train after attending the German Baptist Brethren convention in Los Angeles.
W Reed departs at once for Santa Fe on official business. Pridemore and attorney J E Wherton plan to travel tomorrow by auto to their home in La Casas Grandes Mexico. W Hicks, son of W M Hicks, arrives from Astonia to begin work Monday as bookkeeper at the First National Bank. his family will follow in about a month.
Fragmentary note states a price of 800 for an item described as 110 and mentions a Main Street location and a likely imminent sale by Carl ton and Beil.
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