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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1905
Page
3
The Chicago lumber strike widens by the hour with no peace in sight. Police duties expand as 1,000 deputies have been sworn in, a quarter of them active, amid citywide tensions and calls for manpower. Listings include FOR SALE items such as a Blickensderfer typewriter, a Cranston press, and stock farm offerings.
Savannah Illinois May 25 A wealthy citizen shot himself after being accused of crime. Deputies guarding the city reported a revolver fired in his office at Pulford’s opera house earlier this month. The shooting follows tensions as unions and lumber firms face a tie up risking thousands of jobs. authorities question Pulford who appears mentally strained as the incident unfolds.
Portales residents abandon pursuit of artesian water after drilling to 1,003 feet ends in red clay. The driller, said to have an excellent outfit, yields to the hopeless search for a water source in the area.
At the Ohio Republican state convention in Columbus on May 25 Myron T. Herrick was renominated unanimously for governor. Nominations also went to Gen. A. Harris for lieutenant governor Wm. C. Davis for attorney general Wade Ellis for state treasurer W S. McKinnon for public works and Wm. Kirtley for another post. The platform endorses enforcing Republican laws against monopolies and rail rebates and urges further legislation as deemed wise by the administration.
Karl A. Snyder and K. K. Scott filed for J. W. Gaither and wife against Dallas Land & Cattle Company in district court seeking return of 1000 dollars paid on a land deal. They bought sixty acres four miles east of Roswell for 3000 dollars and seek cancellation of notes for 2000 dollars and the mortgage on the land. Plaintiffs cite senility as a factor in their lack of responsibility for the transaction.
Ivery P and Cosme Sedillo versus W G Urton and others, a boundary of land dispute, was to have been tried in the district court yesterday but continued to the October term.
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The Record notes an invitation to the New Mexico Normal School commencement at Silver City from June 2 to 8. Also listed is a sale notice offering a slide trombone, cheap and in good condition, by R. C. Nisber.
An old Mississippi era notice promotes Ballard’s Horehound Syrup as the best cure for coughs and colds caused by cold winds and exposure. Mrs. A Barr of Houston Texas reports a bottle cured her bad cough and calls it pleasant to take, with Pecos Valley Drug Co selling the product.
Geo L Chubb of Harlan Michigan praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine. It cures coughs and colds quickly and should be kept at home for prompt treatment. Also notes improvement from Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy when taken in hot water. For sale by all dealers. Alfalfa pasturage noted near Roswell by L R Smith. A loan offer of 1000 for non residents backed by real estate security.
D R Byrnes, a merchant from Doversville Texas, writes that after 14 days confined to bed by a severe bruise he found relief with Ballard's Snow Liniment. He endorses it as the best medicine for bruises and notes prices of 25c 50c and 1.00 sold by Pecos Valley Drug Co.
The Record and many Roswell residents received invitation cards for the twelfth annual commencement of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Mesilla Park from May 28 to 31. The designs were praised and the Record thanks the senders for the remembrance.
San Francisco May 25 The Examiner reports a reward of 1000 dollars offered by Welton Stanford of Schenectady New York for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the death of the late Jane Lathrop Stanford Welton Sanford is said to be a nephew of the late senator.
After Thursday morning dismissal at the New Mexico Military Institute many students departed on the morning train for home while others planned to leave on the afternoon train. Morning travelers included J. N. Young Toas G Leiber Denver Lloyd Culbertson Independence Mo H M Shaw Las Vegas John Arrington Canadian Tex Jack Stewart Tucumcari N M Red Crowell Alva O T B S Marcus Logan N M R H Ludlum Raton N M Glenn Wilson Independence Kan A Baca Las Vegas Evening travelers listed N T Arlunjo Albuquerque J M Harlan Fort Bayard J W Horton Clifton A T Thomas Oliver Los Angeles W F E Talbot Cleburne Tex N Weltmer Santa Fe Robert Dow McMillan J A Stevens Osceola Tex Ned Hearth Deming John James Hubbell Albuquerque Fatty Gammon Lordsburg D Kennard G Hart Cleburne Tex George Ted Houghton El Paso Milton Davis Kansas City Washington McLain Morenci A T Jack Martin Faces J Febert Bertner Colorado City Tex A T Samworth El Paso John Ratlie Gila Bend A T Major J B Wright Tombstone A T Cortez Ouiekel Albuquerque
Government cattle inspector Dr. W A Savage ordered dipping of all cattle shipped from the area, with an exception for fat cattle. Fat cattle may leave if sent from quarantine and billed to quarantine pens at market. Inspectors enforce the rule amid cattlemen’s remarks.
Milne-Bush ranch owners consider selling the eastern portion to farmers by dividing into 20 30 and 40 acre parcels. The 13,400 acre property may not be sold in full. Manager Wm Atkinson leases the contract to J L Hyde for another well in Sec 11 Township 106 South Range 28 West. Hyde will move equipment after completing work at 46 W Stevens ranch east of town.
George Davis brings in another fine oat sample for the Roswell Commercial Club exhibit. The growing exhibit offers a substantial purse to the farmer with the best summer product. Secretary urges contributors to allow grain to thoroughly ripen before cutting and to leave a small patch for extra time if harvest must be delayed.
J P White has sold two thousand two year old steers to ex governor A E Lee of South Dakota. Delivery has already been made.
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