Senate Irrigation Committee visits Roswell over Hondo project
The Senate Committee on Irrigation toured Roswell meeting local officials and residents. They heard Dr. Dean describe dry years and the potential canal to bring Hondo River water to the reservoir, aiming to irrigate 10,000 acres and boost local agriculture.
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Roswell
Commercial Club
Honda Reservoir
Carter
Montana
Warren
Wyoming
Jones
Washington
George Curry
Brinkley
The
Santa Fe
F. H. Newell
Wendell M. Reed
Reclamation Service
Railroad
Senate
Hondo Reservoir
Dean
Hondo
Military Institute
Thill
Curry
de Bremond Place
Hagerman Ranch
Big Orchard
South Spring
Carlsbad
Senate Committee
The Best Christmas Gift from the Woman's Home Companion
A Christmas gift subscription offers twelve monthly issues with a decorative mez zotone Bristol Board card bearing the donor’s name. Prices run to December 20, 1 year for 1.25, 2 years for 2.00, 3 years for 3.00. Agent Hattie L. Cobean, phone 166. Also a buckskin mule found with rope drag. contact P. V. Wagon Yard, phone 334.
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Bristol
Hattie L. Cobean
Local Visitors and Travel Notes Highlight Regional Moves
Mr. Loughborough arrives from California and stays with G. L. Wyllys. B. C. Craner departs for Oklahoma City due to his sister's illness. Mr. Bartholomew travels to Carlsbad from South Spring aboard the Senate Irrigation Committee special.
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B. C. Craner
Oklahoma City
Bartholomew
Carlsbad
South Spring
Senate Irrigation Committee
Tragedy at St Paul mine. dead identified amid prairie vigil
At Cherry Illinois on November 19 the second act of the St Paul mine disaster unfolded with the recovery and tentative identification of three bodies, two men and a boy. Fire remains burning hampered mass retrieval as families gathered near a canvas laid over the shaft.
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Cherry
St. Paul
Papa
George Mullin
Streele
Chicago
William Redmond
Mullin
Governor Favours Nathan Jaffa for New Mexico governorship
Governor George Curry indicated personal preference for Nathan Jaffa as New Mexico governor and said a presidential selection was likely tomorrow. He received a Washington telegram noting a possible imminent appointment and noted strong opposition to the game prohibition pending the decision.
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George Curry
New Mexico
Nathan Jaffa
Washington
Popular Coat Sweater Becomes Market Favorite
The Joyce-Pruit Co reports coat sweaters as the era’s top selling garment, noting demand across all ages. Prices range from 1 50 to 12 00, with widespread appeal and strong shopper turnout.
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Joyce-Pruit CO
Parsons Knows Investigation Cited In Probe Call
A terse note urges readers to investigate and refer questions to Parsons with the claim he holds the key to the probe. The brief offers no dates or places and centers on a named individual as the presumed source of information.
Tragic Rescue Ends in Death as Boy Dies in Air Shaft
Redmond described finding a man and boy in a deadly embrace. The boy clung to the man's neck and chest as a black sweater covered the man's face. It appears the man carried the child toward an air shaft to seek air, and both died in that position.
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Redmond
Learned Blacksmith is Ninety in Naples NY Today
John Peck of Naples marks his ninetieth birthday amid widespread congratulations. The famed atheist and free thinker, once a teacher and abolitionist lecturer, now earns praise from readers worldwide while facing nearly destitute conditions and continuing to forge anti religious arguments. He reads letters from free thinkers globally to celebrate.
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Naples
N. Y
John Peck
Peck
Carter to Leave London as He Heads to Bucharest
After fourteen years in London J Ridgley Carter first secretary of the American Embassy retires to become United States Minister to Bucharest a farewell dinner hosted by the Pilgrims at the Savoy Hotel is held tonight on the eve of his departure for the new post.
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Carter
London
J. Ridgley Carter
United States
Bucharest
Savoy Hotel
England
Educational Conference Opens at University of Chicago
The twenty-second educational conference in Chicago began with a focus on university school relations and a double interest for scholars as English German Latin mathematics and physics exams and a declamation contest for school representatives took place alongside university scholarships. George B. Jewett sold his bowling alley and equipment to Hessami Hands of Clovis with shipment beginning today. L B Boellner Jeweler advertises new hand painted china designs at low prices. Home Bakery offers banana bread praised as the best in the south.
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Chicago
C. L. Higday
University of Chicago
George B. Jewett
Hessami Hands
Clovis
China
L. B. Boellner
Turkey orders urged as Roswell Market advertises fat birds
Capitan New Mexico November 19 Colonel D J N A Stewart a veteran of the Crimean and Civil wars and famed duelist and Indian fighter in New Mexico died at age 77. He was born in Boston.
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Roswell
Kansas City Stock Market Report Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices
Kansas City Mo Nov 19 cattle receipts 5000 including 800 south erns market steady native steers 4 80 8 50 southern steers 3 40 5 25 southern cows 2 75 4 00 native cows and heifers 2 25 6 00 stockers and feeders 3 25 5 10 bulls 2 75 4 10 calves 3 75 7 50 western steers 2 00 5 75 western cows 2 75 4 50 hog receipts 10000 market steady bulk of sales 7 75 8 05 heavy 8 00 8 10 packers and butchers 7 85 8 10 light 7 45 7 95 pigs 6 00 7 35 sheep receipts 5000 market steady muttons 4 25 5 50 lambs 6 00 7 50 range wethers and yearlings 4 40 6 0 range ewes 3 50 5 25
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Kansas City
Georgetown Library Damaged by Fire
Georgetown University library, a Catholic institution, was badly damaged by fire early today. About fifty students slept in a dormitory above the library but all escaped unharmed.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Wool Market Prices Reported in St Louis
The November 19 market note lists unchanged wool categories and prices for territory and western mediums and fine mediums with varied bids and totals 24 29, 22, 14 20 for different quality grades.
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St. Louis
Fitzsimmons to Fight Lang for Australian Title
Sydney report says Bob Fitzsimmons will face Bill Lang in Australia on December 27 for the Australian championship now held by Lang. Lang won the title by defeating Bill Squires last October. Fitzsimmons recently arrived from the United States.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Australia
Sydney
Bill Lang
Lang
Bill Squires
Fitzsimmons
United States
Publisher Laffan of the New York Sun Dies
William F. Laffan, publisher of the New York Sun, died at his Island home after an appendectomy. A Dublin-born journalist, he led the Sun for 25 years succeeding Charles A. Dana, joining the paper in 1877 as art critic. Football banished from New York public schools by the board of supervisors after rule revisions failed to curb the sport’s influence.
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New York
William F. Laffan
New York Sun
Island
William Laffan
Charles A. Dana
The
Sun
Dublin
New York City
New York Public Schools
Board of Supervisors
Taft Arrives in Norfolk for Deep Waterways Address
President Taft arrived in Norfolk aboard the Mayflower for a short stay and will deliver an address to inaugurate the Atlantic Deep Waterways Association.
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Norfolk
Taft
Mayflower
Atlantic Deep Waterways Association
Chicago Doctors Propose Large New Mexico Sanitarium
Chicago physicians unveiled plans to build one of the world’s largest tuberculosis sanitariums in New Mexico. The facility would serve over a thousand patients, funded by land purchases of 100000 to 200000 acres, for those unable to pay travel and care but not eligible for state aid.
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Chicago, Mary
Physicians and Surgeons
Chicago
New Mexico
Missouri Democrats Postpone Love Feast Meeting
In Kansas City on November 19 the Missouri Democratic love feast to reorganize the party is postponed to January 8 Jackson Day due to the absence of several state leaders. Promoters aim to restore Missouri to the Democratic column and erase Republican blight from recent years.
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Kansas City
Missouri Democracy
Jackson Day
Missouri
Commonwealth
Executrix Granted for Prestina B. Howard Estate
Letters of executrix issued by Judge J T Evans of the Chaves County New Mexico Probate Court for Prestina B Howard deceased. Creditors must present claims within the statutory period. Fri 3.
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Prestina B. Howard
J. T. Evans
Chaves County
New Mexico
Kipling's Saturday Special Candies At Bargain Prices
Pure homemade candies offered for grandparents parents and children with distinct price breaks. Window candies priced at 320 cents per pound and counter candies at 15 cents per pound. One day Saturday sale advertised.
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Grandma
Grandpa
Papa
Mamma
Kipling
Coat Sweaters for Every Body in the Family
Joyce Pruit Co advertises ready made coats and sweaters for all family members. Bring them in and the shop will tailor or fit the garments to each person.
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Joyce Pruit CO
United States Considers Nicaragua Belligerency
Indications point to U S recognition of Nicaraguan revolutionists as belligerents and a public declaration may follow. Tense situation after two Americans Grace and Cannon were executed in Nicaragua by order of President Zelaya. State department weighs whether mines were planted in disguise or openly as prisoners of war.
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Washington
United States
Zelaya
Read Extortion Case Goes to the Jury in Denver
The case against Mrs. Allen F. Read charged with extorting $100000 from Mrs. Genevieve Chandler Phipps via dynamite threats went to the jury. Judge Sheaffer instructed that if Read could not distinguish right from wrong at the time, she should be acquitted, noting her morphine addiction.
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Read
Denver
Colo
Allen F. Read
Genevieve
Chandler Phipps
Sheaffer
New Coat Sweater Line Arrives For All Ages
We feature a stylish coat sweater line for men women and children in all colors sizes and prices. Visit Joyce Pruit Co. for the garment and L B Boelmer for sterling silver deposit ware arrivals. Call and see them.
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L. B. Boelmer
Roswell Weather Busy With Clear Skies and Mild Temps
U S Weather Bureau local report Roswell New Mexico records a 6 00 am observation with a maximum temperature of 60 degrees and a minimum of 26. Averages show a mean of 43 with no precipitation and a southwest wind of 3 miles per hour. Forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Saturday.
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Roswell
N. M
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Woulhd
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Douglass
McDonald
Pecos Valley Drug CO
P. V. Wagon Yard
Ian Church
Mr. Loughborough
California
G. L. Wyllys
North Main
Parsons & Lawrence Real Estate and
Kansas City Life Insurance CO
Parsons
Col. Stewart
Capi
Tan
Georgetown Libray
Gorn
U.S. Market
Laffan
Folk
Virginia
New
Mex
America
U. S. Weather Bureau
Hallowe’en
Sy Ie
Joyce
Pruit Co
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