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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1909
Page
4
A. M. Brownfield and family of B field Texas arrived last night to stay several days at the Gilkeson. Mrs Frank Berry and daughter Miss Gracie left today for Paso to spend a month with Mrs y's brother.
Cy Leland left on the Lincoln stage morning for a two or three weeks hunting trip to the White and onto mountains, expecting to meet Johnnie Pollard at the Dia d A ranch.
Jonesboro Ark resident F. A. Thompson has arrived in El Paso to accept a sales position with E. H. Williams & Co.
The Quanah Reno Pacific Railway aims to connect Quanah Texas with Roswell New Mexico, linking St Louis and Kansas City routes with the far Southwest. Construction began recently with a 50 mile first section between Quanah and Paducah due to open in November. The 275 mile line crosses the Panhandle and splits from existing Frisco routes.
Dr J W r outlines Freemasonry as a safe spiritual path at a Christian arch meeting. An audience of many heard 86 pledged to higher social and religious living after the talk. Mrs Lowther opened with a powerful pathos reading.
The document highlights Freemasonry as a social reform group promoting temperance, universal brotherhood, liberty, equality and fraternity. It cites George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte as members, teaches divine providence and a future state, and includes a pledge urging abstinence from alcohol and profane conduct.
Philadelphia plans to hold a conference called by Mayor Reyburn to consider building a large dyke on the New Jersey side at Horseshoe Bend to divert current toward the Pennsylvania side. Engineers deem the project feasible and say it could remove shoals and reduce winter ice jams affecting navigation.
Oklahoma City October 6 Democrats convened for a party reunion at the State Fair. Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri and Senators Gore and Owens of Oklahoma lead the speaker lineup for the banquet this evening.
England rallies behind Captain Scott as it prepares a well funded South Pole expedition. The Times contrasts Antarctic challenges with Peary and Shackleton, noting the continent’s vast terrain, minimal human aid, and transportation concerns shaping the mission. A King Mountain monument dedication in Chattanooga is reported alongside ongoing commemorations in South Carolina and Tennessee.
For sale. full blood white leghorn chickens located at 709 N Richardson. Contact 8613 for details.
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened a major rate hearing in Seattle to review complaints by the Chamber of Commerce and major Puget Sound shippers over under recognition of Pacific coast cities in intermountain traffic rates. The hearings will run through November with sessions in Portland San Francisco Reno and Salt Lake City. A key case involves Humboldt Steamship Company versus White Pass and Yukon Route.
The article outlines Captain Scott's plan to equip a renewed Antarctic expedition with Manchurian ponies for food transport to the glaciers and Eskimo dogs for final passages, plus a motor sledge seen as a possible long haul option. A second base at King Edward VII Land and a base at McMurdo Sound are proposed, requiring a strong vessel and funding to advance scientific work and reach the Pole.
Gov. John Burke proclaimed Durum Bread Day in North Dakota. Bread made from Durum wheat flour topped all bills of fare as a special North Dakota product celebrated across the state.
Five cent fares within city limits and electrification of all metropolitan railroads are on the agenda for tonight's United Improvement Association meeting. The group aims to reduce smoke nuisance and make Boston clearer better and bigger.
Madrid reports three trans Atlantic liners are being armed for service on the Moroccan coast as part of Spain's effort to control information. Five additional details follow in the dispatch.
Biographical calendar notes Thomas Power O Connor the world famous orator editor and writer celebrates his sixty first birthday born October 5 1848 in Athlone Ireland He rose from a modest start to a career in journalism moving from Galway to Dublin and then London seeking better opportunities.
The article portrays Mr OConnor as a prominent public figure in England Ireland and America linked with the United Irish League. It notes his early writing from Life of Lord Beaconsfield his lecture tours in the United States and Canada and his leadership roles in the London Star Sunday Sun M A P and T P's Weekly. He has sat in the House of Commons since the last Reform Act and was recently elected president of the United Irish Land League of Great Britain for the twenty sixth consecutive time.
Washington reports U S Census Director E Dana Durand aims to cut census costs and boost accuracy for agriculture in the next count. He notes 1900 rural data used punch cards and many cards per farm and says agricultural data are collected by a different force than population statistics.
Officials note about 65 000 people counted and 330 supervisors appoint enumerators. Short tenure and low pay hinder recruitment, with 3 dollars daily in rural areas and more in cities. Some urge nonpaid volunteers or student leave from colleges and universities, and teachers could help but April May timing limits availability.
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