Roswell Baptists Plan 20000 Dollar Church
Roswell Baptists aim to raise twenty thousand dollars for a new church with a fall start possible if subscriptions accelerate. A soliciting committee has already gathered about six thousand dollars and a donor pledges two thousand more per dollar raised by others. The effort reflects strong faith in Roswell’s growth and community support.
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Baptists of
Roswell
Baptists
Dr. Bradley
J. G. Hedgecoxe
Prof. Powell
P. Denning
J. M. King
Great Day at Tent Revival Delivers Large Crowds
A revival meeting drew 750 for the morning session with a well filled tent, 800 heard the sermon last night, and about thirty conversions were reported yesterday. Many attendees sought salvation during the men’s meeting and prayers were requested by over a hundred men.
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Truett
Minstrel Jubilee Promises Roswell Theatre Event
Roswell theatregoers are promised a big minstrel jubilee by the cadets in the near future. The show will feature Old Time Minstrelsy style, a departure from modern stage renditions, with traditional darky scenes largely faded from today’s minstrel acts.
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Dixie Minstrels
Dave Reed
Archie White
Billy Emerson
Happy Cal Wagner
Dick Sands
The
Minstrels
Roswell Theatre
Supreme Court Sets Date for Irrigation Suit Hearing
The Supreme Court named October 2, 1906 as the argument date for the Kansas versus Colorado irrigation case. Kansas lawyers have three months to file briefs, Colorado three months, and the United States an additional three months. Also report notes former Congressman Jerry Simpson suffered a lung hemorrhage this afternoon but rallied.
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Supreme Court
Washington
DD. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Kansas
Colorado
United States
Jerry Simpson
Two Courts Convene in District Openings
Federal and Territorial courts for the district opened at nine this morning with Judge Wm. H. Pope presiding. Attending were C. M. Bird clerk, Major W. H. H. Llewellyn U S. Attorney J. M. Hervey district attorney W. R. Forbes Harry Cooper Fred Fornoff deputies and K. S. Woodruff sheriff. Juror organization occupied the morning with many jurors excused and replacements sought.
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Pope
Court House
Wm. H. Pope
C. M. Bird
W. H. H. Llewellyn
U. S
J. M. Hervey
W. R. Forbes
Harry Cooper
Fred Fornoff
K. S. Woodruff
Chaves County
Federal Court District
Chaves
Roosevelt and
Eddy
District Court
Dezendorf Takes Charge of Government Land Investigations
F C Dezendorf of Washington arrived in Roswell to oversee investigations into government land frauds. He replaces Geo F Wilson, who formerly led the legal work from Las Vegas and was removed on bribery charges after claiming the funds aimed to secure evidence. Wilson later went to Oregon to face land fraud accusations.
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F. C. Dezendorf
Washington
Dezendorf
Sicana
Texas
New Mexico
Arzona
Santa Fe
Geo. F. Wilson
Las Vegas
Wilson
Oregon
Redmen Meeting Moved To Tuesday Night
Roswell Tribe No 7 Improved Order of Redmen will hold its meeting Tuesday night instead of the regular Wednesday slot. W W Eliott of Dexter is in town for jury duty.
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Roswell Tribe No. 7
Order of Redmen
W. W. Eliott
Dexter
Liberal Baptist minister declines Philadelphia meeting
Rev. George H. Harris of a New Haven Baptist church refused to be a delegate to the Federated Churches meeting in Philadelphia over the admission refusal for a Unitarian church. He called the action uncharitable and un Christian.
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Unitarian Church
New Haven
Conn
George H. Harris
Baptist Church
Federated Churches
Philadelphia
Fever situation in New Orleans yellow fever end near
New Orleans reports 3 new cases since 6 p m Sunday bringing total to 3 320 and 33 deaths. Officials say work beginning today should end the yellow fever visitation, citing only eight new cases in the past 24 hours as confirmation of the improving outlook.
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New Orleans
Owl Train Wreck at Fresno Kills Engineer Fireman and Tramp
An early morning wreck on the northbound Owl Train No 25 at the Fresno yard entrance killed Engineer Cole, Fireman Butts, and an unknown tramp. The crash at 2 30 am was caused by a misplaced switch and suspected criminal tampering, with a rock used to break a lock found near the switch.
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Butts
Grand Duke Cyril Disgraced for Marriage, Imperial Ukase
The official Messenger publishes an Imperial ukase dated October 15 dismissing Grand Duke Cyril from service for marrying Princess Victoria former wife of the Grand Duke of Hesse. The ukase removes his decorations and honors.
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St. Petersburg
Cyril
Victoria
Hesse
Ukase
Superseders Denied in Fidelity Savings Case
Denver officials report the state supreme court denied the application for superseders by F M Johnson, president of the defunct Fidelity Savings Association, after three weeks of review. He will be taken to Canyon City penitentiary tonight to begin a two to three year sentence.
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Denver
Colo
State Supreme Court
F. M. Johnson
Fidelity Savings Association
Canyon City Penitentiary
Hat cleaning and remodeling advertised in Roswell notice
Special notice offers cleaning, dyeing, remodeling of hats including Panama and straw hats with new bands and sweatbands. Silk hats ironed and blocked. Short notice service with guaranteed work. Located at 222 N. Main Roswell, New Mexico.
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Panama
N. Main, Roswell, N. M
Baron Komura greeted coolly as peace ends
Tokyo reports M Terrabutchi orders army to avoid commenting on peace terms. Baron Komura, Japan's foreign minister and chief plenipotentiary, arrived from Vancouver Oct 3. he was met by guarded streets and honored by the Emperor who gave a personal message praising his service. Howard, involved in the Goebel murder case, was denied by the Supreme Court and the matter may be heard in December.
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Baron Komura
Japan
Vancouver
B. C
Union Dissolved Ends 1814 Sweden Norway Union
Stockholm reports the long standing union between Sweden and Norway ending after both Riksdag chambers pass the government bill. Norway becomes a separate state again. A new flag law removes the union mark from the flag, restoring the pre-1814 blue field with yellow cross.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Rie Was
Riksdag
Norway
Goebel Murder Case Hearing Motion Denied
Washington Oct 16. The motion to advance the hearing in the State of Kentucky vs James Goebel murder case was denied. The ruling affects dates and schedule of proceedings in the high profile case in which William Goebel is a central figure.
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Howard
Washington, D. C
State of Kentucky
James
Simpson Foe Health Decline Cites Lung Complications
Wichita Kansas October 16. Ex congressman Simpson is weaker today as lung complications develop. His vitality and brave fight for life still offer hope for a temporary recovery despite the decline.
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Wichita
Kan
Simpson
Opportunities of Youth Discussed at Presbyterian Service
A Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church featured talks by Judge Wm. H. Pope W. W. Gatewood Dr. F. N. Brown Dr. Galloway A. Nisbet and J. M. Reid urging youth to seize opportunities in this era Their remarks praised the talks as valuable and aimed to spur interest in the new free night school opening at the church tomorrow night The event drew a large attentive audience and offered practical lessons for the young
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Presbyterian Church
Wm. H. Pope
W. W. Gatewood
F. N. Brown
Galloway
A. Nisbet
J. M. Reid
Weather summary for Roswell area October 16
U S Weather Bureau local report from Roswell New Mexico lists temperature as max 73 min 35 mean 54 with zero precipitation. Wind from west at 3 miles per hour. conditions partly cloudy. Forecast for Roswell and vicinity calls for fair weather tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures tonight.
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Roswell
N. M
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