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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1906
Page
2
The Record stresses that advertisements to appear in the same day issue must be at the printers by eleven in the morning and standing ads must also be ordered in by eleven to avoid publication that day. The piece frames these rules as a pure and undefiled expression of democracy.
Political slate presented listing F. P. Gayle as sheriff candidate and C. L. Ballard as county assessor candidate. Information implies a local partisan or nonpartisan ticket with these two names highlighted for key county offices.
The Record notes Captain E. P. Bujac chosen as delegate candidate. It questions removing cattle interests and rail tracks, and hints at paying for fakes while promising value at the Elks Carnival.
A Democratic gathering is called in Artesia to organize a local Democratic club. Carlsbad voters face October 29 on a franchise for a gas company. Artesia, three years old, plans an opera house 70 by 120 feet to be built by KE A Clayton. The mummy revival opens tonight. Roswell contemplates creating a Democratic club and dispatching members to country precincts.
Community carnival draws scrutiny over funding and expenses with officials pledging transparency and residents calling for tighter controls on allocations. Local groups weigh options to cover costs while preserving event traditions.
The piece details Elks Carnival excitement in Roswell New Mexico and a political melee among Territorial Republicans and Democrats in Chaves County. It notes cattle interests funding county services and local editor Perc y Evans returning from Missouri to report. It highlights party strategies and individual candidacies amid broader tensions over governance and taxation.
The Record questions Elks' parade arrangements amid claims of a drowning incident and disputes over who wore the dress. Allegations target Captain Jack Fletcher and Walter Moir, but the paper notes these may be fakes.
Not enough readable details to identify persons, places, or events for a proper summary. The fragment references Mr Bursum, penitentiary funds, and a treasury certificate but lacks clear action, date, or organization to anchor a news item.
The territory's legislative apportionment, crafted by Governor Hagerman, is upheld by the court. Citizens are urged to proceed with elections to support Hagerman's leadership and a businesslike administration.
The Democrats of Canavese county refuse to aid the Republicans in strengthening their party structure this year. Woolverton Practical Business College is listed with a phone number 138.
1200 acres of fine land in a shallow artesian belt near rail road offered for bargain. For full particulars contact Carlton & Bell at 303 North Main Roswell Texas. Also notes Texas State Fair Dallas October 12 to 26 1906 offering $22 round trip rate with tickets on sale daily October 12 to 27 final limit October 29. Children half rate. M D Burns agent P V and NE.
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