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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1910
Page
3
M. S. Groves of Carlsbad came to town yesterday. Mrs. J. E. Blythe of Hagerman visited Monday. Owen McClay of Artesia was a business visitor today. J. M. Dye went to Texico this morning on legal business.
A promotional note from Shrader Grocery Co announces Bamrington Hall coffee for sale. A. G. Mills visited from Greenfield for a short stay Monday while J. I. Akin traveled to Artesia for a two day business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Eddington of Norman Oklahoma arrive to establish their presence in Roswell. Miss Beulah Holcomb departs for a week in Waco Texas on business. Frank Snell once of this city now living in Artesia arrives for the undertaker's convention.
Richard De Graffenreid of El Yeso is spending a few days in Roswell, exploring the town and local sights.
Large new eight room house available for rent inquire at 608 West Ist Street. Phone 393.
Edward F. Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cecil of Artesia were in the city on Monday for business.
Lee Richards departed for Kenna to inspect a shipment of fifteen cars of cattle sent to pasture by John Duna Way. J R Badlard left for Amarillo for a Roswell Seed Company business trip to sell Pecos Valley apples.
Advertisement snippet notes Crescent Tailors offers a fit guaranteed winter suit with up-to-date styles and provides phone contact 517. 92t1. An additional line mentions Enterprise Home Co offering a 36 hour hold on fire prevention services and Bucks not blast neater with contact 378. 95t2.
Mrs. Robert Black of Silver City arrived last night to attend the deliberations of the grand lodge of the Order Eastern Star.
Mrs Bettie Smith and two daughters left for Amarillo to spend four or five months there with her grown daughter.
City Attorney H. M. Dow returned this morning from a business visit in Carlsbad where he has been attending court.
Frank Frost the photographer returned to his Dexter home last night after a brief business visit in Roswell.
iS. S. Ward, manager of the Flying Hraneca, traveled from Artesia toward Bovina today to sell a bunch of steers on the route.
Please call at our office to pay your electric bill before the 25th to avoid service interruption and save us the embarrassment of cutting you off.
Pob Brunidge of Wichita Kansas arrived from Pecos where he prospected and has decided to locate in Roswell.
Mrs Lynch offers up-to-date dressmaking with a focus on skirts at 305 N. Kentucky. Contact 9414 for fittings and alterations.
Mr and Mrs E A Paddock of Ha german depart with their three children for a month long visit with relatives in Chicago.
Title & Trust Co says now is the best time to buy real estate as money remains scarce, offering extra good bargains this week.
S A Jones departed this morning for his Melrose home after a three day stay for the Masonic Grand Lodge. He serves as cashier at the First National Bank of Melrose.
Bucks Hot Blast heater highlighted by Enterprise Howe Co 9412 as a fuel saving device.
P. P. Clark of Dexter departed for his home after a three day visit with his daughter Mrs. J. W. Dudley and while attending to business matters.
A small grocery notice invites customers to ask for 6 pound pumpkin yam sweet potatoes priced at 25 cents. The item appears in a short pantry ad with a numeric price and weight.
A college town in Texas features Rood and Roomhouse exchanging an eight acre farm for property in the Pecos Valley with Title and Trust Company handling the arrangements.
J H Petit left this morning for Vernon Texas after several days visiting Roswell where he bought three carloads of apples from the Roswell Seed Company.
A loan offer of 500 dollars runs to irrigated farms with long term terms. Interest payable annually and the privilege to pay off the loan early. Address: J B Herbst, Financial Advent, 303 North Main.
Miss Hazelle and Gladys Rhodes of Stuttgart Arkansas arrived Monday night and are guests at the Grand Central for the winter. Miss Hazelle spent last winter in Roswell and has many friends here.
J. P. Stone arrived from Portales last night for the Masonic Grand Lodge sessions and will remain through the rest of the meeting.
By your cleaning, pressing, dyeing and repairing we are known. Mrs T J Molinari of Portales attended the grand lodge meeting of the O E S after returning from Green Field. Dr P W Longfellow, superintendent of Baptist missions in New Mexico, left on a ten day trip to Albuquerque Las Vegas Rotan and Clayton.
A brief note directs readers to visit P and P at Ingersolls for details or to view offerings, inviting inquiry or assessment of items available at the store location.
Roswell Gas and Electric Co. states it cannot furnish coal and electricity without prompt payment. Notices enforcement for unpaid accounts and potential disconnection. Mrs. T. W. Wilburn and daughter Mrs. Myrtle Day depart for a month visiting Golth wait and San Antonio, Texas.
Milita ry Institute cadet Rufus Rush departed for Lubbock Texas this morning after learning his mother died yesterday at their home in Lubbock. He will be gone indefinitely.
J. M. Coburn of Kansas City, general manager of the Turkey Track ranch, arrived in Roswell Monday night for several days of business. He will spend most of his time at the ranch near Artesit and will be in the valley during his stay.
Joe J. Burnett of Del Rio Tennessee, while visiting his boyhood friend J S Lea, left a warning for Clovis regarding a ranch he reportedly has in that area.
Miss Elizabeth Shipley of Lawton Oklahoma leaves Roswell after a five week visit with school friend Miss Cecile Greene. She made many friends during her stay at the city meat market and exchanged greetings with locals before departing.
The company invites inquiries about trading property located in other states for property in the local area, encouraging readers to telus about desired exchanges and noting a good list of available properties.
Mrs. M. B. McElhannon departed this morning for Prosper in Collins county Texas after a visit with her son R. E. McElhannon. Lane arrived August 4 planning to spend the winter but grew homesick and returned to Prosper.
J D Cully and Co plumbers advertise scientific plumbing at reasonable prices with satisfaction guaranteed. Located at 521 North Main, phone 118.
W. W. Watson left this morning for Colorado after a brief prospecting visit. He plans to return in about thirty days to purchase property. He arrived Sunday by auto route from El Paso where he had been visiting.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Mell and Mr. Mell's mother departed this morning for San Jose Illinois following a visit with J. D. Mell and family. F. G. Mell is a brother of J. D. Mell of this city, and the elder Mrs. Mell had stayed in the valley for an extended visit two weeks prior.
All Roswell residents planning to attend the Dallas Fair must submit their names immediately to the Commercial Club. Secretary J S Kirby urges prompt attention due to important business demands.
Chicago, Oct 17. Police attacked a mob of striking garment workers injuring twelve and arresting sixteen. Hart, Schaffner and Marx windows were nearly all broken in the riot.
The Supreme Court refused a re hearing in the Denver rate cases, allowing the Interstate Commerce Commission order cutting freight rates from Chicago and St Louis to the West to take effect. The decision comes from Washington, D.C. dated October 17.
Immigration officer C. L. Keep brought back to the Roswell jail two Chinese men held as witnesses in the Fink smuggling case. The pair have been detained two years, prefer the arrangement since they board there and receive a dollar a day from the U S government while in custody. They had acted as witnesses at El Paso in another case.
The two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. M Hill died from a peanut ingestion incident misattributed to T P Bell in the funeral record. The Hill family and Mrs Hill's mother left for Portales with the body. H Hill works at the Yellow House ranch.
Multiple short sale notices list items for sale including a 5 HP gas engine and harrow, a residence with modern conveniences, a corner residence lot in the city, 160 acres in Section 20 near Masonic Cemetery with ditch right, a $400 Clouga & Warren piano, and a trade offer of a light spring wagon for a runabout buggy. Contacts include P O Box 191 Roswell and RE P 8S Sixth Street East Las Vegas New Mexico.
A collage of help wanted notices lists positions from sewing at home to railway mail clerks with examinations in Roswell. Other ads seek a girl for general house work a stoves and chairs repair service farm labor dishwasher and chambermaid and a young lady for collecting and bookkeeping for a physician plus a tank and a tower placement at Ros well area and related contact addresses.
Furnished rooms in Hobson Building over Post Office. 3 room flat with bath at 707 Main. 2 furnished rooms apply mornings 809 N Richardson. Nice sleeping rooms and light housekeeping. 512 N Va and 602 S Ky entries. 5 room modern cottage with office rooms inquire Dr Kin singers Office. Brick house corner Richardson and Walnut Sept 12. 5 room dwelling close in with artesian flow electric lights Roswell Seed Co. 209 N Penn. 6 room furnished house cheap 208 N Mo or phone 539.
Ullery Furniture Company sells its hardware stock to J L Mabie and closes its furniture department. The firm will centralize at Artesia, abandoning Roswell Carlsbad and Clovis stores. Mabie will merge Ullery hardware with his Main Street stock and may move to the old Ullery stand by November 1. The sale depends on Ullery's invoice sheet prepared by Murrell Collum and Wilkinson.
J. C. Goodman advertises paying higher prices for used heaters and cook stoves, indicating a buyback service and offering quick cash for discarded heating units.
The Shakespeare Club began its season with a Saturday meeting at Mrs. G. T. Bear’s North Main street home. Mrs. A. O. Hagerman led the session, outlining the historical context before studying the play in scenes. A large audience attended.
Mrs O H Smith entertains a group of ladies this afternoon with a bridge party.
Mrs Mary Graham plans a Thursday afternoon bridge gathering at her home. The event invites acquaintances to an afternoon of bridge play in a cordial social setting.
The Woman's Club convenes in regular session this afternoon with Mrs. G. T. Veal presiding over the study session.
At a Roswell Light Battery meeting it was decided to stage a series of entertainments over the coming months to raise funds for encampment and rifle range needs. The first event, a musical, will be Monday October 31 at the newly completed gun sheds. Events will occur monthly or every six weeks with committees appointed for arrangements and programs and for music refreshments and decorations.
Mr and Mrs P T Ramsey were honored at a Southern Methodist church reception Monday evening. The congregation and city welcomed the pastor back after his recent appointment by the New Mexico Conference. The program included prayers, welcomes, solos, readings, and a return address by Rev Ramsey.
Oasis Ranch Co led by J. C. Goodman advertises top cash prices for second hand furniture. The notice appears in a regional classifieds section with contact details and location code 9316.
An advertisement from the U. S. Meat Market proclaims it keeps nothing but the best and uses Quality as its motto. The text emphasizes high standards without listing specific products or prices.
An advertisement listing include George B. Jewett billiard halls at 212 Main St and Joyce Pruit Co as a dry goods wholesale supplier. Roswell Drug & Jewelry Co promotes itself as the oldest drug store with up-to-date goods. Furniture stores also noted.
The Oriental Livery and Cab Line advertises day and night service. Phone 40 lists T. E. Ribble as proprietor.
Pecos Valley Lumber Co offers lumber shingles doors lime cement paints varnish and glass. Roswell Lumber Co advertises as the oldest lumber yard in Roswell providing building materials and paints.
Dilley & Son advertise undertakers with private ambulance and prompt service. Allery Furniture Co lists undertakers with contact numbers. H. H. Henninger advertises undertaker and embalmer services with private ambulance and parlors at 131 W 4th and phone 83-8 rings.
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