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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1905
Page
3
A lettered testimonial from J H Simmons of ey Iowa praises Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds claiming it cured a severe cough that ruined nights. The ad touts instant throat and lung relief and prevention of grip and pneumonia with a trial bottle at Roswell Drug and Jewelry Co. Also promotes Morse School of Telegraphy with salary prospects and multiple city catalogues.
The Dixie Minstrels perform as the N M M boys join a cadet program with a Burnt Cork theme, bringing a local stage show to the community.
Large crowd fills the mess hall to see the cadets perform as dark skinned entertainers in The Dixie Minstrels directed by Charles Bestare. Benefit show raises funds for the Institute Band. The piece notes the event as a success with notes on campus life and local garden plans along Rose Avenue and Lovers Lane.
Local notes report A B Waskom visiting from Hager and G L True returning from Pecos. W B Harris came from Dayton, F L Hill via mail for address requests, and W G Hamilton left for Colorado Springs on business. Mrs Ella Davidson of Artesia mentioned. J W Walters from Lakewood visited Roswell. Edgar Caffee on a Denver trip. Keng Chamberlains Cough Remedy praised as safe and effective by local dealers.
Roswell listings advertise Carnegie Library area lots at bargain prices along with Alameda Heights sites and ten acre tracts near town. The issue notes residents traveling for business, sales and exchanges, and a nod to a minstrel show with various performers and net receipts. Community notices include a tea, Elks initiation, and multiple real estate inquiries from Carlton and partners.
Attention stockholders. The regular annual meeting of the Roswell Fair Association will be at the Roswell Club rooms on Saturday Oct 28 at 3 pm to elect a new board of directors and address other important matters. Full attendance requested. LUCIUS DILLS Secretary.
Public notices mix medical ad copy and real estate listings with travel times and school news. Cham berlain s Cough Remedy is touted, a 33 acre suburban home is advertised at 6000 dollars, and night school meets at 6 45 pm at the Presbyterian church. Mails close times for trains are listed.
Artesia pioneers a grand suburban drive project with developer Robert M. Love driving the plan. From a prairie lot to a plotted five acre blocks community hub, the vision grows as the town expands and land awakes to new use.
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