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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1903
Page
3
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Hewett arrived from the Kin Kale ranch this afternoon and will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. G. McNary for a day. They then proceed to Greely Ohio where Mr. Hewett will deliver lectures at the state normal school.
A Roswell club smoker is scheduled for this evening with Judge Pope invited to attend. A reception will be held next week by the club to honor him. A food business room on Main Street ground floor will soon be vacant and applicants may contact the Record office.
W D Peak Jr recently relocated from Austin Texas and has accepted a position with Prager Fort grocers. He is described as a courteous young man who has made many friends in the city and is expected to attract new customers for the firm.
J. H. Harris and family of Gibson City Illinois join new prospectors arriving by last evening’s train. The parcel features twenty acres of vouue orchard near town with artesian water noted in the record office inquiry.
Short notices list room for rent and arrivals from Amarillo El Paso Decatur Canadian Pittsburgh Hagerman Roswell and others. A safety notice urges officers to curb reckless transfer wagon driving near the depot after near misses with Wells Fargo horses and calls for loading on trucks.
Local city notices list Kemp Lumber ads for Atlas Portland Cement and multiple visitors and travelers. Names include J L Carnell W E Stewart J u Vaughan A J Walton L T Chamberlain B H Shroder William Rice J J Raemer Emma Warren B o D Williams J A Cottingham Allie Clayton and others moving through Roswell. A cement walk project on Sun and Main will finish soon after the arch settlement. several residents depart for Artesia Carlsbad and the Gulf of Mexico on trips or business and prospecting tours in Oklahoma and California.
James F. Harriss and his son from Oxford Ohio have departed by train to Carlsbad after several days here. Harriss will dispose of Oxford area property, then return with his family in about three weeks to settle permanently. He owns a farm near Oxford and intends to invest in Pecos Valley property and continue his business locally.
Notice to stockholders states annual meeting set for Saturday October 31st at 8:00 p m in Roswell Club rooms. Important business will be discussed and stockholders must be present or represented by a proxy. J A Graham
The Silver City Independent notes The Roswell Record now carries Associated Press dispatches and Pecos Valley receives up-to-date daily news, reflecting broader regional coverage.
The proposed Santa Fe route would connect Texico on the New Mexico border with Torrance via the Pecos Valley & Northeastern and Eastern railway of New Mexico. It promises a Short through line from Chicago and Kansas City to the Pacific coast and opens railway access to a growing immigrant region.
Deeded land totaling 640 acres offered near the railroad in the Artesian district at 24.00 per acre the cheapest land on offer. Richey and DeFreest advertise. Miss Cullen, long in Roswell, returned home near Hageman after seven months away. L T Scholars, Artesia real estate man, visited the city and left on the evening train for home. Wanted a lady clerk for a dry goods store apply Box 68.
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