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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1909
Page
2
The note asks if Main Street will be paved and whether New Mexico will achieve statehood. It mentions airship travel and liquid air as futuristic ideas, dated April 11, 1944, reflecting wartime optimism and civic questions.
The notice lists worship and meeting schedules for First Presbyterian and M E Church South in Roswell, including Sunday School at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 00 a m. Open Air Meeting on Court House Lawn set for Sept 5 09 at 3 50 o clock with Rev H M Smith and J Wilson. Additional holiness and salvation meetings follow with multiple open air sessions and topics such as Elect infants dying in infancy and True Service led by W C Tenney and Howard Crawford.
The notice lists upcoming events at First Methodist Episcopal, Southern Presbyterian, Christian Church, and Baptist Church. It includes prayer meetings, Sunday services, choir practice, Sunday School times, and special music with invited public attendance. Officials and pastors named include J H M Smith, C F Lucas, M G Sainsbury, Geo Fowler, and H F Vermillion.
Telegram reports Capt. Jason W. James suddenly ill in Alpine Texas. Mrs. James and Robert Kellahin rush to Alpine and will bring him home if he can travel.
If you have something to sell or trade or wish to buy tell the Record. Send details including item or service and contact information for publication.
Cadets arriving for the Military Institute's opening fill town stores for winter outfitting after trains from north and south bring large delegations. School opens Monday and the town expects many young men to be in residence.
It was learned yesterday that a pair of 29 year old dam horses branded CAR and known to have worked as a team in the Pecos Valley. The report notes their age and origin while tying them to Hagerman.
This splendid chance lets collectors start a new display or add to an existing collection as buyers appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of CUT GLASS.
The text notes that the workers, now owned by J. J. Hagerman for 25 years, assisted on major projects such as the Northern Canal, the first Carlsbad dam, and irrigation across the valley. The driver reports they remain capable and lively, seeming only nine or ten years old in age.
Rev Charles Maltas leaves Roswell for Dodge City Kansas. Roswell hosts first real Chautauqua September 12 19 featuring Dr J W Stewart the Royal Hungarian Orchestra Nicola the Great Magician Captain R P Hobson and William J Bryan with lectures on Bliss of Singleness Measure of Life Americas Mission to the World and Price of a Soul all at 8 pm and 4 pm showings with season tickets priced at 3 single admissions 1 Roswell New Mexico events and honors announced by M L Stewart president and field manager.
J. T. Evans, Probate Court judge of Chaves County, returned from a lengthy Northwest tour begun October 11. He visited Los Angeles and Long Beach with his daughter, San Francisco, Victoria, Seattle, Spokane, and Denver, noting a sea voyage with no seasickness and a birthday dinner in Los Angeles with General William Cole Harrison. His court resumes September 6.
A second fire at the New Mexico Military Institute Hagerman Barracks was found at seven A M when smoke issued from a chimney. Investigators said a draft from the chimney fed sixty tons of Gallup slack in the engine room coal bins, causing slow, smouldering flames. Damp slack can ignite spontaneously, and the institute reduced alarm to avoid panic. Firemen fought two hours to extinguish the blaze with minimal damage to coal bins and interiors. Authorities suspect Tuesday morning’s fire began in the same manner.
Walter P. Turner Col. Charles E Baker and others own property in the Southwest section planning a loop drive to encircle the area south of Second Street and west of Main. Part of the route is graded and others are being prepared with private funds. They now seek help from county commissioners while the city has graded West Alameda Street as the return route.
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