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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1909
Page
3
News notes list arrivals and visits including Robert C. Reid from Clovis, Co R Bride from Carlsbad, J P White to Portales and Yellow House ranches, Floy Knode teaching in Friona, Mrs W M Reed moving to El Paso, and other brief movements among residents and a real estate pitch by TITLE & TRUST CO.
Brief city notices share moving services from Bullard Bros and E S Mundy Transfer. Local residents travel to Santa Fe Carlsbad and Garnet Kansas while Makins supplies school books and calls for moving. Roswell sewer workers Glenn Glenn and Albert Rich dispatched to Monticello Arkansas.
E. S. Mundy touted as the best equipped house mover in Roswell. C. Swisher, railroad company general claim agent, returned to Amarillo after several days in Roswell.
Mrs J N Akin returned from Carlsbad with her two daughters Gladys and Ruth and Misses Birdie Lewis and Leta Adams to enroll them at the Catholic Sister’s school in the ongoing education trip.
The note from W S Murrell declares steadfast presence and offers piano tuning services with two listed phone numbers 569 and 5614, signaling professional availability to clients.
Mr and Mrs John T McClure returned home after a two week visit with Mr Mc-Clures base in Indianola Iowa They were accompanied by their son who will enter the Military Institute and begin training there
Multiple sale notices list items for sale including a three month range, a Schumann piano, 80 acres of land, a windmill with tank and tower, a five room house, 40 acres homestead script, Sheridan property on 7th and Main corner two lots adobe home with artesian well. Call or contact listed owners and firms in Roswell New Mexico.
Mr and Mrs Rufus W Smith returned last night from Oklahoma City where they attended the wedding of their niece.
Classified notes offer a competent woman for general housework. Contact in morning at 408 N. Ky. 5812. Also a Roswell ad seeks a woman to do shepherd housework just outside city limits by R C Graves. Roswell 5813. Another notice rents two to four acres of alfalfa with house and water and cash payment at 618 N Main Roswell 5716.
Multiple rental ads appear for rooms and small houses in various locations such as 407 N. Moave and 512 N. Lea. Listings include furnished rooms in private homes, desk space at the Post Office Box 776, unfurnished two room units with bath, room with board, and a corner cottage with shade trees. Some ads specify no sickness.
The alert urges treating the first sign of loose bowels with a single dose of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It claims the remedy is reliable even in severe cases and should be kept at hand or carried on trips for instant use.
Artesia city attorney Davis was a business visitor here today. Tom Lawing came up from the lower part of the county this morning for a short visit and to look after business.
Miss Carrie Ewing who spent the summer visiting in Kansas City Missouri and Oklahoma City returned home last night to resume duties as a Roswell teacher. Mrs J S Russell and daughter Mrs Maggie Smallwood and infant daughter left for Paris Texas after attending the illness and death of the former's son J B Russell.
Public notice mentions Makins selling school shoes and a piano tuning advisory urging yearly service. It lists W S Murrell as the contact with phone 569 and 5614, promising guaranteed work. Also notes a W C T U meeting at the M E church Monday at 3 PM for convention preparations with officers urged to attend.
Louis and Temple Abernathy aged 5 and 7, sons of the U S marshal, rode ponies from Guthrie to Santa Fe via Roswell. They presented credentials to Governor Curry at the executive mansion and were guests there. Their journey covered nearly 1000 miles across Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico.
Washington observers from the United States and Canada prepare to study Mars as it comes closer to Earth than in 32 years. Prof Orson Lowell aims to prove life exists on Mars and ships new equipment to Flagstaff Arizona for ongoing observations.
Roswell listings show Chaves County abstracts firms F P Gayle manager and Roswell Title & Trust Co plus The Bonded Abstract and Security Co offering guaranteed titles and loans. Hardware stores include Roswell Hardware Co Independent Hardware. Crude Oil burner demo at 208 East 5th St. Livery services Oriental Palace. lumber yards Zecos Valley Lumber Co and Roswell Lumber Co. Musical instrument tuner Bernard Pos Artesia. Piano tuner G A Jones & Son. Morrison Bros store ready to wear and A Mueller tailor. W P Wood clothing repair.
Butcher shops and a U S meat market tout quality and the motto. A billiard and pool hall offers private rooms for ladies. Lon Holland opens a new shop at 242 Virginia Avenue offering horse-shoeing blacksmithing carriage repair and rubber tire work. Livery and cab service provided by City Livery and Transfer Co. Ririe Mossenden offer land surveying and contracting. Jaffa Prager Co Joyce Pruit Co and J P Joyce Prager supply houses noted as largest in the Southwest with wholesale and retail.
Dilley Furniture Company advertises the swellest line of furniture in Roswell with high quality and low prices. Jas Forstad Grocery Co advertises as the leading grocery store offering only the best. Roswell Wool & Hide Co offers grain, coal, wood and hide buying. Roswell Trading Co highlights coal and grain on East Second St.
Hills and Dunn advertise furniture hardware stoves rugs and sewing machine needles bins and shuttles at 100 North Main with phone 69 offering new and second hand items.
Harry J. Stewart aged 32 of Eden Valley and Gussie Stewart 19 of Salt Creek renewed their marriage after two prior marriages and two divorces in Chaves county. They were remarried at nine this morning by Elder George Fowler at his North Kentucky Avenue home and plan to reside in Eden Valley. The bride is the daughter of H B Bozarth. both originate from local ranching families.
Two large dancing parties drew a wide young crowd in the city. At the Elk club Elks and ladies danced late with fine piano music and a good floor. Gaulheur Club hosted a large turnout with Norvell orchestra providing splendid music as dancing continued late.
F A Mueller the Tailor at 118 South Main advertises Wade suits from 15 dollars and up with satisfaction as the motto. He lists phone contact as 104.
Roswell public schools formally open Monday with a short ceremony to follow. Anouncements will be read, books issued, and a quick closing observed so children may buy books and attend Labor Day celebration.
The city readies for Labor Day with unions and organizers completing preparations for Monday events. Officials urge safety measures as crowds gather for parades and community activities.
Dilley and Son offer private ambulance and prompt undertaker service. Allery Furniture Co operates as undertaker with phone numbers 75 and 111. Hospital or city notices appear in this classified advertisement item.
A morning barbecue free to all, a noon gathering in the courthouse yard, an afternoon ball game, and a night ball carry the principal events. The full program is published in the Record.
A short note extols a method named Mir Acle teaching a plain rapid business hand. The piece has a promotional tone and urges readers to learn the craft for efficient writing and swift business correspondence.
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