Roswell City Council Discusses Gas Franchise and Street Works
Roswell city officials led a full evening session approving a gas plant franchise for J A Jones of Chicago to supply heat and power with a $1000 guarantee. They also laid plans for sidewalks, road taxes, crosswalk lighting, arc lights, and wood and cement crossings while reviewing fines, street maintenance, and the resignation of Fire Chief Parsons.
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J. A. Jones
Chicago
Jones
Jose
Mr. Jones
Roswell
Beginning of the end at Chicago stock yards strike
Thousands of strikers sought their old jobs in Chicago as Allied Trades conference board debated whether to ask union members to vote on ending the strike. Packing officials said no terms were reached but promised reinstatement without discrimination while warning no agreement with the union. The Allied Trades Council voted to submit a settlement proposition to unions.
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Allied Trades Council
Reid
Freeman
Davis
Yard
Ae Oard
Protest on Hondo Reservoir hearing and bids listed
The hearing before the board on the Hondo reservoir protest continued with engineers and representatives from Freeman & Cameron and the Rio Hondo Water Users Association presenting. testimony covered water rights for 54 000 acres yet only 14 000 acres have received water. Patent bids for reservoir work were announced from multiple firms led by Maney Bros. & Spencer, Cazier Construction, Slinkard Construction, and others with totals ranging from about 79 000 to 957 091 dollars.
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Hondo
A. P. Davis
W. H. Sanders
B. M. Hall
Carlsbad
Mlo
Freeman & Cameron
Rio Hondo
Associaion
W.C. Reid
Richardson
Reid & Hervey
Freeman
F. G. Tracy
Tracy
Pecos
Mr. Tracy
Sequoyah Hotel Changes Hands in Lease Deal
Mrs. M. A. Been leases the Sequoyah hotel from J. A. Foreman and plans an up to date, fully disinfected remodel. A dining department will be added with 35 cent family meals and monthly board options. The hotel will keep its name for now but may change soon.
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M. A. Been
Sequoyah Hotel
J. A. Foreman
Russians See Kuropatkin Safe as Retreat Stage Passes
St Petersburg officials claim Kuropatkin is out of danger and a major Russian force near Mukden prepares positions while Mukden evacuees report the army moving northward. Japanese harassment of the rear continues as Tokic’s silence persists. Mr. Bird serves as W H Godair’s secretary and is a Republican from Kentucky with a Greenleaf Whittier lineage and Mason background. He married Rose Rhodes in 1889 at Anna Illinois. they have three sons Paul Russell and Carl Wyllys.
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St Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Associated Press
Auropatkin
Tokic
I Ilinois
Rose A. Rhodes
Paul
Russell
Carl Wyllys
Knights in Prize Drills at Golden Gate Park
Twenty thousand spectators watched the Knights Templar drill competition opening day at Golden Gate Park San Francisco. Six drill corps from across the country compete with Army officers judging and awarding prizes totaling about 20 thousand dollars.
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San Francisco
Cal
Rand
Golden Gate Park
Heiress Mabel Lester Weds Plainfield Machinist George Whitley
Miss Mabel Lester, heir through a Fair family settlement, married George Whitley, a Plainfield machinist, in New Market New Jersey. Whitley previously met the heiress when he pitched for the local baseball team several years ago.
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New Market
N. J
Mabel Lester
Charles L. Fair
Hannah Nelson
Fair
George Whitley
Plainfield
New Jersey
Whitley
For Sale 560 Acres Near Artesia in Artesian Belt
Listing advertise 560 acres of fine land two miles from Artesia in a proven artesian belt priced at 4.00 per acre. Contact Pattberg Carlin and Finnegan in Rooms 5 and 6 Bixby Block for details.
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Artesia
Pattberg, Carlin & Finnegan
Bixby Block
Bird Appointed Clerk of Fifth Judicial District
Carl Morris Bird receives notice of appointment to the position of Clerk of the Fifth Judicial District from Judge Pope. Bird will assume duties October 1, succeeding W B Martin who resigns to Clerk Parker's court in the Third District. Bird, born March 14 1869 in Sangamon County Illinois, has worked in pharmacy and real estate in Roswell and serves as Deputy Clerk of the District Court for Chaves County. He is praised for energy, integrity and ambition.
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Pope
Bird
Fifth Judicia District
W.B Martin
Parker
Third District
Martin
Eurexa College
State Board of Pharmacy of Illinois
Sangamon County
Roswell
Pecos
SMALL REPUBLICAN GAIN IN VERMONT ELECTION RETURNS
White River Junction Vermont September 7 with eleven of 240 towns heard a Republican statewide lead of 31800 votes about five hundred more than four years ago. Latest reports show the senate likely Republican while Democrats lose five of their present seats and will hold about ten representatives.
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White River Junction
eLarms
Senate
Injunction Placed Against Cripple Creek Alliances
Judge Marshall in Denver issues a temporary injunction restraining members of the Citizens Alliance and Mine Owners Association of Cripple Creek from interfering with the Inter state Mercantile Company union store, wrecked by a mob on August 20. Hearing for permanent injunction set for September 20.
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Citizens’ Alliance and Mine Owners
Denver
Colo
Marhall
United States
Lay
Citizens’ Alliance and Mine Owners Association
Cripple Creek
Interstate Mercantile Company
Armours Sail for Europe from New York
New York report notes Mr and Mrs J Ogden Armour of Chicago sailing to Europe. They plan to live in Vienna for the winter, using a temporary home near Prof Adolph Lorenz's hospital where their young daughter is a patient.
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New York
J. Ogden Armour
Chicago
Europe
Vienna
Adolph Lorenz
Card of Thanks and Society Note
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for friends neighbors and assistance during a family affliction. Signed by C L Higday and family. Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church meets tomorrow afternoon at three with Mrs Karl Snyder. A hunting and camping wagon for sale with brass mounted harness and good team offered by Edn E Smith 6312.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Karl Snyder
E. Smith
Roswell Militia Schedules Evening Meeting
Special notice says all members will meet tonight at the corner of Main and 6th streets referenced by Oliver Nelson.
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Roswell
Main and
6Th Streets
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