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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
2
Historic Roswell page notes seek crop reports from Pecos Valley farmers and public notices. It includes Ordinance No. 51 on cement sidewalks by Clair & Pettey with liens, and discussion of statehood sentiment in Roswell, notes on local officials and editorials from the era.
An acre sale item notes John Smith or Bill Jones sold a stated quantity of boxes, bushels, or tons of produce. The brief item records selling price and acreage without extra adjectives or editorial detail for publication.
The author lauds Territorial contemporaries such as the Santa Fe New Mexican and Roswell Daily Record for advertising agricultural resources and possibilities. Agriculturists are called the backbone of a country, with farming leading to happier people, thrift, and lower living costs as noted by Sunshine Albuquerque.
Bennettsville South Carolina resident S A Brown recalls his wife suffering dyspepsia and torpid liver until Electric Bitters restored her health and vigor. Roswell Drug & Jewelry Co. sells and guarantees them at 50c a bottle.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy claims to aid nature by calming the cough aiding lung relief promoting expectoration opening secretions and restoring health. Sold by all dealers.
Ordinance 53 imposes a special tax on Lea Cattle Co. owners of Lot 4, Block 46 and adjacent Lots 1 and 2, Block 47 in West Side Addition Roswell New Mexico. The tax of forty five dollars pays Clair & Pettey for cement sidewalk work on South Pennsylvania Avenue abutting the property per old ordinances.
During the summer of 1905 the Pe cos Valley System will sell round trip tickets to Summer resorts in Colorado Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin and many other states at very low rates. Tickets on sale daily until Sept 30 with final return limit Oct 31. Call at ticket office for full information. Also telegraphy training ads and health cures with Bucklen’s Arnica mentioned.
G J Welch of Tekonsha Michigan reports curing a lame back after fifteen years using the salve and keeping his family well. John G Bisher of Gillam Indiana says it brought a complete recovery after burns and lodged sprains. The balm is praised for cuts and bruises and costs 25 cents at Roswell Drug and Jewelry Co. Dealers carry it.
The rate of 27.10 dollars is set for the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Denver Colorado from September 4 to 7, 1905 Tickets go on sale September 1 to 5 with a return deadline of September 11.
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