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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
4
Attendees are urged to attend the Bryan Larrazolo Club meeting this evening featuring speakers including Judge Gatewood. Other notes mention local business notices and residents returning from trips, with various small ads and updates scattered through the page.
Formal opening notices go to many Roswell men inviting them to the Smoke House pool and billiard parlors on Friday September 25 from 7 to 12. The owners Hunt Baumer Woodward at 120 North Main advertise an evening of entertainment with invites to bring friends and enjoy the complimentary event. The dramatic entertainment is described as a success in Roswell.
Six men began a rail line survey trip from Roswell to Portales and Lubbock Texas. Edward Kennedy and others lead one party. Carier and White head another to inspect contracts and land for the new railroad. Kennedy plans to return mid October. Local entertainments at the Roswell Christian church drew 400 and featured Mrs. Mulane McClane and Miss Mason with strong performances. Edward D. Kinsinger filed final accounts for Andrew Axelson estate with probate set for November 2, 1908.
The new dining room addition to the Virginia Inn on Richardson avenue opened with a turkey dinner last evening attended by sixty people. Guests praised the preparation of each course and the autumnal decorations. Orchestral music accompanied the meal.
The article extols the Daily Record as essential for Roswell residents delivering daily news on national campaigns real estate cattle markets and local happenings. It invites readers to subscribe by sending in their address and contacting phone number 11 for delivery.
A vivid depiction titled Human Hearts explores life in the Arkansas hills as an intimate portrait of rural existence. The piece blends nostalgia with honest glimpses of daily hardship and quiet resilience.
A big change in last night’s contest introduces a surprise plane giveaway to the most popular girl. Patrons are urged to arrive early for reserved seating and to witness the event unfold tonight.
Thomas D. White and A C Lamberth arrived by auto from Quanah to Roswell to begin a preliminary survey back to Quanah with six other engineers staying at Four Lakes for the rest of the trip in wagons. Lamberth and D E Decker are influential in the Quanah Roswell railroad project. Mayor G A Richardson guided Decker around town to identify entry points. Meanwhile Pecos Valley and Northeastern Railway Co sets annual stockholders meeting for Oct 7 1908 at Roswell New Mexico to select a Board of Directors. Directors meeting follows stockholders meeting. Seven lyceum attractions secured for M E Church South program by Women's Home Mission Society and Military Institute. The lineup includes DeArmond Concert Company Quaker Quartet Stanley Krebs Wels Darling Edwin Southers L F Ford and John Templet Grages with tickets sales to begin.
A blaze in Hudson New York nearly levelled the Shell Brewery Company plant causing an estimated loss of 150000 dollars. Authorities believe the fire was incendiary in origin. Separately in Cairo Illinois a large fire destroyed manufacturing property valued at 125000 dollars burning Kelley Bros. lumber yard the Three States Implement Company plant and several houses.
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call on national banks to submit statements of condition as of the close of business on September 23. The notice emphasizes financial transparency and uniform reporting across banks headquartered in Washington D.C.
The piece urges giving the dealer sending inferior fuel a chance to improve or be replaced. It promises prompt fulfillment of orders and satisfactory service. It notes kindling burns well with minimal residue but stresses need for higher heat and quicker ignition.
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