29 Sep 1910
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1910
Page
1
McAlester Oklahoma September 29 The trial of Governor C N Haskell in the Muskogee town lots fraud cases ended abruptly when the government said it could not, under the court restrictions, present a case against Haskell or any co-defendants.
A trade display invites patrons to view the Drysdale Heads and Mottoes for tinting. It promises tinted samples and color guidance to help customers choose finishes and shades.
Washington Alabama September 29 census figures show Birmingham growing to 132,685 residents, up 92,270 people or 245.4 percent since 1900, marking one of the era’s largest city increases.
Advertises two light housekeeping rooms for rent at 200 E 8th Street. Rooms are furnished and priced at $10.00. Contact PF at 78tf for inquiries.
Washington dispatches say a critical situation exists in China and an outbreak like the Boxer rebellion could not surprise close observers, given recent events and tensions in the empire.
Notice announces payment of the sprinkling tax now due and payable at City Hall in the Clerk's office. J. W. Bennett is identified as Supervisor.
The Roswell High School girls basketball team advances to Lakewood to play Carlsbad High School girls. A tryout between first team and substitutes determined the lineup. The Carlsbad Roswell game is arranged for Eddy County teachers in session at Lakewood.
The Artesia and Roswell High girls will play a Thanksgiving game at Roswell baseball park with Sue Odem as captain and guard Callie Lusk Lea Willey Ara Chisum Ruby McKnight Louise Holland Ethel Davis as substitute. A Roswell High vs High School alumni clash may follow next week. Admission 25 cents benefits the High School Athletic Association. The teams practice every second afternoon amid strong rivalry.
Berlin on September 29 reports seventy three people severely wounded in clashes between coal strikers and police in Moabit district last night as police cleared demonstrations with force. Quiet returns today.
Roswell base ball team abandons a special car for a rail and auto route to Albuquerque. Cars donated by local figures will carry players to Vaughn where they board a train, saving about ten dollars per person. The convoy departs Dilley Furniture Saturday at eight, reaches Vaughn in the afternoon, then Albuquerque that night, with return by the same route.
The Book Club will meet tomorrow afternoon at Mrs J P Chureo's home at the corner of Alameda Street and South Kentucky Avenue for an afternoon gathering.
Last night the Armory filled with a large audience pleased by vaudeville acts and film. A complete change of program is announced for tonight.
W P Anderson stock agent reports good grass east to the middle of Dawson county Texas but poor conditions in many areas especially southwest of Roswell where recent rains have not yet improved grass production.
Chicago witnesses Walter Brookins fly the Wright biplane The Hawk from Chicago toward Springfield Illinois a 187 mile target to set a national sustained flight record. A crowd along Michigan Avenue and Lakefront cheers as a pursuit train follows, noting stops at Monee Otto Gilman and other towns while recording speeds near 35 to 40 mph at about two thousand feet.
The piece outlines the selection process for London s lord mayor by the common hall of aldermen and liverymen. It notes the office's ceremonial duties, salary of 50000 annually, Mansion House residence, and perquisites including attendants and a hangman. It concludes that despite theoretical authority, the lord mayor wields less real power than an American city mayor.
Paris experts prepare the French entry for the American meet aiming to reclaim the international trophy Glenn Curtiss won last year. Alfred Le Blanc Hubert Latham and Leon Merone lead the squad with Le Blanc testing a two motor Blériot monoplane achieving high speed, while Latham shows a machine near seventy miles per hour.
W. S. Prager came back to Lincoln after a week touring the mountain country west. He checked on the holdings of Jaffa, Prager & Co. and collected goats during the journey.
Charles P. Scilly of Denver appeared here today representing the Victor Sporting Goods Co in a local business engagement.
After Friday no more children will be received in the first grades of Central and Pauly schools due to crowding. Some youngsters were under 6 1 2 at the start of the term. Parents must withdraw these children or the Board of Education will intervene.
London on September 29 reports Sir Thomas V Strong elected Lord Mayor without opposition. A noted temperance advocate he becomes the metropolis’s first teetotaler in the chief magistracy. The brief item notes Michaelmas Day traditionally marks the mayoral election in London.
Tom White, a special agent for the railroad company, left Roswell this morning after a business visit and is en route north with driving horses from City Livery.
Rochester N Y Sept 29 At the Democratic state convention the fight for the gubernatorial nomination centers on Charles F Murphy of Tammany Hall backed by New York Kings Queens and Erie counties though upstate delegates claim to name the ticket. Shepard efforts and possible bids by Justice James Gerard and Martin of Albany are noted as the morning session unfolds with Parker presiding and provisional committees formed.
In Saratoga New York Henry L Stimson of New York won the Republican convention majority over William S Bennett 684 of 1015 votes and was later unanimously nominated for governor. Edward Schoeneck mayor of Syracuse was named lieutenant governor with praise from Colonel Roosevelt who gushed over Stimson.
Cattle receipts 10 000 including 2 000 southern. Market weak to ten cents lower. Native steers 5.25 7.20, southern steers 2.60 5.00, southern cows 2.75 4.00, native cows and heifers 2.60 6.50, stockers and feeders 3.25 5.75, bulls 3.25 4.50, calves 4.00 8.50, western steers 4.30 6.75, western cows 2.60 4.75. Hog receipts 6 000 market 5 cents lower. Bulk 8.60 9.00 heavy 8.50 8.70 packers and butchers 9.70 9.00, light 8.90 9.10. Sheep receipts 10 000 market ten cents lower. Muttons 3.50 4.40, lambs 5.75 6.75, fed wethers and yearlings 3.75 6.00, fed western ewes 3.25 4.10.
Roswell Realty & Inv. Co. offers a four room house on Cross Street from Central School Building with blue grass lawn fruit and shade trees barn and corral. Property in best possible shape with available sale details.
The Wool Market in St Louis Missouri on September 29 reports wool is steady. Territory and western mediums range 18 23, fine mediums 17 20, fine 14 17.
Chicago reports the death of George A Patton a millionaire grain operator from tuberculosis at his brother James A Patton s home. His fortune about 5 million is destined for public charities including anti tuberculosis work.
The King Edward driving park opens its inaugural harness meet in Montreal on Sept 29 with purses totaling $6000 and runs through Oct 5. Today features a 2:25 pace a 2:18 pace and a 2:25 trot with purses from $300 to $500. The Isle Grosbois site lies in the St Lawrence river and is among Canada’s finest plans of its kind.
Local Roswell New Mexico observation at 6:00 a m shows 83 F max 52 F min and 68 F mean with 0 8 inch precipitation. Wind from southwest three miles per hour. Clear conditions. Forecast: tonight and Friday fair.
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