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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1897
Page
4
Banquet honors Senator McEnery for tariff support while Gorman retires amid strong protection and sound money. Denver fires altered by flirtation scandal. Judge Owers dismisses a grand jury. Colorado fairs and festivals announced for Rocky Ford and Colorado Springs with Watermelon Day and Flower Carnival. Denver Times defends free coinage stance against price-silver linkage claims.
The piece criticizes silver proponents led by Cain's Financial School and mocks its claim that wheat and other farm prices mirror silver. It notes the Times as a silver defender now dismissing the theory, arguing no sane person should believe it. The author predicts gold production in Colorado and rising McKinley prices will undermine silver rhetoric.
Santa Fe announces very low fares from Lamar to Missouri river points Chicago and Fort Worth. Tickets require continuous passage in the named direction and will be sold July 15 to 20 inclusive and on July 22 25 29 and August 1 5 8 12.
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