Advertised Letters and Rail Excursion Rates Report
Advertised letters awaiting pickup listed for August 17 1808 with names including Brown Cramp Eldridge McGates Merrill Neel and White. Excursion rates from Lamar to Omaha and other cities detail 30 day tickets to $23.20 and higher fares for various events and periods with sale and return limits across September to November.
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Brown
Earl D. Cramp
George Eldridge
Jas
B. Ekbrdge
J.B. McGates
Jeremiah
McCain
Jos Merrill
Jim Neel
J.B. White
Harry
D. E. Coorsi
P. M
Santa Fe
Lamar
Omaha
Sons of Veterans
Greeley
Annona
M. EF. Church
Denver
American Bankers Association
St. Louis
Grand Order of Odd Fellows
N. Mex
Santa Fe Route Improves Train Service
The Santa Fe railroad announces new and improved service from Denver to California in two days with two fast trains daily to Kansas City and Chicago. Travel to New Mexico El Paso and Mexico is seven hours quicker, and through sleeping and chair cars are extended. Fred Harvey dining cars and houses remain popular. Local Denver routes include Denver Colorado Springs Manitou Pueblo with information through agents or J. P. Hall Denver.
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Denver
California
Kansas City
Chicago
New Mexico
el Paso
Mexico
Colorado
Santa Fe Railroad
Fred Harvey
Santa Fe
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Pueblo
J. P. Hall
Lawrence Street
Denver, Colo
Local Lamar Notes Highlight Town Life and Politics
Local Lamar news reports visits by Denver officials and Iowa relatives, plus remarks on society, a misreported arrest, and livestock and melon shipments. The piece notes Republican county convention calls for September 10, 1898, primaries on September 8, and praise for Lamar’s status on the Rocky Mountain News route.
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J. S. Wolfe
The
Rocky Mountain News
Granada and May Valley News Notes Announce Local Happenings
Announcements include a candidate declaration for the 12th General Assembly by J K Doughty subject to the Republican convention. Local items report travel and visits by residents, melons ripening, a new doctor expected, Odd Fellows hall contract awarded, preaching plans, reservoir fishing, grain and alfalfa stocks, quarrying work, a device to deter rabbits, and lamb sales to A M Lambright with favorable prices.
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12Th General Assembly
J.K. Doughty
Arkansas Valley Notes From Las Animas Leader Era
Arkansas Valley notes report Rock Ford’s liberal premium list for the fair, new Granada doctor and paper plant arrival, and growth of the valley as peach supply for the state. A Kiowa county man paid 65.80 to steal ten chickens and lost the loot. Bent county witnessed a shooting scrape with L. B Campbell killing F. A. Welles. coroner ruled justifiable homicide. Ben Martin injured falling from a construction elevator at the Las Animas Odd Fellow building. Farmers rent dry lands due to limited valley space. La Junta cheers a public-spirited citizen funding water mains. Rocky Ford melon folks aim to harmonize differences. cantaloupes reach St. Louis with a $100 wager on early sale. Clyde Miller and Zack Horton return home from Conroe wreck injuries. Horton to rely on crutch. A pile-driver accident near Gage by creek kills Carl A. Peterson’s three-year-old. Funeral held. community expresses sympathy. Barry & Co. sell first Rocky Ford cantaloupe crate in St. Louis, incurring Nat Wetzel’s $100 loss.
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F. W. Foote
Cn Gage
Carl A. Peterson
Las Animas
St. Louis
Barry & Co
Nat Wetzel
Rocky Ford
Wetzel
Barry& Co
Brock
la Junta
To Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine
Advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with money back refund if it fails. It is pitched to readers at drugstores and general retailers.
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Queens Implements
Val
Harne
Lzons
Co. C. Huddleston
Lamar, Colorado
A.m. We. B
A. m
J.8s. Hasty, M. TD
Goodale
Pamas
J. A. Strong, M. D
Hoddleston
D. Goodale
Law
Laman
Cotonano
Goodate
J. K. Doughty
Coronado
the People’s
Cotte, Lie
WM. F
OSS
I Mar
Colo
Conwell Bid
East Main Street
I. S. Bryant
CapeTris
Mae Blackwell
Gem Wind Mills
M. Strain
Denver Land Office
Tom Hover
D. Ford
Register Ie
Simon Daller
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Benedict Hottel
J. Ley Blackwell
E. E. Pike
H. W. Milford
Holly Chieftain
Register Force
George Pearl
S. W. Markham
Oliver P. Smith
Robinson
Albert Watkins
Fred Lee
Mort Strain’s
Flem S. Hover
S. R. Myer
Lamar Melon Growers’ Association
Prowers
Court House
1St Dist
Hayt
Holly
Granada
Carlton
Republican County Committee
M. L. Stewart
D. E. Coorrr
Canada
Martin Brenaman
Harry Noble
Rev. Alderson
Hasty
Will Landolph
Rice
Sheridan Lake
M. E
G. S. Kennedy
Odd Fellows Hall
May Valley
Walter Thompson
New Castle, Indiana
W. P. Harper
R. W. Biggs
Webster City, Towa
J. A. Collins
Otho Wright
Bill Heaton
George
Ben Rieley
A. M. Lambright
Mr. Lambright
Arkansas Valley Notes
Rock Ford
Arkansas Valley
Kiowa
Bent County
L. 8. Campbell
F. A. Welles
Ben Martin
Odd Fellow
Fairmount Melon Growers’ Association
Big Melon Association
Clyde Miller
Zack Horton
Conroe
Prowers County
Mr. Horton
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