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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
1
McLean Bros. Drug and Furnishing Goods Store in Santa Laus urges shoppers to buy 25c worth of goods to earn a vote in a Christmas doll giveaway for the county’s most popular young girl aged 6 months to 10 years. Polls close Xmas Eve as bargain listings tout dolls, beds, toilet sets, frames, albums, cards and other holiday wares at low prices.
The Lamar town page notes numerous local shops advertising goods from silk waists to fur nishings, plus drayage, footwear, and clothing. It highlights Christmas displays, minstrel troupe visits, band parades, and increased police activity as residents crowd the holiday market and streets.
The American Beet Sugar Co announces open applications for four year beet contracts due to strong first season results. They expect the total acreage needed for the factory to be applied for by September end. Applications should be made promptly to avoid disappointment as contracts require soil examination and approval by agriculturists in Rocky Ford Colorado.
The Lamar Women’s Club met at Mrs. Doughty’s on December 12 with good attendance. Members heard impromptu reports on the Denver grand opera, a Denver city letter by Rev. Tyler, and Mrs. Gould read a Thanksgiving Fifty Years Ago story prompting debate on women’s influence then and now.
Barrist Cnnmen advertises services at the opera house with sermons at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Prayer meeting Thursday. Rev. Knuckey speaks on The Star in the East and Who Is King. Hymn numbers listed. Curren or Cunist sermon topics for Lord's Day morning Birth of Christ and evening The Great Temptation. Christmas entertainment planned for Monday, Dec 24. Cray T. Runyon, pastor. An herbal health ad promotes Herb ine for 50 cents. I. H. Myers notes school books at McLean Bros.
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