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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1897
Page
8
The Lamar segment notes Christmas greetings and holiday visits. Robertson spends holidays at Trinidad while families welcome newborns, tourists, and travelers. Local shops advertise festive displays, holiday goods, and sales at McLean's as residents plan visits with relatives across Salina and Colorado.
In the valley, J E Newsome hauls hay toward the W J Wilson stock near Chivington while the McVey boys deliver large hay lots to the Jackson ditch camp. Committees work on a Christmas tree and entertainment as Major Rowley earns the title of champion corn busker. Ad Collins and Al Jacaway tumble into a ditch while crossing a canal, with no bones broken. W P James bought a wind rail in Lamar and will install it after repairs, as his frightened team scatters castings and fans from Frank Lay’s place to home.
Bottomley relocates his Pueblo gallery to Lamar and will establish a permanent presence there. Customers with cheap cabinets made by him may return them and receive credit at $1.50 per dozen on new work. Also offered are eye exams by Dr Hall and a selection of high quality lenses in Brazilian pebble, mountain gold, steel or aluminum at reasonable prices.
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