Sugar Beets and Broomcorn Prices Signal Week in Town
Weather and harvest reports show sugar beets arriving despite deep freeze while cattle men adapt to colder conditions. Broomcorn now sells at a price that alarms growers, and local farmers eye profits amid shifting export tariff talks. Congressional debate on Cuban reciprocity and Philippines tariffs looms, with Oxnard proposing a sugar bounty plan to aid Cuban producers without harming U S growers.
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Ways and Means
Philippines
House
Cuba
Philippine Commission
Lodge
Platt
Connecticut
Henry T. Oxnard
White House
Oxnard
Holiday Closeout Offer for New Year Gifts
We wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year and thank you for your patronage this year. A few holiday goods remain and will be closed out at cost, so now is the time to buy for New Year presents.
County Notes from the Holly Chieftain
J G Christopher traveled to Iowa to recruit immigrants for the area A J Myers died at his Amityville home after a long typhoid illness leaving wife and five children J W Phillips returned from Iowa reporting very cold weather 27 below zero Howell Jones new livery barn near ready second floor room rented to Woodmen of the World Beet growers paid on Monday farmers optimistic about a merry Christmas C H McVey Colorado pioneer well man brought his outfit to Amityville to drill an artesian well seven miles northwest of Holly plan to reach 1500 feet or more to obtain a flow From Granada Times Winter hit hard this week.
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A. J. Myers
Amityville
Howell & Jones
C. H. McVey
Colorado
Holly
Amityville Settlement
McVey
Be Not Afraid of the Arkansas Valley Limit
A historical piece argues the Arkansas valley has not reached its development limit. It dismisses fears of an imminent collapse and urges continued expansion, comparing future growth to the steady Arkansas River flow toward the Mississippi.
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Arkansas Valley
Arkansas
Mississippi
Kansas
Arkansas Valley Prospects Grow With Resources
McLean brothers urge rapid development of the Arkansas valley citing untapped coal oil gas land and irrigation schemes. They predict new sugar factories and diverse industries will raise wealth and population as flood-water storage projects advance. Senator T M Patterson’s political past sparks Colorado delegation chatter after a Iowa mining suit delay. a canvasser learns the Patterson household party allegiance remains unknown due to his absence.
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Great
Arkansas Valley
Rocky Ford, Gazette
T. M. Patterson
Edward O. Wolcott
United States
Colorado
Washington
Iowa
Congress
Cleveland
West
Silver Republican Party
National Silver Party
Hanna and the Labor Conference
Senator Hanna speaks warmly on the peace conference between labor and capital. He notes not all strikes will end, but relations may lessen their evils. A committee is to plan action and agreement on labor questions, aiming for harmony through measured power and gradual evolution in resolving labor vs capital tensions. Denver Republican.
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Hanna
Denver Republican
A Wise Woman comedy farce acclaimed as first class attraction
A Wise Woman is praised for originality and novelty, described as a strictly first class attraction by multiple sources. Reviewers question how the audience will receive the new comedy as it tours.
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Frybarger
Prowers County
Washington, D. C
Ways and Means Committee
D. C. Marker
Real Estate and Loans
Holly Chieftain
J. G. Christopher
J. W. Phillips
Granada Times
McLean Bros
Patterson
Patterson Mansion
Labor Conference
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