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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1900
Page
7
Local advertisers tout curtains carpets farm land deals and cheap goods at Irwin's and Johnston's while doctors, merchants and lawyers stake claims in Lamar. Vendors, homesteaders and Melon Growers form partnerships, plan advertising drives, and sign distribution contracts as weather and wind spice up town chatter.
The article notes contractors with Arkansas Valley cantaloupes bring extensive melon-handling experience. Cat hosts from Nat Wetzel will provide melon growers with improved service. The shift to cash sales is expected to entice growers to raise melon acreage.
Carpets and curtains at the Fair. Irwin's offers the biggest line of gloves in Lamar. Bottomley's features photographs from Heper dozen up. A farm for rent advertised by c. m. lee. Johnstons frames pictures with neat craftsmanship. Cole's Air Tight Hot Blast Heaters sold by Huddleston. McLean Bros announce closing out furnishing goods, shoes, and hats to enlarge stock for a wider drag store in Lamar.
Church of Christ announces services on Lori day at 11 oclock with the morning topic Liberty and the evening topic Freeing for Refuge. Prayer meeting Thursday evening. Lesson for consideration is the second chapter of first Corinthians. Pastor Cuar T. Rewvox invites all to attend.
Frank Reyburn states that reports claiming nursery stock will ship from New York are false. He explains Parsons, Kansas grows and ships its own stock, while other nurseries source from Illinois, Ohio, and other eastern states.
For Rent quarter section of land with a small house and eighty acres broken. Good water right. Five miles from Lamar. Inquire of Charles Maxwell, manager Lamar and Arkansas River Ditch Company.
Wanted 150 to 200 acres of alfalfa pasture for sheep to Jane by the first. Send bids to Box 2, Lamar, Colorado.
Fragmentary notice shows McLean urging readers to support a party’s remodeling scheme. Mentions Billingsles magneto and a desire to assist gents at cost. Text is garbled and lacks clear events or dates but implies a campaign for favorable terms.
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