01 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1898
Page
1
The notice lists county offices including Clerk and Recorder Assessor County Judge Surveyor Coroner and Commissioners with initials Hieb EB M.Stew 328 Met Trustees, indicating roles and names in the local directory.
A primer lists multiple fraternal groups with their meeting schedules and officers. Oxtent Cuarten No 33 R A M meets on the first and third Wednesdays. Lamwanr Lovet No 9 A P & A M on the first and third Saturdays. Laman Lovet No 90 I C C F meets Tuesdays. Woodmen of the World Laman Camr No 36 meets last Saturday. K O T M Laman Text No 15 meets last Wednesday. Mreus and Len provide additional lodge notes. Granada Societies include Geanxapa Lopor No 72 and Grasapa Lopoe No 78 meeting Saturdays. officers named for each body.
Religious notices list several congregations with service times. United Presbyterians and other churches invite all to Sunday worship and Sunday school, with various pastors coordinating services and meetings at local homes and schoolhouses.
The article catalogs 1897 as a landmark year for Prowers County with major canal improvements led by the Storage Company and Amity, a new reservoir system, and the King Lake inclusion. It notes the Lamar canal upgrades, population growth of about 20 percent driven by new settlers, rising farm prosperity from high crop prices, and a banking gains surge from 75,000 to over 100,000 dollars. The Lamar town boom and Holly village emergence reflect rapid east end development, while Granada also benefits. The piece looks ahead to 1898 with optimism for continued progress.
Santa Fe announces new and improved train service from Denver to California in two days with two fast daily trains to Kansas City and Chicago. Travel times shortened to New Mexico El Paso and Mexico, plus extended through sleeping and chair car service. Fred Harvey dining cars featured. Local Denver Colorado Springs Manitou Pueblo service enhanced. For bookings contact J P Hall 1700 Lawrence Street Denver.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Lamar Colorado will be held at the banking house on Tuesday January 11 1898 at 3 o clock P M to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business as may come before it. W C Gould Cashier.
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