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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1901
Page
1
The Lamar Mercantile Company plans a business opening in the Pike Building around the 10th of the month. Local residents await the new store serving the community with expected merchandise and services.
A collage of shop notices and advertisements lists bargains at Second Hand Store McLean Bros and Johnston's. It notes Dr. A W Seabury and Ballard's Snow Liniment, plus silk shirt waists, cloaks, and various small goods. A Lamar social at the Commercial Club welcomed the new year with games and a substantial lunch. Also reported is a theft case in Woodard Oklahoma where four men and one woman are held on horse theft charges, with requisition papers to transfer to Lamar for trial.
A.E. Beavers’ eldest daughter Coy is sick. Geo Fest returns from Carrizo noting Denver and Pueblo parties showing real interest in the camp. May Valley reports a week of silence due to I. E. Shain’s feast at Edds Colorado. Charles and Ella Groves, later linked to Woodard Oklahoma horse theft, were tied to past Summer charges near Spring Field. Firemen held their annual New Year’s Eve ball at the opera house with strong attendance. Henry Kellogg, Cripple Creek mining leader and Bent County treasurer, died at 71 of peritonitis in Cripple Creek after a long public service career. funeral by Pisgah lodge. He leaves a widow and three children, honored by many local residents.
An article notes an appealing woman thriving on good food and outdoor exercise with a radiant complexion and blooming beauty. It mentions purifying HERBINE doses for impurities and lists prices. It also reports L. H. Myers purchasing E. E Butler’s dry goods stock to unload lines, plus W. J Johnston promoting amateur photography supplies including Kodak materials and free paper samples.
Baptist and Methodist church notices invite attendance with times and topics for Sunday services. Topics include New Year sermon Blood of Christ Cleansing from Dead Works and The Marked Coin. Also estray notice for three branded colts and a local bookseller ad.
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