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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1899
Page
1
A local retailer operates a daily sales model offering a single lineup of goods at true wholesale prices throughout the year. The concept emphasizes low margins and steady availability, attracting shoppers seeking discount value every day.
Local notices include M. Strain advertising alfalfa at $4.75 per ton for 100 tons. Sher idan Lake visit by Frost Liggett for business, and Land Office stairway repainted. John A. Williams on vacation in Fillmore. Roads improving, bicyclists pleased after winter. George Case visiting Lamar area and managing land east of town. E R Yager hauling stone for foundation and impending building at Fifth and Oak. Dr J A Strong returning from Syracuse. Safe moved upstairs by N Bradley. Petty theft rising with coal and wood targets. Koen versus Harrel land office case decided in favor of contestant, likely appeal. Lamar Commercial Club ladies hosted a social. monthly gatherings planned. Stone quantity at northwest Block 24 hints large warehouse for Huddleston and Lamar Hardware. Stray white cat with black spots cared for at editor’s residence. Ladies’ aid society social postponed due to Gladys Jones illness. progress noted. Mayfield visits Granada and confirms successor bond as justice. Teachers Association meeting reports on memory and imagination. notes on interest in teaching and practical life. Dr Alston Ellis lecture postponed due to illness. Granada meeting planned for February.
An English officer off the coast of Ceylon went for a bath near a river estuary with a native attendant. After swimming he asked why there were no alligators in the pool. The guide replied that the sharks keep them away, saying they are afraid of sharks.
Notice urges formation of Woman's Christian Temperance Unions across Baca Bent and Prowess counties. The writer asks pastors and church members to contact for district organization and mentions contacting state president Mary Jewett Telford for help with speakers and travel expenses. Dated January 17, 1899.
The county clerk directs livestock owners in Prowers county to burn or bury any dead stock at once. If owners neglect, the sheriff will perform the duty and costs charged to the owners. Lamar, Colorado, January 18, 1899.
Charles M Beach of Holly Colorado files desert land proof claim No 59 SEW Sec 6 and W% NE and N44 N Sec 7 Twp 23 S Range Aug 41 W 6th P M Colorado. Before Register Lamar February 23 1599 witnesses John A Wilcox Albert J Wilson Dennis Conley Folly Colo L M Markham Lamar Colo. Issued by W A Mereton Register.
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