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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1903
Page
5
Lamar highlights a week of visits by businessmen and officials from Las Animas Denver Pueblo and Granada. Local pulse includes church services club meetings moral society events a grand masquerade ball and the reopening of Union hotel under W H McKeown with renovations and hopes for revived trade.
Lamar Lodge No 80 I O O F held a public installation for the term beginning January 1903 inviting guests. The newly installed officers include J A Downing as Noble Grand and Chas W Luck as Vice Grand along with S H Huffman recording secretary and other officers.
Rev. Robt Moore and other lodge leaders chaired the Odd Fellows installation with addresses on the order by J T Lawless W A Merrill and C W Heaton. The Heaton Orchestra and Miss Mattie Colebourn provided music. Social refreshments followed as the event boosted Odd Fellowship. Local items mention Columbine Valley activities, neighbors visiting Lamar, carpentry by Mr. Florence Southard in Paradox valley, a reading circle, farm improvements by Mr. Dean, and arrivals of guests from Pueblo and Hopewell valley. Dr. Sapero to visit Lamar for eye ear nose throat exams on Feb 4 and 5 at the Union Hotel.
An advertisement extols Kodol as matching the stomach's function by supplying digestive juices to rest inflamed muscles and convert food to blood. It features endorsements from I. H. Myers and Melard F. Craig praising Chamberlain's tablets. Also touts Acklen's Anica Salve for pains and lists local notices for horses, a physician's contact, and a rental inquiry.
A vintage advertisement touts Chamberlains Cough Cure with a money back guarantee after two thirds used. It claims effectiveness for grippe coughs colds croup and whooping cough and cites a testimonial from A L Spafford Chester Michigan. The ad also promotes One Minute Cough Cure via Myers Pharmacy and emphasizes quick relief and safety.
The notice outlines a Teachers Association program in Canada on January 24 1903 with music invocations papers on myths life of a teacher moral training and kindergarten ethics plus discussions led by several named instructors. It notes a related medical admonition promoting Electric Bitters as a cure for stomach liver and kidney troubles with a 50 cent price and pharmacy guarantee.
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