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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1902
Page
3
Mrs. Daly hosts in Farmington while Cattle Inspector Lee visits Lamar on business. Lamar residents Danial McIntosh and Florence Dodds return from Las Animas and Hiawatha. Masonic Temple walls rise and church socials plan outdoor events. Local marriages and a curb on meetings contrast with baseball wins over La Junta and a failed Kempton Komedy Ko show.
A Jacksonville Illinois party led by Mr and Mrs L S Doane with Mrs J C Fairbank and Miss Fairbank stayed at the Union hotel last week. They were en route to Manitou to spend the summer but paused to visit relatives at the Fairbank ranch in Baca County.
An additional week of review work at the Central school building in Lamar begins July 28. It supplements the two week institute, follows the same format, and requires no tuition beyond enrollment. Local notes report residents and business activity, including new births, property changes, and community updates.
A local ad list highlights Foster Lumber Co offerings from J. G. Gruen and a range of household items at Butler’s including window shades, doors, carpet by the yard, hats, and dishes priced from a penny to a dollar. Other notices promote farm land services by C. B. Thoman, garden seeds by W. H. Cox, paints by J. G. Gillen, and a closing out sale at McLean Bros with cheap furnishings and shoes.
Union Central Life Insurance Company announces a baseball Friday loan notice for ten year farm loans with optional payments and annual interest, offered through A. E. Bent, financial correspondent in Lamar Colorado. No middlemen or commissions, low rate.
An early 20th century classified notice promotes upholstering, plumbing and pipe fitting, cleaning gas stoves, sewing machines and organs, sharpening lawn mowers, and general repair work. The shop advertises its location one door west of the North Side Barber Shop.
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