This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
8
A brief, humorously framed exchange on marriage costs contrasts youth and experience. An old man argues a man should marry only after gaining experience, by illustrating the expense of a family of girls. The snippets reflect social satire from Chicago, Los Angeles, and other papers.
A dense bulletin lists excursion and travel rates for various orders and events. It covers Knights of Pythias in San Francisco August 1901, Imperial Council Nobles of Mystic Shrine events June 1902 in San Francisco, United Workmen in Portland June 1902, National Educational Association in Minneapolis July 1902, International Sunday School in Denver June-July 1902, Elks in Salt Lake City August 1902, Young Peoples Christian Union in Tacoma July 1902, Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Rocky Ford June 1902, Christian Church convention in Omaha October 1902, Pueblo and Denver events mid-1902, and mentions special summer excursion rates from Lamar to Santa Fe east. Rates include 42.10 round trips, 53.10 for via Portland, various sale dates, and 55-day limits with stopovers. Final return dates range into late 1902 with multiple extensions and deposits noted.
The notice lists travel dates from June 6 to Sept 12 with a final return by Oct 31. It states continuous passage in both directions with Lamar to Kansas City and back at 19 dollars and Lamar to Chicago and back at 3150 dollars, plus proportional rates to other eastern points.
The Lamar Colorado Board of County Commissioners meets June 2 1902 to review tax rebates. They reduce taxes on property 54 SW W 81-21-46 by $100 and issue warrants from the contingent and road funds to various residents for river bridge work roads jail screens lumber and other county services. The meeting adjourns to 1 pm with reports and numerous warrants recorded.
A fragmented ledger lists dates of issue for road districts and general bonds from 1898 to 1902. It references ROAD DIST. NOS 1 to 31, various GENL and SPEC'L bonds, with numerous issue dates and amounts, including 265 00 and 200 00 figures. The garbled text shows repeated month and year stamps, scattered payments, and district identifiers, indicative of a municipal debt ledger. It preserves entities such as DIST NOs and GENL SPEC'L bonds with dates like 1901 and 1902, spanning multiple entries.
Public notice from Lamar Colorado dated May 26 1902 and April 30 1902 states unnamed settler Samuel H Scarlett intends final proof July 10 1902 before the Register and Receiver with witnesses B T McClare W H Watkins J T Cochran and W M Woodard all of Lamar Colorado Timber Culture final proof for William B Barker filed April 30 1902 with June 5 1902 date and witnesses John W Golladay George A Watson James V Gall Peter S Lynch all of Lamar Colorado The notices are published by Joan A Williams Register
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.