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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1902
Page
1
Advertises reduced prices on corn beans tomatoes oysters and coffee with multiple items at cut rates. Offers 18 pounds sugar for 1 and a bulk deal on ketchup two bottles for 25 cents with all other goods discounted proportionally.
W K Tarbox moved his residence to a tract north of town. A sum of local color covers a Hibiscus-like Holly Fourth page with 2000 visitors expected and a large crowd at a ball game where Holly champions beat the Indian team eight to three. Notes include farmers selling land, horse race prep, performers missing from a show, and irrigation display plans. The piece also details Granby Hillyer visiting from Lamar and local social news. The focus then shifts to the irrigation bill and Rep Mondell’s role, praising federal support for arid-land reclamation and the shift away from riparian rights, with Colorado and Kansas implications for water rights.
A business advertises its focus on customer needs and reliable drugs built on twenty years of practical prescription experience. It promises superior market leadership, white treatment, and lasting physician and patient confidence.
A New York order from McLean Bros directs officials to stop kissing travelers at arrival or departure times, citing crowd movement delays. The piece argues such blue laws reflect a broader push to regulate public behavior, noting past bans on hugging on streetcars and rice throwing at Erie stations. It foresees further limitations on manners and even necessitating baths and certificates before seating.
National Holiday July 4 rate applies for round trips within 200 miles of selling station except Colorado unlimited. Minimum 50 cents adult 25 cents child. Sale July 3 and 4. final return July 6. Colorado Springs weekend round trip 6.45, Manitou 6.60, Palmer Lake 7.30. Assembly rates June 10 to Aug 24 with Sept 15 return to Palmer Lake 7. Glen Park return via local agent G. J. Garvix.
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