Land deals and crops highlight Holly notes
James Huggins of Geddes bought J R Norris’s farm at 50 per acre and Wm Simpson’s five acre tract for 700, to reside on. Amityville wheat looks like a record. Pardonner arrives to direct Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Co affairs with Mrs Pardonner. Indians beat Holly Granada team 22 to 18. Gooseberries sellable from Crowley farm. Debus buys Dunbar and Wilson tracts and plans to move next spring. Navajo beet field work continues. housing demand grows. church cleaned by Ladies Aid Society. Lamar Canal Co sale of about 6000 acres near siding draws bidders, new owners take charge with redemption period to 1902. Reservoir storage rises 800 cfs as storage lakes prove essential for Amity canal. Various property transfers and Grange program slated for June 27 with many speakers and activities.
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Holly
James Huggins
Geddes
J. R. Norris
Wm. Simpson
W. I. Debus
Gedees
South Dakota
Dunbar
Amityville
J. L. Wilson
Lamar Canal Co
Court House
Sherif Frank M. Tate
District Court
Lamar Canal
Prowers County Land and Irrigation Company
Colorado
Sheriff Tate
Frank
Ralph Leighton
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
J. E Ramsey
Philadelphia
Harry McDowell
Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Co
Big Neenoshe
Queen
Amity Canal
Fakir’s soap and carpet swindle travels town to town
Exchanges warn of a fakir who tours towns rural districts selling a $5 soap boxed with samples of carpet. He takes the money promises carpet delivery within a week, then leaves with the soap. The carpet never arrives and the swindle remains unfulfilled.
Real estate transfers filed in Lamar county clerk records
Weekly list shows deeds and quit claims including HH Wohlenburg to Raphy Applegate for part of lot in Highlands add Lamar 31000, John E Godding to M Strain for lots 1 and 4 West 15 1000, and tax deeds by the county to Ford and to Lamar officials. Purchases include Belknap Savings Bank via Lamar Canal Co 100000, and Finke to Carlton lot 1 block 22. June transfers span June 11 to June 17.
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J K Doughty
M Strain
West Side
Lamar
Wohlenburg
Raphy Applegate
Highlands
H Wohlenberg
John E Godding
W F Neep
Lama
John L. Wilson
Arkansas Valley SB & I L Co
Co Treas
John C Ford
H C Clair
Sias W Billingslea
H P
Lamar Land & Canal Xo
Belknap Savings Bank
Lands of Lamar Canal Co
The
Colorado Land & Town Co
J Finke
Carlton
Strawberries and Ear Muffs Parade on Upper Broadway
A loud huckster sold strawberries for 50 cents a box while a nearby seller peddled earmuffs at 25 cents a pair. Both merchants reported strong sales during the same afternoon on Upper Broadway in New York.
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Upper Broadway
New York
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A. E. Bent
D. C. Marker
Strain Bros
North Main Street
Real Estate and Loans
Gertrude Sutton
Cor 4Th
Kim
W. S. Pardonner
Mrs. Pardonner
Granada Boys
W. F. Crowley
Thos. D. Barrell
Colorado Springs
Mr. Burrell
Ladies’ Aid Society
Pleasant Valley Grange
W. H. Taylor
Mra
J. F. Rowe
Adam Kerr
W. H. Gay
Mrs. Taylor
J. K. Stevenson
Song
Bert Rowe
C. Gordon
G- F. Pearl
Red Sampson
E. S. Gordon
K. C. Garvey
Santa Fe
Elusive
Chicago
Kansans City
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Ialy
Pueblo
Denver
Divide and
Florence
Overland Racing Asso
Hot Springs
Mex
la Junta
J. Garvin
N. B
McLean Bros
Kinnee
Main St
Crouse & Brandegee
S Crouse & Brandegee Manufacturing Tailors
Utica, New York
Geo
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