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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1889
Page
3
Esatern Co towns prepare for Independence Day with festivities including a big ball by the Athletic Club, fireworks plans in Lamar and nearby towns, and multiple parades and church services. Campaigns and local meetings edge toward fall with party activity noted in the region.
Names of winners appear in capital letters, with pairings John W McDonald vs Levi OKell and Charles F Jackels vs William H Green. Town business hours, school announcements, farm reports, berry picking, and local ads follow including barbed wire concerns and Janssen Bros offerings.
Clarence W. Trobaugh sues Frank S. Stover in Prowers County Colorado to cancel Homestead Entry No 44 dated March 16 1887. Parties summoned to appear July 30 at the Land Office Lamar to testify in the case. H Shrock Receiver. D Zimerman Attorney for Plaintiff.
U S Land Office Lamar Colorado announces a hearing date to respond to alleged abandonment of Homestead End No 164 filed July 13 1887 in Prowers County. John B Bartholet is named as fee claimant. The notice also mentions a Fourth of July music box giveaway.
A local store announces a program giving each customer who spends 50 cents a numbered ticket. The plan aims to identify the winner by ticket, encouraging faster transactions and adding a small incentive for shoppers.
A store promotion names a winner for an elegant music box as fortune favors the buyer. The prize goes to the owner who purchased items in the shop, with spending qualifying for entry.
A short ad states 50 cents buys a ticket and one dollar yields two tickets. Each lucky number can be held by only one party, inviting reader participation in a simple local lottery or drawing.
A vintage style call for customers to bring prescriptions and orders for perfumes medicines toilet articles and other items from the shop, inviting broad participation in the sale or service event.
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