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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1897
Page
5
Irwin’s offers new summer millinery and dress goods while Pike’s promotes garden seeds. Lamar residents visit Granada and Holly. local tradesmen like Barton, Butler, and Kern advertise sales and services. News covers city officials, church events, a May Valley school outing, Odd Fellows anniversary in Rocky Ford, and updates on local infrastructure and notable residents.
Lamar boasts a modern Chinese wall built by local resident M. Strain. After winter and spring hard work the fortress nears completion. Speculation about threats or neighborly suspicions surrounds the dramatic barrier as presses time.
Mumps mild in Granada as residents report fruit tree planting and shade tree outlook. Fred Coolidge returns from Kansas City with a load of about 400 sheep. Mrs. Jesse Wright from Lamar sells millinery at J. L. Mayfield’s. Scrivens and Hart families depart for Cripple Creek mining region. Carlton school closed. student David Barnes tends to garden in Granada. A church debate in Granada pits Carlton against Granada over Americas shame vs glory. Joe Horton brings three stag hounds from Holly. Sheriff McKenzie seizes the boy and dogs following a criminal complaint filed by Grant Henkins. Trial set for next Tuesday.
A 100 percent sack of rice was lost from a wagon traveling between Lamar and Manville. Finder will be paid upon returning the sack to H. W. Koen.
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