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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1894
Page
4
The Lamar Register notes a large audience at the M. E. Church for a school entertainment. Pupils performed short, well prepared numbers outside class hours with Prof Heaton's orchestra and Mrs Dr Hasty on piano. About 35 dollars were raised for the school library fund during the program.
J S Banks tends broom corn and herds cattle while Oliver Royal sows alfalfa across Horse Creek. Miss Mamie Gores and Mrs Tillitt with Mrs Conley visit. the Robison and Vincent families boost crops and cattle activity. A new girl at Mike Conley’s delights parents and brothers, windmill loss hits M M Brown, and W H Brown traps seven jack rabbits in Hale Underwood’s dugout.
The Lamar Camp Woodmen of the World meeting was postponed until Friday evening May 11 due to public school entertainment. All woodmen are urged to attend. business of much importance will be discussed. A Vax Devsex, Clerk.
All Sons of Veterans urged to join Kit Carson Post at the hall next Thursday evening to assist in arrangements for Decoration Day. The notice says 15 White Leghorn eggs will be furnished for 75 cents. Call Huddleston & Silver's store Aurrep Gaxnert Lamar Colo.
Public notice urges summer ice orders at C. M. Lee's store. Issac De Warr Sells Rentfrow's circus visits La Junta on Monday May 7. Santa Fe Route offers an excursion round trip fare of one and one fifth to La Junta for that day.
A list of unclaimed letters as of April 30 1894 includes Reid Mrs G for Solden F W Ruolston H Miller F Burna Fred the E T Lex. Also a public notice from Laman Colorado April 3 urging stock owners and herders to manage cows and protect streets. City official notices from March 15 about a land entry abandonment case in Prowers County require appearance on May day for response.
Notice is given that a named settler filed intent to make final proof to support his claim before the Register at Lamar Colorado on May 3. 14. Witnesses are listed for proving residence on the land in township 47 west range 7 west and section 34 township 21 west range 47 west. Names include Rowe Jones Jesse Spavenco and others from Lamar Colorado. Also listed is Richard E for section 34 with witnesses Peed Rhyer H E Manville and L Ai Manville, all from Lamar Colorado.
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