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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1897
Page
4
A candidate announces entry for the office of assessor of Prowers County subject to the Republican county convention on October 2, 1897. The declaration names the speaker as seeking the position and notes the party process guiding the nomination.
A column discusses free silver arguments linking farm prices to silver, showing 1897 grain and silver prices from St. Louis. It then moves to political speculations about gold bugs on the Democratic ticket, yellow fever fears, Spanish Cuban unrest, a miners’ strike settlement, and Turkey Greece peace, with notes on party fusions and Cleveland administration appointees.
P. S. Lynch, Lamar pioneer and Civil War veteran, enters the race for assessor pending Republican county convention action. A convention is set for October 2, 1897 at Lemar to nominate candidates for county offices and establish a county central committee, with primaries September 30 to select delegates.
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