Rocky Ford Cantaloupes Marketed at Elevated Rates
Shipments from Rocky Ford have averaged about twenty cars daily with a peak of thirty cars in one day. Warm weather and reduced moisture quickened ripening. a light rain could extend the season and boost growers’ profits. Quality remains high and prices vary but generally satisfactory. Some cars reach New York daily. lower prices may follow. A newsletter from the Rocky Ford Melon growers association notes incomplete last week freight arrivals and partial payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Ford
New York Daily
Rocky Fort
Lecture course sought for Rocky Ford next winter
Local Rocky Ford residents call for organization of a winter lecture association after the Fair. T. F. Godding Jr. is named as a likely Republican county commissioner candidate with trusted qualifications. The Enterprise notes changes in auxiliary pages to balance news and ads while claiming the paper remains a strong advertising medium. The paper lists upcoming political conventions and critiques enforcement inconsistencies over hitching to trees and gambling and Sunday liquor laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Ford
T. F. Godding, Jr
Enterprise
Squire Harris
Normal Institute
W.J. McDonald
D. W. Barkley
G. J. Lackey
F. M. Harsin
C. G. Mann
L. D. Hale
Cty Council
Rocky Ford Great Festival Promises Melon Delights
Rocky Ford hosts a three day festival September 5 6 and 7 with unlimited melon tastings. One fare round trip from Santa Fe lines the rail plan and includes daily events such as running trotting races a five mile cowboy race and Pickett Bros wild steer acts. Morris Military Band and Poultry Hare exhibits highlight the program with judges and concerts announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Ford
Colorado
Chicago
Santa Fe
Arkansas Valley
Rocky Ford Fair Association
Pickett Bros
Texas
Wm. Pickett
United States
Morris
Woodman Band
Grand Stand
M. B. Slack
Poultry Journal of
Pueblo
Slack
Poisonous mushrooms and quack cures flood 1900 notices
OCR fragment lists warnings about poisonous toadstools and counterfeit remedies for piles skin diseases. It mentions DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and various ads including groceries, real estate, meals, and a Watermelon Day purse event. Notices of dissolved partnership Schuyler Lawton Hines dated 1900 appear alongside ads for livestock and stagecoaches.
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DeWitt
Kearby
Schuyler, Lawton & Hines
H. P. Schuyler
J. W. Lawton
A. D
Schuyler
I. M. Hines
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Yours Truly
Harry S.maxwell
Horn
M. E
Lamar
Rocky Ford Enterprise
William Mackinley
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Cripple Creek
Las Animas
The
Colorado Springs Gazette
Akron O
McDonald
Protec
Wees
Rocky Fy Hardware
P. J. Retfel
Gibson’s
Bench's
Sugar City
Acker
Fundal
Herefords
Griswold’s Novelty Works
Otero
P.O
W. F. Stark
KE. BE. Swink
the Ware Co
J. Son
Society To Pines
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