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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1902
Page
5
The Witness markets itself as an all round family paper with departments on farming children science and religion. It advertises a yearly subscription price of 1.00 for The Witness and a 2.10 annual rate for The Witness and Enterprise combined.
The Sabbath Reading and Enterprise subscriptions are offered together for 1.80 dollars per year, providing readers with access to both publications at a reduced annual rate. The deal highlights value for regular readers seeking both titles in one package.
Personal and social items recount multiple Christmas season marriages in Rocky Ford and surrounding areas including Pueblo and Fowler. Notables include Gilbert Bluford and Lettie Squires. Isaac Reed and Elizabeth Satterfield. Roscoe Welch and Cora Peek. Murray Vanderwark and Ola Mott. Chauncey Burnsides and Dora Melissa Miller. plus club events, visits, births, anniversaries, travel plans, and local society news through early 1903.
The Ramsay & Byars firm announces relocation to the building formerly occupied by Geo. C. Maxwell on the north side after January 20. They pledge low prices, quick sales, and small profits to reward loyal customers. The Schumann Quartette and reader Miss Elma Smith gave a well regarded performance in the opera house Tuesday. Grand January 9 saw a fire in Becker's block with a quick response from Chief Karpe's crew. the blaze caused minor damage.
Sunday notices for First Presbyterian Christian Church Baptist Church and other groups outline morning and evening services next Sunday. Topics include Vocation and Avocation Crown of Glory and Honor Looking Backward The Good Samaritan and The Lowly Birth. Episcopal Bishop Olmsted visit praised in Manzanola event.
Correspondence notes an upcoming Newdale Melon Growers association meeting set for tomorrow night. The item also mentions a box social at the school house next Friday evening to raise funds for furnishing the vacant room.
Olney schools closed for two weeks of vacation. Christmas tree and cantata canceled due to smallpox. Local residents travel to Denver Pueblo La Junta St. Joseph for holidays. A Paul ships fat cattle to St Joseph Missouri.
Reduction event states prices cut 10 to 20 percent from the December Cleaning Out sale. Circulation sheets promised closer prices than ever offered before.
The church ladies fair held Friday and Saturday served a fine supper and sold a wide range of useful and ornamental articles, netting about 85 dollars. Rocky Ford Milling Co. manager Crissman earns thanks for calendars 1902 proves popular. Marshal Baldwin reports a gambling case filed in district court. A farmer loses money to professional gamblers as turkey prices rise to 17 cents a pound.
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