Sugar beet industry grows in Arkansas valley amid factory plans
The Holly region sees new beet contracts as the Ar kansas Valley Irrigated Land and Beet Sugar Company targets 1902 beet growing near Holly for Rocky Ford factory. Pueblo Indicator urges support for Colorado beet sugar, touts Rocky Ford as a thriving center, and notes Cane and beet sugar are identical per chemists. The article also discusses tariffs, national treasury surplus, and street protection in nearby towns as part of a broader economic view.
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Holly
Aran Beet Sugar Company
Arkansas Valley
Rocky Ford
Ely
Santa Fe
Rockyard
Ite
the Sugar Trust
American Eel Sugar Company
Property Purchase for Liberty School Grounds Moves Slow
The Fen ton residence adjacent to Liberty school grounds is urged for purchase to provide classroom space and a safe playground. Farmers worry over sugar beet contracts and railroad capacity. Santa Fe tracks, telephone rates, and library plans at Rocky Ford feature in local notes.
Fable Fame Mixes with Local Cantaloupe Notes and Insurance News
A note on Rocky Ford cantaloupes as emblematic of local identity and a mention of George Ade Fables in Slang. Also reports Farmers Insurance Co of Kansas City has a receiver after large local losses, plus Christmas gatherings at St James hotel amid changing tastes and holiday calm.
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George Ade
Chicago Record
Farmers’ Manual Hail Insurance Co
Kansas City
St. James
Secret Marriage Told By Kansas City Woman
A Kansas City woman who married two years ago revealed her secret to the public after keeping it from relatives and friends. The Times notes the irony of a secret kept. the Tribune comments the husband may be the one who kept it. In Norway’s capital Christiania a nine cent steam kitchen serves meals to shoppers, a hit noted by the Record-Herald as located in the shopping district.
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Kansas City
Los Angeles Times
The
Chicago Tribune
Christiania
Norway
Chicago Record-Herald
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Roem
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White
Democratic Party
Greeley
Creeley
Colorado
Agricultural College At
Fort Collins
William D. Headden
Liberty School
Aittle
Senta Pe
Colorado Telephone Company
Horticultural Society
Carnegie
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Deal
Oakland
Cal
Butterfield
West
J. J. Valentine
Grant Express Company
Yatenting
Valentine
Nevada State University
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de Mission
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Anderson
M. A. Raudel
Randel
M. A
Paul Kennedy
Gaie
H. Alexander
A.M. Cheney
T. P. Godding
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Sumlay
the Baptist Church
Holiness Band
Denver
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Undertakers
Fenton's Drug Store
W. E. Fenton
WWE
Home Cooperative CO
A. Y. Buckles
Otero County
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A. C. Sloan
Hilfiker’s
Choice Garden Seeds
Rocky Ford Seed House
D. V. Burrel
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