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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1906
Page
4
Correspondence from Green Mountain Falls and Whittier details social events at the colony, visits and outings, plus a seaside trip to Santa Catalina Island with glass bottom boats and ocean scenery. Also notes a directory swindle warning, and local business ad strategies to combat mail order houses. Dr. Talbott joins federal meat inspector service with $1200 salary. housing demand and local commerce discussed.
Local church listings for Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian and Christian Science services fill the page with morning sermons at 11 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and youth activities. Also notes on Judge Dixon speculation, temperance comments, baby show planning, and a concert and rodeo-adjacent attractions including Jesse James show and Pueblo baseball at Rocky Ford fairgrounds.
A Rocky Ford area note reports a new company formed by Pollock, Bab cock, Baldwin, Jackson, Hushaw, Lawson and others to produce cement concrete building stone pressed brick and tile. It plans a modern plant soon and promises to boost local prosperity.
A report recalls a North Sea dyke breach caused by a watchman’s neglect and a province’s ruin. It notes Kenneth McIver of Vanceboro Maine surviving a near-fatal lung inflammation after using Dr Kings New Discovery. It touts the medicine as a trusted cough and cold remedy, with a trial bottle offered and price of 25 cents to a dollar.
For Sale or Trade Good Beet net and good sprint wagon. I H Young 303 S 11 69 p. A competent girl wanted for house work in a family of four no children Inquire at Enterprise office. 8a Years Old Tl am only 82 years old and don't expect even when I get to be real old to feel that way as long as I can get Electric Bitters says Mrs E H Brunson Dublin Ga grand tonic medicine. Dyspepsia liver kidneys constipation unknown after taking Electric Bitters guaranteed by all druggists price sec Enterprise Premium Offer past fifteen years the Enterprise has offered three prizes each summer reward in each case being the Enterprise for one year.
An advertisement urges readers to buy protective fly nets for horses and coal during colder weather. It warns of delays causing harm to hands and families, and pushes immediate ordering via phone, promising clean burning coal and favorable measures. The tone mirrors a period newspaper ad with direct appeals and contact prompt.
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