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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1905
Page
1
Hartley promotes educated judgement in selecting dry goods and shoes as the school season ends. It touts mutual cooperation with customers, frequent shipments, and bright new stock including wash goods with cheap colors. It highlights fast colored calicoes at 5 cents a yard Amoskeag ginghams and better dress fabrics at 10 to 12 cents, plus mentions American Beauty Corsets.
Reverend Louis M Potashinsky delivered The Modern Jew at Lafayette in a May 11 lecture that drew a substantial crowd. Attendees praised the talk as entertaining and instructive, noting Potashinsky’s Jewish heritage and his father a respected rabbi. The event highlighted ongoing Lafayette lecture course efforts with future programs and community involvement.
The ERX league lecture course postpones from May 25 to June 16. Social at Everett and Ira Gibson home largely attended. Infant Elizabeth Johanes dies May 13. funeral and burial at Valleyview Cemetery. An old time backwoods Methodist sermon at the schoolhouse. Local youths plan an entertainment on the 25th. Another note mentions a sick child, a German Russian services at the schoolhouse, and improvements by the German Russians on their farm. Rev. and Mrs. Shaffer hosted by S. S. Bailey party. Shaffer’s first Western Kansas preaching in old Bailey home area. Chas Clifton has best cantaloupes. shipping with Old Rocky Ford Association. Robertson adds 120 acres. many Rocky Ford folks visiting the valley. Dan Seely family move to their ranch for summer. Isaac Conrad plans to move to Missouri.
Grand Valley reports a Sunday school launch last Sunday led by John Little and Roda Jane Billingsly with an attendance of 30. Classes will meet each Sunday at 2 30 p m as community support rises. The town notes a building boom with three new houses under construction Billingsly Bros 7 room Searles 6 room and an addition to Mr Steel’s home. Alex Beast of La Junta was in the
Box Springs notes record of Mrs Sirris ill Mrs Ernest Clark guest of Mrs Jeffery Ordway last week. Clara Clark Elsie Hansbrough visiting from La Junta. John Hester in Rocky Ford on business. Ladies and gents enjoy horseback riding. Dr Jeffery and Mr Fenton hosted Sunday dinner at Ben Clark’s. Road overseer inspected Breckenridge area. C Dean injured hauling from Sugar City wagon upturned Pueblo bound for injuries. Ed Nicholas Roy Seeman Holbrook delivered cattle to Hester's.
Rev Money left the Holbrook circuit for La Junte to be near his wife’s office. Rev Abbott of Fort Madison Iowa visits Mrs Johnson and preached two sermons at Lake View. Lake View public schools closed Friday. Misses Bartelson and Stahineck excellent teachers. Closing church exercises well attended. Friday program was well rendered.
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