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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
1
The La Junta Tribune reports the 1902 assessment by Assessor Adsmond shows total county valuation at $5,758,066, down from $7,915,121 last year. Railroad and corporate property dropped sharply, while agricultural and livestock counts rose.
The Epworth League announces a five‑lecture and music course for 1902–03 at Rocky Ford with reserved seats for 1.50. The lineup includes L B Wickersham on Round Boys in Square Holes, Robert Parker Miles, Laurant the magician, Schumann Ladies Quintet, and Chancellor Buchtel of Denver University on Dooley and Hennessy.
The Delineator for November explains social usages governing card sending and guest calls in both cities and towns, clarifying etiquette standards and common practices.
A reflective poem contrasts a wandering waterway with time and memory, ending with a note from the Colorado Springs Telegram demanding name-signed letters and discouraging anonymous submissions. The piece also advertises old papers for sale at five cents per package from the Enterprise office.
A private letter from Rev. H. R. Antes of Faith Mission Utah describes 12 to 14 Native students expected, schooling plans, and a ranch-based mission in Anath. It notes Indian resistance to schooling, arming by some, and government inaction while expressing concern over local safety and aid needs.
An undertaker rushed to a home after a physician proclaimed a patient dead from consumption. The man awoke while Sprinker, the undertaker, prepared to move the body, prompting a quick retreat. The town touts its enterprise as other local notes cover Crowley apple sales and the Cressy Wood cattle sale in Otero County.
A colored former U S cavalryman, hired to haul for Martin's livery, whipped and beat a horse during a rough street race. Martin caused his arrest. Squire Osborn jailed him for three months with a $10 fine. The incident prompted concern over his army service conduct.
The Denver scene preview notes Lost River a pastoral melodrama by Arthur praised as the author’s best since Still Alarm and Blue Jay. It centers on a hero heroine and villain pursued amid a thunderous plot and a pistol shot at the climax.
Legal blanks Enterprise earns a good stock of legal blanks. If we do not have what you want we can provide it. Hence call at this office for any blank wanted. Carbon paper for typewriters and others may be found at the Enterprise office. Orders taken for typewriter ribbons of the very best makes.
Local listings promote money to loan on real estate at 7 percent with quick closings. Also advertised are fire insurance, sale of 1200 pounds, six lots on S Ninth, apples, employment for a 14 year old, an incubator, Encyclopedia Britannica set, blank contracts, bread, ten acre tracts, sheet music, and a meat market.
The excerpt lists outbound and return times for several trains including the Colorado Flyer with westbound and eastbound passes, a California Limited semi weekly from La Junta, and agent F. G. Curran. The text records station procedure without indicating service changes. It preserves timings such as 1:12 a.m. and 9:20 p.m. as listed.
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