Rocky Ford News Deepens Sugar Beet Tie In 1902 Campaign
The 1902 beet campaign will start soon with ceaseless work to process the large valley crop. Beets contracts aim for 5000 acres but prospects point to more. Rocky Ford gains as sugar beet pulp offers lamb feed while corn prices rise. Local politics feature La Junta Republicans led by Garwood. Pueblo and Otero county races highlighted. fair reports praise Pueblo State fair and Rocky Ford’s growing prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Oxnard
American Beet Sugar Co
Bayard Catting
Longmont
Rocky Ford
Garwood
Beaver
la Junta
Otero County
Bor
Rocky Ford i
Colorado
H. D. Garwood
Pueblo
Dicon
Star-Journal
Arakasas
Church News and Local Notices From Rocky Ford
Church services discuss happiness study and personal questions with sermons by Rev. W. S. Davenport at First Presbyterian and M. E. church. Knause’s shop burglarized. tools and razors stolen. Local business changes include Bench grocery stand, Waldorf Mining near Gray's Peak, El Capitan management shift, Soldier reunion plans, cantaloupe season and shipments, and Dr. Kearby’s Drug Store school books and supplies. Miss Jennie Gobin’s millinery opening announced.
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M. E
First Presbyterian Church
W. S. Davenport
Rocky Ford
New Departure In The Grocery Business
Govreaus Grocery & Meat Market announces a shift to a cash system on September 1 to pass savings to customers. The store touts full recovery from a recent fire with a complete stock of groceries and meats and invites the community to trade there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Stamp
Prescott and Wellington
Arzona
Reach
Govreaus Grocery & Meat Market
Meteor and cloud referenced in mortal spirit verse
A brief poetic fragment likens mortal spirit to a swift meteor and a fast flying cloud, evoking transience and fleeting existence in compact imagery.
Trade anticipated in Denver property for Rocky Ford Ditch land
Classified notices from Rocky Ford Trading Co and others mix trade offers and sales. Ads request trades for 80 acres near the Rocky Ford Ditch within a mile of the post office, plus farm for sale four miles from Fowler, and hay, rooms, and farm goods. Several items reference local services and events, including hunting and boat club notes at Dye's Lake and duck season preparations.
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Heart of
Denver
Rocky Ford Ditch
Frank Arbuckle
Rocky Ford
Cole
Alte
Wm. Matthews
Dye's Lake
S. P. Yoxall
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Farmers Department Store
Hagen’s
Che
Enterprise
Prish Publishing Comp'y
D. W. Barkley
Enterprise Telephones
Republican County
A. Beerbohm
George Barr
H. D. Ganwood
M. F. Miller
Mary J. Anderson
H. W. Adsmond
William Green
G. E. Beaver
A. C. Draper
Homer Reachard
Fort Collins Express
the Express
E. W. Beedle
Republican
Buck” Kearse
Harris
Kearse
Thy
Fairgrounds
Perkins
Grimsley
Grimaley
Marshall Baldwin
Gobin
Rocky Ford Republican
C. V. Kinney
Gazette
Geo. H.taylor
Aod
Gibson Lumber Company
Church News
Knause
Knause'e
Mr. Mitchell
Waldorf Mining & Milling Co
Gray's Peak
F.J. Capitan
The
el Capitan
Capitain
Loring
the Valley Hotel Co
W. F. Powers
M.S. Martin
Jennie Gobin
Srdtkou
Worxdor Grocery
For Trade
Enterprise Office
Rocky Ford Trading Co
Outfit
Life of
McKinley
Excelsior
Colorado Springs
Swink Avenue
Fowler
T. J. Sims
Rocky Ford Trachus
L. H. Geing’s
J. A. Lawson
Maxwell Block
Redence
Washitton School
Dr. Arnold
New Hagen Building
N. Tey Street
Gibson Lumber
Canon City
Jackson & Lawenoy
Gro. Danie
Opera House
A. T. Tewes
William McKinley
Anarel
Paneer
New York Life Insurance Co
M. A. Randel
A.M. Jacks
Jackson-Lawson Coal and Transfer CO
Cati
NON City Coal
van Buskirk’s State Bank
H. van Buskirk
Pres
A. L. Kellogg, Cashi
Chicago
W. I Davenport
Agt
Rocky Fong
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