Remember the Woodman dance and holiday sales come to town
A collage of events and ads greets readers with a Christmas night Woodman dance promotion at the town venue, Wilson’s hats offered at affordable prices, Gettleman Milwaukee beer on sale at the Club saloon, Dunham & Hendren’s badger stunt, Tom and Jerry joining the fun, Hesperus coal touted as easy to ignite, Wallace Mercantile selling it, and local notes on paper delays and shipping prices for lambs with several market prices cited from Monte Vista Journal and Alamosa Courier.
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Dunham & Hendren
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Wallace Mercantile Company
Jim Watson
Ranchman's column warns of smooth talkers and mail frauds
A ranchers column warns farmers against slick strangers posing as leading citizens who flatter and con, urging readers to beware of con men and trace fraudulent mail sheets. The piece credits lessons from neighborhood encounters and laments deceptive promotional papers mailed to rural households. It ends by praising coal from Hesperus coal promoted by Wallace Mercantiles Company.
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Smoothy
Colorado mutton rivalry shapes Western Live Stock show
Colorado fed lambs in Denver during the January week aim to showcase meat lacking old sheep flavor. San Luis valley pea fed meat faces corn and pulp fed in a competition with Ft Collins district. Rivalry grows over which district yields the finest mutton.
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Denver
San Luis Valley
Ft. Collins
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