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Newspaper
The La Jara Chronicle
Location
La Jara, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1909
Page
6
Last night marked Sanford’s final leap year ball at the opera hall and many locals plus visitors gathered for holiday cheer. The week featured weddings, a theater remake of Spy of Atlanta, and plans to stage These, the Orphan of Geneva, with local talent praised for its stage work.
A sister of Mrs. R. M. Haynie and her husband visit the Haynie home for two weeks. Samuel Jackson to ship five car loads of sheep to Kansas City Saturday with his son Lafe accompanying. Cephas Stover marries bride-to-be after delayed reception. Antonito dramatic club stages Sweet Brier at the opera house with a fair attendance and minor flaws. Local youths locked in the jug Christmas night, then released after damages paid. Miss Johnson and Miss Green Wood ride and critique horses, while Johnson’s elocution class presents The Amazons to a large crowd.
The national stock show in Denver opens January 18 featuring a grain and forage exhibit. Created from eastern visitors questions about cattle origins this exhibit links grain and grasses to the finished stock. Prof. W. H. Olin leads the display, showcasing irrigated and unirrigated products above 7,000 feet and promising insight for Colorado farmers and stockmen.
For sale a team of three and four year old mares. They are perfectly broken and good travelers. Expected weight between 900 and 1000 pounds. Address George B. Carr Manassa Colorado.
An 1909 ad excerpt touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as mercury free and internally taken, warning against mercury dangers and urging readers to buy genuine Toledo made remedies. It also promotes a 96 page 1909 diary for two cents, listing patent laws, crop data, and population figures with 75 blank pages.
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