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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1897
Page
7
The survey of the South Dakotas and Ute reservation delays the opening due to a probable error in the 107th meridian. The director of the survey will determine the correct longitude by observation. If corrected, the opening may occur soon after approval, with a late May establishment of the meridian.
Report from April describes the relief steamer Ogetawa striking a fender on a river bend and taking on water. Rescue crews, including Colonel Jones and others, reached the scene and evacuated passengers as several survivors waded to shore miles from the wreck with limited food.
Daniel Wol ree exiled States senator from Indian Territory died at his home 105 Maryland Avenue after years of poor health. He had long limited participation in Senate business and his passing came as a sudden shock despite prior signs of decline.
The Times Herald reports from Mexico City that, amid Dingley bill reactions, Mexico will reply with a prohibitive tariff on American hogs and packing products. The move aims to offset U.S. duties and protect Mexican exports, signaling increased trade friction between the two nations.
Cape Town dispatch reports defiant Voortrekkers and leading Transvaal officials openly predicting war with Britain and vowing to carry it to Table Bay, signaling escalating tensions in April.
Fragmentary note says an Oregon pioneer sent a tomahawk to Kinley but remarks that it is not needed in the coming four years. The text stresses avoiding bearing more than one kind of thing at a time and mentions people having only one kind.
Ex-king Prempeh, his family and ten chiefs reach Sierra Leone after being taken from Elmina on the steamship Bakana. He was guarded, expressed a willingness to trade with Britain, and admired the ship’s fittings while noting his comfort aboard. He favored benedictine wine over others.
In Harrodsburg Kentucky a local note highlights property ownership by women as a notable fact. The article quotes a social setting where a wedding ceremony is discussed, with Miss Spitegir and a fiancé named William. The tone reflects a small town press interest in social affairs and gendered property ownership dynamics.
A Philadelphia North American item asks if Snortlous sought a pension. Lovell questions the grounds, and Cabana claims Snortlous strained his lungs yelling for war with Spain, highlighting battlefield rhetoric of the era.
Mythic boar feast rites linger in old sagas and German Yuletide customs. The Edda links sin offerings, vows, and sun worship to the boar. In Bavaria roast pork and pork head appear in Christmas markets, while cakes remain the enduring symbol of the sacrifice.
Before ISTS only a few greenhouses existed in the country for flower growing. Private estates had small hothouses and crude methods. In New York the cut flower trade grew eight years ago, spurring suburban greenhouses, cheaper construction, and profitable production as vast glass houses emerged and thousands found work. Applacott's.
A fragment describes Rove family emigrants chasing fortune beyond settled lands while praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as protection against malarial air and tainted water for pioneers, miners, and travelers alike. The tone echoes frontier era booster propaganda.
A Washington Star snippet shows Meandering Mike asking for cold coffee and Mrs Torkins replying with sympathy she will fetch cooled coffee from the refrigerator for him.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh. It includes endorsements from J Cheney Co Toledo and local wholesalers, praising internal action and a price per bottle, followed by a joke about Topnotch tucking clothes inBack streets.
An old advertisement promotes tobacco cessation using a tonic named toHac or weather-worker claiming to restore vigor. It offers a guaranty and free sample, with purchase through Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
A quirky reader note prints Lent musings praising boneless codfish as spiritual and affordable. A philly reader credits Piso’s Core for a big saving on doctor bills and an Exchange quote urges simpler living and more mindful habits with aphorisms on lifestyle.
An old advertisement fragment promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a permanent remedy for constipation. It promises refunds if the product fails and includes jocular dialogue about courting and companionship within the text.
An advertising slogan extols Star Tobacco as the best and most lasting chew for pleasure and cost efficiency. The piece includes a humorous question about a “hardy rose bush” and a joke about a mother pulling it up to check growth.
A fragmented passage cites dubious remedies such as Cascarets Candy Cathartic and Dr Felis Great Nerve Restorer with dubious claims of curing constipation and nerve ailments. It mentions refunds and a Philadelphia address, plus scattered dialogue about mail and bicycle buyers.
A fragmented note from DTEChase to Pick-Me-Up asks if Jones is still pulling literature, with an uncertain reply that the idea has not fully formed yet.
An advertisement from Neurotico Mesticine Co promises a home cure for liquor habit with a written guarantee and no cure payment required until relief is achieved. The copy urges readers to send for further information and to mention the paper. The item includes a palm-leaf fan anecdote about Hopkins and a humorous remark on its use.
Ad promises No-To-Bae cures tobacco habits and strengthens men for 50 cents. Mentions 500.81 and distribution through druggists. Includes stray note on Russia and Japan and a garbled reference to Senator and mission abroad from Detroit Free Press.
An advertisement touts ANTI-COLD Powder promising to cure a cold within a day and offers a refund if it fails. It also features a Cure for Catarrh and Hay Fever claim and references Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with price and endorsement notes.
A novelty promotion promises a two-centre to the General Passenger Agent of the Colorado Midland Railroad in Denver to obtain a colored picture of an Indian. It recalls a past SOO salmon trout incident in St James’ Dark London where the fish died in ornamental water, unlike roach and eels which thrive in the lake.
A Victorian style piece arguing that female suffering is not natural and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure. It claims the medicine heals feminine weakness, stops draining, aids fertility, and urges stamps for a free medical adviser book from Dr. R V Pierce in Buffalo New York. It also touts Dr Pierce's Pellets as a gentle laxative.
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