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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1894
Page
7
Congressional actions include tax and budget adjustments, retirements for judges, and a push to reform postal stamp use. Discussions cover Samoa, Mexican dollar exports, Sea rights, and a new car loan security for bonds. A Senate bill proposes limits on public building costs and lists major projects totaling over 52 million dollars.
A traveling advertiser with a medicine chest draws a crowd near the Nassau and Beekman intersection when a red-bearded man accosts him on stage. The impromptu confrontation ends with the fakir fleeing through Beekman and Fulton streets, pursued by townsfolk and vowing to sue for past scams.
A collection of observations on funeral customs and the cost of coffins, arguing that perishable, cheaper caskets could become fashionable with public example from the upper classes. The piece condemns extravagant burial trappings and urges shifting spending to living comforts.
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