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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1898
Page
5
Dr. Gadow notes Basques differ from surrounding Spaniards in both appearance and conduct. They are clean quiet and businesslike with few words and firm to keep promises. In contrast many Spaniards greet with polite phrases and social salutations yet Basques bypass courtesy for direct contracts. Basque inns are favored for cleanliness orderliness and helpful hosts.
A renowned novelist replies to a lady who asked for an unstamped loan of his book. He notes the town lacks many items including his book and stamps, and jokes he needs a string to parcel the copy but offers service if she provides one. The exchange is quoted by The Golden Penny.
The Pacific hosts a dense cluster of tiny islands, categorized as coral crystal and volcanic. Crystal Island stands out as a rare crystal formation, noted for its mass of crystallized carbonate of lime and being among the few crystal type islets.
A chemist analyzing pawpaw leaves used by Southern Black cooks discovered a new digestive principle. The extract is now manufactured and touted by many as a cure all, despite earlier skepticism about using pawpaw leaves in cooking.
The noted Rev. Wm. Dodd LL.D. hanged at Tyburn in 1777 for forgery preached his own funeral sermon in prison before a large audience including friends. Born 1729 in Bourn Lincolnshire his father was vicar. He forged Lord Chesterfield's bond for £4000, repaid the money, was convicted and executed on July 27 1777.
The global telegraph network now totals 4,908,828 miles, with 181,446 miles of submarine cables. Breakdown shows Europe 1,764,790 miles, Asia 10,685 miles, Africa 9,419 miles, Australia 217,479 miles, and America 2,578,548 miles.
In a terse exchange, Domber cites McJingle as the favored poet who never visits with poetry in person, instead sending writings by mail with a return stamp. The quip captures a playful dig at distant literary delivery.
The article notes Hindu reverence for bright flowers and sacred leaves linked to gods and myths. It highlights Kadamba as Krishna’s sacred flower and lists Pippul Asoca Bakula Mango Bela Kadamba as significant. It describes the lotus as the most celebrated Indian flower tied to Vishnu Brahma and Ganga, and recalls Egypt’s lotus symbolizing creation, Nile, and sun return through Isis and Osiris.
Dr. Walter Hough explained before the Philosophical Society of Washington that Eskimo lamps are a prerequisite to migration into high latitudes. The lamp's form sharpens with latitude, from a two inch wick edge in southern Alaska to seventeen to thirty six inches at Point Barrow and northern Greenland, serving for water, cooking, light, warmth, drying, and social family identity with the woman as lamp head.
A Baltimore Herald note recalls the Prince of Wales clipping and collecting items about his family with a sensitive dislike for derogatory remarks. In Tennessee the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle recounts Aunt Cherry Mallory on the witness stand improvising a brief answer about a hog killed by a locomotive saying it “hit just tooted and tuck ’Im.”
An American inventor introduces a revolver capable of firing fifteen times from two stacked barrels. It uses two independent triggers to fire ten rounds from the outer cylinder and five from the inner barrel, showcasing early firearm innovations with safety features and automatic ejection.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recalls a typewriter girl on the sixth floor who pinched her fingers in an elevator. A lawyer on the fourth floor was blamed for the pinch, with word the injury was not serious.
Detroit Free Press quotes a nervous music professor and his long haired rival trading boasts about wartime duty and quick Spanish victories while an ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising to cure a cold in one day with money back guarantee.
On March 6 1808 Augustus J Wampler Provera Co Colo filed a bill in this office against Walter L Woods and Willie B Woods minor heirs of Albert R Woods deceased guardian Michael Finity alleging abandonment of Entry No 1559 dated June 25 1587 for SW and N % of Exot Section 23 Township 22 S Range 42 W in Prowers County Colorado. They are required to appear at 6 o clock a m on the 6th day of May to respond and furnish testimony. U S Land Office Laramie Wyoming Territory.
Timber culture entries in Prowers County Colorado face cancellation actions. Leo B Hutching sues Mat Creahan for failure to plant or irrigate since 1865 with hearings set for March and May. Edon J Gould sues Charles Reynolds for abandoning Homestead Entry No 2050 with appearances ordered in May.
Public notification of a timber culture contest against George Graham for failure to cultivate timber on Timber-Culture Entry No 1002 in Prowers County Colorado. Hearing set May 16, 1898 at 9 a.m. before the Tremax office. Additionally a trustee sale by sheriff William McKenzies to liquidate a mortgage on Lamar land with two water rights, May 10, 1898 at 9 a.m. front door of the Lamar courthouse.
The Santa Fe Railway introduces faster Denver to California service with two daily trains to Kansas City and Chicago, seven hours faster to New Mexico and El Paso, extends through sleeping and chair cars, and highlights Fred Harvey dining facilities. Local Denver routes include service to Colorado Springs Manitou and Pueblo. For reservations contact J P Hall at 1700 Lawrence Street Denver.
Local listing identifies trustees and city officials including Mayor J T Lawless clerk C G Lynch treasurer M L Stewart and A Williams with other named officials such as Marsha Willis Wilson and Lee Hottel.
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