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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1903
Page
5
Dolores faces scorn from peers and a brutal turn by her father as a tale unfolds of education desire and concealed ambition. A young man admires her, but a torn book and rising tension foreshadow a pivotal denunciation and a mysterious pull toward the mountain’s haze.
The era folds around a notorious horse thief caught attempting to steal Ross. A blacksmith endures the blows of a hammer as events unfold. Young Green visits the house for a drink while Johnson and his silent daughter listen. He leaves a promised book, hinting at deeper stakes, and she reacts with muted color and restrained thanks.
Dolores senses a looming peril as rumors spread after Green's prized mare goes lame the morning after Green visited the settlement. Suspicion focuses on a single party, while Dolores recalls her father’s words and the uncanny blue eyes that haunt her. The tale ends as doubt and fear deepen in the mountain village.
The narrator recalls a memory where words hit the girl in darkness with dull hammering force, sounding loud and terrible. A warning that if the young man returns, it will be a sorry day for him.
In a dry season, a neighbor brings berries to Dolores as a prelude to a tense moment about a mare. Dolores masks interest while suspecting a hidden purpose behind the gift, fearing a confrontation or accusation may follow.
A Philadelphia Record observation notes how readers gravitate to specific sections. Elderly seek deaths and wills, young women scan society and weddings, men chase sports, actors read drama, and poets often skip newspapers entirely.
Bishop Potter recalls a dear old lady asking how Solomon could have many wives. He notes ancient manners differed from today, and the woman adds that early Christians enjoyed great privileges. The anecdote appears in the New York Times.
A fair maid questions a youth about soulful yearnings and the man recalls wanting to telegraph for money but lacking the price of a Marconi. The London Lancet criticizes English athletics as gladiatorial and ineffective for building public strength and activity.
Dr S M Babcock of the University of Wisconsin, long in agricultural chemistry, argues that all elements share a common origin. He tests how atomic weight differences arise from varying energy quantities and types.
A colonial-era account claims that in Western and Central Africa about ninety percent are Mohammedans and that a man’s status is shown by his number of slaves and wives. It asserts that girls are typically married by age thirteen once they reach puberty.
A humorous exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer recounts a clash over railway tickets at a wedding. The bridegroom expects the bride’s father to pay, prompting the remark that he did not understand the financial responsibility. The father-in-law questions the immediate start of the marriage journey due to the error.
A tall student jokes he is a dentist to explain why Clara screamed during kisses. He adds he told an older man he was merely pulling a tooth, prompting amusement and disbelief among friends.
A Jefferson Pennsylvania clergyman said he would wed the congregation’s best fund-raiser to raise money for his church. The unusual pledge frames a church fundraising push around a marriage offer to the leading solicitor.
Denver market quotations show beef steers and cows at varied corn fed prices, hay fed ranges, and feeder categories. Hog prices list choice heavy to light plus packer bands, while sheep quotes cover wethers and feeder categories. grain and hay prices are included alongside dairy and egg figures for color and context.
Thirteen miners ousted from Idaho Springs arrived in Denver and went to the Western Federation of Miners headquarters to confer with Secretary W. D. Haywood. They then met at Patterson Richardson Hawkins, with the firm engaged to defend them. Carney was to travel to Idaho Springs to meet those still in custody.
Chicago woman Mattie D Rich was freed in El Paso after Mexican courts sentenced her in 1900 to fifteen years for murdering her husband John D Rich in Juarez in 1899. Release granted due to insufficiency of evidence. case notable for cross border extradition between Chihuahua and Texas.
King Edward donated 5000 to Dublin’s poor while the Privileges Committee blocked William Turnour’s claim. Thomas Poulett, Viscount Hinton, is named heir to the Poulett earldom after the late earl’s son. Prominent Baptists in New York acquired 1000 acres on the Hudson near West Point for a Baptist summer resort with educational aims akin to Chautauqua.
It is reported that 70,000 Hungarians will quit for the United States this year, with heavy immigration from Italy and Belgium. Argentina and Chile attract some, but the U.S. remains primary. Other items note a $568,714 Colorado Wyoming revenue total, a Bishop denouncing Sunday excursions, potential Mexican war secretary, and large railroad contracts. Also reported are monarchic and naval maneuvers, weather extremes on Mount Washington, and multiple local and international incidents including a lightning-struck Henry Clay monument and a 1000-mile pigeon race record.
Denver July 21 News that the eleventh annual National Irrigation Congress will meet in Ogden Utah September 15 to 18 1903. The call outlines aims to reclaim arid lands and study irrigation and forestry methods with experts farmers engineers and officials from many states. Delegates will tour by rail and organizers report strong state and private funding to support program and hospitality for all attendees. Communications addressed to Headquarters National Irrigation Congress Ogden Utah.
Denver July 31 A Republican special from Idaho Springs reports H E Gregory of the Georgetown Miners Union, accused of threats to blow up Sun and Moon mine power plant, was arrested. Coroner’s inquest cites Philip Fire’s death as caused by dynamite explosion. City officials barred union leaders and escorted potential visitors from town.
Denver July 31 arrangements for a 5 million dollar corporation to build independent packing houses in West stock centers were completed at a Kansas City meeting. Charles F. Martin said plans outlined show the venture likely to succeed. a September 1 meeting will incorporate the firm and open stock books.
Denver July 31 The Republican reports opposition from New Century Light and Power will not affect the Moffat road plans. General Manager Ridgway of Colorado-Utah Construction Co says no resurvey or abandonment of Gore canyon is ordered, and the line will be built as originally proposed through Gore canyon.
London dispatch reports that after the American Chinese commercial treaty China will grant open port privileges in Manchuria to Great Britain and Japan. Both nations plan to establish concessions and appoint consuls at the new ports. British officials express confidence that peace will be maintained by Russian assurances and that Chinese actions will remain unimpeded.
Denver July 31 The national committees of the two Populist parties merged into a single party at the St James hotel. Officers from each state attended as proxies and approved the recent conference actions. J A Edgerton elected national organizer and pledged statewide organization before the national convention to be set after a Feb 22 meeting in St Louis to fix time and place. Edgerton plans to campaign from New York this fall. The core officers named include Edgerton as chairman, Milton Park Texas vice chairman, J A Calderhead Montana secretary, Charles Q DeFrance Nebraska assistant secretary, and Colonel Felter Illinois treasurer.
Denver’s grand jury, named by Judge F. T. Johnson, completed work after a morning session. It will probe defalcations by W. H. Nice and W. C. Munson, city franchise grants, the transcribing contract to Thomas Maloney, gambling enforcement, social-evil regulation, county treasury, and various state facilities including Golden’s Industrial School for Boys and Girls, Denver jails, Buena Vista reformatory, and Canon City penitentiary.
Rome July 31 The cardinals visited the cells for the conclave and showed little enthusiasm about confinement in cells without running water or proper ventilation. Concerns arise over health of older cardinals. Cardinal Maszary, primate of Hungary and among the wealthiest, was notably dissatisfied.
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