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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1897
Page
7
The text portrays the Appian Way as a vast stage for historic events from Rome's rise to imperial triumphs. It notes Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, Zenobia, Cleopatra and Aurelian traversing the road, highlighting its unmatched significance across ancient and modern eras.
A new system lets passengers board and alight from moving trains at the Paris Exposition of 1900. A French civil engineer devised the method inspired by the moving sidewalk in this world fair. The circular platform would move at the same speed as the train.
A description of station operations details the center tower observer, controlled switching to manage crowds, and trains moving at seven and a half miles per hour. The narrator notes the plan aims to ensure orderly passenger discharge and boarding and to help a victor rise above adversity with metaphorically endowed wings.
A persuasive pamphlet-style passage argues women should value health and comfort, identifying womb displacement as cause of back and lower bowel pain. It touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as best treatment, citing a testimonial from Mrs. L. Martow of Milford, Illinois, who claims recovery after using the remedy following childbirth.
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