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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1899
Page
4
The Lamar Colorado issue presents a collage of quotes and observations. It notes ongoing conflicts in Kentucky mountains, praises peacemaker diplomat Cambon, and mocks frugal zealots. It jokes about economics in marriage and cautions about typhoid and dyspepsia via boiled water.
A new fruit novelty from California blends a lemon shape with an orange color and juice that tastes like both fruits. Previously the phantom lemon appeared in picnic assets as a distortion. The fruit industry shows a trend toward combining flavors and forms alongside business developments.
A New York Times London correspondent lists the varied demands placed on Mr Choate as ambassador in England. He is asked to obtain Parliament tickets, arrange introductions to notables, secure loans, mediate with a landlady, and even host a stranger with bag and baggage arriving late at night.
Spain smiles through her tears and faces reduced military needs after ending distant colonial duties. The country has paid 20 million dollars to the United States and four to five million to Germany, funds that will not easily cover the debt. Veterans seek work at home while officers lament lost opportunities abroad as statesmen focus on internal reform and development.
In the U S Senate one man from each party arranges paired voting when a party question is called. Absent Democrats face absent Republicans, and if one side is short, present members abstain to balance pairs. Senator Paso of Florida long represented the Democrats in these arrangements, often saying he was paired with Cash.
Paris reports reveal the arrest of M. Paul De Roulede founder of the League of Patriots and deputy for Angouleme along with sixteen Anti Semite and Patriotic league members. Police seized documents tracing a July 1815 plot to seize government and warned of further coordinated arrests.
In Rennes two assailants fired on Maitre Labori, counsel for Dreyfus, wounding him in the back as he walked to court. The bullet reportedly lodged in his stomach. doctors fear he may die. An alternate account says the shot pierced his temple and the assailant was arrested.
In Denver a soldier of the Thirty Fourth Regiment killed two policemen, Thomas J. Clifford and W E Griffiths, as they pursued a drunken recruit James Llewellyn after threats to a bartender. Clifford fell at Twentieth and Blake, Griffiths at Sixteenth and Wasee near the viaduct.
The North German Lloyd Steamship Company orders a new twin screw express steamship from Vulcan yards at Stettin. It will be an exact duplicate of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, with a speed of twenty three knots and delivery targeted for 1961.
Denver August 14 The Denver smeltermen strike begun June 7 ended after 59 days with a union vote to resume work. The executive committee recommended ending the strike and 200 to 300 men set to return as plants prepare to restart. Railroads lined up ore shipments while Grant and Globe plants gear up for operations.
The British steamship Puritan sailed from Philadelphia Aug 12 for New Chwang and Windivos tock Siberia carrying four Baldwin locomotives and tenders and eighteen steel bridges for the Chinese Eastern railway along with thousands of tons of miscellaneous cargo.
Washington news reports that Acting First Assistant Postmaster General Allen ordered Denver to reject all bids for horses and carts for collectors on a one year basis and to issue new bids for a four year term. Other items note Philippine insurgent traffic suppression, Samoa treaty talks, troop movements to Manila, and civil government debates in Cuba.
The item sketches aquatic culture with playful banter about fashion and swimming figures. Names like Hobeen Rae and Funston Swain appear in a fragmentary exchange. The piece hints at social attitudes toward male swimwear and public perception.
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