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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1895
Page
7
The piece argues modern invented games rarely replace enduring games like baseball and cricket. It traces games’ origins from ancient board and ball games, noting the pedigree of classics and urging growth from tradition rather than pure invention.
A San Francisco driven movement by the Labor Exchange and American Industrial Union seeks an economy without gold or silver. Members deposit home made goods in a store and receive non redeemable certificates usable for merchandise. 150 members operate locally with about 800 statewide. pay is in certificates rather than cash.
Bergen Norway adopts double-ended electric ferry boats to cross a 330 yard harbor. Each boat uses two screws connected to a 3 hp motor and 32 storage batteries. Fleet of eight cost 16000 with a charging station at 12800, carrying about 1800 passengers daily.
The article estimates world gold production this year at about 3.17 billion dollars and notes that 61 percent of mined precious metals have been lost or used in the arts over 400 years. On this basis the 61.2 million dollars could be coined, yielding 20 cents per person for the United States England Germany and France and none for the rest of the world.
A reader protests a published claim of a black eye. He says he wears a patch for granniosis and will be corrected in the next issue, promising to reveal the real antagonist is in bed with two black eyes.
The bicycle is a health promoting instrument and a civilizing force linking city and country. It strengthens bodies, spreads modern ideas, and shows rural areas a path to prosperity through beautifying and preserving natural features. The comic exchange adds a domestic joke about money requests.
A Ghanty spectre disease ta ever intrudes but cannot breed more than the kidney issues. Bright's disease diabetes and grave may be prevented by correcting kidney inactivity with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It also helps rheumatism dyspepsia constipation malaria jaundice and nervousness.
An assorted string of old time advertising quips and comic captions. Claims Dr Kinet and Dr Kline remedies with free trials and refunds for tinctures, salves and teas. Jokes reference a summer boarder hospital beds and teething salves with light humor on burglars and sleeping babies.
The Twenty-Sifth Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar in Boston August 26 to 30 selects Union Pacific as official route. Official train leaves Denver August 22 at 10 p m with round trip fare from Colorado available August 17 to 22. Tickets good to September with extension to October 6. For details contact George Ady, 641 Seventeenth Street, Denver. Do you consider Lister strictly honest honest to a fault he told me without my asking that he stole that dog last evening.
A vintage health ad promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for a torpid liver and impure blood. It claims the tonic boosts appetite, purifies blood, restores vigor, and strengthens the whole system to ward off ailments.
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