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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1897
Page
6
Dr. Hammond of St. Louis will no longer sing Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight. He has found him in Arizona after an eighteen years search. The Martinsville Bulletin reports S W Rainey seriously ill with uncertain recovery.
Editor Watterson derides a contemporary as a yawp ing little free silverite dishclout of a fly-by-night and monkey-on-a-stick alleged organ in sharp satire. The remark underscores tensions over monetary policy and political alignments in a heated public debate.
In Wheeling West Virginia Memorial Day was observed decorously and in the spirit of earlier years without heavy sports. The day was quiet and solemn reflecting the old soldiers' idea of the occasion.
The program aims to end with a Greater New York and wipe out Brooklyn’s identity, noting Brooklyn as the country’s fourth largest city. It cites no record of a city over a million surrendering itself to a larger neighbor.
In peace discussions between Greece and Turkey the issue of abolishing capitulations is central. These laws let Greek residents in Turkey appeal from Turkish tribunals to consular courts of foreign powers. Millions of Greeks live in the empire, including many merchants. Turkish courts are seen as corrupt, making abolition a grave concern for Greek subjects without foreign legal recourse.
In Hammond v Thompson the court held the defendant tenant at will, paying $25 monthly, was not entitled to recover after the landowner conveyed the premises to a third party. The conveyance terminated the tenancy before rent became due, leaving the tenant with no basis to claim recovery.
Construction contract let to Orman and Crook of Pueblo for Colorado & Northwestern Railway to Ward. Mortgage for 500000 filed with Mercantile Trust Co. of New York to fund progress, with work to start by August 20 and finish by December 20. Standard gauge, steel rails, steam heated passenger cars, and 50 ton freight engines.
New Orleans August 15. Cotton statistician H M Neill issues a circular citing July estimates and predicting a national crop of at least nine and three quarter million bales with Texas possibly adding up to 3.9 million more. Even with Texas lower, the total could reach ten million bales if conditions continue to favor yield.
The fragment mentions Texas crops reaching near perfection and suggests possibilities for an enormous total crop. It emphasizes optimism about agricultural output and future potential.
John Bogart, famed New York engineer, plans a world leading hydro project on the St Lawrence near Massena New York. The scheme calls for fifteen 5,000 hp turbines totaling 75,000 hp with a canal linking the St Lawrence to the Fraser river to generate 150,000 hp and 100,000 hp via a new canal, with 3,000 hp turbine units and generators on horizontal shafts, targeting operation by end of 1898. An English company has underwritten 3 million dollars in bonds for the project.
Bar silver fell to 2d in London and 6i?d in New York before yesterday and the previous low. Mexican dollars traded at 42 cents, steady from yesterday.
Denver August 13 WHI curator Ferris of the State Historical and Natural History Society seeks first born in Colorado across old and new county lines. He also requests first born twins marriages and data on Spanish and American Indian births by town and county. Clerks ministers judges and civil officials are urged to send records and photographs to preserve pioneer history.
The society asks editors and individuals in Colorado to donate newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, and clippings for preservation. It invites editions, records, municipal reports, laws, speeches, sermons, and other documents as part of state history preservation.
At Durango on August 12 7 am W B Winters fatally shot J Arey in a long running dispute over alleged intimacy with Arey. The doctor says Arey died from a heart wound after Winters fired a revolver outside Arey’s office near the smelter.
In St. Louis Aug 12 the Globe notes Mr. Ethan Allien Hitchert Louis accepted the presidential role amid party debates. Initial hints suggested another candidate, but Hitchcott’s friends pressed for his appointment. After discussions, Hitchcott agreed, believing the post required a measured tone and loyalty to Louis.
A Terriate disease outbreak linked to import exposure led to four deaths within hours. Cases were traced to items from China, with 25 dangerous diseases identified in gerums. Officials vow swift measures to stamp out the threat.
Reading fragment mentions bacon and an unclear query about someone named Robert and a person called Hessa. The text references an arm sting and a bicycle, but details are unreadable. No coherent event or outcome is extractable.
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