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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1897
Page
7
Edward W. Bok warns young girls about summer liberty in the Ladies' Home Journal urging caution against small lapses that chip at their self respect. He argues the line between unconventional behavior and danger is thin and a girl should preserve future womanhood by resisting minor transgressions.
The piece cites Leslie's Weekly noting wealth grows from small fractions in many industries. It highlights street railways, sugar, coal, patent beer stoppers, headache remedies, railroads, and universal-use goods where a tiny per unit profit accumulates into large fortunes. The theme: large sales and small profits dominate the era.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland will come of age September 1 and must choose a future consort from six suitors. The candidates include two cousins, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar and his brother Prince Bernard, plus the hereditary Prince of Wied, Prince Harold of Denmark, and the two elder sons of the Prince Regent of Brunswick. All are related to the House of Orange, restricting other entrants.
Brown and Jones argue over whether Tomorrow is Friday or Friday will be tomorrow. After Smith judges, he says neither is correct and dismisses the dispute citing the trickiness of predicting days.
A Detroit Free Press profile recalls Bluffly, a wealthy man who faked editorial zeal. He built a private office, hosted callers with cigars, promised a European piece, but produced no copy and quit after a week. He opened a social broker’s room, bought a patent, then forgot it before turning to electricity.
In a Pittsburg News item a would be pair discuss a get rich scheme involving cyclometer meters for South American republics. The quoted exchange shows a mock plan to measure revolutions and earn wealth, framed by comical dialogue between the Pet Aversion and the Joke Distorter.
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