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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1897
Page
3
A fragmentary tale recounts an Indian legend about skull rock, a petrified warrior’s head said to guard northwest tribes. The rock was revered as a talisman and once tied to an Indian burying ground for brave warriors, though the custom faded over time.
A granite ledge near Rat Portage Ontario known as Devil's Head or Skull Rock rises about twenty feet above a bluff overlooking a Lake of the Woods inlet. The grotesque figure resembles a human head with a cave mouth and painted features. Prospectors and boatmen visit, touching the rock for luck and souvenirs flood the area, threatening its survival.
A lone Lady Burton arrives in Rio de Janeiro after three months in Brazil's interior in ragged condition. She seeks lodging, orders supper, and reveals her identity after a misunderstanding with a landlord who had directed her to a sailors wives’ tavern.
An English newspaper notes the Siamese army excels in its elephant corps with eight hundred elephants under a retired Anglo Indian officer. The elephants wear India rubber armor protecting heads trunks and other vulnerable parts from bullets.
A Mrs Curtis of New York reports dull side pains and swelling signaling ovaritis. The ad urges immediate self care and to write Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Mass for female remedies, citing a testimonial of recovery from ovarian congestion and uterine prolapse.
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