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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1901
Page
2
A jumble of items from The Register includes a claim about the Russian czar smoking, coastal and global trivia on ships and economies, a note on Jackson Ontario’s municipal economy, a spending detail on a royal visit, a 19th century storm intervention idea, Burmese soung harp description, and a Chicago couple with fourteen children in seven years.
The world's most valuable kitchen belongs to the Shah of Persia. Its equipment is valued around five million dollars with cooking pots lined in gold and royal tableware made of solid gold adorned with precious stones.
Cultivation trials from last year indicate whole large potatoes produce the highest yields in every case, yet profits favor planting whole large potatoes and then whole small ones. Spencer Massachusetts celebrates Elias Howe Jr born 1819, with a roadside sign along the Boston and Albany line noting his birthplace.
Malamutes in Alaska are a cross between dog and wolf and are trained to draw small wagons around two months after birth. They seldom bark but howl mournfully, have long fur, and can sleep outside in sixty degrees below zero. Their diet centers on fish and seal meat, fed once daily at night.
A Carbondale Colorado man plans to recruit three to four hundred families in Holland to relocate to Colorado. He believes Hollanders skilled in ditch irrigation can help develop a sugar beet industry in irrigated sections.
The former governor has begun practicing law in Alaska and writes to Dr. Pilcher of Winfield about bright prospects. He is building a home in Valdez and is already a leading citizen. He favors Alaska, predicting Valdez will become the coast’s largest seaport with a year round harbor on the all American route to the gold country.
A wealthy owner who runs a pleasure farm rejects a corn reaper leaving tall stubble, arguing six inches of stalk wastes fodder worth a ton per acre. The Maine Farmer cites this with a Schwab quote on daily care, noting there is constant effort to look after the little things in business both for billion-dollar firms and ten-acre farms.
The project near Ratibor in upper Silesia produces the deepest borehole by the Prussian government. It extends about 6572 feet with a diameter narrowing from 3.6 inches to 2.7 inches. The upper half is tubed.
American shipyards plan steady work for the next year and beyond as orders keep steel vessel construction busy on both the Great Lakes and the seaboard, sustaining activity in coastal and inland yards.
In Damascus a tense court scene unfolds as Julian defends Alin and Albia from a royal raid led by Benoni. Osman warns of pursuit while Horam and Omar reveal a palace-wide past betrayal, exposing Helena’s innocence through a far-reaching tale of fault and memory.
Ezabel reassures Ulin and Alin confesses love while Alicia vows service. Julian reports Arabs may track them to the cave, bringing danger. Ben Hadad and the hermit contemplate a plan as Alin leans on Julian for courage amid looming pursuit.
A New York Evening Post tale recalls a canvasser asking for Mr M then Mr N and Mr O at a great firm. The clerk reveals each is dead or away and the visitor suggests updating the firm name to reflect current partners. The anecdote mocks the practice of preserving a firm’s historic name after changes.
A reflective passage likens all true men to soldiers in a single spiritual army fighting darkness and wrong. It urges unity beyond uniform, and counsels moderate reading paired with deep thinking, quiet speech, attentive hearing, frequent short prayers, and steadfast devotion as paths to wisdom and holiness.
Denver notes report active building in Colorado with a Florence cement plant soon starting work and a museum project in City Park. Other items include charity giveaways by United Oil at Florence, new appointments to state boards, labor agency disputes, a Cripple Creek tribute to Governor Waite, legal cases and local club elections in Pueblo and Denver, sugar beet shipments to Loveland, and a Longmont judge's death.
An unnamed cab driver is killed after being thrown from his seat in Wis and a bystander recalls a tale of St. Jacobs Oil curing years of rheumatism. The account frames the death as an unfortunate accident and includes a testimonial about the oil’s efficacy.
A Paris dispatch reports German excavators at ancient Babylon have found the throne room of Nebuchadnezzar, a vast hall with a 600 by 170 foot chamber and a doorway opposite the throne alcove. North wall adornments and inscribed bricks offer valuable art and Biblical history insights. A second expedition will aim to locate the Queen of Sheba's realm and investigate Prester John.
The author argues buying is better for capable owners with down payment and tools, citing land value growth and stability. A land sale near Romeo in the Sunny San Luis Valley is offered on easy terms by Zeph. Chas. Felt at 207 Boston Building, Denver Colorado.
The Russian government weighs a vast waterway from Riga to Kherson at the Black Sea. Large sums are believed spent at Kherson as the terminal of a grand canal network joining the Baltic and Black Seas.
Travelers to California may choose the Den ver Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western scenic lines, two routes across the Rockies between Denver and Ogden. Through sleeper service links Chicago St Louis Denver and San Francisco with dining cars on all through trains. Free illustrated pamphlets offered by S K Hooper G P T A Denver Cole. Names and people are frequently mismatched in examples.
An 19th century advertisement item notes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children from New York's Children's Home with many testimonials and 25 cent price. It also promotes Garfield Headache Powders sold in Brooklyn with claims of quick, harmless relief and requests samples from Garfield Tea Co. A stray dialogue about Mrs Strongminded closes the fragment.
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