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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1897
Page
4
The Register notes that shielding young children from ghosts and fairies is futile for imaginative kids who will conjure new terrors. It cites a six year old girl kept sheltered from nursery bogies who suffered night terrors and screams of being chased by robbers. It warns against frightening children with hideous stories and leaving them to solitary darkness.
The Chicago Record reports strong opposition to a postal savings bank plan though bankers back the idea. Critics cite provisions that favor financial firms while the bill’s supporters claim it advances a practical savings system. Petitions endorse the measure, but public weight in Congress remains uncertain.
The author argues that excessive eating causes more disease than alcohol and that many illnesses stem from habits formed in childhood. Mothers often feed crying babies, training the stomach to crave food. once accustomed, cutting back causes gnawing hunger, yet perseverance benefits health.
The text argues Spain would abandon Cuba only if it risks a home revolution. It frames a choice between killing Cubans or Spaniards and suggests a minor war with the United States could pacify Spain and enable Cuban independence without heavy humiliation for the government.
Captain Hiram M. Chittenden reports that building large scale water storage in the arid West is feasible and recommends completing one reservoir in Wyoming and one in Colorado. The study, based on sites like Laramie Sweetwater Piney Creek and South Platte, includes hundreds of pages, maps, and cost estimates.
A Minneapolis report from the Chamber of Commerce says Peavey Elevator and Pillsbury companies have a combined control of wheat in Minneapolis and elevators across the Northwest. Pillsbury predicted a 1.50 price, suggesting a corner that could force deliveries at higher prices, with insiders confirming the tale.
The New York Financier notes that week’s clearing house totals reveal loans near 600 million and deposits at 666,278,600, about a third of the national banks’ October 5 figures. Since May deposits have risen 90 million and loans over 89 million, signaling rapid growth.
The Postmaster General authorized a special postage stamp to celebrate the Omaha exposition next summer. Edward Rosewater of the Omaha Bee prompted the idea and helped bring it to Washington. The stamp will be sold only in Omaha on the exhibition grounds and may be printed there publicly, but it will be valid for postage at all post offices.
Canton Ohio December 6 strong hopes she will survive the night though much weaker at this hour Mrs McKinley rests quietly and the family remains at the bedside expecting the end as doctors monitor her condition closely.
President McKinley arrived in Washington on the Pennsylvania line at 7 45 this morning, greeted at the station by Secretaries Alger Bliss and Porter, and driven to the White House. Return trip to Canton is planned for tomorrow evening with Mix Mehinley and a party of friends and relatives.
London reports Austria faces possible civil war and a potential revolution in Austro Hungarian relations. The Czechs seek to abolish the dual empire for a triple state with Bohemia, while Hungary weighs independent action on duties, commerce, and the Austro Hungarian bank as the ausgleich bill hangs in the balance.
The analysis predicts victory will embolden Hungary and threaten Austria. It suggests dissolution of the Reichsrat and a shift to an absolution rule in Austria. Hungary would regain independence as a first step toward a federated Austro Hungarian monarchy rather than a dual structure.
Berlin reports four marine companies with 23 officers and 1200 men plus naval artillery reaching Kiao-Chou bay. Total German troops in the area rise to 4568, the largest force beyond Europe. The Kolinsche Zeitung cites two aims missionary effort and securing Kiao-Chou, with moderation urged amid European powers.
Torrential storms sweep across Italy for three days causing wrecks of twenty five merchant ships in the Bay of Naples area. No lives lost but houses collapse and railways are seriously disrupted. Por tiale harbor damage raises fears of fatalities.
The state plans to seek an injunction to stop natural gas waste with Indiana Supreme Court review of the Madison county case. Mass meetings were held in Indianapolis and other gas towns amid ongoing outrage over uncapped oil wells.
The Turkish legation in Constantinople reports that a definite peace treaty between the Sublime Porte and Greece has been signed today in Constantinople. The notice was received in Washington on December 4.
Judge Sanborn in St Paul rules railroad employees have representation on the Board of Trustees of the railroad hospital. The $75,000 hospital fund is ordered returned pro rata to contributing employers and the hospital property ordered sold.
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