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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1894
Page
2
Dec 7 report from Linneus Missouri says the First National Bank of Marveline was robbed Wednesday night with dynamite. The vault was blown open and about $6,000 stolen. Bank officials claim a solid lead. burglar insurance of $10,000 had been taken out a week earlier.
The long delayed Chinese treaty arrived in Washington as Secretary Gresham and Chinese minister Yang Yu exchanged final ratifications. The delay arose from precautionary steps to route documents via Europe rather than the Pacific. Proclamation is expected within a day or two.
In Sitka an Indian wife mourns her husband’s death by painting the upper half of her face black, a traditional practice noted for its stark half facial paint and somber symbolism.
An advertisement-style critique condemns drastic laxatives and urges readers to use Hostetter s Stomach Bitters for digestive ills liver complaints nervousness and convalescence. It promotes the tonic as effective without violent effects and claims usefulness for malaria and general recovery.
A brisk exchange between Sam Johnsing and Col Yerger follows a chance meeting. Johnsing speaks of recent events with a wary tone while Yerger notes physical, torn clothes and facial scarring from a prior confrontation.
The Century Co announces the coming year features a major Napoleon life by William M. Sloane with exclusive modern art reproductions and new original drawings. The magazine will maintain high typographic standards and offer substantial literary and art content at thirty five cents per issue.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mr. Riverside Parke and Mr. Murray Hill discussing marital strife and children affected by ongoing quarrels. The speaker admits upset at home and mentions sending children outside to avoid hearing disputes, suggesting tense family conditions.
A guide to cleaning porcelain with soap and an old toothbrush, then using vitriol and water or alcohol for dirty pieces. It covers aligning edges, removing dirt with a penknife, and mending with silicate of potash or plaster of Paris, including drying times and support for fragile recoveries.
The piece notes that many state agricultural colleges offer work on experimental farms with wages, scholarships, and cheap board. Some top colleges provide tutoring jobs. a New York lawyer reportedly earned about $2,000 in a year while an undergraduate assisting others.
An editor in the West rejects sensational imaginations about a bold woman. He denies sightings of a shirt sleeved cigar smoker in saloons or a woman fishing with a bottle, sitting on damp ground, drunk at night, or challenging men, insisting she isn’t built that way.
A European expedition in Ecuador analyzes ash from the Cotopaxi eruption. Samples show mainly feldspar, quartz, magnetite, and ferriferous ore with one sample yielding silver at about 200 grains per ton.
A lawyer confronts a witness about a prior jail sentence for stealing hogs. The witness admits the fact and reveals he broke out of jail the same night he was imprisoned, underscoring a pattern of criminal behavior amid the proceeding.
A facetious friend quips about an opportunity to rise while an elevator boy retorts with a sharp jab about being called down whenever he tries. The exchange captures a streetwise exchange in a humorous vignette.
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