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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
7
Market quotations show beef steers and cows with price ranges across grades, plus feeders and stockers. Hog and sheep sections list month to December figures and year to date totals with declines from last year, followed by grain and hay prices and assorted poultry values.
Siberia expands rapidly says Leslie's Weekly as 600000 emigrants cross the Urals in five years. A Siberian journey for fourth class passengers covers 2500 miles at $2.25 with berths and meals. Prince Khilkoff cites rail traffic: West Siberian road from Urals to Irkutsk carried 760000 passengers and 169000 emigrants in 1896, then 379000 passengers and 195000 emigrants in 1898, plus millions of puds of goods.
Mason Harry Iles of 67 Lower Thorn Street Reading found a purse with 320 pounds in notes and gold in the street. He planned to take it to the police after work until a London commercial traveler owner appeared about half an hour later and, after receiving the purse, rewarded Iles with a single penny.
Navigation on the Great Lakes closes. McKinley Day to be observed in Indiana churches. Budapest sees rising capital and labor strife. Lorillard estate valued under $2 million. A Salem earthquake felt with no damage. Seth Low sworn in as New York mayor December 16. Victor Hugo’s grandson seeks “Victor” as prefix. Cotton sales to Russia and Holland. Linotype declares 2% dividend plus 3% extra. John Swinton dies at 70 in Brooklyn. Cold weather deaths report across several states. Commandant General Botha reports 24,000 armed men to Kruger. Transport Warren sails for Manila. Portland to host 1905 Lewis and Clark exposition. Hancock sails for Manila with cavalry batch. Earthquakes hit Sicily and Calabria. Hobson couples with Eleanor Ludlow in February. Harper declines role at world fair. Irish MPs Tulley and O'Donnelly to be prosecuted. Shamrock II narrowly escapes fire in Brooklyn. Yerkes electrification costs estimated at 10 million. U.S. naval officers return from Samoa. Russia proclaims modified siege in many towns. Father Cushing sues Bishop Matz. Oklahoma cattlemen jailed over diseased stock. U.S. telephone system totals show 4,311 exchanges and 2,278,717 phones. Lincoln avenue car barns burned destroying 160 cars. Trade treaty protocol signed with Nicaragua and Central American nations. Manila doctors discuss equine pox Tavages. German crown prince in ill health. Mediterranean cruise planned. New Whatcom, Washington flooded with counterfeit money.
A long list of bills and actions across Congress including Wood's mining department proposal, Sen Cullom on Hawaiian currency retirement, Hanna pension for Mrs McKinley, and the Pacific cable hearing set for January 11. Also notes on Siam invitation, McKinley birthday holiday, minimum wage for government workers, oleomargarine hearings, Hawaii leper colony status, river and harbor bill timing, silver import duty, forest land exchanges, Wyoming juror pay, and ongoing treaty ratifications with Britain, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the Danish West Indies.
Narrator recalls 1872 Polaris voyage in Boothia bay where a frozen body, encased in fur, is found beneath ice. A locket and a faded necklace hint at Sir Thomas Smythe and King James I, linking a modern discovery to historic voyages and a hidden oil miniature. The tale blends exploration, mystery, and a century’s-old treasure.
Irrigation turns the desert to gardens driving the great saguaro from the plains of Arizona. The cactus, reaching up to sixty feet, with pear shaped fruit petahaya, faced extinction as water shaped orchards and alfalfa fields spread. The saguaro’s ancient role among Papago and Mexican peoples faded as moisture hastened its decay.
Criminologists note sleep confessions as possible criminous disclosures. In a lodging house a sailor heard a room mate laugh and recount a murder, leading to a trial and execution. In Prussia a rival suitor confessed during sleep to killing a husband and burying him in a wood, a claim verified by recovered body remains.
Amateur photographers should expect over exposure in snow pictures. Snow scenes are hard to render, often needing a stop less than usual. Choose a point of view with a dark foreground object and break up smooth snow with footprints or mounds to add light and shade.
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