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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
8
A Westerner cites New York crowds as a stimulant boosting energy mood and clarity after two weeks in the city. Another person, contrastingly, finds the city depersonalizing and depressing amid crowded tenements and din, seeking relief only in theaters before returning home.
A historic note recalls memorials raised for battle horses after the conflict with China, including a Wellington monument at Strathfieldsaye for Copenhagen and Farley Mount’s obelisk for a horse buried there named Beware Chalk Pit. It also mentions a Cheshire foxhound Blue Cap with songs, and credits the obelisk to the late A. H. Smith-Darry.
United States consul at Coburg, Mr Hughes, doubts the German claim to convert peat into artificial coal at 1.10 to 1.20 per ton. He warns the East Prussia based company may be a bold bid to lure American investors, calling the process valueless and risky.
London dinner tale has Whistler rushing to write a post night missive. He climbs a stairhead room to find lights and ink, trips and lands with a thud. He quips that the builder and the designer are unknown, then quips about the teetotaler in a sharp witticism.
The British possessions in North America and the West Indies exceed the territory of the United States, including Porto Rico and Alaska. In the North American continent alone King Edward's possessions are nearly 100,000 square miles larger than the United States, and with the West Indies and Newfoundland total over 200,000 square miles larger.
Brief humor piece records a witty exchange where Gladys asks about screaming after a kiss and Ethel replies she was alarmed only by the stillness, not sound, delivering a light quip in period tone.
A Saturday Review account recalls Talleyrand’s rise from poverty in Rue de Grenelle to wealth. He boasted of large sums gained through strategic diplomacy and stock dealings, noting he bought rente stock before Brumaire and sold after Napoleon’s rise.
W K Vanderbilt Jr deserts a leisurely drive to thrill a family friend-turned-passenger with a sudden gust of speed. The guest, wearing fear and exhilaration, exclaims he has solved the problem of how to be happy though miserable.
A Kansas politician's wife tricks him into digging potatoes then reveals she dug the rest while he slept. The tale ends with a moral about rent and a remark that a handsome hostess harms the purse. The joke hinges on a gardening misdirection and a playful denouement.
Gertrude asks her mother if she will ever love her as much as she loves Fido. The dialogue centers on affection and family feeling, with a playful, domestic tone.
Mrs Mary R Melendy M D of Chicago endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy as effective for obstinate coughs and bronchial afflictions in all ages. She praises its non narcotic safe use by laypersons and urges its sale by I H Myers.
A letter from Joseph B. Underhill of Doland South Dakota praises White Wine of Tar Syrup for curing a coughing patient deemed consumptive by doctors. The writer recounts near death, urging others to try the remedy and noting local sale by McLean Bros in Coldwater Michigan.
A. J. Snell of Summer Tin New York recounts using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to cure stomach pains and attend a party. He praises two doses for recovery and a good time. The ad notes the remedy is sold by I. H. Myers. Also an offer for a three room dwelling with stable and trees in a good location with reasonable terms from C. B. Thoman.
In sluggish liver, herbine by its action on the biliary tracts makes bile more fluid and helps bring the liver to a sound, healthy condition banishing drowsiness. See riery and general apathy from liver disorders. Price 50 cents. I. H. Myers.
Advertisement notes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to aid dullness after meals lack of appetite bad taste in mouth torpid liver constipation headaches bilious feelings and to improve appetite cleanse stomach regulate liver and bowels sold by I H Myers Druggist.
A group of San Francisco business men paid 112 500 dollars in coin and stock on August 30 1901 for a prescription claimed to cure Brights Disease and Diabetes. Investigations started November 15 1900, with over three dozen cases tested and eighty seven percent showing improvement. Clinical reports and committee proceedings were published and mailed free on request from the Joan J Fauron company 420 Montgomery St San Francisco Calif.
Excursion fares announced for General Public to Santa Fe, Grand Canyon, Arizona and other points. Includes one fare round trip to Colorado, New Mexico, Texas with specific sale dates Dec 24 25 31 1901 and Jan 1 1902. Additional all year tourist rates to Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Prescott, Hot Springs New Mexico with varying sale dates, limits, and stopovers. Inquiries directed to agent G J Garvin.
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