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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1892
Page
2
The piece notes Santa Claus styles and boys skimming ponds for air holes. It then jokes that Boulanger leaving France helped avoid current troubles. Chicago mail clerks reported letters stuck together with molasses, likely a love letter burst.
A college president in Illinois was rotten‑egged recently and it is believed such athletic pranks will be discouraged by the head of the institution.
A World’s Fair display features a young Blacksmith girl bearing the name Ray Sunshine Beverage. The article notes her skill with a sledge hammer and trip hammer and suggests such a name suits a capable maker.
A New York jury in a breach of promise case set damages for the plaintiff’s injured feelings at 25 000 dollars. The defendant was thought to have faced a worse outcome had the marriage occurred.
William Watson, praised for his poem on the laureate’s death, was urged to succeed as poet laureate. Mr. Gladstone gave $1,000 from royal bounty to Watson, but his refusal to appoint a single-poem poet as Tennyson’s successor sparked controversy and left Watson elated yet overwhelmed.
An Australia remedy joins many others for snake bites. Natives keep a hair string tied above the wound, cut a circle around fang punctures, slit a vein to bleed, then rub and wash the limb for about twenty minutes. The method contrasts with simply drinking whisky.
In Paris a bribery scandal over a Panama Canal lottery implicates many parliament members. Arrests follow, royalists push for revolt while the republic faces distrust. factions clash over whether to restore a Bourbon or Bonaparte monarchy.
Reports detail cholera cases in Hamburg and reform actions in North Carolina. British political shifts include Davitt ousting and Duels between French deputies. Financial notes cover embezzlement in Hungary and donations to Chicago universities. Maritime disasters, railroad disruptions, and criminal cases appear alongside labor unrest and muting public notices.
Denver deaths count 163 and El Paso County youth population reaches 2236. Dent dies in Denver. rail and coal fields push in Gunnison country. saloon shooting in Lyons. ranch murder in Jefferson county. state finances show receipts of 5.15 million with 550 thousand in treasury.
Shortly after midnight the Fanwood ferry from Jersey City sped into Liberty Street ferry house amid a gale. Panic on the dock left 400 people crushed but no fatalities. Mrs Seamans and granddaughter Ptbel jumped overboard with two sons Edward and Harey. both were rescued. The grandmother is in critical condition. Mason of Jersey City was cut by shattered mirror pieces. Several others were bruised as passengers clung to ropes and fell.
A report from Laredo Texas on the 7th describes a battle near Los Animas Mexico east of Guerrero between 300 Mexican troops and 230 revolutionists. Thirteen soldiers were killed and many wounded. several revolutionists also fell. Commanders named were General Estrada for the rebels and General Garcia for the Mexicans. Reports claim Mexican troops were routed and Guerrero town faced capture risk as troops fled to the revolutionaries.
A Washington dispatch reports an organized effort in the House after the holiday recess to push financial legislation. Aimed at repealing the Sherman Act, it would allow government purchases of 4,000,400 ounces of silver annually. Key figures include Harter of Ohio supporting repeal and Stewart backing a free coinage approach, with activity expected across the East before the new year.
A five story Omaha block on Douglas street owned by A Orchard burned on the 27th. The last sixty six feet of the building housed furniture and carpets. Freeland Loomis Co clothing occupied ground floor and four upper floors held offices. Firemen fought a stubborn blaze as the west half burned. by 1 a.m. the fire was under control but the structure was gutted. Loss listed at 350 000.
A Santa Fe to California passenger train derailed after an embankment crash near Colorado Springs. Passengers were thrown from berths as cars tumbled, with women and children injured and several passengers trapped or killed. Officials and the Millionaire Doane were involved in post crash actions as crews battled fires and rescued survivors.
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