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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1902
Page
3
A reflective verse and brief curiosities section recount a moral night whisper about deeds left undone, followed by a tale of a man walking on sea using wooden boot propulsion, and a glowing lantern fly from South America. The piece blends poetry with invention and natural oddities.
The piece describes a traditional Arabian method of preparing coffee. It details selecting green berries, removing imperfect berries, roasting briefly, crushing in a mortar, and brewing by boiling the decoction in tepid water. The drink is served in small cups without cream or sugar.
Albany, N Y blacksmith suffers a steel piece striking above the eye. The mastiff seizes the hot fragment, pulls it from his master’s forehead, and the dog’s jaws are burned while the smith nears recovery. Also notes a French pied piper and a description of spit-roasting before ovens.
A common leech is used as a makeshift barometer. Place the leech in half full water in a tumbler and cover with muslin. When weather will be fine the leech stays still at the bottom. if rain is coming it moves to the top. a very restless leech signals a windy spell.
A Kazan Russia paper recounts a Chuvash sacrificial ceremony in which villagers contributed butter milk and meat to priests on a rain-warding ritual. A swallow smeared with butter was released to ascend as prayers to the gods, followed by a communal feast and priests shoving each other into the river.
A towering undersea monolith, over 5000 feet tall with a base around 240 feet in circumference, was recently described near Chile. It rises almost a mile, with a flat circular top no larger than a cartwheel, within 600 feet of the surface, and could not survive on land even if lifted. storms, heat, and frost would crumble it within years.
An elderly French man named Chapelain, wealthy and eccentric, has died at Monhoudou in Sarthe. He built a monumental tomb beside the cemetery and for twenty years spent hours there, even sleeping, planning his future dwelling. His coffin stayed in the house and his winding sheet served as a dining-room cloth.
A plain dark wood frame supports a screen filled with India print curtains stretched flatly. The curtains are cut to fit spaces with little regard for pattern, creating a quaint, inexpensive decorative effect.
Ohio jail figures show 2,874 married men and 6,278 unmarried men were arrested last year, per the New York Sun. The note adds that tastes and courage differ and some men might choose one path over another.
A traveler notes Brookline Massachusetts is the nation’s richest city, but Uniontown Pennsylvania has more millionaires than any other town its size, excluding health resorts. The observer says millionaires are so common there they cut no more ice than the average citizen.
A donor silent to identify himself contributes $50,000 to Oberlin College as part of a half million endowment and equipment fund. The unnamed benefactor previously gave $50,000 to the prior half million fund.
A playful exchange centers on a pot pie from Mrs Shouter's cookbook as a husband jokes about the leathery crust binding. The Philadelphia Press adds a light tone to the domestic scene highlighting the couple's witty banter.
Sir Liang Chen Tang the new Chinese minister to the United States was once the star pitcher for Phillips Academy baseball in Massachusetts when the team was regarded as the best organization of its kind in the state twenty years ago.
The Colorado superintendent of public instruction remains a woman and a Democrat after a reelection. The salary is 3000 dollars. The state leans Republican, yet she wins on the Democratic ticket.
A committee of English scientists led by Lord Lister forms to cooperate with Germany and Denmark in promoting a scheme to perpetuate the memory of the late Prof. Virchow.
Miss Nellie Hale daughter of Ko ward Everett Hale gains recognition as an artist. Her work displays thoughtful seriousness and the vigor and finesse characteristic of a skilled painter, reflecting a family legacy in the arts.
In the Japanese island of Oshima where water is scarce, brides traditionally cart a large tub of water to their new homes as a dowry. This practice highlights how essential lifeblood resources shape customs and family arrangements in arid coastal communities.
A sheet of 119 unused black English penny stamps from 1840 is anticipated to sell for about one hundred pounds at a London auction. The listing notes the rarity and condition as key factors attracting bidders.
United States consulate general in Montreal reports Germany makes the best lead pencils while the United States yields the best rubber erasers. The note highlights comparative quality of writing implements by nation.
German officers in Berlin are required to take their seats before the overture when attending royal theater performances. The directive, issued by the Kaiser, applies to all theaters and patrons in uniform or on duty.
London’s Eaton Square is described as the largest square in the city with an area of 607,000 square feet, a size about one sixth larger than Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
A note asserts that while the trombone is not very difficult, no woman has yet become a proficient player of the instrument. The remark reflects a dated view on gender and musical skill.
About 200 boys at a Dover school attended swimming lessons last winter. 100 learned to swim at the corporation baths.
John Mitchell plans a book titled Capital and Labor drawing on the great anthracite strike as its basis. The work will examine labor relations, wage issues, and the coal industry's labor conflicts through the lens of the strike and its broader economic impact.
More than fifty girls study scientific farming at the Minneapolis College of Agriculture. The program covers botany chemistry physics and geology with two terms of each course in the first two years.
Citizens applaud Dresden authorities for requiring clocks in all electric streetcars, a move seen as a public convenience and punctuality booster.
Burglars broke into a West Philadelphia home after a placard warned of a return date. The family found the house ransacked with silverware jewelry and clothing missing when they returned. Police were notified but no clues were left by the thieves.
A claim that Huckleberry Finn represents Mark Twain is debunked. The authorial voice in Twain’s novels is said to be Tom Sawyer rather than Huck Finn, according to Mr. Clemens himself as reported by Punch.
Paris residents warm to the cake walk following its introduction by performers at the Nouveau Cirque. The novelty has spread to private homes as lessons are offered to the public.
Gov Odell backs a 60 million canal plan to connect the Great Lakes with the Atlantic. The scheme aims to allow the largest ships to traverse the waterway, signaling a bold era of major engineering projects in the coming decades.
Dairy Products of Canada reports exports of cheese and butter this year may set a record. By season end the value of shipments to Scotland, England, and other countries is expected to total around 30 million dollars, up from about 10.6 million a decade ago.
An Aftonbladet from Copenhagen reports a man asked authorities to waive his dog license fees arguing the animal cured rheumatism by lying on his bed at night. The request was granted promptly.
On the old Webster homestead the blackened cellar remains but nearly 1000 trees planted by Daniel Webster still stand on his farm. The note lauds him as a planter of trees, implying much good in his character.
Imperial statistics show Germany’s forest area at 34,569,926 acres in 1900, up from 34,353,748 acres in 1883 and 24,478,296 acres in 1898. The 1900 figure marks an increase of 216,178 acres since 1883.
The New York World notes the Kentucky judge’s saying that the gray mare is the better horse will not halt progress and that no American citizen is without rejoicing in some outcome. The remark sparks a wave of varied opinions across the nation.
The rarest shell known as the Cone of the Holy Mary is housed in the British Museum. A specimen held there was valued at about $5,000 a few years ago.
A new Dutch process is claimed to convert a moist hide into leather ready for saddler and shoemaker use in two to three days, promising a quicker tanning method.
John S. Bilby of Mitman Missouri is described as the largest single landholder in the United States. He owns about 180 000 acres spread across seven states and is noted as the country’s top private landowner.
In China the greatest use for r is in building boats and coffins. The text notes that the number of crafts involved runs into the millions, highlighting a vast scale of work across these two applications.
The Rev. Gowanus Myers, after seventeen years as a Baptist minister in Canton Ohio, resigns his charge to pursue a career as an auctioneer.
The Swedish state railway managers order a locomotive designed to burn peat for steam generation. This specialized engine aims to improve fuel efficiency and support peat fuel use in railway operations.
The brief notes crowding Paris and London show eight residents per London dwelling versus thirty four in Paris and fifty four in Perlin. A feature on color shifting roses notes a Japanese bloom appearing red in sun and white in shade. Eagle City Oklahoma rises from nothing to on the map by night, illustrating instant urban development.
Nathaniel Lincoln of Wiscasset Maine owns the sole use of the bark Wiscasset, the vessel that carried Andrew Carnegie and his father from Scotland to America in 1849, a fact noted in local lore and property records.
A Philadelphia Press piece reports shoppers lose money and valuables during gift season with eight in every hundred women affected. It notes found items range from gloves to pocketbooks, and motormen in streets and transit lines frequently recover dropped goods including an $18 pocketbook and a $12 diamond breastpin.
They report a remarkable influx of new settlers into the Sunny San Luis valley this fall and invite buyers to secure choice lands with water rights. Prospective purchasers are urged to write Zeph. Chas. Felt at 614 616 Majestic Building, Denver, Colorado, for particulars.
The article notes South Africa needs vast power for industry and favors water power for electrical transmission across the region. It highlights numerous large waterfalls on major African rivers, especially the Congo and Zambezi, with Victoria Falls on the Zambezi cited as the world’s largest, about a mile wide and 420 feet high, with 2 to 3 feet of water at the crest even in dry seasons.
A collage of old advertisements notes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to break up colds in 24 hours and cure feverishness and teething disorders, Defiance Starch, Hall's Catarrh Cure, Baxter cigars, and various drugstore offers. The items promote household remedies, cures, and consumer products with pricing and mailing details from era advertisements.
A puzzling clipping mentions Dr August Koenig Hamburg Breast Tea, a boastful man in a riddle about snakes, a lawyer questioning a witness who claims expertise, Defiance Starch priced at 10 cents per package with a stated one third more starch, and a Denver man cited for a large mouth with three "achers" in it.
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