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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1900
Page
3
A fragment from a Chicago listing shows a personal claim of looking younger than age and preserving hair color with a product named Vigor. The note includes a boast about current age seventy-two and hair darkness, implying a beauty or health advert from the era.
The Lawton fund of 95000 dollars was placed in a local bank and is to be used only by Mrs Lawton. The report mentions other political actions including a possible contest over a state horticulture secretary, a buffalo reservation bill, and a push for a national cathedral in Washington.
Hinsdale county refunds its bonded debt at four per cent. Colorado College celebrates its twenty fifth anniversary with a new hall dedication. State Board friction leads to resignations of Mrs Shute and President Brothers. Cripple Creek tragedy reports a wife killed by Kate Williford and a failed self harm. Victor city council removes police magistrate Boylan for $3000 fines mishandling. night marshal Campbell also ousted for not testifying. Beekeepers and horticulture convention slated for Grand Junction. Wealthy mine owner Samuel Strong marries Miss Neville amid breach of promise suit.
London February 12. Boers press along the Tugela line after Buller's third retreat. A 6000 strong force under General Joubert advances near Chieveley, gaining control of bridges and forts and threatening Ladysmith's relief. Other Boer movements target Zululand and Kimberley while Roberts masss troops at the Modder river to strike Magersfontein and relieve Kimberley. Rail and supply buildup signals invasion plans and strategic aims across Natal and the Orange Free State.
Havana reports 1,878 primary schools now open across Cuba with 100000 children enrolled. Superintendent Frye predicts 150000 by May 1 and possibly more next fall, boosting US Cuban relations as editorial opinion shifts in support of the American education system.
Captain Frank M. Wells, chaplain of the First Regiment of Volunteers, told a Garfield Memorial Church audience that since Americans took Manila 400 liquor outlets arose, up from three saloons before. He said Filipinos praised American soldiers but called them bad when drunk, and he noted whisky sold in Iloilo barracks near his headquarters until he complained to officers. He described the transport Indiana as a whisky vessel and said efforts to halt liquor sales on transports failed in the Philippines.
New York jurors returned a guilty verdict against Roland B. Molineux after seven and a half hours of deliberation. He was charged with murdering Mrs. Katherine J. Adams by poison on December 28, 1898. Defense counsel Barton S. Weeks moved for arrest of judgment, and the court adjourned until February 16 for motion and sentence.
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