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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1900
Page
6
A collection of contrived verse like lines on morals, society, religion and humanity. The notes blend satire with pithy maxims about mirrors virtue punishment and the telegraph of the heart. No specific events or people are named.
The text recalls Gen Buller’s pledge to dine in Pretoria and the ridicule it drew. It contrasts with Pitt’s famous 1793 war remark predicting a short conflict, noting the England France war stretched for twenty two years and that Buller misjudged his place in distinguished company.
Andrew Carnegie, famed promoter of poverty as a virtue, reports the resignation of F. T. F. Lovejoy from Carnegie Steel and its works. Lovejoy becomes the third notable figure to leave the management in a short span, highlighting the temper of Carnegie's enterprise.
A decade ago a young widow and her three children sought work in New York. The eldest, a 15 year old who boasted of knot skills, inspired a rope screen that grew into a profitable craft. The family’s efforts funded art study in Paris, a Cornell degree, and a government civil engineer future for the boy. Frederick the Great’s line echoes in their self-reliant mindset.
Gifford Pinchot explains how longleaf pines survive fires. A seedling’s bark thickens, and the green needles form a protective cascade that shades and shields the young stem, creating a fire resisting barrier around the vitals as grasses are kept low.
The article reviews recent British concessions including the Alaska boundary settlement and the release of flour cargoes seized in East Africa. It notes the Clayton-Bulwer treaty modification to give the United States full control of a future Nicaragua canal and defends the administration against Democratic and Populist attacks portraying a Britain alliance.
The piece outlines the Goebel law’s effect on Kentucky politics, noting how precinct judges and the certification board were all Democratic, Taylor’s inauguration, and a partisan legislative contest. It details the contested governor race, the adjournment of the Legislature amid rumors of insurrection, and the absence of a formal Goebel victory declaration, arguing Taylor did not relinquish office on a committee promise.
The Sun highlights President McKinley’s message to Congress urging neutrality in the Britain versus Boer states war. It notes that the United States avoided entangling alliances and offered good offices if invited, expressing aversion to war and a wish for an African republic’s independence to be preserved.
Denver says farewell to Professor Edwin Carter the log cabin naturalist whose Breckenridge collection of Rocky Mountain fauna is famed worldwide. John F Campion funds moving the Carter collection to a Denver building to honor his life work and seed a museum for science.
The document notes a paragraph describing guardianship for those unable to support themselves due to drunkenness. It states guardians may place such individuals in a reform institution if deemed necessary.
Fragmentary item notes ships show dust at night if washed in morning and mentions a daytime angle. It praises Hans Stomach Bitters for digestion cures and claims it fights malaria fever and ague. A stray line references a rumor and a denial.
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