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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1899
Page
4
A harsh winter grips the United States with Arkansas Valley in its cold. The piece critiques Philadelphia war voices, notes war board findings on Miles and beef poison, and lampoons Fort Lyon canal management. It highlights political clashes, copperhead accusations, and farmer tax debates amid national strife.
A historical notice outlines parish or temperance society activities with a badge description, methods, watchwords, and a pledge. The pledge commits the undersigned to total abstinence from intoxicating liquors and to discourage manufacture sale or use on premises under control.
A temperance call insists drinking is a sin against self family state and nation and urges clear yes. It condemns saloons as schools of debauchery and argues liquor profits harm laborers and inflate rents. Faxon cites personal losses from intoxication and urges moral and political action against alcohol.
A dyspepsia relief offer promises ridding indigestion with Dr Fenner's Dyspepsia Cure. The ad claims long private practice use by a top American physician and offers a money back refund if not satisfied after one bottle.
In 1868 Liberals deserted Gladstone leaving a tiny majority. Gladstone, with his customary spirit, resigned as the alarmed deserters sought a confidence vote. When Lowe entered the lobby, he asked for his view on the idea. He replied that you cannot unpull a man's nose, ending the plan.
A Fort Worth correspondent recalls a divorce trial where a man on a creek sought a divorce on the statutory ground. The proceedings revealed this was his second failed marriage due to the same fault, leading the judge to remark that the creek seems to have something in the water as the decree was granted.
The National Advertiser recounts a bachelor who buys socks and finds a slip seeking a 20 year old bachelor for matrimony. He replies and receives a second letter from a girl claiming to be 15, stating her mother was married twenty years ago and that the merchant failed to advertise the sale.
Chickasaw legislature raises marriage license from 50 to 600 for white men pursuing Chickasaw brides. The piece cites demographic shifts with 50,000 mixed-heritage marriages versus 16,000 pure-blooded Indians and alleges motive to seize tribal property values. Includes an unrelated ad-like line about De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve.
County commissioners order livestock owners to burn or bury dead stock immediately to protect public health. If ignored, the sheriff will perform the task and charges will be billed to the owners. Lamar, Colo. January 18, 1899.
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