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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1903
Page
6
The Autobiography of Robert Houdin describes memory training by his father. A boy learns to picture a shop window, then recount its contents with corrections. At the Tuileries he describes room layouts and bookcase titles blindfolded, earning the court’s astonishment with a “second sight” test.
Captain Edgar S. Dow recalls a printer error in which a New York paper swapped headlines, placing obituaries under the marine section with “Passed Through Hell Gate Yesterday” as the caption, a shocking and humorous mixup observed long ago.
A chimpanzee recently brought from the United States to England is near talking, producing understandable guttural sounds. A German doctor suggested a tongue ligament operation to enable speech. Eventually it may go to Germany for the procedure. The animal already uses a typewriter and plays the piano, though such talking performers are plentiful and often not insightful.
Calve reportedly chose for her first husband and Jules Bois the lover, an occult writer. His one act drama The Devil in Darkness played at Montmartre in total darkness with hushed voices delivering a mystic dialogue. A rival bribed the gasman to turn on the lights, revealing singers on chairs gloating at the fiasco. Bois abandoned the stage afterward.
An Irishman touring New York after landing from Ireland sat on a bench by Ettery Park as sunset approached. A policeman explained the loud booms from Governor's Island signaling sunset, prompting the bemused Celt to remark that the sun had never set so hard in Ireland.
Swedish inventor Ekenberg has designed a machine that processes herrings directly from the net. The device sorts by size, scrapes scales, beheads, splits, cleans, and washes fish at 20,000 per hour. A Goteberg herring factory will install it, promising a potential price revolution for bloaters.
Appletons Annual Cyclopedia lists gifts and bequests for public purposes in the United States totaling over 85 million dollars. Excluded are gifts under 5 thousand, denominational educational benevolent funds, and state or municipal appropriations. The American board of foreign missions receives over 18 million dollars in excluded sums.
The New York Press quotes Tip criticizing society for obsession with perfect bodies while magazines flaunt muscle and beauty ideals. The article cites exaggerated claims and humorous exchanges about sex appeal and fitness methods, including a line about one woman's drastic front reduction.
In Fort Scott Kansas a district court jury found a suspect guilty of larceny but returned a corrected verdict acquitting him after a half hour. In Pittsburg a jury swiftly announced agreement but the clerk read We, your jury, agree to disagree.
A Scandinavian belief ties a groom to a betrothal shirt given by his bride. He wears it on his wedding day and never again in life, but keeps it in his grave. Swedes also hold that resurrected bodies include the betrothal shirt of a faithful husband. The widower must destroy the first wife’s bridal shirt before a second marriage.
Westminster Gazette notes lavish St Andrews dinners with abundant Scotch stories. A dangerous case introduces a doctor and a Scotch butler named Donald who humorously reports the master’s health, saying the patient “dee’d this, morning” after a tense morning.
A New York World joke recalls a treasury official who found a half ton of coal left on his sidewalk. A colored man agreed to store it for a quarter, then charged 35 cents total. He explained 10 cents was for watching it to prevent theft, since someone might have taken a few handfuls and cost him half a dollar.
The passage notes bright boys rise to high positions not by luck but through self-investment. While employers paid little, they earned more through fine work, enthusiasm, determination, and sharpened business insight, driving their advancement and success.
A mother explains to her son that Washington is called the Father of his Country while England is termed the Mother Country, prompting the boy to question why they are named as parents if they cannot marry. The child’s logic highlights playful misunderstandings of national personifications.
A head on collision between two Southern Pacific freight trains in California resulted from a sleeping engineer. The company notes increased trouble with men dozing between 3 and 4 a.m., the period of the accident, calling it the sleepy hour that affects workers more than other times.
A Russian strongman named George Hackschmidt, four years old and five feet tall, reportedly earns 750 dollars weekly and is booked in London for a year. He lifts 256-pound dumbbells in each hand, can jump with 20-pound bells, and once carried a heavyweight policeman aloft during a wrestling match. He weighs about 350 pounds, has a 54-inch chest, and was educated for the priesthood, speaking five languages.
E. R. Parker counsels new mothers on infant bath care noting start at six weeks and use Ivory Soap to protect tender skin. The guidance emphasizes gentle preparation, avoiding colored or perfumed soaps, and careful towel placement in the basin.
A picture post card delivered to its sender in Berlin has completed a remarkable seven months and a half journey around the world. The long voyage highlights mail transit times and distant routes as it finally returns to its origin.
A collage of vintage advertisements and testimonials promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy, claiming internal use cures constitutional catarrh by targeting blood and mucous surfaces. It includes a $100 reward offer, druggist endorsements, and assorted light humor pieces and product plugs.
A long testimonial spread extols Pe-ru-Na, a catarrhal tonic, as especially suited to aging. It cites Isaac Brock of Texas aged 114 praising Peruna for health, longevity, and climate resilience, plus other letters from elderly users and a physician in Columbus offering free advice.
The Knight Campbell Music Company, a major Western concern, promotes Baxters Bull head é cent cigars amid a chorus of playful banter about marriage and clever remarks by children. The ad ties music industry prestige to product appeal.
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