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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1897
Page
2
Sioux brave Wild Hog departs the reservation for New York seeking civilization learning. He had heard boys reading about a See ley dinner, hinting at outside world influences.
Discussion on placing inventors on government paper money highlights that McCormick did not invent the reaper. The piece notes many inventors fade into oblivion while wealthier individuals gain credit for inventions that may not be theirs.
A New York man appeared before a magistrate requesting a writ to compel his wife to support him. After the request was denied he declared he might as well not be married if there is no way to force a woman to do her duty, prompting questions about the so called new man.
Four thousand four hundred seventy freedmen of the Cherokee nation will soon be paid their share of the strip money. They are constructing a pay house to receive their portions and a hotel to entertain visitors and sightseers. It promises to be a notable gathering in the territory.
In Shelbyville Indiana last week Charles Comlin and Daisy Johnson wed by Squire Thomas Kenton. The justice kissed the bride and Comlin slapped the squire, then refused to pay. Kenton seeks payment for services and a doctor bill bundled with the five dollar note.
A clergyman claimed no man earns a million honestly by bricks. The speaker notes a person could earn a million through service for vast interests, with examples of three million paid for exceptional work. Robbers and highwaymen also accumulate wealth, the piece suggests.
The annual report shows 48,000,000 shad eggs collected with 83,000,000 fry planted into Atlantic and Gulf streams. Shad egg collection rose 30,000,000 over last year. Lobster fry output reached 97,000,000, with 72,000,000 prior year. Mackerel efforts remain experimental with 24,000,000 eggs. Buzzards Bay yielded 31,000,000 tautog clam eggs and 17,000,000 fry released.
In the Colorado legislature the Senate killed Senator Bromley’s water ditch payment timing bill after an all-day debate on judiciary committee findings that it misreads fact and would force farmers to pay for water they do not receive. House actions include anti trust measures, theater hat fines, abolition of private detectives, and debates over taxation, credit, and vagrancy law reforms with numerous bills advanced, laid on table, or defeated.
An operatic audition scene features a manager doubting Miss Hysee’s engagement while she defends her unique voice and boasts a claim of having never before heard by Queen Victoria. The exchange contrasts fear and persistence in a dramatic town newspaper tone.
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