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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1901
Page
8
Rural notes report cattle rustling near Sugar City and a 1300 foot well supplying water. Sugar City, Rocky Ford, Holly, Pueblo, and Ordway are mentioned with various local issues, insurance sales, political clubs, and band reorganizations. Notices include teacher exams March 15 and 16 1901 and medical ads for Ballard products and Horehound Syrup.
Sugar Beet Land advertises prime water rich acres for beet farming. Hardscrabble ranch owner H W Koen promises to furnish teams as needed to raise beets for suitable buyers and parties.
Taken up by B F Ruoapes in Lamar Colorado are one grey horse about 800 pounds branded on the left hip a dark iron gray mare with a colt at her side branded on the left hip and a red heifer with underbits in each ear no other marks all came to the place last November and broke in owner may recover by paying all charges Lamar Colo
Every tree planter seeks best nursery stock at reasonable prices. Hart Pioneer Nursery of Fort Scott Kansas is named as supplier. J O Stream is appointed agent and in the field to meet planters in Prowers and Bent counties and share prices.
An advertisement touts Mexpen Dynamic Tanices as a rapid cure for colds and coughs, with testimonials from Baselay Hexsey and Mrs. Ewa L. Honuin praising their effects. Mentions distribution via Inland Drug and local druggists, pricing details, and a public notice about final proof for Elijah G. Wood in Lamar Colorado with witnesses listed.
The Audubon Society of Illinois with several thousand members is pressing legal action against dealers selling native song birds like cardinals and mockingbirds. In Chicago last spring officers seized captive birds and won fines around $100 for law violations.
A British steamer Glenturret will load 3 000 tons of wheat at Puget Sound for Europe via the Orient and Suez. The Glenturret and sister ship Genlacy mark a new Pacific coast grain trade route with 9 000 tons total cargo destined for Japan, China, India, and other Orient ports. Powers Tossing the Boxer described as a clever mechanical tin toy with four nationalities and a Chinaman figure that rises on a spring esc arte.
An artist known in town says he earns more from pot-boilers illustrating than from fine oil paintings. He notes much illustrated work is published anonymously or under a false name, and insists on signing his notable pieces while charging fair prices to protect buyers and his reputation.
The United States judge in Porto Rico Sulzbacher from New Mexico is described as a diplomatist and a ready resource. He reportedly held that the constitution follows the flag, a view questioned but dismissed with a quip about the speed of its follow. The note cites the Chicago Record.
The government will study Florida sponge beds to develop a major industry. About 310 vessels with over 2,000 workers are active, with a 1900-1901 crop valued at about 850000 dollars. Sponges thrive on both coasts but favor deep western waters near Florida, St Marks, and Gulf grounds.
A Cleveland Chinese physician recalls a sunburn case after treating an American girl wearing a lace yoke. An exhibition of 1901 calendars ran January 1 to 10 at the Richmond Young Men’s Christian Association, with calendars mailed by Philadelphia merchants and free admission.
An elderly Paris resident filed a libel and slander suit against a neighbor over remarks accusing her Tabby of causing thefts of game and poultry. The cat’s accuser later learned the poultry theft was by a butcher’s boy and the neighbor apologized, but the owner vows to pursue the law.
R H Jones of 30 Archer Street owns a large cat named Tom who is said to be dying from heartbreak after his companion rabbit died two weeks ago. The two animals formed an inseparable bond, sharing meals and the same bed, and neighbors watched their unusual friendship before the rabbit’s death.
A nostalgic survey of old tea time beliefs about cup rituals. Cream before sugar foreshadows romance. a forgotten teapot lid signals a visitor. two spoons suggests a forthcoming wedding. A tea stalk named a beau predicts an arrival or flirtation, while stirring and tea stalks influence the timing of appearances.
The article notes that over 80 percent of Mexico’s population is of mixed or Indian descent. It also reports U S census figures showing 1,400,000 more farmers than in 1890. It mentions Li Hung Chang’s wife managing household finances and a French physician advocating yawning as healthful and useful against sore throat.
A Geneva firm showcases a highly complex twenty line pocket watch at the Paris exposition. One model in A Ponti collection features a perpetual calendar and sun rise set dial, plus a sun time hand that corrects mean time daily, differing up to fifteen minutes.
The text notes a fivefold rise in annual goods imports over forty years, now exceeding one ton per person per year. It states over half the UK food comes from abroad at about 25 dollars per person, with imported food averaging 60.83 dollars per ton. Metals and minerals imports rose elevenfold in thirty years, while hardware exports doubled in value.
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