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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1892
Page
2
A fragment from Thoughts From Raskin urges gentle speech to spare hidden wounds and ease burdens. It contrasts soft words lifting spirits with harsh ones that blight. The piece calls children to mockless laughter and cherishing love as central to a child’s awakening soul.
A farmer recounts a bizarre duel as a bear and a three year old bull clash by a fence over a calf. After a skirmish that topples the fence both animals fall. The bear retreats to a swamp, the farmer and son track the bear and kill it. The bull dies that night. The calf perishes too. The farmer vows to shoot sooner next time.
The article describes birch wood spools made in a factory line with automated machinery and child labor aiding in sorting. It then surveys tropical trees offering unusual products such as edible bread fruit, writing bark, wax and butter trees, and a soap-seed tree, ending with a note on a man eating plant like Venus flytrap.
The Siamese king, known as Yuhua with many names, is a young reformist ruler who walks the streets in plain clothes to study conditions. Oppression and heavy taxes persist for laborers while foreigners find fewer troubles, aided by his discreet presence. Two American naval officers, in plain clothes, confront a crowd as tension rises.
The grip of influenza hits Victoria with the Governor bedridden for days and many officials sidelined. Postmaster general, chief secretary, minister of lands, and other government members face illness, disrupting public and private business. A humorous exchange in the text notes a clock worn as a collar pin and a character named Maude.
A rediscovered old book recounts St Patrick growing frail and choosing a hermit life in Ireland. He supposedly asked for a windowless stone cell, lived there a year, dug his own grave with clawed nails, died, and was buried. villagers later found his tomb and built a grand chapel on the spot.
Observations presented by M. Fatio to the Geneva Physical Society describe remarkable bird made dressings in wounded snipe. Writings recount beak and feathers shaping plasters, ligatures, and improvised splints using moss and grasses to stabilize broken limbs. A snipe with leg fractures managed to apply field dressings, though hunger nearly felled it during feather tangling near the beak.
A German literary figure in a city restaurant rejects soup as unreadable without a spoon, provoking a waiter who brings a fresh bowl. He slowly explains the reason with dry wit, then smiles at the relief of the staff. Also noted is William Orr of Troy New York who claimed invention of tubular wall paper printing and early use of wood fiber mixed with rags for printing paper.
A collage of antiquated anecdotes and quips including Prester John’s wild men and a Joe Jefferson fishing-tackle anecdote. Also notes a Nashville crafted telescope, a salesroom funeral remark, editor’s late night insights, and a coy line about a would-be bride delaying marriage.
A promotional note states Syrup of Figs renews health and strength by harmonizing with nature to cleanse the system when costive or bilious. Sold in 50c and 1.00 bottles by leading druggists.
Data from the census shows world net indebtedness in 1500 totaled 26.317 billion dollars with governments of the United States at 3.40 percent and foreign countries at 95.24 percent. The report breaks debts per family by country, cites western U S state figures such as Montana and Wyoming, notes Colorado county liabilities, and includes unrelated ads and warnings about medicines and moral sayings.
The excerpt lists remedies and claims for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Ely's Cream Balm, praising their ability to restore energy, aid digestion, and treat catarrh. It cites testimonials, prices, and supplier details, then shifts to various ad blurbs for Beecham's Pills, Brown's Bronchial Troches, and other 19th century health products, ending with social satire about alimony in Chicago.
A vintage advertising item touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a safe vegetable remedy for women’s functional disturbances and complaints. It claims to restore health, guarantee satisfaction, and offer refunds, also promoting Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets to aid natural functions and relieve headaches and digestive issues. DENVER BUSINESS HOUSES.
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