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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1900
Page
2
Dollar area reports focus on new home mail services with coverage of local T and D initiatives. Officials outline steps to improve delivery, curb service delays, and expand access for residents. Community updates include schedules and contact points for residents seeking information.
Richard Vane pursues Dorothy Warren while Dr. Raymond Drew wins her heart at a Maine coast hotel. Dorothy rejects Vane when she becomes engaged to Drew, Elsie Davis refuses his marriage proposal, and Vane realizes too late the value of the woman he left.
Stephen Hubbard, a Greenwich Connecticut farmer with a hundred acres, reports nightly attacks on his property. Nuts and apples fly at him, a ceiling shower scatters debris, and his house is torched in four places, prompting the hire of a night watchman as he investigates whether a human foe or a haunting is driving him to sell.
The piece notes rising wild animal imports for cities and the casual sale of lions, elephants, giraffes, ostriches, and monkeys. It lists prices from $250 for a fire grizzly to $5,000 for giraffes, with elephants at $1,500 to $3,000 and lions under $1,200, while stressing risks and longevity in confinement.
A curate with a painfully nervous temperament made awkward comments to the bishop and others during an afternoon clergy gathering. A senior curate chided him on the way home, calling him a donkey for his remarks, provoking laughter from the group.
A brief note from Jewelers' Weekly shows Elsie lamenting a household financial worry after reading that diamond mines could be exhausted in seven years, making her future prospects uncertain as she anticipates coming out.
The fragment shows a scene where Mrs Elder and a convalescent discuss finances and a doctor’s bill. The tone suggests light social satire as they reflect on who deserved credit for recovery. No clear names, places, or events are identified in the readable text.
The American Review of Reviews notes Chicago’s drainage canal would cut a wide waterway through rock and drift, capable of 600000 cubic feet per minute for a 3,000,000 population region, with a smaller navigable 300000 cfm channel that could expand. It envisions vessels under 22 feet draft and urges government support for full Mississippi River access.
La Porte Texas advances toward becoming a deep water shipping point on Galveston Bay. Wharf and track work nears finish while streets sewerage and water systems proceed. General manager L R Holmes oversees improvements from Sylvan Hotel as the February 1900 La Porte sale approaches.
The B and O K R reports major telegraph expansion with about 2600 miles of copper wire laid in the last year. New routes now service Baltimore to Pittsburgh, Baltimore to Parkersburg, Newark to Chicago, Philadelphia to Newark, and Cumberland to Grafton. Duplex and quadruplex upgrades accompany summer work.
An assortment of old advertisements mentions Halls Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy from F. J. Cheney & Co, promising cures for catarrh with testimonials and circulars. Other promos cite Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Piso’s Cure for Coughs, and lemon balm products. The clippings also reference veterans’ pensions and local chatter about Christmas trees.
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