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Newspaper

Lamar Register

Location

Lamar, Colorado, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1899

Page

5

Fragmentary Health Promo Mentions Quinine Cure Trial

A garbled OCR excerpt references a cold day promo and quinine as a remedy. Mentions payment or money if it fails to cure and a person connected to his mother-in-law, with unclear Christ context.

Visit to Sweat Shops Shows Unhuman Labor Conditions

Jennie McGough, Chicago editor, toured Chicago sweatshops and described grim scenes of long hours, choking air, and exhausted workers. She observed 6 a.m. starts, 12 to 15 hour days, weekly wages from 3 to 5 dollars, and children as young as 12 helping in finishing and cutting. The piece highlights the brutal environment and calls for reform ahead of the Federation of Labor meeting.

Jennie McGough Chicago Ill Nest National Federaon of Labor Miss McGough

The Reason Why Many People Become Insane

A quoted back and forth contrasts the idea that people lose sanity due to lack of reason. The Boston Traveler reflects on the question and suggests that having no reason contributes to insanity, as discussed by Guyer in a terse exchange.

Boston

Gone But Not Forgotten in Roxbury Gazette

The Roxbury Gazette reports on a burial widow who quips that a wife has given the last piece to her husband, reflecting on the saying that “everything goes,” with a note of local sentiment and irony.

Indian Ledger and Plenty-Coups Crow Store Tale

A Crow nation store run by Plenty-Coups uses simple sketches on wrapping paper as accounts with customers who buy on credit. The piece notes trust, nonstandard ledgers, and a romantic aside about Plenty-Coupss relationships and a later navy officers visit describing Kalakaua’s Mare Island voyage and social drinking.

Crow Reservation Pryor Mont Plenty-Coups The Crows Crow Nation Plenty-Coupes

Kalakaua's Bourbon Cruise Tale Revealed in SF Report

The San Francisco Report recalls King Kalakaua's visit to Mare Island aboard a naval vessel. Guests included a dozen army and navy officers noted for fun seeking, lively antics, and rowdy their camaraderie during the outing.

Kalakaua San Francisco Mare Island Navy Army

Marvelous Autoelectropolyphone at Paris 1900 Exposition

The New Orleans Times-Democrat reports the autoelectropolyphone the largest musical instrument ever built. Italian inventor Antonio Zibordi spent fifteen years on the device costing about 15000 dollars. It features 8000 independent instruments, two 3 horsepower motors, a dynamos lighting system, a color-changing fountain, and two orchestras a string group and a 130-piece brass band.

New Orleans Times-Democrat Antonio Zibordi Milan Paris Margherita Italy

Hunters End Lion Terror in Somaliland Camel Camp

A Somaliland hunting party pursued marauding lions threatening camels. Horsemen guided hunters to a ridge where a large tawny lion sat unafraid until a volley ended its life.

The Light That Faded Divorce Hint

A brief exchange from the New Orleans Picayune hints at Maud seeking a divorce. The hostess adds the husband went out too often, framing a lighthearted but telling domestic moment.

Maud New Orleans Picayune

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