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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1903
Page
8
Congressman Hildebrandt of Ohio sits at his committee desk in Washington wearing a green celluloid eye shade. He lights a cigar with a match and the flame scorches the shade and his eyebrows, both puffing up in the same burst.
In Connemara peasant custom women carry turf and seaweed in back baskets while men idle and smoke. A bank manager recalls a peasant asking, as turf season neared, whether he should marry a wife or buy a donkey.
Lord Halsbury, Lord Chancellor, distrusted the word practical during an appeal in the house of lords. He challenged counsel who used the term saying practical is unreliable and equates to something not being so in fact.
An East Indian law student once baffled examiners by declaring marriage illegal in a lottery. When asked to explain, he calmly said marriage is a lottery and lotteries are forbidden by law, prompting puzzled reactions from married examiners.
German newspapers note the fiftieth anniversary of bug powder known as Dalmatian powder. Anna Rosseur, a German woman, discovered chrysanthemum flowers’ fatal effects on insects and informed a druggist, turning the insect powder trade into a multi million market for Dalmatia.
Tams Bixby, longtime Minnesota Republican leader and recent Dawes commission member, intends to settle in Oklahoma. He will start a newspaper to grow up with the country and aims to run for Congress once Oklahoma becomes a state.
A medical man who has kept nightly pulse records for five years notes a recurring yearly cycle. Pulse declines each spring and remains low until mid summer, then rises through autumn to November or December before a second drop and rise culminating in February. This pattern repeats annually.
Professor T. A. Jagger Jr of Harvard argues that residents in volcanic regions can escape future eruptions by building masonry cellars or chambers as protective shelters during eruptions.
The red liberty cap symbolized galley slave headgear. Swiss soldiers from the Chateauroux regiment, exiled for involvement in the Nancy riots, returned to Paris with their caps and were celebrated as victims of despotism.
The tradition began during Queen Victoria's reign when Prince Albert decorated the first English Christmas tree for the Princess Royal and the Prince of Wales, then young children aged 3 and 4, for their amusement.
Within twenty five years American astronomers have won as many annual medals of the Royal Astronomical Society of England as astronomers of all other countries, except England, combined.
Nelsons old flagship the Victory will remain accessible to the British public for now though she will soon be superseded as the admiral s flagship at Portsmouth reflecting ongoing changes in naval command and ceremonial duties.
One hundred thousand replicas of a special medal struck to commemorate Mr. Chamberlain's tour have been ordered for the Cape.
A 35 year court case ends with a ruling on who owns a plot of land near Brooklyn. The lengthy lawsuit settled ownership after decades of dispute.
The world’s earliest printed calendar, attributed to Johannes Gutenberg, was discovered in Wiesbaden. Dated to 1448, the artifact marks a milestone in the history of printing and medieval documentation.
A Birmingham phrase meaning violent assaults on police officers, framed as a slang euphemism for harming law enforcement. The expression reflects local vernacular used to describe aggression toward police without direct denunciation.
A brief medical note explains that all the blood in a man's body circulates through the heart about once every two minutes, highlighting the heart's central role in circulation. The fragment ends with an unrelated word pee.
A kindly clergyman reluctantly dismisses a gardener known for pilfering his fruit and vegetables. To aid the man, the pastor writes a pretended recommendation stating that the gardener was his best hired helper, claiming he “got more out of my garden than any man I ever employed.”
At a London dinner gathering peaches bore the owner's monogram, traced in the velvety bloom. Letters cut from paper were pasted on the fruit and as the peaches ripened the monograms appeared in delicate green while the rest of the fruit retained its rosy hue.
The Saccharine Gazette editors joke about their senior editor’s Denver trip and possible marriage. They admit no facts beyond suspicions voiced Monday evening when the editor borrowed the only white shirt from the office.
In Victoria Australia ten thousand government railway workers, defeated in their bid to elect legislators who would raise pay and shorten hours, threaten to strike. The piece notes there is no royal road to industrial peace.
An elderly Parisian woman kept a loud household that included twenty hens fifty roosters thirty pigeons eight dogs four cats a parrot a goat and small birds. Neighbors complained of sleepless nights and the police dispersed the noisy family.
While Leopoldé of Belgium was driven, Civic Guard halted upon seeing him. The nurse guided the baby’s hand to his forehead in a military salute, marking the infant’s first such gesture.
Anthony N. Brady of Albany and William C. Whitney of New York head a group forming a $50,000,000 American capital company to negotiate for central gas suppliers to Paris. They plan to pursue electric plant interests in the French capital thereafter.
Karl Kiesewetter, inventor of the Swedish safety match, died in Romania at over ninety years of age in dire poverty. He withdrew from Jonköping factories forty years ago with a fortune but squandered it on railroad speculation.
American cattle breeders import most of their prize stock from England and pay high sums. Last week several bulls and cows changed hands with prices ranging from 2100 to 6250 dollars per head.
A Virginia house of delegates bill to prohibit promiscuous kissing has little chance of passage. The legislature includes many bachelors and married men as well as widowers, reducing prospects for approval.
The article notes Christmas candles of enormous size, with altar staffs reaching about six feet in length and weighing nearly 40 pounds. Each candle is valued at around 25 dollars and is crafted from the purest beeswax.
Howison in Travels in Canada recounts his Indian guides instructing him to remain quiet on Christmas Day in the woods so they could witness a deer kneel to the Great Spirit, a moment framed as a reverent aid to hunting and spiritual practice.
The New York post office recorded annual receipts of 2 892 687 dollars, rising to 11 670 574 dollars and projected to reach 20 000 000 dollars in a few years. Clergymen Could Not Marry notes English clergy bans lasting over four centuries since King Ethelred’s reign.
A centenarian note states height loss begins around fifty and by age ninety most people have shed at least one inch, outlining the gradual decline tied to aging.
Northumberland County Council earned £4 16s 6d last year from stray dog sales. In London, seagulls displaced penguins from rocks in St James's Park lake.
The Tailor and Cutter notes that tailors employ padding wadding haircloth and canvas to make men presentable. They rely on clever materials to conceal deformities and emphasize favorable features, showcasing the resourcefulness of garment makers.
An argument favors burying dead presidents in a Washington national cemetery. The plan calls for increasing guard at the McKinley tomb, basing the garrison on an army post, expanding hospital and dispensary facilities, and selecting a new site to house sixty five men.
Paris plans a central wireless station to deliver news to subscribers across the city. The Societe Fran caise de Telegraphie Sans Fil has formed for this purpose and experimental stations around Paris are reportedly functioning satisfactorily.
At a Paterson New Jersey wedding Miss Aimee Stagg and Augustus Post wore a bride's pin with a family history. The pin was first worn by Aimee's grandmother Mrs Stephen Courter 66 years ago and has since been passed to all subsequent brides in the family as part of their marriage attire.
A railroad company reports experiments with a freight car fitted with pall bearing journals on the tracks. The claim is that the car can be moved by a single person, and if proven practicable, train loads could be doubled using the same power.
A whimsical tale recalls a boy who slept through what seemed a week only to be told it was five minutes. He muses that sleep can feel endless yet be fleeting, a paradox that amuses and humbles.
The fragment describes Aaron Burr fleeing immediately after a duel. Burr’s reply to his second questions where he would go next is elusive, as he cannot tell whether he will remain Aaron Burr or Burr in air. He halts to remove a rope from his path and continues his hurried flight.
A Marion county election affidavit reveals a candidate paid his wife 50 cents for preparing and tending the fire five times, prompting concerns that corruption is spreading in Kansas and prompting calls to investigate potential bribery.
In historical times at least twenty six new stars have been noted, with a brilliant event in Cassiopeia dating to 1573 shortly after the St Bartholomew massacre.
A proposed $7,500,000 hotel project in New York sparks concern among investors and locals. The reference to past fears at the Waldorf Astoria underscores anxieties about grandeur and doorways, as planners push ahead with the new development amid scrutiny.
An official advertisement from Vienna cites Baroness Bourscheid asking her to state her whereabouts and appear before a court. The notice notes she was born in February 1795, indicating a long past century origin and legal summons for personal appearance.
The largest holly trees in the world grow in the Northern United States and Canada. They reach up to 70 feet tall with a girth of six to eight feet.
A curious Venetian superstition holds that if a stranger dies in a hotel room, the room's number becomes lucky in the next lottery. The belief ties fate to place, suggesting omens and misfortune mingle with chance.
A Welsh lady presents Queen Alexandra with numerous clovers of four to nine leaves. The gift highlights diverse clover varieties and royal interest in horticultural curiosities.
The bishop of London notes that only one in eighty residents attend church or chapel, indicating a low level of churchgoing among London's population.
After a thirty years’ courtship a couple both over fifty have just been married at Leeds England. Mixed bathing will be permitted next year at the majority of German seaside resorts.
An antiquated advertisement column touts Chamberlain’s Pain Balm as superior for back and chest pains, plus Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestion and appetite. It cites testimonials from Gov. G. W. Atkinson and I. H. Myers, endorses Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets, offers money-back guarantees, and notes a San Francisco prescription sale of $112,500 for Bright's Disease and Diabetes research. It promotes Acker’s English Remedy for pneumonia prevention and lung issues with a refund if unsatisfied.
Robert C. Brown of Sperta Illinois longtime representative of the 58th district is slated to become clerk of the U S Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Born 1859 he rose from blacksmith to lawyer and holds affiliations with Knights of Pythias Elks and Modern Woodmen. A 1901 testimonial endorses Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin and Herb Laxative Compound sold by UpGeis Drug Co in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles.
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