Reflections of a Bachelor On Women and Love
A collection of pithy, humorous observations about women, marriage, and love from the New York Press. It jokes about responsibility, marriage rings, and the folly of lovers with wry, urban wit.
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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1901
Page
5
A collection of pithy, humorous observations about women, marriage, and love from the New York Press. It jokes about responsibility, marriage rings, and the folly of lovers with wry, urban wit.
The column notes Senator Lodge of Massachusetts reads and writes for pleasure each day. It mentions the Kaiser's regular beer ritual and Rhine wine affection. Reverend N Poyntz condemns Sunday concerts and links church spirit to Darwin memorial protests in Shrewsbury. Marquis of Bute estate workers get a year’s salary after two years of service. Frederick Stearns of Detroit reports purchasing 200 more instruments for Michigan University including a 1703 Christoforo harpsichord.
The essay discusses the czarist empire as a major future drama, praises The Heart of the Ancient Wood and its heroine Miranda, and notes American romance writers struggle to craft engaging 2000 word tales despite growing popularity of short stories in America and Europe.
Random statistics and notes: Hindus restraint on alcohol, Prussian income tax thresholds, New York City debt vs states, US mineral output rise from 1890 to 1899, Cape Nome mortality estimate, British patent numbers for women, gold fish market control claims, peach tree shipment to Cape Colony and Natal, Cumberland wild turkeys in streets, Japanese adoption of kindergarten methods, Michigan Sunday school enrollment at 17 percent vs 16 percent national average, floating machine shop concept for fleets, Michigan experiment station praise of UP farming, eleven Indian languages still spoken in Mexico.
skim milk substitutes celluloid lactraid as an alternative. Women vote records rise in national election. Cincinnati rides street car boom with eight expansions. Lamp dealers Wickes and Lampe noted in New York. War office ponders motor car training for volunteers. Chameleons change color yet body stays uniform. John Strunk of Middle Smithfield Pa is 94 and never left county. St Joseph Mo plans portable schools for overflow. Petroleum powers locomotives per Russian ministry. Harvard professor George Lyman Kittredge named president of Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
The column notes Cora Urquhart married at sixteen to James Brown Piper, Effie Shannon slated to play Juliet opposite Herbert Kelcey, and an American company to stage The Casino Girl in Australia. It mentions Frank McKee securing English rights to Janice Meredith, Mary Mannering possibly presenting abroad, Julia Arthur denying an early Hamlet return, and winter plans in the southwest and Mexico. Peter F. Dailey linked with Rice's Evangeline, with Henry E. Dixey, Richard Golden, Nat C. Goodwin, William H. Crane, George A. Schiller among early exhibitors, Le Blanc recalled as Dailey's comic partner.
A collage of light verse and jokes with punchlines about a broker’s daughter, church bells, Johnny and his class, a hospitable shoemaker, lawyers, a concert pianist, a bank directorship, an engagement ending, and a school anecdote. Contains multiple brief exchanges and humorous observations.
An ad recommends Boschee's German Syrup for throat and lung troubles, promising it heals tissues, destroys germ disease, reduces inflammation, aids expectoration, and improves sleep. It notes wide acceptance and sale by I. H. Myers.
C B Thoman sells cheap town lots and offers best line of fire and farm insurance. Irwin's dry goods display latest millinery. Dr A W Seabury, physician, offices in Irwin Building. Poultry buyers pay top prices for live and dressed birds and waterfowl. Cora Ray Smarn promote The Family Counsellor and Dr S W Billingslea M H sell it.
An old style classified ad promoting Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for a cold with no cure no pay. It promotes a Granada Colorado sale by W H Morris mentioning good store location and stock, selling due to old age.
An old advertisement claims a single day cure for a cold using Beono Quinine tablets by Grazist. It offers refunds if the treatment fails and notes Grove's signature on each box.
An all year tourist rate to Hot Spring, N Mex at 14.70 dollars round trip with a 90 day final limit is offered. Holders may also obtain side trip rates from La Junta to Pueblo 260 dollars, Colorado Springs 4.35 dollars, and Denver 7.25 dollars. Tickets may be used ongoing or return with a 160 day carry limit and Pueblo stopovers. For details contact G. J. Garvin, Agent.
Notice for publication states settler Martha Eby of Latimer, Colorado, filed to make final proof for land in Section 7, Township 6, Range 1 West, with witnesses J Maday H J Wilson C B Jones and Albert Rihal all of Lat Martha. The proof will be before the Register and Receiver at Lamar on a Saturday in January.
Public notice publishes details for proof of continuous residence and cultivation claims. Witness names listed include Samuel Lawrence of Carlton and John Wrinek. Additional names include Joseph Morse and allot Callars, as documented in the Colorado Mat Register.
Notice is hereby given that the settler has filed to make final proof in support of life and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver at Lamar Colorado on Thursday January 6. Claimant lists land heirs Swaddle George Bishop and Jase all of Lamar Colorado with W A Merkin as Register.
Notice details a contest over timber culture entry 4 in Lamar Colorado with allegations of abandonment and noncultivation by Helen Dorr, a required appearance at 11 o clock before the U S Land Office. Also announces guardianship petition to sell minor Paul Thornberry estate in Prowers County with hearing set January 10, 1901 at Lamar Court House.
A collage of motifs on reputation inner retreat and caution. Quotations touch on misfortune in missing moments and the fragility of love and trust. The piece contrasts prudence with haste and suggests skepticism toward excuses in judging character.
A collection of curious statements notes privileges for married couples in Norway to travel by rail, that wars drive 80 percent of global government costs, Europe produces 1.85 million square yards of looking glass annually, Alaska ships large quantities of walrus whisker toothpicks, and a weekly pattern of public worship assigns each day to a different racial or religious group.
A December offer promotes the Jag Cure at 25 dollars with claims of equal effectiveness to any cure. The message cites testimonials as references and names Dr. S. W. Billingslea as the practitioner.
10 head of high grade Hereford bull calves offered by Maxwell FakM Co Lamar Cole for sale.
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