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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1895
Page
6
A newspaper office rehearses all night bulletin writing with a celebrated art department manager who feeds the crowd through staged portraits and cartoons. He crafts outlines on cards then reveals single images to sway readers as a practiced unseen influence.
Jumping beans capture fad interest as Mexican worms inside beans develop into butterflies. A Chicago collector has cornered the market. In Bolivar county Mississippi supervisors claim substantial mileage to the county seat, totaling hundreds of miles for several officials, making the county nearly as large as Rhode Island.
An east bound Burlington Line passenger train was robbed at Ottumwa after two men boarded at Chillicothe. They bound gagged five crew and passengers, unlocked the safe, and fled across the Des Moines river. A posse pursues the suspects with unknown loot.
William E. Johnson, president of Florence Cripple Creek railway, attends formalities at Brown Palace as Articles of Incorporation for Florence Southern Railroad are filed with the secretary of state. The $1,000,000 venture, with seven incorporators led by Johnson and McCandless, aims to span Oak Creek canyon into Custer County and Wet Mountain Valley, avoiding costly Rio Grande washouts and boosting regional transport on completion.
Ex Governor Waite of Colorado visited Debs in Woodstock jail on January 12. The meeting occurred during a period of heightened scrutiny of the anti war activist’s case.
This afternoon Waite visited Eugene V. Debs in the jail at Eugene and afterward praised the interview. He said Debs violated no law and expressed the view that it is hard he is imprisoned. Walte, not Waite, praised the judges of the era during a Chicago Press club gathering that evening.
In Mextopise Sicily a massive rock overhang collapsed near the town causing panic but little damage. In Montague Avallina four houses fell under snow killing three. At Mount Gascia in ColiP crushed, ten shepherds died seeking refuge in a cave.
A ferocious gale and heavy snow blanketed England on Saturday night causing deep snowdrifts, blocked highways, and delayed rail and cross channel steamers. Vessels ashore near Poole Bay and Humber reported wrecks with rescuers and coast guardsmen braving the cold. Several skating accidents and exposure fatalities are noted as the snowfall continues.
A Lincoln dispatch reports Rev Holdredge meeting Secretary Piper about sending 100 tons of coal to Nebraskans in need. Rev Hale will organize shipment and delivery. State relief offices amid heavy activity with donors sending cash and information to assist.
Fragmentary text mentions a $500 check to Secretary Ludden Governor Holcomb, with names like Edward Water of Omaha and Chylor a field. Also references university students and coal shipments, but the fragment is incoherent and unclear.
Ex GOP figure from Colorado speaks to a Chicago reporter about Washington and election strategy. He argues not to attack the executive, predicts collaboration while criticizing party factions, mentions Mexican and Catholic vote dynamics, and advocates Populist reform and monetary questions as paths to influence the upcoming election.
United States Marshal Harry A Why and Deputy Adams report a dangerous situation in Indian Territory with the Cook gang and other outlaws. They describe a friendly but armed group of about a dozen men who ride freely and threaten officers, while allies give tips to the outlaws and complicate enforcement efforts.
Denver reports larger shipments of silver to China via a San Francisco agency. Demand in the Chinese kingdom boosts prices and expedites transfers, as shipments double after a period of slower activity.
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