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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1903
Page
6
The Raleigh notes Americans’ strong belief in luck with senators flashing lucky items like potatoes horse chestnuts and old copper cents. A prominent man defends non superstition but admits a cent from his birth year keeps him hopeful for money, a tale cited from the Washington Post.
The Shah of Persia appears desolate after cable reports say he reduced his wives from 1,100 to sixty. Persian people react with surprise to a family upheaval, viewing a sixty wife shah as a bachelor, not a ruler.
Georgia preacher Reverend William McGill editor of Hot Shots seeks a congressional chaplaincy as Dr. Millburn nears retirement. The Atlanta Journal objects to his prominence citing McGill’s side whiskers and recalls Chauncey Depew as the only congressman allowed such adornment.
The piece visits deserts in Arizona and southeastern California, highlighting lizards that thrive in harsh conditions. It notes lizards that do not drink water, survive on bitter plants, and endure thorns and cactus as explorers risk death in solitude. It reflects on life amid stark landscapes and the question of whether the land is a true desert or a test for humans.
Ed Mund Burke brought an early painting to Sir Joshua Reynolds and posed it as the work of a young student seeking guidance. After a long look Reynolds asked if the painter was a friend, and he declined to advise, stating it was clever but not sure it warranted art as a profession. Reynolds had forgotten his own painting.
In Haverhill Massachusetts an informal group near Secretary Moody’s town contemplates a playful plan to celebrate his Navy appointment. They drafted a telegram to Moody requesting the Dolphin for a fishing outing, signaling a lighthearted, social tone amid national events.
A watch lost by Mr. T. Watson of Fletching Mill Farm near Newick, England, has been found buried in a field after four years. The field was plowed thrice and cropped, yet the watch and chain remained intact in the soil with the celluloid case claiming the works still run.
A Boston literary guest in Harlem questions Pierpont Morgan while noting Hetty Green’s wealth, provoking smiles at a skit about the two figures. The host answers with uncertainty about the Morgan name, illustrating New York’s retelling of a Boston difference in cultural awareness.
A teacher tests students on poly terminology using gam y words. After defining polygamy bigamy and monogamy she asks what two spouses scenario is called and a student answers monotony.
Hugh McLaughlin of Brooklyn, a veteran Democratic leader, faced insomnia and consulted a doctor. After a diagnosis, the physician suggested quitting tobacco, and McLaughlin chose to stop smoking and chewing, keeping the prescription’s spirit.
In Chamberlain South Dakota six Indian cases fill the divorce docket. Eagle Boy wins a divorce from Pipe Eagle, a woman who abused him and who admitted she was her seventh husband while claiming she was his first. Burnt Prairie is another Indian seeking relief for similar reasons amid the lengthy marriage history.
On a hot day a baronet overheard a workman grumbling about dryness and replied you know where the well is. Later he realizes he ordered three bottles of champagne to be lowered into the well to cool for dinner. Three empty bottles lay in the well.
Illinois aligns with New York and Pennsylvania in cracking down on ticket scalping and forgers. Three men were sentenced in Chicago after a fortnight long trial, one pleading guilty to a second indictment. The effort aims to curb a long standing petty larceny harming workers.
Industrial capital in Pittsburg exceeds two billion dollars while the 1901 steel output rivals Germany and far surpasses France and Belgium. The ad notes Defiance Starch value and price, a catarrh cure claim from Hall’s, and Baxter’s Bullhead cigars. It comments on rural humor and suggests shortages and comic valentines amid economic themes.
Naturalist Camille Spiess reports a Jura Vaud farmer with 59000 Helix pomatia snails in an enclosure. The top of the fence is sharp pointed, yet several snails formed a ladder using their shells to pass over without harm, indicating unexpected cunning and reasoning in the vineyard snail.
A New Hampshire farmer writes to a poultry expert about hens lying on their backs and failing to rise. The column folds in a collage of ad quips and quips about Defiance Starch, cough remedies, a nursemaid exchange, and stray one liners.
In a Brooklyn geography class a student quips that Long Island’s natural peculiarities include the sea on the south side and the sound on the north, eliciting amusement after the teacher asks for the island’s features.
An out of town visitor in New York for a day’s shopping waits at Forty second Street and Fifth Avenue for a cross. A policeman asks why he delays and the man replies he is superstitious about crossing funerals in the street.
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