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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1898
Page
2
On a Pacific voyage, Jack Sullivan and boy Bill desert to a barbarian island. The crew shells a council building with a six pounder, rescue Bill, discover Sullivan dead from a head wound, and the captain, moved, forgives Bill. Years later Bill becomes a shipmaster reflecting on the episode.
Pompey Cochran, a Civil War veteran from Mooresfield West Virginia, saved his porous plasters for years due to pain from old wounds. After a fire burned his house he roofed the toolhouse with the plasters. The roof became water tight and drew visitors as the plasters proved more effective than in earlier use.
A western journal correspondent asks how to place an article. The editor replies that small items like a hairbrush can be wrapped in the paper to prevent slipping, while larger items such as an English bath tub are not advisable to attempt.
Dialogue presents a playful exchange about romance with a mention of mistletoe and a character noting the right man makes such gestures superfluous.
The queen owns a dress made entirely of spiders' webs, a gift from the Empress of Brazil. It was specially prepared in her palace by twenty native silk workers.
A sworn 1807 testimonial attributes a dramatic health turnaround to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. John B Cook recounts weight gain, sleep loss, stomach pains, and recovery after four boxes, claiming cessation of drink and tea cravings and a return to vigor. Address and publisher details accompany the sworn statement.
In a January letter from Paris, Idan Belim notes water costs by the quart and luxury prices for artichokes, creams, milk, ice, and velvets. He observes cotton fabrics from America as extravagant, and describes Parisian dress, washing, and wardrobe practices as unfamiliar to American readers.
The entanglement with Spain over tariffs lightly affects Wall Street with no expected serious complications. The text urges Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as an effective remedy for dyspepsia malaria kidney trouble constipation and nervousness.
A fragment mentions Smoke Sledge Cigarettes and a bargain offer of twenty for five dollars plus a cryptic quote about hyenas and three fields for their use. The text then lists politics football and bargain runs as examples. The source mixes ad copy with dialogue.
An old advertisement promises a no te bac tobacco habit cure for fifty cents claiming to purify blood and make weak men strong. The fragment includes odd lines about druggists and a personal anecdote involving a sister and a Hopkins marriage.
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