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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1902
Page
8
A collage of comic snippets about everyday life and trades. Undertaker quips about long business years. Jests on returns, bill collectors, and insurance quirks. A mix of punny lines from Chicago papers and Brooklyn notices captures urban humor and small misadventures.
Chicago Chronicle notes a vogue toward brown hair among actresses from Zaza to Robson and Tyree, contrasting with earlier blond and auburn trends. It argues brown hair signals a modern, respectable image in both theater and private life across society.
A Highland giant Roderick Macculloch faced treason charges and a Tower bound march. A window scene with a witty noblewoman led to a clemency appeal by King George N. Lang claims the rebel’s pardon hung framed in a descendant’s study. The tale ends with romance teased but unsettled.
A former college athlete, hobbling on Chestnut Street, explains his knee pain stems from a cold and whisky. He recalls a surreal dream where he and others trained for a 100 yard dash as Fatty Turner fired a pistol, then woke up with the cold improved.
Chicago Chronicle reports on special “death by own action rooms” in a Philadelphia asylum for the insane. The wards are stripped of risky features, with outward opening doors, no knobs, no gas, no sharp edges, and no restraining items. Keepers patrol doors at night to prevent self harm.
Precautions against fire include coating all wood in building frameworks with non inflammable material and fireproof stairways. Emergency night lighting uses red one candle power electric lamps. Heating and lighting limited to coal gas and electricity. hydrocarbons and other gases forbidden. Theaters must have iron fire proof curtains and are to be lit only by electricity.
The Philadelphia Times notes President Roosevelt hosted Booker T. Washington at dinner, praising his Tuskegee work which guides practical education for African Americans. Washington’s influence in the South is described as shaping character and economic self-reliance, with high regard from educational and philanthropic circles.
Railroad magnate J J Hill calls on a train ride through North Dakota to judge wheat by heads not straw. He reveals actual yields in fields seen, warning against estimating by appearances and showing his subordinate how grain vitality and head size govern final tonnage.
In London dining rooms, Jacques Whistler asked to write a letter and use a upstairs room. A series of bumps followed a fall on the stairs, prompting Whistler to quip about the builder and a pointed joke on a teetotaler in this anecdote cited by Julian Ralph in the New York Mail and Express.
The British possessions in North America and the West Indies are larger than the United States including Porto Rico and Alaska. On the North American continent King Edward's possession are nearly 100000 square miles larger than the United States and with the West Indies and Newfoundland exceed by more than 200000 square miles.
A brief joke from Puck contrasts alarm meanings in a playful exchange. Gladys asks if the kiss caused alarm, Ethel says dreadfully, then clarifies she did not scream, only a still alarm.
A Westerner and a Dercon describe opposite reactions to New York crowds. The first finds energy, buoyancy, and improved mood after two weeks, while the second feels oppressive crowd noise, overcrowding, and melancholy, seeking relief in theaters but longing for home.
The dispatch from St Joseph tells how General Jo Shelby's command rescued Inez Walker from a Mexican planter near Mexico and how the campaign to the City of Mexico left many lives sacrificed. Inez lived near San Antonio until her death, aged by years of captivity and escape.
A humorous tale shows Miss Palmer wife of Senator Depew misidentifying a prison van as the city car. The piece also notes London’s second-hand bread trade, where scraps are sorted into first and second quality for soup garnishes and animal feed.
Train passes offered for numerous associations led by Knights of Pythias and other groups with sale dates in 1902. Rates range from 42.10 to 53.10 for round trips, some with stopovers, and extended return limits. Major events include Imperial Shrine in San Francisco and the National Educational Association in Minneapolis with special conditions and extensions. Details specify sale dates, stopover rules, and restricted routes.
Notice is given that settler George C Pollard has filed for final proof to support his claim. Proof will be made before the Register and Receiver at Lamar Colorado on July 24 1902 for the NE Sec 19 Twp 22 Range 47 W 6 PM. Witnesses to prove residence and cultivation are Charles Billingslea Frank Lamson William Martin and James Guy all of Lamar Colorado.
Notice posted by U S Land Office Lamar Colorado on June 21 1902 announces that settler Septrimus K Brosius has filed for final proof on his claim for the N half of the NW in section 23 township 21 south range 46 west. Proof will be given August 7 1902 at 6 pm before officials in Lamar with witnesses Walter Wood Emma Wood Philip Goodin and E B Leatherman all of Lamar Colorado.
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