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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1901
Page
6
A New York World description of Hashima, ten miles south of Atami, a 300 year old communal island republic near Tokyo. The society bans private land ownership, divides eighty acres into forty one equal plots, and distributes produce by need ensuring no rich or poor.
The island’s economy centers on fishing with forty one households sharing three thousand yen yearly from sea products. Rice is reserved for festivals and misfortune support funds, stores sell liquor and coarse wares, and a grammar school educates children. Hashima might be unique in operating communism, though residents rarely grasp the term.
In Rome researchers uncover a marble fragment from the Forma Urbis dating to the time of Sulpi cius Serverus. The slab, found in the Roman Forum where it diverted a drain, shows the layout of much of the Baths of Agrippa and the Pantheon.
A man recalls a remarkable bird dog from Santa Barbara California that pointed at nearly every two steps during long walks. He explains a now famous moment when the dog sat and pointed toward a distant white ship in the harbor, which turned out to be the United States ship Petrel. The man with the shifty eye ends the tale and escapes before being challenged.
A gardener at the North Creake rectory in Norfolk England found a wren nesting inside a sleeve of his jacket hung in the rectory greenhouse. The bird remained undisturbed in its unusual nesting site and was left in place.
Customs authorities ban entry of typewriters into Turkey and order 200 machines returned to consignors. Officials argue no distinct feature ties writing to authors, allowing sedition to be printed without trace. Prohibitions extend to holographic paste and fluid. embassies seek a more reasonable Turkish stance. Evening music shifts from hymns to secular tunes as chatter and betting in a roisterous scene continue.
A Philadelphia gambling house employs an automatic church organ instead of a lookout man. The Record notes the scheme has worked smoothly, with neighbors and district officers unaware. When the organ starts, passersby might mistake it for a prayer meeting or revival, as hymns fill the closed blinds.
Statistics published show 756,558 scholars attended Scottish schools last year with 923,358 raised from the education rate and 696,607 government grants earned by scholars. There were 867 evening schools with 43,960 pupils and 10,845 certificated teachers, about one per 58 children.
A German surgeon employs an old military man who lost both arms and legs, with half his face destroyed by a shell in 1870. He wears a metallic mask yet retains some humanity and preserves his sight, illustrating the brutal collateral of war.
In a Philadelphia Record account two women discuss a friend’s potential marriage, praising virtue yet noting limits such as abstaining from meat and coffee. They debate whether such perfection suits modern life as the carriage nears Fifteenth Street and strangers listen, uncertain if the man exists.
A chunked reading lists varied items from the era including a quip attributed to Benjamin Harrison about hanging together, a Pan-American Exposition note predicting Niagara power, a plug for Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, a line on ballad singing, a remark on J. Pierpont Morgan and Carnegie, Wizard Oil as a pain remedy, a Kansas hard cider drink, and a Denver commercial college run by Professor J. E. Barnes with local advertiser calls and reader notices to mention the paper when contacting advertisers.
The Countess Castiglione's famed necklace, 279 pearls on five strings, sold for 84300 dollars to Gunberg of Paris after each string drew separate bids. The eccentric countess once shut her house to sunlight, banned mirrors, and lived on candles and gas in wealth. Later anecdotes recall a daring burglary tale involving a blondes.
An assortment of 19th to early 20th century advertisements appears, promoting Western Life and Accident insurance with life, accident, and health plans, plus ailments cures. Notable claims include Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Piso’s Cure for consumption, and various quack remedies.
Kathleen Graham and Florence Allan share letters praising Peruna as an invigorating tonic. Dr S B Hartman endorses its use for women with catarrhal issues. Addresses in Washington D C Chicago and Columbus listed for further contact and free advice.
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