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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1895
Page
6
The Rev Joseph Cooke plans a two year exile from America embarking on a perilous expedition. In Oklahoma gold fields shovels sell for three dollars as excitement peaks and some miners reportedly earned enough to buy them. Officials move to arrest women bicycle riders who wear bloomers and riders face enforcement actions amid the chaotic frontier setting.
A brief item notes a loan transaction occurring in a specific day and place, referencing involved individuals and institutions. The fragmentary text confirms a financial matter tied to a gentleman or official group, with no additional context or outcomes available.
A partial OCR fragment mentions education and events but lacks clear names dates places or outcomes. The readable bits reference a reaction to an event and possible timing, with no verifiable subjects or actions to summarize conclusively.
The editor laments that local business men fill columns with outside ads yet rarely advertise locally. He argues editors cannot push buying from home merchants unless they invest in home trade advertising and criticizes those who support advertising fakes while neglecting local ads.
Two men tried to interfere with Postmaster Gentry in Afton Arkansas as he carried the mail bag. One man lies dying and the other was shot through the mouth. The coroner's jury is expected to rule the incident as excessive tampering with the mails.
Miss Willard asserts that poverty causes intemperance and total abstinence in many cases. Some authorities consider abstinence a form of intemperance. She argues that intemperance leads to poverty and no one denies that poverty fuels intemperance.
Telegraphed reports show communications cut to Traversy City and Charlesville and train lines disrupted. Bendie county residents displaced after homes burned. Chargi reported destroyed. Fires threaten towns along the Grand Rapids & Indiana line in multiple counties with some relief from recent showers.
London reports Sir William Harcourt and his wife were returning from a meeting in a carriage when rough suburb cabmen threw stalks and rubbish. Both were struck but not injured. The Daily News notes Lady Harcourt was covered with dirt and filth, staining her garments and neck.
Denver officials say provisions in ordinance 41 series 1895 apply only to grocers and meat markets. The fire and police board will not extend enforcement to milk bread and confectionery dealers. Exceptions on Sunday observance are allowed due to differing religious beliefs.
A special train carrying Governor McCorkle, Adjutant General Holly and others arrived in the Elkhorn coal fields at Wrena s Str Wetch West Virginia. J McBride of the United Mine Workers joined. A conference with representative operators and miners is planned tonight. New workers continue to arrive. Strikers remain quiet but resolved that action is needed.
Five thousand cattle bound for the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians in Oklahoma are delayed in transit by the Indian bureau. The delay stems from questions raised by new quarantine regulations of the agricultural department, which began this fiscal year. Officials say no disease is suspected, but the inquiry seeks to resolve conflicts with territorial rules.
London reports Vanity Pair says the queen has strong views on the New Woman trend and its dress style. It notes she believes a paying public supports authors and that without buyers writers would stop producing such material.
Boston coverage describes July events at the Christian Endeavor conference focusing on Good Citizenship. Reports, speeches by Elijah Morse and Rev. W G Clarke highlight citizenship duties, with banners, parades, and large crowds at Mechanics Hall and surrounding streets. Leaders and delegates discuss municipal and state reform and the Afro American race's role in citizenship.
Denver July 13 The annual convention of the National Expestious aseociation closed last night with a large audience despite threatening weather. Chairman Orville T. Wright led a long set of resolutions praising the retiring president S Ju Butler and railroads, Denver hosts, and Ex-Governor Northern for the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition invitation. The resolutions urge education for citizenship, nonpartisan schooling, Alaska education and reindeer care, establish agricultural stations, expand library and museum funding, and integrate Kindergarten into public schools. First paper by Prof Edward Chanting of Harvard, an organ solo by Dr John H L Gower, and an address by University of Colorado President James Por featured the program.
July 18 report on the new Board of Directors for the N E A at Denver High School details President-elect Pougherts leading an informal vote among directors many of whom were absent. A California council member and representatives from Los Angeles and Washington attended. The executive committee will consider actions, with a report from the Trustees’ department alongside signed names of Charles De G2 and others.
An incomplete telegraph note describes daily activities in San Salvador with mentions of a recent conspiratorial dent Gotivrres. It notes an outbreak on July 4 and artillery barracks, spiked doors, and ammunition being moved into barracks. The government forces are said to have defeated Cojutepeque Indians and dispersed them, with Gutierrex and his co close to capture and surrounded by loyalist troops.
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