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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1903
Page
6
A miscellany of light items and anecdotes appears, including a wire trick with a coin under a tumbler, a touching tale of a yellow dog’s devotion beside a boy who cared for him, and a collection of puzzles and craft ideas. Also included are questions for readers, how to make a poppy pincushion, and playful notes on China’s exports.
A vintage instruction outlines building a storage battery from a tin can, wood, wire gauze, binding post, zinc, and steel chips. It covers cutting the can, mounting a binding post, assembling a zinc and gauze cylinder, packing chips, filling with caustic potash solution, and precautions. The guide claims 1.5 volt cells cost about 15 cents each to make.
Mrs James G Blaine widow of the Republican statesman dies at Augusta Me after two weeks of failing health. Born to a Maine family she married James G Blaine in Pittsburg and later moved to Augusta where he edited the Kennebec Journal. Survived by son James G Blaine and daughters Harriet Beale and Mrs Walter Damrosch.
Ireland's great astronomer Sir Robert Ball has reached his sixty third year. A Cambridge professor for a decade, he remains a thorough Irishman. His career began in 1865 when he led the private Parsonstown Observatory in King's County, Ireland. He noted that signaling to Mars might be possible if a flag the size of Ireland fluttered from a pole, so a Martian could perceive it faintly on Earth.
Charles H. Francis, former United States minister to Greece, has been recommended as ambassador to Italy. His Troy, New York home welcomed the news with approval. Francis is popular as owner of the Troy Times, an athlete, and Intercollegiate champion in single semis. Baron Von Ebert, visiting Austrian, praises American hospitality and finds U.S. people superior in many respects.
In Sioux county Nebraska a man holds a Nebraska school director post and a South Dakota district trustee seat claiming dual residency. His house straddles the state line with head in one state and feet in the other. He votes in both districts and argues no law can challenge his status.
Rose of Messenger Bay notes Alfred H. Smith, the New York Central Railway's new general manager, began as a messenger boy in Cleveland for Lake Shore at four dollars weekly. He progressed through gang laborer, brakeman, conductor, telegraph operator, train dispatcher, division superintendent and general superintendent. He is 39 and the youngest of five children.
A compact history traces popes from Peter through Leo XIII and beyond, noting nationalities, noble ties, and ordinations. It covers saintly lineages, such as Silverius, and governance changes, including names, ordination dates, and key acts like Gregory XI ending the Avignon exile.
A Rome to New York Sun letter lauds Leo XIII for peacemaking diplomacy. It notes his patience over force, easing church state tensions, improving Catholics’ status in Russia Britain and the United States, and fostering a modus vivendi with Italy’s Quirinal amid long standing Vatican relations.
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