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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1903
Page
7
Letter from Newneun Kentucky by B C Jones reports urinary issues including urine on flow and frequent urges. Jones credits Doans Kidney Pills with removing gravel and easing symptoms such as heart palpitations headaches dizziness and nervousness.
Wisconsin lumber magnate W C Cunningham, once given up as a consumptive, claims an electric lung brace cured him in three weeks. He now offers braces to others at 420 Muck B Colo Denver, pledging to spend his fortune to fight consumption.
Fragmented OCR shows a mix of brand pitches and dialogue with references to Defiance Starch Uncle John Erving a young cleric and a doctor. Mentions of 30 000 farm hands in TLimpy and Bmoke Baxter 6 cent cigar mingle with disjointed questions and names suggesting an old advertisement page or column.
The Union Pacific advertises special excursions at one fare plus $2 for the round trip to Chicago St Louis Omaha St Paul Kansas City Minneapolis Memphis Peoria Duluth Des Moines and many points across Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Missouri North Dakota and South Dakota Tickets valid return within ninety days Tickets read over the Union Pacific Through Pullman sleeping cars Denver to Chicago nightly The Eastern Express departs Denver 10 30 p m Double berths cost 150 to Omaha 250 to Chicago or 100 for night For more info contact local agent or E R Griffin Denver security 941 Seventeenth St Denver.
Washington reports show record fiscal year land sales in public timber mineral and homestead lands amid widespread frauds. Investigations led by Commissioner Richards reveal illegal transfers across multiple states, implicating senators and a Duluth firm in indictments. Efforts to repeal the timber and mineral act continue amid revenue concerns and rising land values.
Denver dispatch reports Basin Wyoming where James Gorman and J P Walters, both convicted of murder, were shot to death in their jail cells by a mob of about thirty. Deputy C E Price was killed and Deputy Sheriff George S Mead wounded as the mob fired through the sheriff s office. the doors were battered in and the prisoners gunned down. Gorman lingered until 8 am and Walters was killed instantly. Gorman had murdered his brother, Tom Gorman, over a love triangle. Walters, once a wealthy miner and merchant, followed Mrs Agnes J Hoover to Thermopolis and shot her after she refused him.
London reports a scientist claims a tenth part of a grain of radium in a toothpick sized tube can kill superficial cancer after four one hour exposures. Dr Mackenzie Davidson of Charing Cross Hospital says he cured rodent nose cancer and is treating two other superficial cancers with radium. He cautions results for internal cancers are unproven.
News from Meeteetse reports Ben Minnick a sheep owner was killed last February by several men over stock rules. Sheriff Fenton and Deputy A L Stone arrested prominent cattle owners in Thermopolis, prompting a mob to surround the hotel. Governor’s militia called as danger to law and order grows amid arrests and threats.
Rome reports the Pope remains in coma with unchanged condition at 1.55 a m. Vatican life is quiet except for the pontiff’s apartments as weakness grows from inability to take nourishment. Restoratives fail to be swallowed and prayers are requested for the august head.
James Charlton, chairman of the Transcontinental Passenger Association, reports reduced round trip fares for the American Bakers Association in San Francisco from October 20 to 23, Knights Templar conclave in San Francisco September 7 to 9, National Live Stock Association in Portland January 12 to 15, and the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress in Seattle August 16 to 21.
The Reliance won the New York Yacht Club cruise from New Haven to New London a 39 mile race leading from start to finish and finishing over a mile ahead of Constitution and more than two miles ahead of Columbia. It beat Constitution by 6 minutes 29 seconds and Columbia by 1 minute 24 seconds and set a new course record.
A Trinidad cloudburst caused fierce hail and rain, flooding areas north of town and damaging foundations and cellars. A dwelling near an arroyo was destroyed, residents escaped, Santa Fe depot and tracks flooded, debris and mud swamped streets, and a watchman tower was washed away.
Helena July 19 The Butte Salmonder Electric Railroad Company with a capital of 2060000 was incorporated here yesterday by P B Moss and other eastern Montana men. The plan is a 187 mile line from Butte to the Salmon river country Idaho near the mouth of the north fork via Horse Prairie in Beayshead County and Lemhi Pass, with potential extension to Thunder Mountain.
The page mixes notes on German potato eaters and labor staples with appeals from Colorado land sellers offering San Luis Valley lands to eastern farmers. It includes a DenverImmigration Bureau booklet request and brief quips about fraud, shipboard suspense, and a Defiance Starch advertisement.
A collage of unrelated fragments notes cigars at six cents with a Bullhead brand, a frightened bridesmaid at a wedding, a nocturnal remark about a nightmare and a constitutional cure named Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents, plus hurried gossip.
A collage of ad style bits and humorous exchanges on products and topics. Mentions laxatives, starch, guns, naval spending, tobacco blends, horsemanship, telegraphy schools, and mosquito parasites. The excerpts mix jokes with product pitches and light social banter.
Physicians praise Peruna as a valued remedy for women and catarrh, noting its regular use in practice. Dr M C Gee cites cures of leucorrhea and ovarian troubles and advocates its benefits. Mrs E T Gaddis reports relief and renewed strength after following Hartman’s directions, affirming Peruna’s efficacy for womanhood. Catarrh and related diseases affect half of Americans, underscoring Peruna’s claimed role.
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