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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1902
Page
2
A collage of witty jests and tidbits from The Register touches on Mrs Langtry’s changed status, European alliances, corporate philanthropy, and social observations. It names figures like Schwab Carnegie Wyndham and William, contrasts continental politics with American scenes, and riffes on culture, crime, and industry with a loose, humorous voice.
The report records several Colorado incidents and events: Henry Kudhel, 50, drowns at Twin Lakes on July 13. C. T. Thompson drowns in Lake Minnequa Pueblo. Elmer G. Maclroy, a dairyman, dies by suicide near Glenwood Springs. Also noted are festival plans, weather, oil strikes near Florence, Denver union elections, and a Pioneer Society picnic at Elitch's Gardens with Senator Teller speaking.
General Davis set to take command September 30 and abolish the division of the Philippines, creating a department with districts as troop reductions and reorganization proceed. Wu to go to Peking for new Chinese foreign office role. Bragg remarks under review. Taft and Rome talks continue.
Denver land office records show a record year ending June 30 with 33 homesteads and timber claims covering 4 542 59 acres and 7004 73 dollars, 69 excess cash entries 292 38 acres and 704 dollars, 15 public sales 836 59 acres and 1189 55 dollars, plus 226 mineral entries 2 606 41 acres and 114 90 dollars. Timber and stone entries total 93 868 acres 7 346 dollars, desert land entries 25 for 6 465 84 dollars, and final desert land entries 477 64 dollars. total cash sales 39 555 85 acres and receipts 33 1 dollars 367 36, marking a $25 gain over the prior year.
Attorney General Pos suggests a plan to avoid surplus representation in the Fourteenth General Assembly. He reasons that eight een hold over and eighteen elected senators create a constitutional excess, and recommends not electing a Twenty-sixth district senator to keep total at thirty five. Hughes versus Felton cited as authority.
The state commissioner of mines reports missing exhibit specimens at the Capitol and new locks ordered for cases. Cap tain Ellison charges Col Verdbeckberg Major Kennedy and Lt Bloom with conduct unbecoming an officer amid Guard unrest. State medical examiners board shows $500.22 profit, 319 licenses issued, receipts $1 040. Helen Grenfell favors Rhodes scholarships only for advanced educated men. Martha Shute seeks state help for wildflower exhibit at St Louis fair. S B Walker to consult. Pike’s Peak flora differs. wildflowers tied to Colorado counties. soils vital for plant production.
Denver papers report incorporation of the Denver Northwestern and Pacific railway with $20 million capital, 500 mile initial line to Salt Lake City, and routes through Colorado and Utah toward the Pacific coast. Directors include D. H. Moffat and W. S. Cheesman, with offices in Denver and plans for state filings.
The Colorado Federation of Woman's Clubs offers two prizes for original music. Open to federation members, the best instrumental and best vocal pieces will win elaborate State Federation pin designs. Submissions close September 1. awards and performances occur at the Boulder meeting in October.
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