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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1902
Page
6
EAR-ADMIRAL Schley recalled a Civil War court martial story at a Richmond hotel. A defendant objected to the president "the white-haired man" and to "the whole incarnate court" after the judge asked for objections. The objection to the member was not sustained.
Chambers' Journal notes the remarkable endurance of Indian pack carriers called human beasts of burden. Mexican Indians endure steep roads carrying 100 to 150 pounds daily over 20 to 25 miles using a back load and alpenstock for balance. Their clothes are minimal and food consists of poso boiled maize and tortillas.
In ROM an up in the state, a once-bright student becomes a successful lawyer and often opposes his former mentor. The mentor's drinking habits persist, sparking a sharp courtroom exchange after a decisive speech. The younger attorney replies that his victory was better before a glass.
A New Hampshire judge receives a farmer's note declining jury duty for a term, citing family butcher work and apple sorting. The writer recommends Si Jackman as a substitute, offering Car fare and kin in Manchester as enticement. The letter recalls a past accident and mentions local names and events.
At Princeton's chapel morning prayer a student asks Prof. French to move his class to 9 o'clock. The aged McCosh interrupts prayer to read the notice, ending with a blessing for the faculty and noting Prof. Karge's class now at 9.
A shipload of llamas arrived in San Francisco aboard the Hamburg American steamer Nicaria destined for menageries. The piece notes llamas as distant camels with a fierce sneeze and a stubborn temperament, plus assorted curiosities about bans on llama export, and miscellaneous 1901 world facts such as ice imports and linguistic notes.
Notre Dame University in Notre Dame Indiana invites readers seeking a college to request a free catalog and learn about terms courses and preparatory school options. The ad highlights a commercial business course Saint Edwards Hall for younger students and describes the university as fifty eight years active and respected nationwide.
Promotional note touts the grand mountain scenery and reduced rates for trips to Cripple Creek. Trains connect with the Weaver and Rio Grande lines at Canon City and Florence. L. R. Ford serves as vice president and traffic manager.
Low round trip fare set at 18.10 via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway for July 17 and 21, and August 7 and 14. Return limit twelve days. Tickets valid by boat Cleveland–Buffalo and Albany–New York if needed. Includes Niagara Falls and Chautauqua stops. Information at City Ticket Office 180 Clark St or with C F Daisy Chicago.
Directions for home ironing of summer shirt waists emphasize even starching with Defiance, smooth rolling in damp cloth, and ironing sequence from back to bottom. Methods include damp cloth touchups for wrinkles, plait management, and air drying before storage.
The page blends St Mary’s Academy Notre Dame with praise for its curriculum and Christian work, interspersed with consumer ads for Defiance Starch and Mrs. Winslow’s Syrup. Jokes and light verses appear beside promotion for household goods and blue laws remark.
A US official in a Norwegian city argues that plain diets like those in Norway and Sweden prevent disease. He notes goat meat is rare there and attributes rosy cheeks and clear complexions to simple foods. Americans, pressed by high prices, may adopt similar eating habits.
The New England chess title goes to Abraham Moses Sussman, 23, a Polish Jew. Predecessors include Benjamin Lynde Oliver, George Hammond, Preston Ware, and Franklin K. Young. Oliver died without a rival. Hammond, the only native American to beat Paul Murphy in an even game, also died in the championship.
The record shows British deaths from disease in the Boer War reached 13,250, far surpassing 7,792 killed or fatally wounded in combat. The climate and conditions in South Africa proved more lethal than Boer ambushes or fighting overall.
Gen William Mahone once caused commotion with his private car in Virginia. After his death the car remained on Richmond tracks for years and now sits in a Richmond suburb used as a leasing place by railroad employees.
A farm calf spotted leaping over a fence prompts a child to declare the calf must have inhaled the fence from its mother. The remark reflects a humorous misinterpretation of inheritance by a visiting girl.
John Gilmer Speed argues in Ainslee's that about 15 million families exist in the United States with roughly 1 percent owning more than half the nation's wealth. He suggests these top households can afford luxury, but their standards are unsafe for others.
The Lancet reports inquiry into hereditary genius finding that sons of great poets are often dull. It notes poetic fervor seems a spiritual flame that burns out within the generation in which it starts.
Ezvira Lovel aged Gypsy Queen and oldest Romany leader in America died last week from heart trouble. She was buried at sunset near Harrisburg Pennsylvania after Romany rites. Her wagon and effects were burned, marking the end of her long life at ninety six.
A recent cyclone in Algeria's Beni Ismael region allegedly caused rats to rain down on residents. Witnesses describe thousands of rodents showered over the affrighted population with hundreds said to have been impaled on spiked fencing in Kabyle gardens.
A Texas spider creates a balloon four feet long and two feet wide, ties it to a tree with one thread, moves aboard with six young, cuts the thread, and the airship drifts to a distant prairie location.
The Gorakshanee Sabha of Nagpur states the Madras Hindu sent a marble cow picture to the emperor of India. The cow bears a memorial written on blades of grass in its mouth.
Arizona is described as a large state, noted for having a land area larger than the combined areas of Rhode Island Delaware Connecticut New Jersey Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Maryland West Virginia and South Carolina.
An American syndicate negotiates to purchase Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano to secure its sulphur deposits.
Macaulay spent eight or nine years on his History of England from plan inception to work cut short, detailing the origin and development of the project and its progress over time.
Over the past decade doctors report more progress in treating consumption than for any other ailment with several new methods and approaches developed to combat the disease.
The advertisement extols Peruna as a universal cure for catarrh, claiming it heals chronic inflammation in any mucous lining. Mrs X Schneider of Chicago testifies to full recovery from heart palpitations and female weakness after using Peruna since January 1901, and Congressman J B Crowley endorses it for nervous troubles. A free catarrh book and gratis medical advice from Dr Hartman accompany the offer.
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