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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
3
Mark Merrick faces danger as a fire engulfs a Paris hotel. He maneuvers through smoke rescuing a delicate woman, carrying her down narrow stairs to safety while firemen battle the blaze. A wartime past and mysterious observers linger as the drama continues.
In Davies bookseller shop Boswell first met Dr Johnson. Boswell asked Davies to conceal his origin. Davies teased that Boswell comes from Scotland. Johnson seized on the remark and retorted that many countrymen cannot help it.
Mrs Youngwed tells of her husband staying home from work due to feeling unwell. Neighbors chime in about renovations with carpets up and back shed painted while he convalesced. The passerby banter captures small town ambiance and daily domestic humor.
The article notes Japanese mills run day and night with workers changing shifts at noon and midnight. Most mill workers are children, commonly working eleven hours at low wages. Osaka mill employs 2,600 under 15 with 3,700 spindles, while in America 300 persons handle the same number of spindles.
Mrs Jones recalls a thief entering the room and stealing a clock from the mantle while Mrs Brown notes Fido, their watch dog, was nearby. Mrs Jones asserts Fido’s role didn't count since he is only a watch dog.
A quip from a real socialist recalls meeting Dusty who laughed at being run over by the hog train, mistaking it for a Gould special. The note ends with a proverb that ink, though dark, sheds light for many.
A humorous report about Mrs. De Vinne pushing her germ theory to the limit. She boiled water and milk at home and later boiled champagne at a dinner with friends causing trouble. The anecdote notes rising egg prices and a successful outcome despite the mishap.
A fragment from a humorous column features Miss Skylight seeking a life defining career with grand talk about world changing work. It then pivots to Mrs. Roland Parke’s lawn quip about why a grass plot exists and ends with kitchen gossip about a cook and a late night lock novelty pitched by an agent as neighbors’ shoe noises keep time.
A tiny man asks if this is where trouble is made and a woman near him eyes the scene. a man at a desk confirms the license bureau while the man in the pocket pays $2. The text then shifts to quick exchanges about curing habits and discharging a nurse, a neighbor’s blunt advice. A dog of Billingsley is noted for singing poorly yet being shot at seven times. A fruitless search joke ends with a pineapple gag.
A Missouri man declines a settlement offer of twelve thousand dollars contingent on his name being disclosed. The brief notes plenty of women in Missouri are expected to push for half the month to be named in the arrangement.
A comic collage of quips and scenes from daily life and finance. A druggist mishears a customer about lye, a silver tongue stock insider is thwarted, and a string of witty exchanges tackles mortgages, elopements, balloons, trades, nerves, and a tribute line from the Atchison Globe.
A quirky dialogue frames the question What is a politician as a boy asks. The father delivers a sharp line: a politician is one who can evade promises without breaking his word. In a playful exchange, a tramp asks about Martinique and a dime is handed to a poor man. The vignette touches on travel, honeymoon parity, and unexpected humor with a light satirical edge.
An advertisement promotes reprinting a portion of The Conquest of Arid America as The Better Half of the United States a fifty page pamphlet. It urges Western men to share the work with Eastern friends and offers a copy with related San Luis Valley literature for four cents in stamps. It also includes a quip about marriage to a Boston girl and notes a Great American Universal Encyclopedia of History Biography Art Science and Literature series.
A physician advised complete rest after years of travel with irregular meals and damp beds that left the narrator health compromised two years ago. The letter from a surgeon explains the need for extended recuperation and recovery to regain health.
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