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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
8
An anecdote recalls Sir Edwin Landseer nearly finishing a dog portrait when the owner reported the canine missing. Landseer offered a £10 reward and enlisted Jem Smith, who later returned the dog. Smith confessed he himself had stolen it, explaining he could not reclaim the dog until recently due to a buyer’s insistence.
A Philadelphia Ledger tale relays an Allentown businessman's cousin from Berks county turning away from cocktails with fancy names. Jim explains he will stick to beer or whisky after a New York trip with friends urged him to drink, choosing caution over social pressure.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls sculptor J B Boehm praising Gladstone’s wide knowledge from gardening to Greek during a sitting. Carlyle counters with scorn, noting Gladstone knows little of sculpture. The piece alludes to fading relics of old times and the wind eroding the old yoke and wagon.
A fragment from Lippincott's Magazine features a sharp exchange between a disgusted woman and Dennis Fla herty as he puffing a short-stemmed pipe sits beside her. They volley lines about smoking and fate with humorous resistance and mock menace.
A kindly clergyman dismissed a gardener for stealing fruit and vegetables. To help his family the clergyman wrote a letter stating the gardener had worked over two years and earned more from the garden than any man he employed.
A London dinner party featured peaches bearing the owner's monogram traced in green after paper letters were affixed to the fruit. As the peaches ripened the monograms remained visible while the rest of the fruit turned rosy and deep in color.
A widow seeks marriage guidance from a country minister, lamenting she has had four husbands and feels tormented by dying men. The anecdotes cover humor from a bishop's golf mis-hits to courting bans and a peppermint remedy for sleeplessness.
President Roosevelt recounts a hunting trip misfire involving Secretary Moody. He jokes about mistaking a colored woman for a wild turkey and describes Moody buying chickens to appease the aggrieved woman.
The article notes Edward VII as the first English sovereign shown bald on coinage, suggesting earlier kings often appeared with caps crowns or wigs when depicted. It argues some predecessors, when shaved or stripped, were barely recognizable, while later monarchs remained consistently presented in full regalia.
The London actress Lady Bancroft accidentally cut her hand in the morning and later discussed it with fellow players. She quipped that not being a drinker saved her from a serious wound, while a bon vivant joked about testing his own alcohol tolerance by cutting his finger.
Promotional notices for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and White's Cream Vermifuge claim to boost appetite digestion and strength in children and adults. Testimonials from Mrs Sarah W Curtis and H J Freegard support relief from indigestion sour stomach constipation and summer fatigue with Herbine and related tonics sold by I H Myers and local druggists.
An ad extols Chamberlains Caelic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a universal dependable cure. It claims special value for summer diarrhoea in children and asserts it saves lives of many children each year. Sold by all druggists.
Travel bargains and excursion rates from Lamar Colorado to California and Colorado destinations plus a San Francisco drug deal note. Listings include dates, return limits, stopovers, and special rates with multiple cities and organizations mentioned. A San Francisco prescription deal details a historic $1126500 transaction for Brights disease and diabetes treatments.
Notice is given that Stephen A Hall has filed for final proof on his claim H E 5045 for section 25 town 2 range 28 western and will prove residence and cultivation before the Register and Receiver at Lamar Colorado on Thursday June 11 1903. Witnesses named are J C Horn John D Cahall Charles Thomas and Charles Johnson all of Lamar Colorado. Joan A Williams Register.
Executors Barbara B Harvey Ford F Harvey and David Benjamin announce they will present their final settlement to the County Court of Prowers County Colorado on June 8 1903 for approval and discharge any interested party may object Lamar Colorado May 6 1903
Mattie L. Butler administratrix will appear June 20 in Prowers County Court Lamar Colorado to present her final settlement for the estate of Willis Butler deceased. Objections by interested parties may be filed at that time. Dated May 18 1903 Lamar Colorado.
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