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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1897
Page
2
Beggarweed ranks with cow peas in the south as a fertilizing crop. In Virginia it is cut at about three feet high and fully cured. After mowing it yields a second crop, matures its seed, and serves as good pasture until frost. Turned under while plowing, it proves an excellent fertilizer. One farmer reported raising corn from ten to thirty bushels per acre with no other fertilizer.
A bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture notes a new industry stocking wine cellars with cobwebs by farming spiders. In a Loire village and near Philadelphia, species Epeira vulgaris and Nephila plumipes are raised and sold to wine merchants at ten dollars per hundred. The practice of applying entomology to industry is not likely to be highly commended.
A Mexico City telegram reports a new company with one million dollars capital, led by Pearson & Son, to build a railway from the National Tehuantepec Railroad to Vera Cruz. The government grants over 8,000 acres per kilometer, with plans to settle European and other colonists on 400,000 acres. Construction begins in two months.
A New Jersey county collector rejects extra pay from a 2 percent collection fee, taking only his salary of 4500 dollars yearly. Four years after the law allowing the fee, he refuses personal gain, earning respect and trust from neighbors and setting a powerful example of unselfish official conduct.
The message praises Queen Victoria's fondness for circuses and horse racing, noting that many enjoy these entertainments. It suggests some deny this fondness, but hopes Victoria's circus days endure for years.
London and empire churches held services in honor of Queen Victoria’s sixty year reign. At St George’s Windsor the queen, in black with white bonnet, sat in state as Empress Frederick and the Windsor family offered affectionate rites. The day featured a private royal service, a special thanksgiving prayer, and tearful royal farewells. In St Paul’s and St Margaret’s crowds gathered to view the royals, envoys, and dignitaries including Finland’s archbishop, China’s envoy Chang Ying Huan, and officials like Whitelaw Reid and Ambassador Hay. The service at St Paul’s echoed the Windsor ceremony with a grand musical program and a sermon praising Victoria’s piety and charity.
London June 2 The national plan of praise and thanksgiving found official expression at Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's Westminster. At the Abbey Dean Bradley officiated before an immense congregation. The procession was headed by the lord chancellor followed by dignitaries including Lord Salisbury.
Celebrations in Denver mark the Queen's diamond jubilee with a special service at St John’s Cathedral. Dean Hart led the sermon as the crowded cathedral overflowed into the vestibule. Decorations featured British and American colors with roses and national emblems. proceeds supported the Victoria wing at St Luke's Hospital.
A Panama dispatch reports Costa Rica and Guatemala join the Greater Republic of Central America to create a shared currency for all five nations. The federation forms an offensive defense alliance with a Diet elected by two delegates from each republic. Covarica’s president will lead the Diet first on September 15. Guatemala’s approval triggers expected San Salvador protests amid strong enthusiasm.
Messrs Houghton Mifflin and Co announce a new volume of short stories by Mrs Margaret Leland, with Lathrop’s Memories of Hawthorne serialized in The Atlantic to be issued in book form by the same publisher. They also plan new volumes by Blanche Willis Howard and two by Mrs. Catherwood.
A damaged OCR passage shows garbled phrases and stray quotes. It contains scattered names and terms like Jones and Me but lacks coherent facts or events to verify a clear report.
Fragmentary OCR text shows multiple product pitches and stray lines including Halls Catarrh Cure, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Cascarets Candy Cathartic, and assorted fragments. The garbled content includes prices, quotations, and casual notices, with no coherent article narrative or clear event.
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