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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1899
Page
6
A Chestertown correspondent recounts the Kent county legend of God Smith and his hall named Milktoddy. He supposedly survived on a milk toddy liquid diet for fifteen years, then died after attempting solid food, a tale reflecting local history and family lore.
A New York Sun piece recounts a man returning from years away and meeting a hotel friend. He notes the friend’s unchanged appearance while the friend reveals her husband has been dead for twelve years and remains a smoking presence in memory.
Lieut Hobson's sister Miss Annie Hobson earned praise for bravery in Jackson Mississippi when she clung to a Kentucky thoroughbred after it bolted across country. She steadied the reins through sharp turns for blocks until the animal could be stopped without injury to her.
A reader questions a novelist about a scene of a woman tapping the floor impatiently with her toe. The writer recalls one instance of such a clog dancer, confirming he saw a clog-dancer in real life.
An advertisement lauds Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a world famous, effective laxative. It claims superior, legitimate formulation using figs and medicinal plants, warns against imitations, and notes the company uses leading publications to inform the public.
In San Francisco a Chinese secret society executes a traitor with a masked swordsman. A near miss leaves the culprit alive, but proclaimed dead by posters. Tragedy drives the scarred man to flee Chinatown and end his life with a self-inflicted gunshot.
London County Council begins managing the south bank street car system on January 1, taking over about eighteen miles of track and property for around £2 million. The venture aims to run the public service, preserving penny fares and payroll, amid worker wage talks and a historic shift from private to municipal operation. A Glasgow manager oversees, after a profitable private era with high dividends and low operating costs. The Burlington route in Omaha invites immigration plans, while a humorous misdated letter from Republican City, Nebraska, critiques settlement and rail transport for “old maids and widows,” highlighting reader-generated oddities.
A Boston Transcript quote from a matinee critic satirizes a rule banning hats in theaters. A young Uning argues the regulation benefits milliners, claiming shifting hats on laps during performances damages them more than wearing hats on heads, noting frequent hat handling today.
Swiss funeral customs are described with a mourning urn on display and black edged notices. A small black table and jar at the deceased’s home receive sympathy cards. The urn is shown on the funeral day and men accompany the hearse on foot to the churchyard.
H A Parker second vice president of the Rock Island road was named general manager replacing W H Truesdale who becomes president of the Lackawanna. Promotions follow March 1 for H Gower E B Boyd and H H Embry all drawn from existing staff under civil service principles. Parker, born 1841 in Du Plessis NY, has served since 1866 and risen through multiple engineering and executive roles within the Rock Island system.
The Chicago Record notes Kipling's bashfulness and fear of public display. A prominent New York social event invited him to a musicale, but the program featured his poems set to music and he refused the spotlight, leaving abruptly with his wife. Intimates call it shyness, while strangers view it as eccentric genius in action.
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