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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1898
Page
3
A Moncton man courts a nearby woman with Bible verses to spark a marriage proposal. After a dramatic street encounter Aunt Tisha exchanges a sharp rebuke, then accepts an apology and agrees to wed, with purchase of his log cabin, an ox, and an ox cart.
A tale of Jack meeting Viola on a railway platform through his aunt. After a voyage to Assinaboia he falls for Viola who is single and becomes his wife after a correspondence built by letter. The aunt facilitates the match and both couples learn the truth, forming a happy union.
A late 19th or early 20th century vignette describes two elderly Black elders, Uncle Rastus aged 103 with seven deceased wives and Aunt Tisha, 83, a Virginia-born escaped slave who moved to Alabama after the war, now seeking a new marriage. The piece notes their ages, origins, and the continuation of courtship.
Old Dutch Charley courted a city lady at the station with Tom Johnson as master of ceremonies. A kiss angered Charley as he faced his pet pig’s fate and a planned wedding by the preacher. Neighbors recall a roast pig featured at the wedding feast.
The sun is a luminous, intensely hot body at about 93 million miles from Earth. It shines by its own light while planets stay cool and dim. Sunspots move across the disk, proving rotation in roughly twenty five days.
A Washington dispatch says the President has ordered the Navy Department to open negotiations to purchase warships, amid fears of Cuban tensions and the Maine disaster. Eight ships are nearly completed overseas. options may be placed on two small battleships, two armored cruisers, and four torpedo boats. Builders urge immediate action to avoid neutrality restrictions if war breaks out. Potential ships include units built for Germany and China.
A series of humorous lines allege odd vows and pratfalls. The fragment references a 16 year old sending a motto, writer's cramp remedies, a publisher's check, a cheeky marriage timing joke, a Dingley bill, and fence posts as a metaphor. The tone is playful and satirical.
Colorado Gold Fields Colorado leads in gold production with 1507 revenue over 20 million dollars and a forecast above 30 million this year. New strikes occur daily and the mining scene echoes the 1849 boom. Readers are urged to subscribe to Mining World for twenty five cents for six months.
A reader asks when construction will start on a new church as the building committee faces ongoing quarrels and delays. The exchange highlights internal disputes slowing plans and funding decisions without naming participants.
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