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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1894
Page
2
Water Bates to Texas Petals advertises train tickets from Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Trinidad at one fare for a round trip with permitted stop overs. Details include dates February 13 March 13 and May 10 with contact J P Hall 1700 Lawrence Street Denver Colorado for Texas inquiries. A tramp condemns dime novels as a crusade.
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a superior laxative made from pure liquid principles. It highlights its pleasant taste, cleansing effect on the kidneys liver and bowels, and claims of wide medical approval and consumer satisfaction. It notes bottles priced 50c and 1 and warns against substitutes, with California Fig Syrup Co as manufacturer.
A detailed look at railway signaling hand and arm gestures used by rear brakemen to communicate with the conductor and engineer during gale conditions. It describes key signs for entering sidings, stopping, uncoupling, braking, backing, and other actions, plus the whistle code and social notes about interactions with dairymaids along the line.
Engineering Magazine notes a bronze with nine parts copper and one part aluminum is gold colored, non tarnishing, and as strong as steel. It can be cast cheaply and accurately, suggesting wide use to avoid forging and for artistic effect.
Dialogue shows Jack Staylong visiting Phyllis for an hour or two and a playful remark about delays making the evening seem longer, reflecting social banter in a Detroit Free Press excerpt.
A humorous fragment depicts Mrs Guggins feeling miserable and pale from reading advertisements for patent medicines while she appears in elegant health and cannot think of anything else to do for relief.
Comic exchange between a married couple about climate, money, and social scenes. Jokes touch on influenza costs, a clerk turned suspenders peddler, and a railway station waiting room meeting with a life insurance agent.
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