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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1902
Page
6
An Australian lizard tamed by a gold-digger served as camp monitor, dwelling in the miner's serge blouse and inspecting the surroundings nightly. It slept on the master’s bed and once disturbed the sleeper by restless pacing and a catlike hiss, prompting calming reassurances.
In a miners camp tent a pet lizard warned its master of danger by restless behavior. The master briefly tossed the lizard away, breaking its tail, then found a tiger snake with several young ones under the bedded area. The scent likely alerted the lizard to the threat.
Mariners fear the Pacific rivaling the Atlantic as a graveyard for ships. With California gold rush growth, more vessels traverse the Pacific, bringing more wrecks along Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska coasts. Experts note overloading and rotten hulls as dangers, and call for safer navigation practices. meanwhile New York men pursue the fad of collecting scarf or tie pins.
The Forbidden Land Adventures in Tibet by William Carey and published by the United States Society of Christian Endeavor surveys Tibet with photographs. It recounts Carey’s months there and Annie R. Taylor’s perilous journey with native servants near Lhasa, describing lamas and monastic rule, education, and religious life.
In a past legal clash Indiana Congressman Watson and Judge Goodrich faced rival candidate Rev Erdy Puckett for Winchester mayor. Watson and Goodrich teased a win or fight bet before trial. They checked Puckett’s open docket and found the bold note Disagreed, by thunder, with no jury to decide.
Dr. H. Moulton told the American Medical Association that wood alcohol uniquely targets the optic nerve and retina when swallowed. In thirty poisoning cases over two to three years, fifteen resulted in total blindness.
Gen James H Wilson outlines the benefits of U S trade with the tropics in a Boston address on Our Trade Relations With the Tropics He cites Cuba as the prime starting field with 43000 to 46000 square miles and 13000000 acres of uncleared forest for mahogany and other timber He praises Cuba as a natural garden with vast sugar tobacco coffee and cattle potential and argues for reciprocal trade relations rather than annexation He also notes Porto Rico as limited for American enterprise and envisions a great national highway via the isthmian canal linking Pacific and Atlantic commerce to boost U S influence and wealth
A Syracuse Evening Herald quote contrasts French fondness for dueling with American football dangers. It notes dueling declined in the U S due to laws after many fatalities, while France still treats duels as a popular sport with fewer yearly casualties than American football.
Wide World Magazine recounts Parisian dog washing at riverbanks from Pont d lena to Pont Neuf where owners sit in chairs as dogs receive warm towels and ribbons. Fees range five sous to a franc, dogs swim after grooming, occasional rescues occur, and aristocratic clienteles attend daily in fashion, with "toilets" including towels, bath gowns, curls, and colored ribbons.
The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure known to medicine, claiming it treats catarrh as a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proprietors offer 100 dollars for any case it fails to cure and urge sending for testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and includes unrelated lines about aristocratic titles and humor.
The duke of Marlborough is believed to own Raphael's 1507 Bienheima Madonna, valued at 350000 dollars. The remark about a poem and snow is noted as slush.
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