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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1901
Page
8
A collection of wry maxims and social remarks touching wealth, ignorance, marriage, gender, laziness, and fame. The tone mimics a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper quip page, concluding with a Kentucky obituary line about a subject wafted into eternal night at 6 o'clock in the morning.
A mix of notes reports and facts: patent grants total 26418. Chattanooga welcomes a Pittsburg steamer with 210 tons of freight. liquor defined as any drink containing alcohol. Mississippi population exceeds 1.5 million yet last November vote under 60000. the Moro is skilled in land sea and air combat and swims like a fish. the Mohammedan year is lunar with a 30 year cycle. rabbis say Solomon’s beard reached three feet. Jewish wisdom linked to beard length. Nebraska legislature proposal targets sunflowers and cockleburrs as a public menace requiring landowners to destroy them between August 15 and September 1.
William D Howells plans a New Orleans life story. Miss Wilkins sees her The Heart's Highway adapted for the stage. A prize fund of 40000 honors the best idealist literary work. Nominations close soon for Swedish French and Spanish academies. Appletons announce War's Brighter Side forthcoming joint volume by Kipling Doyle Ralph Stanley and others.
The Ming dynasty tombs lie fifteen miles northwest of Bekin at Chang hing Chou. They are among China’s wonders with thirteen tombs guarded by marble avenues and statues. Some reports say Waldersee sent troops to destroy them, while rumors also target the Manchu tombs seventy miles from Pekin.
This clipping mixes spiritual aphorisms from Ram's Horn with practical ads. It includes exhortations on sacred living and endurance, plus sales pitches for Ballard's Snow Liniment and White's Cream Vermifuge. Local agents I. H. Myers and G. T. Feast promote hail insurance and tonics.
Second Hand Store features nails wagon covers and tents while C B Thoman offers farm land bargains and insurance lines. Dr A W Seabury provides medical care with offices in Irwin building East Main. I H Myers promotes Herbine and Ballard's Horehound Syrup for cough and digestion. Maxwell Farm Co advertises Hereford bull calves for sale in Lamar Colorado.
Travel offer to California for citrus groves vineyards ranches beet sugar oil wells or mines. Tickets available via the most direct line for 825 with departures on any Tuesday through April 30. Inquire at De pot.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim a cold cure in one day with no cure no pay. An old price of 25 cents is cited for this remedy ad.
Qualified voters are informed the annual Lamar election will be held April 2, 1901 from 7 am to 7 pm for Mayor and three Trustees. Precinct 1 at the town house, Precinct 2 at the court house. Dated March 12, 1901. J T Lawless, Mayor. H P Syp, Clerk and Recorder. Seal
Notice is given that Albert N. Herendeen has filed intent to make final proof for his claim before the Register and Receiver at Lamar Colorado on April 25, 1901. WILEX Sec 3 WALNEX Sec 10 Twp 21 S Range 6 W. Witnesses: Froman Henry Hain line Charles Carver and Asher Carver all of Lamar Colorado. m20-a24 W A Merritt, Register.
Advertisements promote remedies for colds and coughs including Laxative Bromo Quinine, Ballard's Horehound Syrup, and Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment. Claims include refunds if ineffective and bold statements about piles and throat relief. Also lists a water right in Fort Lyon Canal and signatures from I. H. Myers and B. Tooman.
Public notice details final proof date for Wellington H. Rowe on land in section 7 township 228 range 47 west with witnesses listed. Also an uncontested desert land entry contest against Thomas Watkins for section 8 township 238 range 46 west with hearing set for April 22, 1901 at the Lamar land office and publication ordered due to inability to serve notice.
Avery Tree Planter seeks sound stock from Hart Pineer Nursery of Fort Scott Kansas. J O Stream is appointed local agent and will canvass Prowers and Bent counties for good prices and fair treatment. He plans to visit every tree planter in the area.
Public notice announces final proof to support a claim before the Register and Receiver in Lamar Colorado on March 21 1901. Claimant Elijah G Wood H No 4657 seeks SW 1/4 Sec 22 Twp 28 Range 18 West 6th Principal Meridian. Witnesses include Charles Copeland John Wilson Oscar Barnett and George Oyler all of Lamar Colorado.
The Home Journal touts its equal status among home publications with departments on The Farm Garden and Dairy The Family Circle and The Home praised for usefulness. It notes market reports are complete and correct and promises ongoing features for readers in all life situations.
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