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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
6
A vintage advertisement extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh of the pelvic organs and infertility. It quotes Mrs. L. M. Griffith of Arco Idaho claiming her health returned and she conceived after using Peruna, praising the remedy and linking motherhood to biblical and cultural ideals.
Mrs W McRoberts writes of improved health after using Peruna and Manalia. She says she can do housework and care for her baby, who weighed 10 pounds at birth and is now six months old. Other neighbors report similar strength gains and cures for la grippe.
A shopper notes that Defiance Starch is offered in 12 oz and 16 oz packages, claiming the product is superior to other cold water starches and that the grocer may be reluctant to stock it until larger quantities are sold.
The original Chautauqua system has grown to about sixty events nationwide while the mother institution leads. A July 13 start marks seven weekly topics Civic women missionary liquor problem education employers and employes and spiritual. The thirtieth annual session celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the literary and scientific circle with a grove dedication due to enlarged grounds.
Mrs. Sarah K Bolton of Cleveland plans a tour of major cities to advocate for stray cats and dogs. She helped establish a Chicago home for neglected animals and promotes refuges in Boston Washington and several southern states.
A witty excerpt from George Horace Lorimer’s Letters compares roosters and hens, praising the rooster’s loud bravado while noting hens quietly lay eggs. The narrator humorously laments rooster vanity as the farmyard’s noisy provider and contrasts it with hens’ quieter contributions.
The article praises fencing lessons for women as a graceful, strength building activity. It notes needed leg and wrist strength, keen eyesight, and dexterous wrist action, describing fencing as admirable exercise that improves figure and develops muscles while remaining a feminine pursuit.
A. K. Bond argues in Booklovers Magazine for a new and harmless jag to relieve monotony without demoralizing effects. He warns against luxury dress and alcoholic excess and calls for an intelligent reform to brighten tired lives.
The Bridewell burial ground, now under English Parliament debate, holds Mme Creswell. Died in Bridewell prison she left £10 for a funeral sermon conditioned on positive talk. The preacher quipped she was born, lived, and died well with Creswell name in Clerkenwell and Bridewell.
One of the earliest steam engines, installed in 1767, remains the main power source for rolling mills in Birmingham. The wooden beam was replaced by iron after 135 years, with a new cylinder added in 1802. Aside from these, the engine remains essentially unchanged and is deemed more economical for its purpose than many modern engines, likely to run for years more.
A Black man named Joe Campbell narrowly avoids execution in Yazoo City Missouri after confessing his accomplice while on the scaffold. The trap door was ready, but the sheriff granted a reprieve at the eleventh hour.
An eminent doctor states heavy brains do not prove intellect. European brain weight averages forty nine to fifty ounces. Among thirty one male lunatics, five had brains fifty to fifty six ounces. three of twenty two female lunatics exceeded fifty ounces. Epileptics are commonly found to have large brains.
A middle aged woman was struck and killed at a grade crossing near New York. A surgeon, arriving to render aid, uncovered the body and collapsed in shock. The grim scene revealed the victim was his mother, a shocking family tragedy amid the accident.
A Kentuckian recounts in a Kentucky paper how Salina Kansas used three rubber tired hacks with hose carts and about a dozen firemen racing to fires. The town offered prize money for the first team to arrive and hook to the hose cart. The system showed quick service akin to a city fire department.
A Bristol born lion litter at Haslemere Park highlights a puzzling pattern in captive wild animals. Biologists note cleft palates in many cubs born in England, yet Bristol born cubs are reputed as strongest survivors and most likely to live. The phrase Bristol born is a recognized brand in the wild animal trade.
A new potato planter automates planting from seed handling to covering. It begins by supplying the rows with eyes and seed ends, then cuts potatoes into halves or quarters as needed. The machine plants, fertilizes, covers, and lines up the next row with precision.
Rev William E Griffis clarifies that Sir Chen tung Liang Cheng is not a Yale graduate but studied there as one of 120 students brought to the U S by Yung Wing The minister explains the given parts of his name and notes his title was conferred by the British government after China consented to his acceptance.
Harry Thaw of Pittsburg, brother of the earl of Yarmouth’s fiancée, failed to gain admission to the Metropolitan club of Washington. The board of governors rejected him at the same time as Adjutant General Corbin. Some members hold personal animosity toward Thaw, so despite backing from influential men, his candidacy was not pressed.
A Topeka Kansas inventor has created a machine that moistens, folds, and presses envelope flaps to seal. The device can seal 8000 to 15000 envelopes per hour, handling mixed sizes and thicknesses up to about half an inch.
Berlin operates a charitable program where city children travel to country peasants for visits while peasants’ children come to the city, enabling shared experiences. The plan, started by charitable ladies, is expanding and may include cross border exchanges with neighboring nations for broader cultural benefits.
Gold in its natural state develops slowly as it attracts tiny particles of gold dust over years. Nuggets have grown on mine timbers submerged in mine water, adding value through long exposure to mineral environments.
An assortment of catalog style ads and snippets includes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children with claims of curing fever and teething issues sold by druggists, a book note for Border Memories by Marion Muir Richardson from Reed Publishing, a Denver immigration bureau notice, dealer promotions for De Fiance Starch and Baxter's Bullhead cigars, plus a quip about John Wilkes Booth.
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