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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1902
Page
5
Mrs Col E J Gresham credits Peruna with curing her lung and head sickness after several bottles. The ad claims thousands of women owe their lives or health to Peruna and promises free literature from The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio about health and beauty for women.
The tale recounts Henry Plumshaw’s remarkable idea after observing a funnel cyclone. He allegedly trapped the storm in a fifty foot well and used a belt around the top to power machinery and lights, calling the mind’s potential a wonder.
Sir Walter Besant argues that most wives accept their roles as housekeepers and matrons with cheer, bringing art into daily life. He notes drudgery touches many professions but belives life’s monotony is evenly shared between working men and married women.
A gifted Brooklyn lawyer who tried to rattle witnesses faced a reversal when a Heights physician testified about the plaintiff's injuries. The doctor linked brain damage to an increased knee jerk observed during the lawyer's display, prompting a sharp crossfire of findings before the jury.
Nellie Blanchan notes that the ruby throated humming bird, the sole eastern representative of its family, migrates yearly from Central America to Labrador and back. The article marvels at the tiny bird’s two inch wing span and its extraordinary travel from Yucatan to New England and beyond, powered by unseen forces.
A four year old boy with his mother visited an upper West Side church during Holy Week. The boy dropped a cent into the burglar proof poor box, a slot leading to a cellar safe, and asked why no chocolate came out.
The Quincy Loud estate on Main Street near Columbian in South Weymouth Massachusetts has been purchased by Booker T. Washington the famed educator. The two acre property includes an old two and a half story house with a large adjoining stable and will be remodeled before occupancy. Washington plans to use it mainly in the summer and has two children attending nearby schools.
The Wabash Continental Limited set a new record between Decatur and St. Louis on Thursday night. Engineer Braddock and locomotive 607 ran 105 miles to Granite City in 101 minutes with a five minute stop at Litchfield, actual running time 96 minutes at an average 65.4 mph. From Stanton to Carpenter 10.2 miles in seven minutes at 87.42 mph, and 47 miles Boody to Honey Bend in forty minutes at 70.5 mph. The train left Decatur an hour forty minutes late with President Ramsey's private car. Wabash officials expect speeds near 100 mph by summer.
Denver native J H Hildebrandt built Good Hope Poultry Farm near Ox town in ten acres. The enterprise, near Capetown, focuses on dressed poultry and ducks with high hatch success and annual production around 40 000 dressed birds. He imports fine stock, uses American incubators, and grows lucerne alfalfa and an American vegetable garden.
Corks steeped in vaseline touted as glass alternatives, resistant to acids and fumes. They do not corrode with impact or long storage. A witty exchange about marital happiness adds a humorous aside to the fragment.
A boarding house tale titled The Prophet's Chamber appears in the Four-Track News May issue, expected to captivate farmers and especially farm wives across New York and New England. The periodical offers mail delivery options via Geo. H. Daniels and promotes various products and anecdotes reflecting everyday rural life.
An assortment of 1900s advertisements and notes mix cures for foot pain with snippets about the season’s humor. Promotions for Allen’s Foot-Ease and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup sit beside a short religious verse prompt, a Four-Track News teaser, and a railway run claim.
A letter from Mrs G Bruce of Lansing Michigan describes years of travel and poor health followed by rest and an ovarian treatment. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and San ative Wash she reports full recovery and ongoing health. The notice invites readers to seek free counsel from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and asserts confidentiality.
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