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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1897
Page
2
The fragment mocks Ingalls calling him Cheap John and notes Hearst's large check. It mentions a New England widow who died after 100 years of singleness and mocks fastidious marriage, immigration changes, a stagnant labor market, and Greek name confusion referencing Marco Bozzaris.
A farm colony for New York inebriates is proposed as a self supporting solution. It would require a great deal of land to employ all the New York inebriates.
Battle Creek Womans Christian Temperance Union confronts a moral and legal quandary after the death of Adam Arnold, a convicted murderer, who left his extensive crime‑built estate to the organization. The case raises questions about acceptance of ill gotten wealth and future control of the inheritance.
A tombstone in a Paris suburb cemetery marks a husband and wife. The husband’s stone reads I am anxiously awaiting you dated July 30, 1827. After forty years his wife’s stone adds Here I am dated September 9, 1867.
The article argues that modern boxing blends anatomy, rhetoric, calisthenics, journalism, etiquette, writing, and diet. If Yale grants Corbett a degree, pugilism could claim a seat among learned professions.
In a Philadelphia court Judge Butler examined naturalization applicants to judge their attachment to the Constitution and good order. One man claimed citizenship would give him a license to sell liquor, revealing motives to harm public welfare and highlighting a broader issue of excluding such motives from naturalization.
The State Federation of Labor concluded sessions in Victor on May 2 with adjournment after adopting key resolutions. John Barrett of Denver’s Painters and Decorators Union won the presidency, amid debates over convict labor, home industries, tax reform, and union endorsements.
Forty seven of Denver reelected the treasurer. Two executive committee members were chosen Philip Veals of the Louisville Miners Union and Chauncey Miller of the Cripple Creek Cooks and Waiters Union. Amendments to the constitution adjust dues paying time and representation age. Next meeting set for Colorado Springs with a banquet and a morning rock drilling contest.
At the Colorado labor convention in Denver delegates voted to pursue an independent political movement aligned with the labor class. A socialistic proposal was debated but rejected in favor of uniting wage earners with a formal committee from each union to plan action. Officers were chosen led by President John C. Calderwood and Augusta Francke as secretary treasurer. An assessment of $1 per union was approved to support the effort.
Rome dispatch reports Admiral Canevaro orders Colonel Vassos, head of the Greek occupation army in Crete, to be treated as a belligerent and to cease opposing Greek offensives against Turkish troops there.
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