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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1895
Page
2
The article describes modern photography as a highly planned process where women bring multiple gowns to the studio and undergo styling, posing, and background decisions. Subjects pay about $50 for tinted carbon full length photos, with careful evaluation of hair, hands, neck, and posture to suit the final image.
A hydraulic company plans to harness Lachine rapids from Isle Aux Huron to Montreal shore. A 3500 foot dam parallel to shore, 500 feet from the island, will house 72 turbine wheels and 12 dynamos of 750 HP each. Company holds 2700 feet river frontage and western water rights.
Two years after a cyclone struck John Buff’s farm in southern central Washington County Missouri a farmer found a heavy lead deposit at the tree roots while searching for a lost cow. Over three months nearby farmers dug up 400000 pounds of remarkably pure lead and a lead mine boom followed in the vicinity.
At the conference of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints R E Evans said a Canadian congregation received evidence of direct divine communication an angel appeared in the pulpit A brother from Iowa testified he had been to heaven saw streets of gold and met the Savior there.
Oscar Wilde declares bankruptcy while a powder mill explosion in South Acton Mass kills five. Teddy Roosevelt becomes New York police commissioner. Wilde faces hung jury in heinous offenses trial. another trial soon. Turney wins Tennessee governor on joint ballot. Major rains in Winona Minnesota. Villard buys Tacoma Land Co. property. Mississippi valley women convene in St. Louis. Treasury shows cash balances and gold reserves. Coal miners strike in Virginia Flat Top region. La Junta Bank suspends. Captain Beck delays eviction on Omaha Indian Reservation. Kentucky miners strike for 70 cents per ton. Ohio miners strike pending wage scale. Dozens suffer from poison gums in Hiattville. Lightning fatalities near Sutherland IA and Laurens. Tacoma land sales clash with Indian protests. Chickamauga Park expands as Sherman battle ground joins national park. Forgeries of Boise City Chinese certificates investigated as conspiracy. Norton Reed dies in Hartford from arsenic amid Trilby influence delusion. Germany to deploy ten cruisers in time of war. Patent for cigarette making machine debated by commissioner. John Huff dies in Matawan. heir to Easthoff estate. Princeton defeats Yale in debate on 1894 income tax jus tifiable. McElroy praised. Ball witty.
A suit filed in the U S district court of Wisconsin involves Sterling Remedy Company against Eureka Chemical Company over an imitation of No to Bac. The Madison Democrat notes the case as a test of name and packaging imitation and whether advertising copy can be copied.
An 1900s catalog advertises Coins Financial School and related titles by HM Harvey and WE Pi Apropel. It promotes affordable editions, cloth bindings, and special offers including four-book sets, monometallic and bimetallic themes, and post office money orders for ordering.
A severe cyclone swept through Sioux Center Iowa around 3 to 4 pm causing near total destruction of multiple schoolhouses. Two teachers Miss Anna Marsden and a brother were killed along with several students. Many children were injured or killed as buildings vanished and residents were carried away or entangled in debris. Rescue crews reported numerous fatalities and the scene described as catastrophic.
The twelfth encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic Department of New Mexico convened in Santa Fe with delegates from territory posts attending. Commander-in-chief Thomas G. Lawler and Adjutant General Cassius Jones attended, receiving honors before departing tonight for Chicago and trips to state, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin encampments then Pacific Coast visits.
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