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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1895
Page
3
May 4 report from Yokohama states Russian war ships recently stationed at treaty ports have departed with sealed orders. The expected ratification of the peace treaty between China and Japan is anticipated following their departure.
Truthful book presentation promotes No-To-Bac as a harmless tobacco cure that strengthens nerves and manhood. It claims no risk and money back guarantee, with the remedy sold by druggists and distributed by A. Sterling Remedy Co. in New York or Chicago.
Notes on hurried behavior seen in daily life and at transit hubs. People rush to catch trains and crowd around storefronts and displays. The piece suggests a national realization that time is wasted when passions drive urgency rather than necessity.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pure laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers. It claims the product acts on the kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them and suits taste, sold by druggists in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company.
The Chinese rice paper tree has flourished in Florida beside other subtropical species. Initial doubts about cold hardiness are gone as it adapts well to American winters. The tree reaches under fifteen feet with a three to five inch trunk. The rice paper is produced from pine-like pith cylinders shaved and rolled to create thin even slices. If US production grows, mechanized methods may replace primitive shaving and rolling.
A New York Tribune passage muses on mapping streets to distant cities and imagined outcomes. It toys with lines from Madison Street into Rome’s Aventine hill and notes Van Buren near the Aurelian wall. The piece spans playful speculation on streets, skylines, and even a town dropping through the earth.
In the Montreal Star narrative, Mickey Dolan lies pale as Paddy Kelly visits the sick room. The talk centers on a bet about swallowing a shell without breaking it and the fear that the egg would hatch, leaving Mickey with a Shanghai rooster clawing inside.
In a Detroit Tribune anecdote a woman admits she placed the wrong button in a contribution box and seeks to exchange it after a pastor asks about conscience. The exchange reveals the pastor’s calm guidance as she explains and seeks remedy.
A surprising shooting involved the Chinese envoy Smith-Li Hung, leaving him shocked while Jones-Yes dismisses any similar thoughts beforehand.
The Fish Cat of India, a curious animal at the St Louis Zoological Gardens, died after years of longing for water and catching fish in its native streams. Brought to the zoo it subsisted on fed fish and mild care until illness overtook it.
The Philadelphia Record recounts Col Wil H Vischer the humorist famed for homely charm. He recalls his daughter admiring him calling him Apollo and a joke with Bill Nye about making a humorist of the child.
Fragmentary text outlines a medicinal list addressing poisonous mists and vapors causing colds and fever. It mentions symptoms like a grayness, digestive upset, biliousness, dyspepsia, nervous and kidney weariness, and lists cures by a certain tonic or remedy. Entities include Lud and Feswurative.
A fragment discusses unsettled minds and rising bills, remarks on politeness, notes mothers praising Parker's Ginger Tonic for reassurance, mentions hotel registers warming hands, and ends with a question about Hindercorns and a note on trust in a woman handling reins.
A Chicago Tribune cartoon captures a pharmacist explaining why a prescription costs more elsewhere. A customer contrasts a drug store charge of fifty cents with a quarter at the street shop, noting cheaper water and diluted contents.
Advertisements urge readers to book Rock Island Route excursion to Denver in July with ticket sales details. Proposals include sending for a souvenir titled Tourist Teacher from Chicago Rock Island and contact with Jno. Sebastian, G P A, Chicago. Also mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and other local notices.
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