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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1902
Page
2
A column of eclectic items from The Register parodies society and politics. It mentions sightless men forming a trust, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Jr taking cooking lessons, French menus for the Prince of Wales, airship hopes, a Kentucky telephonic marriage, Belgian voters, Astoria’s fortune, Wisconsin veterans’ kisses, and assorted quips about public figures, scandals, and culture.
Colorado items report Denver automobile show planned this month, Littleton postoffice grade upgrade, Barela postmaster appointment, Pueblo April receipts up 31 percent, and Denver third in Western League standings on May 9. Canon City penitentiary chapel dedication, DAR gift for cruiser Denver, and state institutions staffing.教育
The Senate committee reported favorably on delaying the St. Louis exposition and postmaster pay dispute, while the President signed the oleomargarine bill. Debates covered Philippines policy timing, land fencing, Crow Indians treaty, Army appropriation, and isthmian canal plans. Details include indictments of depredations in the Pacific and a Cuban relief measure.
A broad drift of short notices covers budgets, visits, openings, fires, rail and oil markets, wars, epistles, and depletions. Highlights include a New York budget rise to 08,619,400. a Leavenworth Carnegie building opening. Connecticut fire losses near $500,000 to $600,000. and Mexico rail shipments exceeding 1,000,000 tons via Galveston. Also noted are Ottoman plots rumors, Yukon parliamentary bids, Croker letters, aviation trials in Paris, and oil strikes near Waters Station Texas.
Denver market note shows wheat at choice milling per 100 pounds and rye values for Colorado bulk, oats quoted for Nebraska at 1.55 dollars, mixed and white oats around 1.60, corn bulk at 1.27 per hundred pounds, plus various blends and bran prices in Colorado. incompletely legible on several lines.
Market figures show hay prices at eight dollars per ton for various grades. Alfalfa prime bids eight dollars per ton with straw at four dollars. South Park wire grass quoted fourteen dollars and eggs listed as strictly fresh per dozen.
The House approved a bill admitting Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico without division after minor verbal amendments. A late Overstreet amendment to join New Mexico and Arizona failed 2 106, ending opposition. Arizona's Delegate Mark A Smith collapsed from a stroke like incident, was treated in the lobby and later moved to his hotel. The acts authorize enabling acts with differing land provisions and possible future territorial changes.
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