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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1897
Page
6
A fragmentary passage compares society to a circus on display and notes cash scarcity. It contains a mock exchange about wealth and health with a quip about a people taking ten years to accumulate a disease while expecting a quick cure. The style mimics a period reader’s informal dialogue.
An 19th century health notice warns that kidney inactivity can lead to Brights disease diabetes and dropsy. It advocates Hostetters Stomach Bitters to purify the blood and stimulate kidney function to prevent disease.
A muddled paragraph cites the Connecticut House remarks on removing eagle killers, with a North Stonington reference and a Boston Journal quote about eagles. It mentions Peruvian kidney and liver cures pitched by the Peruvians and a Cincinnati company ad, ending with a remark on nature and artificial sowers.
An assortment of dubious patent medicine pitches tout tobacco cures and guaranteed remedies with free booklets and sample offers. Lines reference Sterting Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York and claim quick cures with money back guarantees. The excerpt includes garbled dialogue about death and cold remedies and mentions an Indiana hall and a girls academy.
Fragmentary OCR shows a promotion for Cascarets candy as a universal laxative with a money back guarantee. No clear names or dates. reads like a generic ad for a patent medicine.
The Detroit Free Press locates the last Pottawatomie village in southern Michigan near the St. Joseph river. It recalls Chief Pokagon and his son Simon, the quiet site now barren with only relics and a small farm. A log chapel nearby marked Catholic mission life overseen by Father Badin, who founded Notre Dame. Pokagon sought priests for his people and urged missionary care, while historians debate his role in regional conflicts and Fort Dearborn events.
An Australian country station owner observes a kangaroo approach and retreat to his house. The mother then retrieves a joey from her pouch at the balcony, offers it water, and, while tremoring, stands fearlessly near a nearby foe before sprinting away with the joey.
A citation notes that early wealth grew from thrift and industry while current fortunes arise mainly through speculation. Quotation by Rev. Charles H. Eaton contrasts past and present paths to riches.
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