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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1898
Page
2
In a historical analysis the article describes hostile submarine mines, including observation and electro contact types, and outlines countermining methods. It details deploying ten 500‑pound mines along a cable, with buoy markers, and coordinated detonation from cutter and battery boats under cover of darkness.
The article describes methods for attacking enemy mines including countermining via explosive grapnels and creeping to sever or alter mine cables. It details the Argonaut submarine boat, its design, air systems, propulsion, and ability to approach mines at depth, with an emphasis on practicable Lake warfare and defensive measures.
The article attributes poor plastering to haste as the primary cause and inferior materials as the secondary reason. It notes sand and gravel as contributing factors to substandard results.
University of Virginia chemistry professor J W Mallet argues in Scientific American that the brown oily material in tobacco smoke is tar from heating leaf fiber, not nicotine. He notes pure nicotine is colorless and degrades on exposure, and most cigarettes use high quality yellow tobacco with harmless fiber wrappers, free from alleged adulterants.
A humorous quip from the Chicago Recorder notes a woman buys a lawn mower expecting simple operation but soon finds her husband must handle it after a week. The joke plays on domestic roles and product mishaps.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad fitted its passenger equipment with a simple right angled steel hook under the drawhead. The hook jams drawheads together and prevents side to side disengagements, a device praised for reliability as it has failed only once in practice. A stray quip about a trip to Europe follows the technical note.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure to “drive all impurities” from the body and improve the skin, claiming benefits for pimples boils blotches and bilious complexion with a ten cent price and guaranteed satisfaction. The text includes a stray dialogue line about a father pursuing someone, indicating a mixed clipping.
Advertisement claims toe gum cures corns with a money back guarantee, urging readers to buy at all druggists. A humorous exchange follows about economizing due to having no money to spend.
A Denver to Omaha and Chicago travel note claims Union Pacific remains the quickest link. The ticket office is listed at 411 Market Street and Colorado announces a new Army recruiting office at the Columbia Hotel in Denver offering higher pay and postwar discharge.
The quote attributed to Walpole predicts broad distress as war looms between England and Spain. The famed English statesman notes that bell ringing and hand wringing will mark a nation preparing for unavoidable losses and enforced mourning.
A mix of political commentary and odd, fragmentary lines. The text references American foreign policy, the Monroe Doctrine, and prudence in government, alongside humorous asides and sensational ads. It mentions medical bitters and a postal-like ad from Warren Connecticut, plus miscellaneous quotes about education and romance.
A discussion on maternal responsibility and female health urges mothers to secure medical advice for daughters. It cites Mrs Lydia E Black’s Lynn Mass remedies and shares a letter from Mani P Johnson of Centralia Pa praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for curing irregular menses and restoring strength.
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