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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1903
Page
8
The article notes Americans are best at drum making and outlines Chicago and St. Louis factories and three U S producers. It contrasts drums for orchestra and military use, citing differing tone requirements and a best constructed drum containing 248 pieces not counting sticks hooks or belts.
Dr Charles D McIver president of the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College told a rural pessimism anecdote at a dinner hosted by Robert C Ogden in honor of the General and Southern Education Boards. A North Carolina farmer believed gayety equaled evil and led his family toward a murder sentence. On the day of execution he asked his wife to shield the children from the hanging, and she replied that he never cared for the children's fun.
A New York bicyclist touring New Jersey misread a sign reading Fine for coasting and coasted fast down a hill. He escaped injury and learned from a police officer that the fine for coasting there was ten dollars, but he was not arrested.
In the senate cloakroom a clash arose whether five civilized tribes in Indian Territory were citizens eligible to vote. Senator Bate of Tennessee argued they were not. Senator Dubois countered with a law granting citizenship. After reading the bill, Dubois noted it had been in charge of Bate, leading to an acknowledgment that Bate was mistaken.
The Duchess Consuelo Vanderbilt told a naval officer a humorous anecdote from last summer aboard a warship off Newport. She recalled how a bishop at Blenheim Palace did not say grace at a first meal, and the bishop replied Your grace is sufficient.
In The Age of Pompelis Prof Dall Osso, Naples Museum inspector, reports that researches indicate Pompeii existed nine centuries before our era. The remark follows humorous exchanges and mentions Oh, well, perhaps a good many of us won't be feeling the need of it by that time.
The article notes that envelopes were first used in 183 with practical adoption expanding through mail systems. It highlights early design adoption and the shift from wrappers to sealed paper enclosures in postal practice.
Capt. Fitzgibbon, once a representative of the United States Express in Philadelphia, collapsed into insanity from the stress of managing millions in the treasury. He warned that even the best men face constant temptations to steal, describing money handling as a daily battle and purgatory on earth.
The Westminster Gazette notes whaling remains a risky yet lucrative trade with the Diana of Dundee paying interim dividends of 100 percent and a 25 percent final for the year, amid talk of five vessels and a reserve fund of £2,707. It also presents a patriotic pincushion tutorial using small American flags, silk ribbons, and red stuffing, plus a brief comic exchange about personal peculiarities.
A Norwood philosopher quips that physicians make money by practicing and retire when too skilled. The exchange prompts a puzzled tone in a column. A baby’s three hour crying episode leads to a child asking if babies come from heaven and a remark on the land of peace.
Two Epochs United accompanying a silver service gift to the battleship Alabama, citizens of the Cotton State present the gesture. A portrait of Admiral Raphael Semmes was installed in the gallery of the State Historical Department at Montgomery. Fair weather friends are often enemies in disguise.
Levi Ankeny, millionaire banker and farmer, is elected senator to succeed George Turner. He is described as awkward and diffident, unlikely to take a prominent role in senate deliberations. Support credits his wife’s active campaign, and notes Mrs Ankeny is Nesmith's daughter.
A farm resident in Pattons Mills New York recovered from severe rheumatism after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. He bought a second bottle and paid a dollar for a continuous supply, praising its quick relief. For sale by all druggists.
White's Cream Vermifuge has achieved worldwide reputation as the best worm destroyer and tonic for weak children. It neutralizes stomach acidity, aids digestion, improves assimilation, strengthens nerves, and restores health, vigor, and spirits. 25c at H. Myers.
Prominent Greenville lawyer C. E. Coon praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for biliousness and stomach troubles after years of failure with other remedies. Stillwater Wise., Joseph Pominville, advised by pharmacist Alex Richard, reports relief from Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets after costly medical treatment. Tablets sold at 25 cents per box by all druggists.
Dr Bergin of Pana touts Ballard's Snow Liniment as the best for burns and general injuries, urging farms to keep a bottle for emergencies. The product is sold by I. H. Myers in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes, with testimonials attributed to user experience. Mark Twain quote appears alongside household health advice. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is also recommended by the Up to Date Drug Co.
A newspaper blurb urges keeping Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy due to high fatality from colic and cholera morbus. It asserts the remedy has saved lives and relieved suffering, recommending it as dependable and available at all druggists.
A physician in Illinois struck oil and discovered the formula of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, hailed as a lucky breakthrough for dyspepsia constipation and stomach and bowel troubles from Up-to-Date Drug Co.
A winter buildup of waste in the body causes sluggish liver bowels and kidneys with poor digestion and low appetite. Herbine is promoted to purge waste and restore strength through tonic action, promising better secretion exit and renewed tissue vitality. 50c at I. H. Myers.
Mrs. Frank Chiasson of Patterson Louisiana writes of malaria fever relief after stopping doctors medicines and using Herbine a sample bottle led to a full cure purchasing two bottles at 50 cents each from I H Myers. The letter dated June 8 1901 endorses Herbine as effective against malaria and urges others to try it.
One tentacle griping one stomach another tickling the heart and a third fumb ling around the liver. The octopus tightens its hold hourly. Dyspepsia is the foe. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin will release its grip mighty quick.
A group of San Francisco business men paid 112500 in coin and stock on August 30 1901 for a treatment claimed to cure Brights Disease and Diabetes. Investigations began November 15 1900 with dozens of cured cases, about eighty seven percent success by August 25, and thirteen percent failures. Clinical reports and committee proceedings were published and mailed free on request from the Joan J. Fuuron company.
Well improved Texas farm of 1600 acres with 600 irrigated and 1000 in pasture. Artesian wells supply large storage reservoirs, water to waste, no water rights. Six dwellings, large barns, sturdy fencing, near county seat in the state’s most populous area. River valley land yields about 45 bushels wheat without irrigation. Price 232,000. Contact ANDERSON & BEAN, GA2h Asteseaex.
The notice outlines diverse excursion and round trip rail fares from Lamar and nearby Colorado towns to Colorado Springs Manitou Palmer Lake Pueblo Boulder and California. It details sale dates and final return limits for various events including racing association meets and a high school day, plus special Tent City Coronado Beach package with Pullman fares and lodging.
Notice to creditors and the public that on May 25 1903 at 10 AM at the Lamar county courthouse front door the guardianship of Helen R Bull Harold B Ball Florence L Bull and Christine R Bull minors will sell at public auction their undivided four sixteenths interest in specific Lamar lots with cash terms. Each minor’s share valued at not less than 50 dollars and all minors together at least 200 dollars. Mancavert E Boll guardian and Frank M Tate sheriff act for the guardian.
Public notices record final proof for Charles H. Kornman on land in Lamar Colorado with witnesses named Otho E. Wright J. M. Wright Frank Lay and W. S. Strain. Also state application by J O Stream to lease Indicated School Lands in Prowers County Lots 7 and 8 Section 1 Township 21 South Range 47 West. last publication June 10 1903.
Mattie L. Butler administratrix of the Willis Butler estate will present final settlement before the County Court of Prowers County Colorado on June 20 1903 to seek approval and discharge. Any interested person may appear at Lamar Colorado to contest or object to the settlement and request their rights be considered.
A notice from the Laramie office lists Homer Atkinson filing for final proof to support his land claim. proofs are due before the Lamar Colorado registrar on May 29, 1908, for the northeast quarter of section 19, township 22, range 49, with witnesses Al Wilson D J Brown John Beckman and Thomas Lee of Caddoa Colorado.
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