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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1896
Page
8
A humorous dialogue from New York Weekly satirizes marital conflict and legal remedies. A patient man asks how a wife can compel support or enforce debts while facing contempt of court and desertion. The lawyer offers practical steps, then caps with a mock warning about suicide.
A Lataarite youth, out with his date from church, asked what money she preferred and she answered by asking about the interest rate. She then claimed that a properly invested sum will double in value every two years, highlighting the feverish finance talk of the state.
The father frets over the responsibility of sending his son to college. A bachelor friend offers vague assent, noting risk either way. The man fears city colleges expose him to bad ways, while small towns with grand colleges may inflate his ego.
Maud asks about a graduation essay. Mamie confirms the task was dreadful as she hunted for sufficiently large words and constantly checked their meanings in the dictionary, fearing she might never finish.
Hostess notes after twenty years together she never heard her husband swear. Guest calls it remarkable self control, remarking on the unusual display of restraint in conversation.
The Denver Times reports improved news service and printing from Mergenthaler Lino typesetting. It now prints 12 pages daily except Fridays, when 16 or more pages appear, with Associated Press day-early access and 24 hour Rocky Mountain region coverage.
A damaged OCR entry references Benjamin J. Corset and a legal matter over fence and crops. It notes an August or January date and a court action requiring testimony and the presence of a register. Details are incomplete but indicate a formal proceeding about fencing and associated property items.
Foreclosure notice details a trustees sale for Henry J. Aldrich and Missy J. Aldrich involving land in Promere county and the southeast quarter of section 38. The document lists mortgage terms, payment schedule, and authority of the trustees to execute the sale upon default, with references to the associated note and deed of trust and a specific property description.
Muddled OCR text mentions Calhenda and Pens Cobo and an irrigation project. May dates and local officials appear in fragments. No clear action or outcome is evident beyond a public notices context.
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