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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1902
Page
6
A San Francisco Bulletin quotation collection muses on effort over luck, the risks of business, and the value of a clear head. It contrasts millionaire failures, hard knocks, and hardened persistence with anecdotes about taxes, death, and cussing at Central telephone lines in a rustic, folksy tone.
A column of wry adages on social quirks and everyday folly. See playful lines about appetite, fashion, youth, and household choices. The piece notes contrasts between appearances and virtue, with quips on toast, angel cake, obituaries, and seasonal sweets.
A collection of maxims contrasts action with thought and highlights risks and rewards in daily life. It notes landlords raising rents, misfortune’s indiscrimination, and progress bringing temptations, while quips about a New York physician making a mute woman talk and debates on a doctor’s usefulness close the meditation.
A fragment from a Saturday Evening Post style miscellany features quips about arithmetic, vacation weather, learning from ignorance, and a playful misgiving about Russell Sage predicting $10-a-ton coal signaling revolution. The lines mock common sense and social habits, anchored by a humorous tone.
A compact excerpt defines Crank as one who holds opposing views to ours. Egotist describes someone who overvalues themselves, matching others' low opinion. Honor is the excuse people use to dodge duties. Society is the scapegoat for misfortune, as per John Eliot.
A selection of humorous epigrams drawn from plays and writings, noting their wry observations on love marriage fortune and life. It cites lines about gambling chance mothers and widows with sharp, witty observations and stage time flavor.
A fragmented collection notes the Wesleyans in the British armed forces totaling 36 639, Philippines population estimates from 7 500 000 to 10 000 000, advances in papermaking reducing cost, and daylight sufficiency if full moons filled the skies. It cites tin recovery costs, editor salaries around 15 000 dollars, Alaska’s fortunes, a purchase price of 7 200 000, fur and gold yields totaling 150 000 000, and a Milwaukee farmer who died after eating fifty ears of corn.
A collection of aphorisms on turning iron into gold through effort, sharpening minds by debate, happiness through goodness, tailoring from whole and fragment, frankness winning hearts, and the emptiness of exclusive displays. It notes that quiet virtues hide like nests in summer, visible in winter.
A satirical collection features provocative lines about marriage desire and social mores. It highlights unconventional aphorisms from What the Elite Read, including cautions on thrift and reckless ambition, and reflections on youth and aging as life’s game.
A reflective piece notes a woman ready to concede a point, a man content with his place, a man honest about selfish aims, and a woman open to critique of dress. It also reports King Edward's china at Buckingham Palace and Windsor valued at over $2,000,000.
Walter Mc Laughlin of 3022 Jacob Street Wheel ing West Virginia a machine hand at J A Holidays Sons planing mill credits Danes Kidney Pills for saving his life after doctors and other medicines failed. He reports dramatic improvement after using the product and urges readers to try a free trial by mail from Addie Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Pills sold by all druggists 50 cents per box.
A Missouri farmer pursues a two dollar fire escape shown in an ad and mails payment. The received item proves to be an inexpensive copy of the Bible, turning a vanity purchase into a cautionary tale about gullibility.
Experienced travelers hail the New York Central Dining Cars as among the best in the East and West. The menus reflect the country with oranges from Florida shad from North Carolina breakfast foods from Minnesota potatoes from Utah water from the Adirondacks and wines and cigars from Cuba Porto Rico and Manila alongside imported items, signaling exceptional service.
Tom Ochiltree narrates his Texas service returning home to a crowd at the station and is interrupted by a constituent who announces Henry Bacon’s death by his own action in the station. An advertisement touts Allen’s Foot-Ease for new shoes, while a Hungarian magistrate Herr Kristof dies after a fly bite and blood poisoning. Defiance Starch offers a satisfaction guarantee and a Honolulu candidate shows vigorous campaigning for home rule.
Fragmented clippings reveal a boastful mix of product pitches and local items. A Marshall Missouri couple unknowingly passes a contagious disease note on their car while other blurbs tout Prominent brands, fall catalogs, and quack cures.
A Denver resident M Kraub paid 2 cents at the courthouse for a five by five foot parcel in the East Denver improvement district. The city engineer precisely measured the land, noting it could not be built on or buried yet remained taxable, leaving Kraub ahead by 20 cents after advertising costs.
A cowman’s idea of fun is spending, as shown by trips to Kansas City with stock. He seeks champagne, paying high prices for the genteel habit. A breakfast order in a top Kansas City hotel cafe included fried catfish and champagne, illustrating his indulgent lifestyle.
A long-ago notice touts telephone links for St Bernard refuges to connect with the principal hospital, noting many travelers and workers crossing the Alps. The piece blends health ads and short quips about cures, tobaccos, and household goods in a stream of promotional items.
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