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Newspaper

Lamar Register

Location

Lamar, Colorado, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1895

Page

2

Facial traits betray habits through appearance study

The passage asserts that facial features reveal personal traits with a humorous example. It claims a bottle nose signals fondness for liquor, illustrating beliefs about physiognomy and character.

Chicago Schools Reach Capacity With New Constructions

Chicago reports 11 000 surplus pupils over capacity and twenty new buildings completed in the past year. Enrollment this year exceeds 175 000, reflecting rapid growth in the school system and the city’s progress toward expansion.

Chicago

American universities urged to enter Athens Olympic revival

The Olympian games will be revived in Athens Greece next April. American athletics winners are urged to contact the games director. Universities should be well represented and may improve their Greek through conversation and reading the Gailly papers.

Athens Greece

Sunday observance in the South noted by visitors

Northern visitors remark the South preserves old-fashioned Sunday rest with cessation from labor, respectful quiet, and worship if desired. They express gratification at the contrast to practices seen in other regions, especially the West.

South West

Staged romance ends in fatal shooting outside a club

A young man shot a young woman after she declined his advances. The item notes the danger of romantic gestures in real life and cautions youths about reckless behavior and careless choices.

Structural iron boom strains Carnegie mills supply

Pittsburg dispatch reports an iron boom overwhelming structural mills. Carnegie mills cap new orders to three months, refusing sixty day deliveries. With contracts near 1,000,000 tons and year output around 100,000 tons, work extends into 1896.

Pittsburg Carnegie Structural Mills Carnegie Company

International Co operative Congress Attended by Delegates

Delegates from Italy Belgium France Great Britain United States Germany Switzerland Denmark the Netherlands Austria Hungary Romania Russia Servia and Australia gathered in London for the International Co operative Congress. The primary aim was to assess how far cooperative principles could apply to industrial enterprise in their countries. The cooperative store movement in the UK drew strong enthusiasm and satisfactory progress, while cooperative production showed less success based on papers and addresses.

London Italy People's Banks of Belgium United States Germany Switzerland Denmark Netherlands Austria- Hungary Romania Russia Servia Australia United Kingdom

Thanksgiving Proclamation by Grover Cleveland 1895

Grover Cleveland proclaims November 4 1895 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer urging nationwide observance and charity. The message asks citizens to forego work, worship, and give thanks for prosperity, protection, and virtue, while remembering the needy and upholding national heritage.

Grover Cleveland United States Washington Richard Olney

Rosario Carries Arctic Whale Bone as Threat of Starvation Looms

The schooner Rosario arrived from the Arctic with 3,000 pounds of bone from a poor whale catch. She is the first of the fleet to port and may be the last if ice closes in. Whaling men fear starvation as sailing vessels face harsher wintering conditions than steam whalers, with stores only adequate for summer.

San Francisco Cal Rosario Arctic Ocean Arctic Suromer

Gobbling Streets as Chicago Railroads Convert Lines

Chicago on November 4 witnessed a massive rail project as the Chicago City Railway converted the Indiana avenue line from Thirty-ninth to Fifty-first streets into an electric road. Three hundred workers laid poles and wire, finishing a mile and a half in ten hours, and by 10:42 a.m. an electric streetcar ran on the new track. Nearby, the Northern Pacific executed a similar feat with a train of 200 men, rails, and ties aiding construction on West Portleth.

Chicago Chicago City Railway Company Indiana Avenue Thirty-ninth Street Fifty-first Street Northern Pacific West Portleth

Street Railway Battle Over Cicero Franchise

Electric Street Railway company eyes the street with one track laid and trolley poles erected. Northern Pacific claims street rights via Cicero’s old town franchise while Union Loop expands, and police presence proves unnecessary. Three hundred workers labored all day and the same number all night.

Electric Street Railway Company Street Railway Company Northern Pacific Cicero Union Loop Company Eame

Fire rages along Calumet River outskirts near town

Early morning grass along the Litt Calumet River caught fire due to hunter carelessness. A strong south wind drove flames toward Homewood addition threatening homes. Citizens and a volunteer brigade fought the blaze for hours, with fires breaking out anew as crews regrouped.

Litt Calumet Eouth Homewood Fire Department Edward P. Seeen

Daring Train Robbery in Teas Details Emerge

Nov 4 in Torres Meso reports a San Pedro branch robbery of the Welle Fargo Express with $5,000 lost. A single coach and express car were involved. robbers forced the safe from the rear and fled. The next day the battered safe was found two miles from the track between Hornes and San Pedro. four Mexicans are jailed on suspicion.

Torres Meso San Pedro International Railroad Welle Fargo Express Company Tas Cinbeke Hornes

Winter openness at Maniton City House and Norris hotel

For the first time in years the City House at Maniton will stay open through winter and the Norris house also remains open all season. Transient tourism is strong and cottages are well filled. James Murdock reports Colorado marble as superior to Vermont marble and plentiful, with blocks available locally, reducing the need to import material from Tennessee or Vermont.

Maniton Norris House James Murdock State Capitol Yule Creek Vermont Colorado United States Murdock Tennessee

Local Colorado News Roundup From Leadville to Cripple Creek

Collaged notes report incidents and developments across Colorado towns. Investments in canning and education are planned, while accidents, court actions, and mine activity color a broad daily digest featuring Cripple Creek, Leadville, Aspen, Grand Junction, and Denver figures.

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