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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1902
Page
3
A Chicago case tells of Dr G a renowned physician treating a severe rheumatism case. After the patient worsened a humble German offered St Jacobs Oil which eased pain and cured the patient in two days. The doctor later expressed surprise at the recovery.
Last week buyers noted potatoes grown near Romeo in the Sunny San Luis Valley netting $70 per acre, now estimated over $100 per acre on land newly cultivated this year. Zeph. Chas. Felt of Denver invites readers to learn more about the land.
An advertisement by R. W. Klin, Ltd. at 921 Arch St., Philadelphia markets a “Great Nerve Restore” remedy claiming permanent cure and victory over nervousness with a free trial offer. The copy ends with a quip about money and value.
A collage of drug ads touts cures for coughs and piles, with Dean’s Ointment and Bromo Quinine tablets at 50 cents to 25 cents. A farmer is duped by a fire escape ad and buys a New Testament for $2.00, while a cigarette ad urges Baxters Bullhead cigars. A father and son quip about sowing wild oats.
Dr Phelps argues the left brain governs the right side of the body and is the intellectual half. He cites nearly 300 brain injury cases showing the right side can be severely injured without greatly affecting thinking powers.
The text argues books should be properly bound, not gilded, comparing Milton’s attire to a woman’s attire. It posits that gilding and splendor depend on taste and discrimination, and questions when authors should be dressed in plain attire versus purple and fine linen.
The late Prof. Jacobi of Berlin leaves 16 000 marks to the University of Berlin to promote coeducation. The funds are released only when at least two departments admit women as regular students. This marks a historic male philanthropy for gender equity in higher learning.
The chinchilla, a small rodent found only in the Andes of Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and northern Chile, lives above 9 000 to 10 000 feet. Skins are salted and packaged for dispatch to towns and then exported abroad.
Rumor says Miss Stone the released missionary wants to return to Macedonia to resume her work, but the Turkish government may object and bar landing on any Turkish ruled territory.
An Australian whistling moth is described as a rarity with glassy wing spaces crossed by ribs. When it whistles the moth taps these ribs with antennae that end in knobs, producing a love-call from the male to the female.
Four year old John Daumn was saved from drowning after falling from a velocipede into a ditch in Evansville Indiana. A large bird dog seized his neck and pulled him to safety, ending a perilous near tragedy.
A brief essay arguing that music should please the senses not instruct. It warns that audiences avoid music when they feel they are being taught and notes adults are unlikely to return to school for music education.
A bazaar is being organized in Manchester to raise funds for endowing a hospital bed in memory of Robert Burns and to honor Sir Walter Scott with a commemorative cat for a child.
A sour man questions a milliner about selling ladies hats. The milliner calmly confirms and teases the man about buying one for his wife, noting the impression that he may have to.
A Clinton county Missouri paper, which had advertised for canvassers, received several replies and two applications from young men declaring a strong desire to join the circus trade.
A Los Angeles Herald quote notes laughter arises from pleasure social pressure or awkwardness and inability to respond. It discusses why audiences smile and snicker in mixed contexts.
Dr. R. Masujimi of Tokio, a distinguished member of Japan's bar, has accepted the invitation to deliver the annual address before the New York Bar Association.
French benefactor M. Michonis leaves 120000 dollars to create a fund aiding French students in pursuing philosophy and religious science studies at German universities. The bequest aims to deepen cross national scholarly exchange.
A humorous exchange shows a candidate learning the ropes as an old stager notes the first campaign. The candidate admits it while the other comments that Havana cigars are being distributed, per the Chicago Tribune.
A reader notes the new magazine is out and praises its layout with a poem placed alongside advertising content in the Atlanta Constitution.
The census shows the median age for the white population at 23.4 years and 19.7 years for the colored population in the latest census year. Ants of South America are said to build tunnels up to three miles long.
Mrs. M. Isted of Salveston Texas recounts severe kidney pain after a flood and credits Dean's Kidney Pills with stopping the pain restoring sleep appetite and weight. She praises the remedy and notes a free trial by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with a 50 cent price per box.
M Paul Leroy Beaulieu outlines gold production history with figures for pre 15th century and later centuries. He shows total gold stock listed and notes the second half of the 19th century produced more than twice the prior three and a half centuries combined and that the last five years of the 19th century surpassed the entire 17th century.
The New York Press highlights urban sights with a playful tone including the Grand Central Station waiting room described as enchanting and palatial. The piece notes the challenge of listing all show places and reflects on city scenes and public life in New York.
The New York Press notes a giant life insurance company safe in a basement with three doors. Ten officials control the combinations with layered access: five for the outer door, three for the second, and two for the third, each relying on others to move the bolt.
The article traces early references to pens in biblical and classical texts. It notes iron styluses cutting characters on stones, mentions a John Epistle reference to pen and ink around A D 85, and discusses brass and silver pens in ancient Greece and Rome. It also covers writing tools in the Far East and Egypt, including camel hair pencils and later goose and crow quills around A D 56.
An Italian historian in the National Library of Florence uncovers a manuscript about Lucrezia Borgia’s final years. It states she joined the Penitents of St. Francis, received the veil from the vicar-general Ludovico de la Torre, wore a penitential shirt for ten years, and died in 1518 buried in the order’s robes.
A second hand coffin at a Bromley Kent public house is said to have held Charles Darwin’s body for two days before Westminster Abbey burial plans were made. The village carpenter who made Darwin’s cases was asked to craft the coffin and a name plate was added after his death.
Victor Murdoch told the Kansas Editorial association that in forty years large cities would see daily papers issued in editions focused on single news kinds. A single city paper would be controlled by one corporation with no overall political bias.
Gen De Wet corrected Colonial Secretary Chamberlain when called Mr De Wet insisting on General status. Chamberlain then acknowledged his military rank as General following Lord Kitchener precedent.
Baron Tauchnitz reveals that his publishing terms keep book circulation low. He notes 3,000 copies is fair and 5,000 is good, with only six of eight hundred ten-year periods reaching 10,000 copies.
Perry Belmont’s mansion extension at Fitz avenue and Forty-seventh street blocks Mrs. Gobin’s view. Mrs. Gobin proposes an eighteen foot fence to obstruct Belmont’s sight, denying any spite fence motive as the impact remains similar.
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