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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1902
Page
6
Long term studies show glaciers are not only receding but doing so faster each year. Only a few glaciers still grow with Voveye in Wallis noted to have expanded since 185. The Rhone glacier has retreated about 800 yards since 1876.
A correspondent from Bel lingham reports a shooting accident where a friend fired at a bird, a grouse, at about fifty yards. The grouse appeared stunned, circled briefly, then flew off unharmed, while the shooter seemed uninjured.
Krupp, the great German manufacturer of cannon, has completed paper field pieces for German infantry. The pieces measure just under two inches in caliber and are light enough for a single soldier to carry, yet their resistance exceeds that of steel field pieces of the same caliber.
Patras Greece invites American architects to submit Byzantine style plans for a church replacing the present St Andrew with a project valued at 250000 dollars. Prizes total 3200 dollars with awards of 2000 800 and 400 dollars for the winning designs.
A copy of Robert Cushman’s 1621 Plymouth sermon on The Sin and Danger of Self-Love is discovered in the Claud us B. Webster collection in Concord New Hampshire. The message was delivered December 12 1621.
The Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm steamed 3000 miles from Cherbourg to New York in 5 days 11 hours 57 minutes, eight minutes faster than last year’s Deutsch land record by Hamburg American Line.
Mrs. Jessie Wearnell of Moberly Missouri says she has not been downtown for seven years due to domestic duties. The note appears in the Kansas City Journal.
Mrs. Loubet wife of the French president faced sharp criticism at a French mothers society meeting after she advocated American methods in training girls. The incident highlights debate over gender education approaches in France.
Reverend John Edward Herman of Milford Congregational Church read aloud a sermon preached a century ago by Reverend Humphreys Moore at his installation as pastor. The ceremony commemorated 100 years since Moore began his tenure and the church’s history.
Explorers in the western wilderness report finding fossils of several three toed horses. No prehistoric automobiles recovered yet, but researchers remain hopeful of future finds. The Courier notes the ongoing paleontological exploration and its speculative links to local lore.
A brief meditation on friendship and loyalty noting how closeness can be strained when a friend shares intimacy with someone the observer dislikes or despises. The piece warns that genuine friendship endures only if personal bias does not erode trust.
Samuel Watson, an Australian miner accused of murder, was permitted to sign his last will while in the prisoners dock shortly before being committed for trial. The arraignment and decision to allow the signing highlight the procedural details of the case as it moves toward the courtroom.
Despite railway expansion Germany still had many postal stages. The number of stage drivers increased from 5176 in 1896 to 5344 in 1900, indicating railways did not reduce postal forwarding requirements.
Hundreds of sheep carcasses wash up along the Calais area in northern France. Believed to be from a jettisoned cargo of New Zealand mutton, the incident raises questions about maritime disposal.
In Berkeley near San Francisco a city of 20 000 residents hosting the University of California has no public houses and no policemen. Local officials contemplate reforms to establish law and order.
Eaton Square is described as London’s largest square with an area of 607000 square feet. The space is stated to be nearly one sixth larger than Lincoln Inn Fields.
A Berlin druggist offers tabloid bottles of liquor for sale. The item is advertised as a curiosity in the spirit trade. A second note explains Mohammedans avoid silk as unclean due to its silk-worm origin.
A coal wharf manager at Hailsham found two starling birds building a nest inside his bowler hat on a lunch break. He faced a choice between taking a hard stance or buying a new hat and paid for the replacement.
The term Bible shows the language’s rise from general book to the book of books for English speakers. In Chaucer’s era it meant any book or scroll, a sense later refined by etymology. The word traces to bublos, a name for the papyrus reed of Egypt.
Commodore Elbridge T. Gary was re-elected president of the Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Children at the American Humane Association convention in Albany. He urged a national gathering of humanitarians to promote religion and education and to ensure wise enforcement of laws.
The Omaha Bee notes a mild winter pattern with Connecticut wood nutmegs abundant, New York squirrels skipping winter stores, Illinois corn bountiful, Iowa goose bones signaling a winterless season, and a groundhog in Nebraska merrily chasing his shadow.
Thomas F. Ryan of New York, who funded a cathedral at a cost of 1000 in Richmond, Virginia, ranks among multis millionaire backers linked to major street railway systems along with ex-Secretary Whitney, W. L. Elkins and P. A. B. Widener.
A brief Chicago Record Herald humor item notes Maude claiming she read late into the night while all pages remained uncut. He jokes that pages need not be cut to learn about corsets and baby food.
A refined carver is said to sit while carving, a rule of etiquette. Yet the joke imagines a moment when he yearns to place a foot on the table and the other on the bird while wrestling the fowl.
Kentucky reaches 500000 horses and corn crop value exceeds 30000000 dollars. Average farm size is ninety three acres and only two percent of farmers are colored.
Rev Edward S Ufford, former Willimanset Massachusetts pastor and author of Throw Out the Life Line, has begun a world evangelistic tour. He will conduct services at multiple stops as he travels.
Wisconsin dairy products now rival all animals in value at about 27000000 dollars per year. Just over half the state is farm land and the average farm spans 117 acres.
A colossal monument fifty eight feet tall will be erected at Cape St Jacques near the Saigon river in French Cochin China to honor the late Prince Henry of Orleans. The project marks a lasting tribute by the French colonial authorities.
Mrs. Thomas Ruggles Kitson, a Boston sculptor, completed two bas reliefs of Japanese artists to be bronze cast and installed at the Museum of Arts in Tokio Japan.
London newspapers publish communications urging police action to curb profanity and other bad language in public places. Citizens press for stricter enforcement and public decency standards across the capital communities.
Miss Florence A. Fensham becomes the first woman to attain a bachelor of divinity in the Congregational church. She serves as dean of the American College of Girls at Constantinople.
Five step-children in the Dixon household have wrecked marital bliss for Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Dixon of Coffeyville and a divorce suit is pending in the district court.
Since 1858 the number of lunatics in Scotland has increased by 180 percent while the population grew by only 49 percent, signaling a sharp mental health rise beyond demographic growth.
Fossils found in England include two roots and the trunk of a fossil tree unearthed at Bradford England. The discovery adds detail to ancient flora and suggests varied historical distribution of bread as a staple across populations.
Deer exhibit remarkable resistance to bullets with many stories of running after being hit. Some pass after wounds through the heart or brain, while rare cases report a mile long escape with leg injuries. Hunters caution that only a neck shot severing the spinal cord may stop a deer instantly.
The published figures break down the total population of 76,303,287 into United States proper 75,477,467 residents abroad and at sea 91,219 residents of Alaska 63,592 residents of Hawaii 154,001 Indians not taxed 125,048 and 392,062 others in Indian Territory. Additional populations include 7 to 8 million in the Philippine islands 953,243 in Porto Rico about 9,000 in Guam about 3,800 in American Samoa, totaling about 5 million more persons.
Mrs W L Spalding of 340 State St Des Moines Iowa says she discovered a harmless remedy for tobacco addiction that cured her husband in 1 days after over 30 years of use. She offers to mail the prescription fee to anyone sending a stamped envelope for postage. The item includes varying ad copy for other goods and quips.
The advertisement extols Peruna as a cure for catarrhal colds and chronic catarrh, featuring testimonials from Katherine Danter in Milwaukee and Jennie Driscoll of Brooklyn. It warns against cheap imitations and urges readers to obtain Peruna from trusted sources, with an offer of free medical guidance from Dr. Hartman.
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