Various News Snippets From The Register Lamar Colorado
The Register reports a mix of items including a $3,000,000 annual rose export value, a note on saloon–anarchist associations, a Boston capitalist's Siberian trip likening the country to California, and a primitive, sign-filled Georgia school. It also covers New York malaria fears on Second Avenue, a sea serpent tale with snakes in the Indian Ocean, thistle used in Chinese silk, Rawhide and App gold mines sale for $1.5 million, Chicago women deemed physically perfect for teaching, and taller New York schoolgirls compared to their mothers, alongside remarks on heroines of old English novels becoming healthier today.
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Chicago
New York Normal School
Sympathetic strike tale from a farm boy years ago
Grand Chief Arthur recalls a childhood sympathetic strike on a farm when two workers remained. A farmer fired one, Joe urged the other to quit, leading to the narrator's quitout and Joe's rehiring. The anecdote carries caution without broad generalization.
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Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Joe
Fainting At Dinner Leads To Chair Comfort Debate
A young woman fainted at a dinner in her honor after being unable to touch the floor or chair back due to restricted circulation. An antiquarian links high seating to old French court practice of unused wall sets, while modern chairs favor showy cushions. Railway stations are criticized for comfort. E. J. Mandura arrives in New Orleans to oversee Porto Rican labor bound for Hawaii, where 7,000 already work and 25,000 more are planned, with Filipinos as alternates if Porto Ricans run short.
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E. J. Mandura
New Orleans
Honolulu
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Telegraphic Briefities Reflect Global Strife and Reform
A compendium of 1900s telegraphic items notes American absorption of English Kodak assets, large fruit and catapulting wartime shipments, legal actions against Texas anti trust violators, Antarctic and Alaskan exports, census bureau talk, Tammany Hall leadership shifts, and municipal court rulings on track elevation damages. It cites figures like 80 million dollars, 1,000,000 bushels, 20,000 library grant, 1,287,022 cases of Alaska salmon, and 55,000,000 tons anthracite output with broad international points including Rome, Berlin, Chicago, Guthrie, and San Francisco.
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Kodak
Connecticut
Canada
South Africa
Rome
Pullman Company
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Andrew Carnegie
Bell
Lloyd
Congress
John S. Carroll
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Croker
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Admiral Schley
W. F. Jewett
San Francisco
David Horgan
Alaska Basin
Butte
Montana
Centennial Creek
Lakeview
John Patrick Parnell Cahill
White Wings
Casey
Pleasanton
California
Northwestern
Overland Limited
Chill
Argentina
Valparaiso
London Times
William
China
Treasury Department
Washington
Prussia
Joseph Herrings
Pennsylvania
Walter Baker Cocoa Trade Mark Encourages Inspection
The Baker company labels bear the chocolate girl and Dorchester Mass marking. Homekeepers are urged to check purchases for substitutions as the firm touts three Pan American medals.
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Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
Mass
The Strange Horseman and the Damascus Trek
In CHAPTER XV to XVI of The Scourge of Damascus, princess Alin and ally Alicia are captured by robbers bound for a new fate. Albia and Al Abbas discuss escape while Alin grapples with fear and resolve, sensing threats of slavery and peril as they are moved away from Damascus. Prayer and hope mingle with doubt as possible aid looms.
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Pharaphar
Ulin
Albia
Shubal
Syrian Desert
Alin
al Abbas
Rascal
Shabal
Pharphar
Damascus
Alicia
Osmir
Arab Chief Fools Palmyra Raiders Faces Julian’s Pursuit
In the eastern plain Al Abbas leads a band of Arab raiders toward a palm grove and a spring. A mysterious black rider Osmir warns of danger as Julian the Scourge of Damascus pursues to reclaim captives. A clash erupts when Julian confronts Al Abbas and Habaddon’s men, ending with several killed and the rest fleeing.
Broken Blaine’s 1876 Hope Tied to Newell Medical Opinion
Friends of late William A. Newell recall an old tale where the ex governor and physician influenced New Jersey delegates at the 1876 Republican convention. Faced with Blaine’s stroke fears, Newell’s cautious negative verdict allegedly swung New Jersey toward Hayes, altering the nomination path and Blaine’s fate. The Times notes the tale as a historical reflection.
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Newell
Jersey
William A. Newell
New Jersey
James G. Blaine
Mr. Blaine
Blaine
Mr. Conkling
Maine
Conkling
Hayes
New York Times
Petroleum briquettes resemble soap in Oakland freight
A Stockton briquette works shipment arrived in Oakland carrying 250 tons of briquettes, a coal petroleum mix molded into cake like shapes. Critics mistook them for tar soap at Buffalo and Pan American Exposition visitors, though the fuel is designed for sale and distribution in California.
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Oakland
Stockton
Tesla Coal Company
San Francisco
Bay
Buffalo
Pacific Oil Reporter
Fighting at the Sepulcher Amid Holy Sepulcher Clash
A clash at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem left casualties on both sides after a dispute over which community could sweep the church. Troops had been stationed nearby to prevent a confrontation, but the combatants surged and overwhelmed the guards.
Open Letter Praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
An open letter from Mrs E C Stark of Kansas City urges women to use Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound claiming cures for female health issues. The missive includes testimonials, warnings of a $5000 forfeit for inauthentic endorsements, and a note that Mrs Pinkham offers advice to sick women free.
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The
Kansas City
E. C. Smith
Lydia Ei. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. C. Stark
Oak St
Kan
City
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Second Avenue
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Stewart
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App
Tuolumne County
Cal
John Ballard
M. H. Martin
William A. Neville
Neville
Pawnee
Bartletsville
Indian Territory
Belgium
Netherlands
London
St Department
United States
Onsul Roosevelt
Brussels
Merendier
Paris
Denmark
Danish West Indies
Krigel
St. Petersburg
Minnesota
Eastport
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Sylvanus Cobb, JR
Julian
Selim
Abbas
St. Jacobs Oil
Sec
Romero Irrigation Company
J. C. Ulrich
Homer Neel
Zeph
CL Felt
Boston Building
Denver
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