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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1900
Page
5
In Morbihan Brittany a huge moss covered Black Venus idol endures despite legends of weather and crop power. Once moved by Count Pierre de Lannion to his estate its base bears a Caesar inscription. Local Bretons still seek the statue’s blessing for harvests even as belief in ancient serpent worship persists.
The novel provident society in Paris offers marriage dowries to all members of both sexes. Monthly payments of 10 cents for ten years secure a $75 dowry at marriage, with larger payments increasing the dowry. Founded in 1895, it reports 162,000 members and has seen several members claim and use dowries to marry promptly to other recipients from the Donation. The grants exceed the premium sums due to subsidies from subscriptions donations and legacies.
Grinnell College Iowa has elected Frank K Sanders as president. Sanders formerly held the Woolsey professorship of biblical literature at Yale for four years and was born in India to missionary parents who died in the field. He graduated from Ripon College in 1882 and taught at Jaffna College in India before joining Yale as a graduate student and later an instructor.
An Australian advertisement shows a girl seeking a caretaker role for a laundry or dairy. She can cook and manage housekeeping but insists that only a respectable mistress, who keeps her servants in uninterrupted discharge of duties, should apply.
William Mullen the broncho-busting evangelist demonstrated muscular Christianity by lassoing two unruly mustang test subjects on the lake front in Chicago. He preached in three sermons on how to be good, teaching men the way to a better life through his rough rider act.
In the Prussian government dock yard at Kiel all the great machine shops are to be electrically driven from a central power plant with a capacity of 3,500 horsepower.
The article notes nations study Anglo Boer War lessons to build longer range artillery. Boers increased range not by better guns but higher muzzle elevation, forcing eight mile-plus records and later aiming toward fourteen to nineteen miles. Extreme range boosts demoralization but worsens accuracy, with few hits at nineteen miles.
A Galveston family that moved to Newton attracted attention for the affection shown to a yellow car. An inquiry revealed during a Texas coast storm a baby was swept from a porch and lost, but a dog leaped into floodwaters and carried the baby back to safety.
Yes August Flower still holds the largest sale among medicines worldwide. The ad argues it cures indigestion biliousness and a range of old age ailments, claiming doctors were scarce and August Flower cleans the system regulates the liver and boosts nervous and organic action. It promises relief from dullness headaches and other aches with a few liquid doses and notes sale by I H Myers.
An all year tourist rate to Hot Springs New Mexico is set at 14.70 for a round trip with a final limit 90 days from sale. Holders can also get low side-trip rates from La Junta to Pueblo 260 Colorado Springs 4.35 and Denver 7.25. Tickets may be used outbound or return with an 80 day limit and northward stopovers to Pueblo. Inquiries to G J Garvin, Agent.
For sale. One first class water right in Fort Lyon Canal. Easy terms. Contact B. Toman for details.
The Saturday Evening Post notes California’s 700 mile coastline and 200 mile breadth giving an area over 190 million acres. It highlights diverse climates, soils, and products. The census shows rapid population growth, high crop value, leading vine culture, and major progress in manufacturing.
Notice is given by Granby Hillyer that he intends to prove up irrigation and reclamation of Desert Land Claim No. 147 in Township 15N, Range 46W, Sixth Principal Meridian. The hearing occurs November 22, 1900, at Lamar Colorado. Witnesses: Harry McDowell, D E Cooper, Jesse M Benes, Otho E W SaLe, all of Lamar. Speaker: W A Merrill, Register.
Notice records Florence A. Noff filing for final proof on land in Colorado. She will appear before the Register and Receiver on December 2 to prove residence and cultivation for Wheatland or Section 26, with witnesses Ida Scott Martha Chism Jacob Chism and A W Hasty of Lamar Colorado. W A Merrill, Register.
The case in Prowers County Court, Colorado, requires George G Wright Jr and The Joneson G Marshall Dental Manufacturing Company to answer within 20 days if served in county, or 30 days if served out of county, with 10 additional days if service is out of state. The action aims to remove a cloud on title to parts of section 7 in township 23 south, range 47 west, in Prowers County. The filing dates are noted as September 27, 1900, with the county court seal and judge signing as administrator.
Richard Emerson contests Helen B. Dorr timber culture entry 4775 in Sec 8 Twp 24S Rng 46W alleging eight years of nonuse and abandonment, no breaking or planting, and potential sod land. Contestants must respond by Dec 28, 1900 at 10 a.m. before the U.S. Land Office in Lamar. publication ordered when personal service cannot be made.
An advertisement argues cheap cough cures fail to address severe threat and lung troubles and promotes Boschee's German Syrup as the only remedy proven successful in serious cases. It claims the treatment heals tissues, relieves inflammation, aids expectoration, and ensures a good night's rest. Sold by I. H. Myers.
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