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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1897
Page
2
In a gloomy boarding house a serene stenographer known as the Old Maid finds rare happiness through a singer who visits for a city concert. After she slips him a poem seeking to be sung, he initially dismisses it but the verses haunt him, and during the performance the Old Maid weeps openly as the singer finally delivers the touching song.
The Old Maid, living in a boarding house, muses on motives linked to her father’s lawyer friend. She recalls country life, spring rains, and pastoral visions that stir her poet’s heart, though critics miss her gentle emotions. The narrative notes her hidden poetic nature before a turning encounter with the Singer.
A colorless old maid guards a hidden secret that fills her with quiet pride. A speaker recalls how prayers or entreaties fail to reveal it, while others wonder at her composed joy and the tale she refuses to share.
The piece traces artificial floristry from ancient Thebes to modern France and England, noting Egyptians using horn shavings and linen leaves, bamboo pith in China, and Crassus introducing gold and silver blooms in Rome. It covers tools, materials, and processes, from silk petals and veiners to burnishers, with emphasis on skilled workmanship and market specializations among French wholesalers.
A Glasgow man has planted fir trees in his garden to form a tree clock. Each hour of sunlight is shaded by a specific tree, starting with the 9 o'clock tree cooling the dining room. As the sun moves, shading shifts to adjacent rooms, creating a changing sequence of shade around the house.
Observes a range of species displaying self-destructive actions from fish rushing ashore to ants marching into streams, rats facing predators, and butterflies drifting into the sea. Questions arise about the causes behind this apparent mass self-destruction and its biological significance.
Fragmentary report notes widespread misery in Italy amid prewar strain. It mentions a War Department measure in Rome to recall men with ten to twenty years of service and broader military eligibility, with many rejected by authorities for physical reasons.
A promotional paragraph extols Hostetter Stomach Bitters as a cure for a sluggish body and digestive ills. It claims the bitters regulate bowels and bile flow, conquering kidney inactivity and related ailments, citing a Boston lecture by Professor G H Darwis in October.
A vintage advertisement touts NoTo Bac as a magic solution to quit tobacco, claiming it makes weak men strong and full of vigor. It offers a booklet and free sample through Sterning Kennedy Co. in Chicago or New York, with dubious promises and fabricated success figures.
A misread report notes Mant tates in Switeertamd lingering from October 7th, with several days required for recovery before the railway Tonek was reached. The fragmentary item hints at travel disruption and daily life during the period.
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