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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1897
Page
7
Minnie Slade reports in New York Ledger on the Arapaima gigas, the largest freshwater fish, found in Brazil and Guiana waters. The account details its size, head, skin, scales, and teeth, plus native methods to hunt, catch, and potentially breed it in southern waters.
An unmarried woman writes to the New York Herald in response to why men marry. She says neither sex is exclusively angel or devil and notes that if married people always bore, wives would receive more reward for good deeds and husbands more mercy for bad ones, possibly reducing unhappy marriages.
Miss Terwiliger derides Miss Tenspot as dreadfully slow in a quip about her rival riding the 1903 model airship referenced in the Up-to-Date column.
New Orleans reports nearly 100 fever cases with 15 deaths as doctors deem the board of health actions beneficial and containment possible. The city moves to prosecute Dr Montuzin for failing to report a suspicious case while the Beauregard school is reinforced as a yellow fever hospital after a mob attack.
Mrs. Jane Stanford will cash seven legacies of 100000 each from her late husband. Legatees included Leland Stanford Lathrop Charles Stanford and five eastern relatives. She claimed rights to pay in real property. judge sustained demurrer and ordered cash payment to the beneficiaries.
City of Mexico Sept 24 Ex Inspector General of Police Eduardo Velasquez aged thirty two is found dead in Belem prison his brains blown out with a revolver. A two barrel pistol is found and a letter states his death is the satisfaction owed to society. He claimed the crime was suggested by Inspector Villavicencio who is in prison.
The jury convicts Juan Pach eco and Ruperto Archuleta of murder in the second degree while J M Lucero is found guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of Miguel Reveille, with Lucero described as an active participant.
An advertisement offers free information on restoring vigor after years of treatment with no fees or medical claims. It directs readers to send a stamp to a Chicago box. A Kansas City teacher, Miss Stella F Jenkins, is made a minister in Friends church, with her mother and another sister also serving in Quaker and pulpit roles in relatives’ histories.
Messrs. Ettenson Woolfe and Company of Leavenworth Kansas release a new free catalogue titled Helpful Hints. It covers dry goods cloaks clothing millinery boots shoes furniture carpets and all house furnishing topics and is recommended for every home.
Edward W Holt argues in the September Ladies Home Journal that urban wires protect residents by diverting lightning to central stations. He notes about 200 annual lightning accidents occur, with only around forty in cities, while country trees pose greater danger.
An article touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia induced blues and stomach unrest. It claims the tonic banishes biliousness constipation chills fever kidney complaints and nervousness. It notes a humorous rule about children and books to prevent dirtied hands.
A collage of old advertisements and notices including Hall's Catarrh Cure offering a 100 reward, testimonials from druggists, and prices. mentions of Mrs Rattler and her husband anecdote. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. Prince Louis Napoleon as Uhlan colonel. Montelius Upright Grand Piano for 265 dollars. ostriches raised in southern Russia with quality feathers.
A collage of ad copy and quotes appears with references to Piso’s Cure for Consumption and a San Francisco philanthropist Sylvain Weill. The clergyman’s question about a long sleep and the doomed man’s reaction are framed as ironic vignettes. The piece notes ink production by Colorado Printing and mentions the Legion of Honor accolade for Weill, leader of the French Benevolent Society.
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