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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1896
Page
7
A fragment from a poem shows a quarrel between lovers ending in forgiveness. The scene depicts pride, hurt feelings, and reconciliation as the couple meet again, exchanging soft glances and a shy kiss, preserving courtly romance imagery.
The tale centers on Colonel Fairholme and his relatives in Broadwater where a jewel heist plot by Mrs. Fairholme and her husband backfires. Dick uncovers a forgery, intercepts letters, and a staged theft aims to seize the Colonel’s rubies. The ruse collapses when the colonel returns, revealing the impostors and prompting Dick to demand settlement from Warburton.
A Saturday Review critique argues that modern war is less deadly than past conflicts. It cites Fontenoy and Krugersdorp to show large volleys killed far fewer troops than expected, suggesting perverse safety in contemporary engagements and ends with a moral note that selfishness breeds sin.
A Trinidad island lake yields vast asphaltum while refilling after excavation, maintaining level despite hundreds of thousands of tons dug out. The surface bears soft spots where animals sink, and ledges along the seacoast testify to ancient overflow. Local margins stay solid.
A vintage ad style note extols Syrup of Figs for renewed health and cleanliness. It contrasts modern health tonics with old-time medicines and cheap substitutes, urging informed readers to prefer the genuine remedy.
A Dunkirk NY paper denounces patent medicine men for using barns and other buildings along main rail lines as sign displays. It urges women’s organizations public improvement clubs and local authorities to intervene and halt the defacement of scenery by these displays.
Office boy Johnny reports Mr. Sands the grocer is downstairs seeking why his letter about last month’s bill went unanswered. Editor replies that the sender forgot to inclose a stamp.
One hundred dollars reward offered for untreatable catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Ad lists F. J. Cheney & Co and Toledo wholesalers endorsing the remedy. claims cure internal action on blood and mucous surfaces with price seven dollars per bottle. Mention of Bank of France cellar storing silver coin in 800 barrels.
An old advertisement touts Casearets Candy Cathartic as a pleasant medical discovery that cleanses kidneys and bowels, cures headaches fevers and constipation, with prices 10 25 50 cents and a guarantee. It notes a British medical student per population, offers a walnut frost rule anecdote, and mentions a Colorado mil and railroad offer with a two cent image request.
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