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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1894
Page
2
The piece surveys Parisian shop signs from Au Bon Marche to small vendors, noting how names fit wares and locations. Examples include The Crown of Peace florist near a cemetery The Little Balcony wine shop near flowers and a prison across the street and Cinderella's Shop for a shoe dealer.
The article surveys attributions for the hymn Old Hundred, noting claims by Dr. Martin Luther, John Dowland, and William Franck. It cites Dr. Lowell Mason endorsing Franck in 1853, while later scholars credit Louis Bourgeois born ~1500 and died ~1572, with some pinning his death to the St Bartholomew massacre.
The article recounts engineer Knapp being shot while at his post on a Keslar locomotive. He was gravely wounded but regained strength after a substitute took over, remarking to colleagues that the engine was running hot and to be careful on the run-out.
Panama hats, handwoven from screw pine leaf fiber in Ecuador and nearby regions, are the widely used head coverings among white men in tropical areas. Annually two million four hundred thousand hats are shipped from Panama.
Two doctors offered a $5000 prize to a man willing to undergo a surgical operation that could be fatal. They received 142 responses, most of which were genuine applicants.
A French man of war's officers sail to an iceberg for a picnic in Temple Bay. They explore the berg by noon, then depart as it suddenly splits and sinks, leaving them spared but awed by the ice disaster. The Youth's Companion notes it as their first and last amuzement with an iceberg.
Coin collectors note the rarity of early American pieces such as the 1793 dollar and 1794 dollar, with prices reaching up to $10. A 1796 half cent is extremely rare at $15, while a 1796 half dollar can be worth sixty times face value. The 1804 half cent is common, but other 1804 coins are rare, including the 1804 dollar with only eight known coins of 19 570 minted. The lowest recent sale price for one is $8, and prices motivate collectors.
The excerpt notes that among the Kafuirs a wife costs five to thirty cows, the Damaras set a cow as fair value and even a goat may secure a wife in some groups, with Uganda offering particularly low terms such as a father willing to give his daughter’s hand for a pair of boots.
A 23 year old colored woman with thirty eight robbery charges is jailed in New York. She has a dozen aliases and has plundered homes in Newark Orange Jersey City and New York. She hired out to families worked a week and then vanished with movable property.
A dialogue fragment centers on Mr. Gayboy asking about Jennie’s loyalty and a servant girl’s position. Tension arises over notices to quit and jealousy, with Jennie affirming she stays because of love and loyalty in a single house.
Max Muller argues farm laborers use only about three thousand words while educated men use four to five thousand. He cites the Old Testament containing 5642 words Milton around eight thousand and Shakespeare near fifteen thousand words.
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