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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1896
Page
2
A London critic threatens to publish an English edition of George Meredith novels as editor. If campaign buttons grow larger, portholes may be added so wearers can see direction. The first frost arrives and a man who bought a linen suit at one third price has become cynical.
A Columbus young woman was knocked down by a street car but escaped injury thanks to what observers called a hair breadth escape aided by her quick reflexes and presence of mind.
Critics say the French songstress should separate her passions. She plans to perform in America while keeping private life private, drawing debate over stage image and personal conduct.
A young woman bicyclist tangled with a pug dog, crashed her wheel and became unconscious. The pug escaped uninjured and is said to be a bit more hideous than before.
The writers of popular songs missed a chance by not using Col Pattie Watkine of the Volunteers as inspiration when she married, a situation noted with regret for its potential musical impact.
Eva White of Watertown New York sues Robert Begg for 10000 in a breach of promise suit alleging eight years of courtship ended when Begg married widow Spicer twenty five days after her husband’s death. The marginal caution notes procrastination as a lesson.
Annie Grossner, a destitute New York woman with five children, posed as a rich widow seeking a wealthy man to settle her husband’s estate. She lured William A. Silcott of Mt. Vernon Ohio with a sham romance and $40 before being caught.
A Michigan man visiting Chicago met a pretty girl who promised marriage. He gave her $484 as a wedding present and bought a diamond ring. She gave him back a harsh reply and discarded him after the purchase of a wedding trousseau.
A eastern candidate accepts a congressional nomination and cites an alleged incident of eighty five drunken members stagger ing across the floor in a single day. He vows to brave the danger and save the country through public service.
Monte Scott of Providence challenged Hackenberger in a 25 mile unpaced race on the Denver track. Light air hindered Scott who, despite a strong effort, could not beat the undefeated local champion. Scott called for a rematch on the same track in opposite directions to test unpaced endurance.
Leadville Miners Union Saturday October 12 called out engineers firemen and pumpmen at work in the mines. Official notices were served at the…
The report notes two engineer and fireman unions in the camp and that most workers, likely all outside the Ibex, stay at posts despite a strike call. Eight Ibex workers who were Federation members walked out at noon, replaced immediately by others.
At daybreak the American schooner Luther A Roby from Shiverie Nova Scotia bound for Philadelphia struck near Cape Henlopen in a fierce northeaster. The vessel broke apart on the sand before life saving crews could reach her. Three sailors died and five were rescued. A powerful gale and heavy seas continue along the Atlantic coast with numerous vessels at risk and more possible disasters.
A youth in a bicycle suit attracted a police officer and led detectives to a Bowery lodging house where Thomas Howard, Frederick Dimond alias Fatty, and John Holmes alias Exmil Ebert were arrested. The trio, armed, were linked to a Flatbush Avenue robbery of Arthur Williams, son of a Baptist preacher, with Dimond naming Howard as an ex-eveter and noting a Folsom prison release.
William J. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan attended Central Presbyterian Church in St Paul Minnesota on a Sunday morning. They listened to a sermon by Rev L W Beattie as part of a quiet day of rest.
In Mankato this afternoon the candidate received callers including Ignatius Donnelly Scootee Squires of Washington and Senator Towne of South Carolina. The Democratic nominee for Congress in the Duluth district plans a Minneapolis address tomorrow before traveling by special car with National Committeeman Cantro to Michigan.
A loose, partially legible dispatch from Denver notes a Union address delivered amid a crowd. The president warned that stronger organization, if in place earlier, would have prevented large balances and upheld worker gains across the nation.
An outline of Mr. Bryan's campaign program lists stops from Minneapolis to Cairo and Chicago. It covers October 13 to November 2 with speeches in Marquette Grand Rapids Lansing Chicago Council Bluffs Kearney and other locations as the schedule unfolds.
London reports in The West Gazette a rumor that the British cruiser Talbot of the Port station has foundered. The Talbot, a steel cruiser of 5,000 tons with 9,400 horsepower and eleven guns, sailed from Dare October for Halifax and the West Indies and was last heard in late hours.
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