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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1896
Page
6
A historic column describes multiple comets approaching Earth at high speed and discusses their orbits, heat, and potential proximity. It cites the 1811 and 1843 comets as comparisons, noting 1843’s daytime visibility and the immense tails that stretched across millions of miles.
A correspondent describes a German girls’ eight year program beginning at age six. Emphasis is on reading and language: French starting at ten or eleven and English by twelve. Recitations occur in the target language, with memory work in German literature and history, while science subjects get only light coverage and physiology is unfamiliar.
Washington chemist Prof Woods reports a liquid plastic base from finely powdered steatit stone that can mold into any metal or marble and harden at room temperature. Mixed with gold dust, it supposedly yields a durable surface indistinguishable from real gold yet non corroding and forever lasting.
Excerpt notes the exhilaration of renewed health and mental clarity after using Syrup of Figs. It contrasts this with old-time medicines and substitutes unaccepted by the well-informed, implying a superior remedy.
William Sehmeckebier is granted divorce from Tillie on grounds of infidelity. J Jo Maney testified that the wife clipped a poem from humorous paper proving acts of abuse and improper conduct. The contested verses titled THE TEN COMMANDMENTS humorously list supposed marital duties and moral failures.
Philadelphia Record notes riders on bicycles impede fire engines, crowding around to gain space as engines respond to calls. The report highlights dangers from cyclists near fire apparatus and the need for caution around street work and emergency equipment.
A Pan American Medical trip from Denver to Mexico City offers roundtrip tickets at 57.55 dollars. Tickets go on sale November 9 and 10 with return validity through December in a promotive travel feature from the Santa Fe Route at 1700 Lawrence Street Denver.
A garbled fragment from a 19th or early 20th century page blends seasonal musings with stray phrases. It mentions Indian references, a Colorado railroad agent, a colored tore, tea, and cascara advertisements, ending with a quip about people at the top.
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