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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1903
Page
3
A reflective piece from Earl M. Pratt recounts a boyhood cane he made and kept from his grandfather. He recalls missed chances to share it, noting the emotional lessons learned about elderly relatives and family connections. The narrative urges personal growth through self education and consideration of others.
A reflective piece urges attention energy earnestness and good food to reduce errors. It links ignorance exhaustion indifference and poor sleep to performance, arguing steady exercise and early bed improve health and work quality with practical tips and personal stories.
The text argues that harmony with life comes from cultivating positive energy. Negative manners reduce social appeal while reserve energy builds positivity and popularity. Self knowledge and study of what depresses or elevates lift one toward lasting exuberance and influence through accumulated strength.
The piece reflects on charity discernment in daily life. It notes that many seek funds for trivial or dubious causes and warns against cynicism from fraud. It stresses prudent judgment in deciding when and what to donate and to whom.
A humorous jumble of light quotes and cartoons includes a parrot learned by a phonograph method, a marriage lottery quip, fashion jokes about peekaboo waists and high heels, a mosquito avoiding harm to die happy, an injunction against a barking dog and contempt of court, and a weary voyage remark about monotony at sea.
Exchange mocks a visitor and attendant in a brief asylum scene where a man is brought to an institution after a wife reportedly made him go shopping with her. The quip frames a lighthearted, period tone about social roles and eccentric behavior.
A quarrel erupts as Esmeralda rebuffs Col. Wes terdoo after she learns his worth is only a million. The exchange includes a wary mother noting the value of a year and the risk of public scandal.
A collection of light banter and wry observations features Brownovich and Smithinski debating sleep talking and marriage’s dangers. Other exchanges note pessimism about microbes in kisses and a humorous misreading of sports stakes.
Market quotations show beef steers, cows, and calves with price ranges for different weights. Sheep and feeder listings are provided alongside grain, poultry, and dairy item quotes. Additional notes include historical comparisons and a tidbit on old maritime and fashion topics.
The article notes an estimated 1,500 chamois remaining in the Swiss Alps due to indiscriminate hunting across all seasons.
Visiting nurses for patients suffering with contagious diseases join the New York Board of Health public nursing service as a key modern development in public health outreach.
A street performer known as a contortionist deceives the public by letting trolley cars strike him and then files injury claims for the supposed accidents in New York City and Philadelphia.
Philadelphia now reads the world in the number of Christian Endeavor mission study classes. It has fifty six, twenty of which have been organized in the last year.
Fulham in London makes a profit of 3442 dollars annually by using municipal garbage in its electric lighting plant furnace. The article notes a comparison that a horse can gain as much distinction in two minutes as a prize fighter does in two hours.
A collage of short items and children’s games from a late 19th or early 20th century page includes moral tales about obedience, a catapult craft, a Hen game, and a tale of an angry acacia tree. It also describes tricks with eggs, coffee, and surface tension, plus basic signaling with flags and Morse for military use.
Puzzle note lists two rebased proverbs. The first hints that empty vessels make the greatest gourds, a play on the saying empty vessels make the most noise. The second is Pride goes before a fall, a direct variant of the familiar warning about hubris and downfall.
The signal corps plays a key role in modern warfare with several signaling systems. Wigwagging uses small flags to convey messages and is an adaptation of Morse code. The article explains how flags are handled to transmit dots and dashes for communication.
The article describes simple hand shadowgraphs like a rabbit on the wall and a dog with a bit of meat lodged in its throat. It outlines steps to form a swan elephant old man and old soldier using hands cloths and a cardboard cut to amuse and instruct readers.
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