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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1902
Page
6
A collage of short quotes and ad lines touching on hats, religion, footwear, starch, cough syrups, cigars, and other consumer topics. Mentions mis sionaries in Afghanistan and various brands like Allen's Foot-Ease Defiance Starch and Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. A few quips about farmers, con stitution, and musicians on strike appear among the fragments.
An 1890s style testimonial Claims backache signals kidney trouble and warns of diabetes and Bright's disease. Promotes Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo with a free trial offer and 50 cent price, citing Mrs. Adam Guntle of Crawfordsville Indiana as endorsement.
Dr Robert Beil reports Baffin Land covers 300000 square miles and is the world’s second largest island after Greenland. Advertisements note Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children and various consumer products, with testimonials and prices.
The beagle is an ancient breed noted for small size enough to fit a glove. Roman and early English records describe varieties including a miniature hound revered in Queen Elizabeth era. Gloves then were gauntlets reaching to the elbow, and later attempts to sustain eight to ten inch beagles yielded weaker offspring and lost the lineage.
Vic Smith, famed Montana scout guide and hunter, escaped with life after being thrown 25 feet from a mountain cliff when a bear struck his horse. The incident occurred after he halted to inspect bear tracks in rugged Big Hole country, forcing a two hour trek back to his pack animal.
A Morehead City fisherman near Bogue Sound trapped a vast school of trout in a creek with nets and his family assisting. He has sold substantial quantities to fish dealers, totaling $4,000, with more worth still in the pond, making it one of the coast’s most remarkable incidents per the Raleigh Post.
The London Chronicle cites New South Wales matrimonial statistics showing many Jewish marriages across denominations. Of 781 Jewish unions, 341 paired with Anglican, Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist and other non Jewish spouses, including 67 with Church of England husbands and 151 with Anglican wives, suggesting a trend toward more mixed marriages.
An Italian organ grinder, heard by a London theatre actor manager during rehearsal, impressed with his repertoire including The Holy City. The manager hired him to play outside the stage door each evening for 7.50 dollars a week, after discovering the effect was unplanned.
A torpedo inventor has perfected a safe simple device for rising upstairs without effort. No noise no exertion. A button press lifts one upward, offering a inexpensive alternative to conventional elevators.
A Chicago wife sues for divorce claiming her husband’s affections were alienated by “an automobile of French make.” The piece notes the offender was not a Frenchwoman and laments how jealousies could spread to other objects like golf clubs, hinting at future court sympathy and broader social havoc.
At the Coronado California ostrich farm fifty three birds feed on a bale of alfalfa hay and a sack of barley. Chicks are curious, old males are fighters with powerful kicks, and when angry they twist necks and flap like dancers. Young chicks at a few weeks old fetch about 25 dollars each in the market.
In Switzerland the high altitude postoffice at Zermatt Gornergrat sits at 9000 feet. Its sole purpose is to receive letters tourists write after viewing the scenery. The postmaster, also the station agent, handles thousands of letters and cards in fine weather and must mark them with postmarks.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Griffith, spurning men and desertion by her husband, is constructing a full house unaided in New Jersey. She has finished five rooms from foundation to roof, dug the cellar, laid masonry, lathed and plastered, and installed a hot air heating furnace with piping throughout. She claims to be a man hater and carpenter, undertaking the project without any male help.
The piece notes that about four decades ago American readers would find English use of bank checks for sums under $25 almost unheard of. It cites the late chancellor of the exchequer and two liberal cabinet figures, who reportedly believed checks under five pounds were not used, illustrating surprising ignorance among high officials about modern business methods.
New York Letter describes the East River Bridge project with four massive cables. Each cable houses 6,956 wires of three-sixteenths inch circumference and 3,000 feet length. If laid end to end they would stretch about 395 miles, totaling roughly 1,044 tons per cable and 4,176 tons for four cables.
A brief critique notes Japanese politeness and cleanliness as defining traits while contrasting them with Chinese conscience. It asserts Japanese merchants are polite yet often fail to pay debts, citing London and New York merchants selling Chinese goods on credit and facing those risks.
From Lipari in myth to Lipari today the islands remain sparsely developed and almost unknown to tourists. Thirteen thousand inhabitants live in a patriarchal, simple society. Local guides offer their services gratis, treating visitors as guests and refusing payment.
Letters from D F Wilber C F Given and Julian Weisslitz endorse Peruna as effective for catarrhal troubles and colds. Wilber reports near full recovery after a few bottles and urges others to try it. Given cites rapid cold recovery and lasting vitality. Weisslitz credits Peruna with restoring his singing voice after bronchial catarrh. Readers are invited to write Dr Hartman for advice.
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