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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1899
Page
2
Homage tribute recalls a modest woman famed for mercy and cheerful help to the needy. Friends recount her hidden sorrow and unspoken prayers while guardians of her memory vow to honor her with a simple grave marker.
A fashion overview notes the return of short boas over summer ensembles. Gray tulle boas speckled with black velvet dots are common, often with black silk or floss fringe. White taffeta mousseline, liberty gauze, and lace adorned boas dominate, while the feather boa wanes as the favored long accessory remains absent this season.
There is a strong demand for novelties in stationery with new designs. The latest offerings feature high class paper adorned with bow knots fleur de lis and four leaf clover in various shades. Regimental colors and arm of service hues are represented, including navy, with envelopes matching and dye-stamped.
A white taffeta jacket blouse features piped silk edging with satin trim. Narrow colored lace lines the edges and velvet clusters decorate the west front.
A reporter questions Miss Daisy M. Elliott, a Berkley gym teacher in New York City, about whether a woman skilled in rope science can descend a rope safely by looping her foot and lowering herself, noting prior lack of trial.
The article describes girls training in rope descents from a third story window, noting age effects, safety, and muscular development. It contrasts confidence levels, body types, and season lengths while detailing guidance on proper form and exercise benefits. It then shifts to practical kitchen notes on poultry, breakfast muffins, fricassee dumplings, and fashion details.
A recipe for buckwheat cakes uses stale bread crumbs milk and yeast, soaked overnight, then scattered with soda and molasses before cooking on a greased hot griddle. Serve hot with maple syrup. pork rind grease noted.
A humorous exchange features a telegraph clerk pricing a short telegram at sixpence and a playful dig at proposals. The snippet reflects lighthearted wordplay about word count and romantic responses, with slang and local flavor.
A compilation of humorous quips and ironies showing a foreign meeting after twenty years. The sketch centers on a married pair reunited, memories stirred by playful dialogue and social satire. Pieces include snippets from the Detroit Journal and Chicago Post as cited.
A July Sunday in Cleveland features a humorous exchange as a stranger asks a distinguished usher about a church. The usher replies that the entrance is nearby and offers the guest a comfortable place to sleep, turning the moment into a dryly comic local vignette.
In Stray Stories a benevolent old gentleman consoles a weeping boy saying he would not cry that way. The boy asks how he cried as a little boy, prompting reflection on childhood distress and guidance from wiser adults.
A Brooklyn Life item quotes a remark about a woman who devoted her life to Christian science and raises a question about her cause of death, hinting at a reflective or satirical social note on belief and mortality.
Fragmentary account describes workers at a harsh southern Nevada operation facing deadly conditions. Text notes air dryness and moisture loss, with workers drinking heavily and some sleeping in rut to replenish their systems.
Fragmentary 19th century advertisement claims music and a tonic called Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters strengthen nerves quickly. The text also mentions private revenue concerns and a casual warning about bottle handling.
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