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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1898
Page
3
Vivid account describes the carrion bird haunting battlefields in Cuba. It details the turkey buzzard's physical form, feeding on fresh meat, and its paradoxical role as a sanitation agent amid death and pestilence. The essay reflects on how these vultures, though reviled, help prevent disease by clearing corpses.
Practical guide for preserving cut flowers during travel. Recommends immediate bagging in a Mackintosh style sack or a snugly sealed tin box with stems wrapped in oiled or dampened paper, brown paper, or a cabbage leaf. Warns dry weather and long trips threaten freshness.
Mr Gladstone and Lord Tennyson visited St Magnus cathedral in Kirkwall and needed a United Presbyterian minister to guide them. Gladstone quipped he was a doubtful character even in Tennyson’s company, as told by Patrick Campbell, longtime election agent.
A friend of Aguinaldo, Hongkong dispatches, and the Manila Bay battle are linked to the former American consul general at Hongkong. The man, tied to Aguinaldo and to the Philippine question, had a storied career from Syracuse to Boise City and San Francisco.
A 19th century advertorial notes four porcelain game plaques by Muvilie, featuring American Duck, Pheasant, Quail, and English Snipe. J C Hubinger Bros Co offers free plaques with the purchase of three ten cent packages of Elastic Starch, urging customers to claim before October 1.
The article notes Spain’s tepid acceptance of a U S term, calling it rambling and evasive yet treated by the President as acceptance. It discusses how the ambiguous reply could influence protocol, risking offense in a delicate diplomatic moment. A French ambassador reportedly viewed the wording as acceptance.
Cincinnati announces C. C. Riley, currently Superintendent of Car Service for the Baltimore & Ohio South Western Railway, will become Superintendent of Transportation on August 29. The former position will be abolished. Riley joined from the C. C. C. & St. L. Railway about a year ago, earning the promotion by meritorious service. The item ends with unrelated ad-like text about installment buys and a parental question from a fiction-fragment.
An advertisement promotes No-To-Ha for quitting tobacco with a money back guarantee and free booklet. A brief humorous fiction line about a rejected suitor appears, followed by mining prospectus for La Sal Mountain New Rich District via Rio Grande Western Railway with staged access from Thompson’s Station. Additional notes tout Cascarets for constipation and a 1200 mile bicycle path between Calcutta and Lahore.
The Inter Ocean reviews Sir George Sydenham Clarke in the Nineteenth Century on an Anglo American alliance. It argues such a treaty would mean war and burden the United States with defending Britain’s global interests. The piece questions any US benefit from backing Britain and condemns the idea as foreign-dominated policy.
A terse exhortation on faith and action urges Christians to ready their church as a greater instrument of righteousness by moving oiling the ways and launching from this hour to serve with purpose. It uses the metaphor of spiritual dockyards filled with ships awaiting launch to inspire decisive effort.
A. Schiffeneder of Chicago recalls Civil War service with the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers and Army of the Potomac. He suffered a Gettysburg wound, confinement, and later illness. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring his health and appetite. The piece also notes various unrelated ads and anecdotes from the era.
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