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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1902
Page
5
Natives of New Mexico train shepherd dogs by substituting a young sheep or goat for the pup. The pup is only fed around daily chores, accompanies the flock from early age, and learns to guard against other dogs and coyotes. It is rewarded for not seeking other dogs and for bringing the flock home at night.
The Medical Society of Paris warns against the spread of petroleum drinking a habit that has grown despite tax changes. Authorities note the habit predates tax shifts and spread rapidly, with victims becoming morose though not necessarily brutal. Physicians disagree on petroleum’s exact health effects but agree it is harmful.
The article describes preliminary instruction for German infantry marksmanship including range firing and field firing. It explains simulated troop advances using balloon targets set as sharpshooters in trenches, inflation keeping them erect until punctured. Movable targets on sleds imitate shots popping up from trenches or behind embankments.
Neteya ka a Comanche Indian, once a daily tribesman, has become a temperance reformer in southwest Oklahoma. He has shadowed liquor sellers in Lawton and compiled a list of men who sold to Indians, sending it to U S Attorney Horace Speed. He helped secure the arrest of C L Estes of Cache, with enough evidence to convict. The liquor sale penalty to Indians is very severe.
A Pittsburg business man met Judge Jackson at the West Virginia national guard encampment in Parkersburg. The judge commented on his recent injunctions, noting amusement at letters from across the country including a Chicago man seeking an injunction to restrain a neighbor's cat.
The article argues that pictures expand a child’s mind beyond rote words by providing visual mental images of waterfalls farming scenes historical characters costumes and cities. It contrasts unimaginative children who rely on fragments of hearing with those who gain broader horizons through visual learning.
A Persian tea seller is described carrying two brass teapots, one with hot water and one with tea, while cups rest in a narrow tray. He hawks his fragrant beverage with a loud singing cry promising hot, sweet, crimson tea to passersby.
German practice rewards peasants to clear road stones, raising property value and taxing revenue. Poor men are hired to break rocks and trained to repair roadbeds while auctions sell fruit-tree crops grown along the highway. Purchasers guard their harvests as road commissioners publicize the sales.
The New York Board of Health issued a circular blaming malaria on mosquitoes and urging people to kill mosquitoes on walls closets or under furniture before bed. It jokes about athletic men stomping insects while noting some readers are not athletes and that insects in a room can still trouble even a bald headed man’s flat.
The German soldier trains in all weathers and seasons. Extreme cold challenges mobilization as billeting fails and snow blankets tents. Small tents prove warmer than large ones, with internal temperatures about 12 degrees higher, and hot coffee fed to troops every two hours through the night.
A caller with injuries claims a printed piece wrongly mixed him with another Jones who tried to mediate a quarrel and got kicked by a mule. He demands a correction in the next morning’s issue and clarifies he is not the other Jones.
A folk voice argues Adam would act differently if living today and facing temptation. The speaker notes preachers dispute the snake story and blames Adam, expressing sympathy yet predicting he would guard his ribs more carefully if alive now.
The Italian government offers to sell vast war materiel discarded after rapid armament changes. The list includes 600,000 rifles adopted in 1887 with 48,000,000 cartridges, 1,200 nine pounders and 500 seven pounder guns with 200,000 shells, and 170 seven-pounder mountain guns with 17,000 shells.
A curious Corea custom is described where a husband ignores his wife in the street as if she were a stranger. The piece notes the irony that a man might wish to acknowledge her yet cannot escape her gaze.
A brief note describes exaggerated footwear in Elizabethan England with shoes stated as three feet long, featuring pointed toes and garters secured by golden chains, adorned with decorative bells.
A testimonial notes Margaret Lee of 71 Brightfield Road Lee Green Wis reports years of muscular rheumatism ended instantly after using St Jacobs Oil. She credits the remedy with permanent relief and says she recommends it to others. St Jacobs Oil is sold in 25 and 50 cent sizes by druggists.
A collage of items from a 1900 era page cites Swiss cats threatening birds, Defiance Starch offering 16 oz for 10c, Mother Gray's Powders, Dr Thomas' Electric Oil, a Missouri Pacific excursion, Piso's Cure, Laxative Bromo Quinine, and assorted quips. It reads like a miscellany of patent medicines, household goods, and brief notes with brand names and testimonials.
Ladies can wear smaller shoes after Allen's Foot Ease powder. It eases swollen hot feet and bunions and helps corns and nails. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 5 cents, trial package free by mail from Allen 8S Olmsted LeRoy NY. Notable line about social tact follows. Defiance Starch and poverty remark.
A letter to Mrs Pinknam describes a six year struggle with ovarian and womb inflammation. The writer details persistent pain and distress, implying a medical ordeal commonly shared by women of the era.
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