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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1897
Page
2
The piece notes seventy two New Yorkers vanished in the past year, more unseen than sailors lost to the sea of mystery. It contrasts public search for missing people with residents who hide grief and rarely seek police assistance.
Militia and citizens of Calais Maine and St Stephen New Brunswick celebrated the queen’s jubilee across the St Croix river. New Brunswick militiamen crossed to Calais days later adding noise and enthusiasm to the Fourth of July. God save the Queen and America share the same tune.
United States Consul Welsike at Managua reports severe distress as the government enforces strict economy. Salaries from the president to lowly staff have been cut, many offices abolished, and coffee planters face bankruptcy. Credit from foreign and native trade houses has dried up due to heavy losses.
The London Economist reviews Bar Nato’s rise and fall noting his early diamond interests as private ventures and claiming his pursuit of large operations led to risky financial experiments. It says he floated companies totaling about £7.8 million in capital during his reign as “King of the Kaffirs.”
Kerr, Receiver v Urie holds a married woman residing in Maryland can own stock in a Texas national bank and may be liable as a stockholder under federal law. The ruling notes modern state statutes permit a feme sole to manage separate estate and questions the presentation rather than the law’s reach.
A Detroit Free Press item narrates a mischievous boys tale on Cass Avenue about stealthy cake theft. A matron and neighbor recall family raids, with Frank and another boy as ringleaders and a warning outcome.
Dr Rufus G Wells of St Louis builds a cigar shaped balloon to reach Klondyke next spring with a gas filled balloon carrying a basket and propeller. He offers 300 dollar round trip tickets and claims feats across Rome and the Indian Ocean. Dr James Charles of Richmond Indiana patents an airship bird model with lifting wheels and plans a spring Alaska voyage.
A brief exchange suggests pursuing anti fate truth as a means to become valuable. The dialogue frames worth as something earned through embracing truth against predetermined outcomes. It emphasizes personal effort and resilience in seeking meaningful value.
A gas explosion in Bread, a suburb of Indianapolis, destroys several buildings killing six people and injuring many others. A second blast after twenty minutes buries more ruins as crews pull victims from the wreckage. The disaster is blamed on natural gas leaking from a street main into building cellars.
National Executive Board of United Mine Workers backs a straight price proposal from Pittsburgh operators for a ten cent per ton rate to year end with a December joint meeting to set future terms. A miners’ convention in Columbus is urged to act on the plan as work expected to resume pending approval. Separate wage scales may be set later by a December conference in Pittsburgh.
In Newcastle Pennsylvania on September 5 a man named Gower died after being assaulted by three tramps during a trampe robbery. He refused surrender and was shot while attempting to explain he was only taking a ride home to his wife and children.
Reported capture of the Mote operation at Trinidad after a night pursuit by a posse. The sequence involved a Passenger Train hold up and significant resistance before the capture. details remain sparse and unconfirmed.
A wartime tale from Tradia county near Trading Post recalls A W Hall a Union veteran who died or was believed dead after being wounded while foraging. His body disposal and shifting reports sparked talk, later leaving Hall known as Possum and buried miles away with comrades in uncertain memory.
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