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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1903
Page
6
A sequence of customer testimonials from Baxter Springs Kansas and Falmouth Virginia praise Doan’s Kidney Pills. Users report kidney stone relief, back pain reduction, and improved sleep after using the product for extended periods.
The advertisement notes post office income from unmapped mail as 30,000 to 35,000 dollars daily. It promotes Colorado farming schemes offering irrigation land with water rights, suggesting three years to ownership and urging readers to write to the Colorado Bureau of Immigration. Also mentions a redwood regrowth trait, a pile cure claim, and various consumer ads for dyes, cigars, and starch with price points and contact details.
Denver reports F H Newell chief hydrographer of the United States Geological Survey returned from Ogden where he praised the Irrigation Congress for disseminating information on irrigation and forestry. He noted debate over land laws and highlighted North Platte river storage projects and state control politics.
In Victor a potential riot over strike-breakers was quelled when General Chase arrived with 100 cavalrymen. A crowd of about 2,000 gathered outside the Gem restaurant after fifteen strike-breakers dined there. Troops cleared the street, with no injuries reported, amid jeers from onlookers.
The Colorado State Federation of Labor at Canon City chose Pueblo as the next meeting place and nominated officers to be elected by referendum. A proposal to raise per capita tax and fund a strike was set for vote. The resolution endorses the eight hour day for miners and allied workers and condemns Governor Peabody and Adjutant General Bell.
Denver reports cantaloupe vines almost ruined with over half of crate orders canceled. Seed buyers face losses as some melons still seedable remain. many cantaloupes are small or green and some seed has germinated. La Junta notes frost reduced ripening with 30 to 50 percent loss. Greeley puts potato losses at 2500 to 3000 carloads, 25 to 30 percent, while onions escape damage and alfalfa third cutting is damaged but yields hold.
A Rock Island passenger train speeding toward Colorado Springs crashed into a handcar from Elsmere to Falcon, killing Mrs. Barbara Roberts and injuring her daughter Susan. Grover Roberts escaped. Susan lost a foot to the wheels requiring amputation.
In an audience with the Russian minister the sultan apologized for abuses by Turkish troops in Monastir and Adrianople. He said orders were sent to stop the outrages and indicated that the guilty would be punished, reassuring the Russian ambassador.
In a Denver dispatch dated Sept 21 the Republican prints a letter from E O Wolcott defending the new charter. He argues adoption is essential to Denver’s welfare, warns that rejection would bring expense and harm, and condemns attempts to defeat it by fraudulent votes.
Bron son B. Tuttle a retired millionaire ironmaster who lived in Naugatuck was buried in New Haven in a steel casket claimed burglar proof and unopenable without dynamite. A guard watches the grave from a nearby tent.
Gov Chatterton refused to interfere with Keffer’s pardon process and said the Lander killer must pay the penalty after informing his spiritual adviser of his stance.
In southern Russia kissing in public incurs fines up to 3 dollars, with Milan seeing 721 couples fined about 1.20 dollars each last year. Also reported: new pearl discoveries in Elk Creek near Muskogee and mussel beds in Indian Territory.
Commodore Somerville Nicholson United States Navy and other high ranking figures write from Washington Charlottesville and Martinsville praising Peruna as a cure for catarrh. Letters from W G Hunter M D ex member of Congress and G R Brown ex congressman add strong testimonials. Dr Hartman invites readers to seek free advice if results are not prompt and satisfactory.
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