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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1902
Page
2
A long medley of wry observations on politics business and society. The piece riffs on Uncle Russell Sage King Alphonso J P Morgan and other figures, musing on folly vanity crime and culture with sharp humor. It blends anecdotes from politics finance and daily life with light sarcastic jabs.
The Navy reports Rear Admiral Sumner leaving Bahia for Montevideo aboard the Iowa, while a grounding incident is deemed minor. Secretary Shaw outlines a $10 million distribution of public funds to bonds via banks, and forest fire relief preparations involve Wyoming and Colorado officials. Expanded notes cover Supreme Court reassembly, transport reductions to Manila, and Romney-era Romanian Jewry concerns, plus Moro affairs in the Philippines and ongoing forest service resource issues.
The late Winfield S Stratton leaves the bulk of his estate to establish the Myron Stratton Home in Colorado Springs for indigent elderly and infirm, with a $1 million ground purchase and endowment to fund the institution. Executors and trustees named to form a corporation and manage legacies to relatives and institutions, with resident and conduct rules for inmates. If the Myron Stratton Home clauses fail, the estate goes to Colorado for state-supported benevolent instutions.
The Fram, captained by Sverdrup, arrived in Stavanger on September 21 amid cheers. After three years trapped in Jones Sound, the ship freed by a southern ice breakup in July. The voyage from Gothaab began August 16 1902, with machinery damage forcing a gale driven return. Musk oxen were hunted for food. Surgeon Braskrug died and was buried in the ice. Sverdrup then led remaining crew ashore and tended illnesses.
English aeronaut Stanley Spencer completes a solo flight in a vessel of his own design. The airship travels about thirty miles from Crystal Palace to Ecote near Harrow, covering Strath am and Chelsea districts with control resembling a torpedo boat. Percival Spencer notes the feat surpasses Santos-Dumont by twenty miles.
Washington announces the Grand Army of the Republic encampment schedule starting October 6 with church ceremonies, a floral automobile parade, a regatta on the Potomac, a Roosevelt dedication, fireworks nightly, a novel parade, a welcome meeting, a Roosevelt review, and business sessions, plus a memorial bridge cornerstone dedication.
A Boulder report says the Bradford Well spouted for ten minutes after a shot at 6 o clock, oil rising to the derrick height. The well began spouting 30 minutes after an explosion, oil flowed over the derrick floor, then settled about 200 feet to the surface. Secretary Cretcher expects pumping by tomorrow afternoon.
The submarine telegraph cable to connect the United States with Hawaii and the Philippines is completed and aboard the cable steamer Silverton in the Thames. The Silverton sails to San Francisco to commence laying the 2,143 mile line, with three spools thirty feet in diameter. The cable weighs 10,000 tons and will reach San Francisco by December.
Marie Henriette queen of the Belgians died suddenly in Spa at about 7:50 PM. Her husband, family, and her doctor were absent at the moment of death. She was seated at a table eating a light dinner when an attack of syncope struck.
Half a million miles is the latest estimate of world rail length. Reports note French cod fleet losses, Roosevelt’s travels, and Queen Wilhelmina opening the staats general. Elsewhere, fires in Washington state kill up to fifty, a new Central Pacific route is surveyed, and Marconi claims long-distance wireless success.
The article outlines the Webster heating plant contract for the Colorado Capitol to Michael Heating Co. for 5877 dollars, a three month timeline, and related Capitol Board matters. It also covers a pardon for Leo Loeb, a county health bulletin, and a glowing Denver City Hall redesign report with detailed interior descriptions.
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