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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1901
Page
6
Workmen uncover a fresco titled Venus at Her Toilette in a Pompeii house once owned by Marcus Lucretius Fronto. The site yields six rooms richly decorated, a second painting of Neoptolemus’s punishment, other relics, and the skeletons of six burglars found nearby with money in a vase.
A feature on a living vine bridge in Mexico, rapid growth of Congo palms used for rafts and shade, and other tropical trees with unique traits. Includes a tale of a rat captured by a oyster, and billiard artist Robert de Bremont’s “William Tell” trick lighting a candle on a table.
A Swiss Alpine danger tale notes the Rocher de la Closette mountain in the Jura valley near Travers. Experts warn a 13 500 000 cubic feet rock mass could topple any moment, endangering Noirague Le Fucil Closette and Champ du Moulin, with the Jura Simplon railway and river Reuse at risk as weather influences timing.
A 300 yard dog swim near Boston saw Bruno the smooth coated collie beat Tighe a ferocious bulldog by 12 3 5 seconds in a $50 side race witnessed by hundreds at Farrell's bathhouse. Bets favored the bulldog but the winner proved stronger and talk of a mile long rematch grew.
A Baltimore American quip frames a mock interview with the Sultan of Bazoo Island. He recalls getting $1,000 damages after injuries from swallowing a missionary’s false teeth, illustrating satirical praise of civilization’s costs and absurdities.
A terse note from Literary World states that an item has caused great offense and is being withdrawn. The brief statement hints at controversy but provides no further details, leaving readers to wonder about the offending contents and the publication's rationale for removal.
An Irishman seeks a diagnosis from a local surgeon. The physician confirms stomach cancer is present but inoperable and contemplates informing him. The patient asks if the doctor can cure it, learns he cannot, and leaves laughing at his own joke.
Two gentlemen attended a temperance meeting and were thrown from their conveyance while returning home along a dark lane. An angry correspondent demanded an apology. the editor responded by noting the report stated both men were sober and remained so.
A crowd gathers as a man praises Gibbs for honesty and capability, claiming Gibbs would be a good representative. He adds he once saved a life from drowning, but a solemn stranger urges secrecy, insisting the life save should not be revealed to others. The exchange highlights local election chatter and personal loyalties.
The New York World notes bicycles see a steady decline in sale and use while records are broken almost daily. The era sees fewer buyers and slower adoption of wheel transport despite frequent feats.
A Chicago paper reports a Taft Commission effort to recruit sixty teachers bound for Manila with plans for early shipment and marriage insurance. The piece links haste marriages on Honolulu arrival to possible later regrets and notes upcoming batches. It also touts St Jacob’s Oil and Allen’s Foot Ease as remedies, plus ads on New York population, Wisconsin farm lands, and speech word counts.
A collage of short items promoting books and ads plus quips. It touts Murat Halstead's Life of McKinley at $1.50 with agent profits, Garfield Tea testimonials, Putnam Faceless Dyes, Wizard Oil, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and joke quips about Niagara, kissing cures, and Eden in Ohio.
The piece highlights Haruko, Empress of Japan, described as slight yet near fifty, renowned for beauty, charity, progressiveness, scholarship, music, and poetry. It also notes a statistician asserting typewriter gains 500000 jobs, with critique of accompanying health claims about sedentary work. A patent medicine pitch for Hipstetter's Stomach Bitters promises relief from dyspepsia and related ailments amid modern confinement.
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