Railroad Turmoil and Miscellany From Santa Fe Era
A Santa Fe freight agent at Madrid described as a braggart sparked a drunken brawl after a game leading to slashing injuries. Lilly fled, and local officers face possible liquor violations. Reports also note railroad labor shifts, a Winslow accident claim of accidental death, and plans for a new Arizona Eastern line to bypass heavy grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Grimshaw
Santa Fe
Madrid
Central
Estancia
Lally
Lila
Lilly
Las Vegas
Santa Fe County
Alteona, Eastern Railyoad Company of
New Mexico
Titus
Lordsburg
N. M
Arizona Eastern Te
Southern Pacific
Glia
Phoenix
Yuma
Scandal over abuse at Colorado Girls Industrial Home
Denver papers reveal brutal whipping and harsh treatment of inmates at the Colorado Girls Industrial Home. A humane society investigation reports ongoing strikes, confinement in dark cells, and corporal punishment with rubber hoses. Prison-like conditions deny work, recreation, or personal pride, with little hope or faith in reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado
Humane Saiety
Cate
Hersellf
Iowa
Attlon
Colorado Institution
Reforming Girls Through Kindness at Colorado Institution
An account praising Mr Fitzgerald who reformed a state girls' reform school by ending lashings and punishment. He built cottages, trained staff, and introduced music and work, transforming guards into guardians and making the campus resemble a supervised home. Five years with no runaway. former students return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentinge
Buiches
Des Moines
Mider
Fitzgerald
Puggerald
Mr. Fitzgerald
Colorado
Gira
Fitzgerald Ays
Man Dies After Convulsions Aboard Freight Train
A railroader named Sylva died at Santa Fe hospital Needles after convulsions on a freight train. He had been drinking heavily for two weeks and was removed from the train at Topcock, then Needles, where he died. The incident follows a peculiar disappearance note from Winslow Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Aver
Las Vegas
Tucumcart
Sunnyside
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
J. B. Smithers
Smithes
Casteneda
New York City
J. Hayes
Conductor Hayes
Belen
Socorro
Sadie Murphy
Hayes
San Marcial
Jose Matta Marina
Mexico
Winslow
Hardy
Penzance
Mall
Sylva
Needles
Ariz
Topcock
Jai
Keystone of Peace and Roosevelt Crown Jubilee Arch
A fragment recounts a utopian vision of a Stone Arch of Glory with names like Oyama Oku Nogi Nodzu and Roosevelts crowned by divine favor. It frames Roosevelt as “uncrowned captain of the free” in a reverent, prophetic tone and ends with an ad for Mrs Fullerton’s ice cream parlor and The Evening Citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meee Paibe
Oyama
Oku
Karoki
Nogi
Nodzu
Roosevelt
Free
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Albuquerque
Oeal
Bridge,beach& Cos
Superior
Tate
J.D. Emmons
Futrelle Furniture Co
W. Lilly
Billy
Coa
Optic
Neviles
Barstow
Needles Eye
T. E. Gallagher
J. B._Mtunyan
Butlerstite
Ohio
France
Kinga
New Life Pilimie
Tina Prive
Roy
Norman Siiner
Marcriage BF
Hale
Mora
Mora County
Ferguson
Angalathe
Okla
Mare Ately
Tk. H. Agee
Mie
Charlotte K. Rice
Silver City
Silver City Normal School
Trinidad
Lensewein
Pfot Laem
San Miguel
Clyde Church
Dan Castellano
Chapelle
Nieves Maes
Mies Antonio Gnegels
Manuelitges
Santiego Girthy
Mies
Keystone OF
America
Sons of Light
Mount Glory
Karvupatikin
Imore Rojestvensky
Stoesel
Hutan
God
Say Tudor
Mae A
Macon
Pilsner Beer
Southwestern Brewery & Ice Company
Colo
A. Borders
Em Salmer
Commercial Club Building
City Undertaker
Adminster
Underwood
GEO
Ramsey
W. R. R. Ave
Zeiger Cafe
The
Joseph Barnett
First Street
Coal Ave
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