Cripple Creek Visit and Seven Falls Journey Out West
Colorado Springs August 18 1900. Traveler recounts trip via Colorado Midland to Cripple Creek a mining boom town now settling to business with 20000 residents. Highlights include Seven Falls in South Cheyenne Canon and the grave of Helen Hunt Jackson atop Cheyenne Mountain. Also notes Pueblo’s industries and a Mexican Quarter, post office life, and local politics with Republican dominance in Colorado Springs and Democratic leanings in Denver.
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Coloorado Springs
Cripple Creek
The
Colorado Midland
Colorado Springs
Divide
Ute Pass
the Springs
South Park
Georgetown
Pike's Peak
Kipling
Tommy Atkins
Seven Falls
South Cheyenne Canon
Cheyenne Mountain
Helen Hunt Jackson
California
Cheyenne
Jackson
el Paso Bank
Queen Victoria
George Washington
Pueblo
Joseph Morris
Bessemer Steel Works
Italy
Mexico
Old Mexico
Springs
Edmundson
Obituary of Mrs Emma C Sherman of Ames
Mrs. Emma C Sherman died at her Ames home last Thursday after years of suffering. Funeral at Congregational church conducted by Rev F J Douglass and Rev H P Douglass. Born 1836 in Georgetown New York, she taught for 16 to 18 years and became a Christian at 18. Survived by sisters. husband J R Sherman and friends in Story County. Mourning by many, with thanks to those who offered sympathy and help. J R Sherman Mrs R J Inks Mrs Mary A Dart.
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Ema C. Sherman
Ames
Congregational Church
F. J. Douglass
Toledo
Emma ©. Leonard
Georgetown
Madison Co
N. Y
New York State
Morrison, Ill
Lebanon
United Brethren Church
Sherman
Dart
Oneida
Inks
Mechanicsville
Iowa
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praises From Front Line Soldiers
Twenty nine officers and men wrote from the front praising Bucklen's Arnica Salve for scratches bruises wounds sore feet stiff joints burns eruptions and piles. It cures and is sold for 25 cents a box by L M Bosworth druggist with a guarantee.
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L. M. Bosworth
Real Estate Loans Offer Income Flexibility
Ivory County Bank promotes real estate loans with flexible payment options on any interest pay day. The bank claims it can take up existing loans, reduce the rate, and provide a new loan where borrowers may pay any amount on any day, with no commission charged on such loans.
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Ivory County Bank
Half Rates to Chicago for National G A R Encampment
Excur sion tickets on the Northwestern Line offer one fare for the round trip to Chicago for the National G A R Encampment August 27 to September 1. Tickets available dates of sale and limits through Chicago and Northwestern agents. Also local ads for photos at McIntire's, Royal Saland Dressing, honey, Miller flour guarantee, and Bullpina brick at Munn's lumber yard.
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Northwestern
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Rail
Bets to avoid from those who are cocky about feats
The piece lists bets on simple tests a confident person cannot win including a 50 yard start in 100 by a hobbler, breaking a wooden match with finger pressure, crushing a lengthwise egg between clasped hands, rising from a chair, touching wainscoting with both feet, and standing five minutes blindfolded.
The Original Seven Wonders Retired by Time
The ancient seven wonders no longer survive with only the Great Pyramid of Egypt remaining. Details notable dates: Mausolus tomb around 350 B C was destroyed before 1400 A D. Artemis at Ephesus built 552 B C and destroyed 356 B C. Babylon walls circa 570 B C decayed after Babylon ceased as capital. Colossus of Rhodes erected 288 B C and destroyed by an earthquake after 64 years. Zeus statue created 437-433 B C, moved to Constantinople and destroyed by fire in 475 A D. Pharos of Alexandria built about 283 B C and destroyed by an earthquake around 1300-1400 A D.
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Egypt
Mausolus
Caria
Diana
Ephesus
Babylon
Rhodes
Alexandria
Zeus
Olympus
Constantinople
Pharos
Many a Mickle Makes a Muckle savings lesson
The passage argues that small daily expenditures add up over time. It shows five to twenty cents daily saved at 5 percent interest would grow to substantial sums: ten years about $205.50 for five cents, $910 for twenty cents. twenty years about $560, $2,240. 25 years about $815, $3,260.
Doctor’s Europe Trip Follows the Bill Incident
A Washington Star item notes a doctor ordered a patient to travel to Europe. The patient reportedly complied, while the doctor presented the bill and then took the trip himself. The brief highlights alleged double standard in medical guidance and payment.
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Europe
Washington Star
Light enters water at 40 degrees in physics note
Examiner notes questions about light refraction and mentions a man from Manchester Michigan stating his wife, long bedridden, was helped by Electric Bitters. The ad touts Bitters as a remedy for female ailments and general weakness, with a 50 cent price and a cure guarantee.
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George D. Williams
Manchester
Mich
L. M. Bosworth Druggist
Local Vendors Announce Goods and Offers Across Town
A jumble of notices lists apples from A. J. Graves & Son and Goop Hard Wood, books, sheets, and versus from Tilden Loughran, Ames piano mentions, cookies, salts, fragrances, soaps, and a fresh batch of vegetables from a mist machine. Many names such as Hemstreet Campbell Kooser Lerts Judisch appear in varied product lines and services.
Community Notes From Nearby Towns
From neighboring towns preaching at Enterprise on Sunday. Mr Foley is spending a few days at the Gossard home. Miss Marie Roland visits from Illinois. Rev McDugal preached at the Congregational church Sunday. Mr and Mrs Frank Foster welcome a baby daughter. Ladies Society to meet with Mrs Stevens Thursday. Mr G Fritz of Emerson visited relatives here. Mr Starry Gossard of Florida and his mother from Ames visited last week. Ames Woodman lodge members visited Kelley lodge last Thursday. Wm Dunn contemplates selling his farm and seeks a new place. Mr B Brooks has sold his farm and will move west of there. Mrs Lou Gossard Foley returned from Shenandoah after teaching summer school and normal.
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Rev. McDugal
Frank Foster
The
Ladies Society
C. ©. Stevens
G. Fritz
Emerson
Ames Woodman Lodge
Kelley Lodge
Wm. Dunn
B. Brooks
Lou Gossard-Foley
Shenandoah
New Discovery Cures Coughs and Pneumonia Says Local Ad
Mrs Geo Long of New Straitsville Ohio credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving two lives and curing her cough at night and Mr Longs pneumonia. The ad promotes 50c and 1.00 bottles with a free trial at L M Bosworths drug store plus notices for preaching at Keltner school house poultry wanted and local merchants advertising flour and teas.
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L. M. Bosworth
Notice to pipe and pipe laying contractors
Notice is on file at the city superintendent of electric light and waterworks Ames Iowa proposing laying about 700 feet of 8 inch pipe on Duff Street and 1050 feet of 6 inch pipe on Douglass Street with valves hydrants and specials. Plans and bid blanks available. a certified check of fifty dollars accompanies each bid. Bids opened at pm Sept 3 1900. Right reserved to reject any or all bids. 172 J.C. Kyl Sept Waterworks.
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J.C. Kyl
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Hardin
Hobart Hanna
Mark
Denver
Tennyson
Emma C. Sherman
J. R. Sherman
R. J. Inks
Mary A. Dart
McIntire’s
McIntire
J.B. Kooser & Co
T. J. Miller & Son
C. F. Luvs
Munn’s
Barkhurst
A. J. Graves & Son
Hemstreet & Campbell
Tilden & Loughran’s
Compton
T. 3
Miller & Son
Co. F. Lerts
Tilden & Lonagran’s
J. B. Kooser & Vo
Judisch Bros
C. F
Enterprise
Ats
Mr. ©. Foley
Gossard
Marie Roland
Illinois
Keltner School
B. Read
J. B. Kooser & Co
C. F. Letts
Warren Jackson
Bradley & White
the Grocers
Cseom
Baker
Hauser
Hauser’s
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