A Summer Outing to Colorado Mountains
F. P. Baker extols a Denver & Rio Grande travelout through Colorado mountains from Pueblo or Denver to Salida Alamosa and Blanco. He highlights Royal Gorge canyons tall granite walls and modern railbed, plus trout duck and elk in the San Luis Valley and the social appeal of Colorado Springs and Manitou for a month long summer escape.
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Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Great Divide
Denver & Rio Rande
Pueblo
Denr
Royal Gorge
Salida Ou
San Luis Valley
Mwang Little Giants
Val
Alamosa
Blanco
Sangre de Cristo Range
Colorado Springs
Manstou
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver & Rio Grande Company
F. P. Baker
Mystery of Lorina Twitchell’s Family Heiress Claim
Mrs. Lorina Belle Quick Twitchell, invalid, was bound and chloroformed in her Binghamton home by a strange woman and a man while papers proving her legal right to her father Harlow Quick’s Kansas City property worth over 50000 dollars were stolen. The assailants believed to be seeking inheritance links to an alleged illegal marriage. The victim recovered and the saved letters may establish her status as sole legal heir.
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Binghamton
Lorina Belle Twitchell
Twitchell
Harlow Quick
Quick
Kansas City
Lorina Belle Quick
Mrs. Twitchell
Harlow
Rock Island Route to Cripple Creek Advertisement
Travel ad touts direct route via Rock Island to Cripple Creek Colorado Springs with fast service. Recommends sending for full information from Joun Sebastian Chicago General Passenger Agent. Includes stray lines about Ibeteiphie colony and a boast about Bovee.
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Cripple Creek
Rock Island
Colorado Springs
Joun Sebastian
Chicago
Beautiful Shoplifter Captured in Cincinnati Case
For years Mrs. Hattie Heilyman, known as the Auburn Haired Woman with the Cape, was arrested for shoplifting. The refined, composed criminal led a double life, stealing silk dress patterns and valuables while baffling tradesmen and detectives alike.
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Cincinnati
Hattie Heilyman
Max Nordau
Wife of Outing owner commits suicide in New York
Mrs Emma Worman wife of principal owner of Outing magazine shoots herself in a Fifth Avenue apartment. She had lived at the Hotel Majestic with her husband and ill son Emanuel a paralyzed child who had two operations and faced another. The mental strain from worry over the boy is blamed for the tragedy. The son found her body at five after bidding him good night.
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Emma Worman
Outing
New York
No. 241
Fifth Avenue
Hotel Majestic
Emanuel Worman
Gentlemen’s Duel Ends in Tragedy on Custer City Square
Deadwood Jack and Montana Jim, both famed shooters, met at 7 PM for a supposedly genteel duel. After exchanging formalities they fired in silence, ending with Jack mortally wounding Jim and Jim’s four bullets mortally wounding Jack. Jack survives briefly, urging a dignified funeral.
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Jack
Detroit Free Press
Montana
Jim
Custer City
Last Chance
Bald Eagle
Deadwood
D. J
Rocky Mountain Joe
Deadwood Jack
Tramp Escapes Rattlesnake Den Near Nappanee
James Morgan fell through ground into a five foot crater and found a den of rattlesnakes. The snakes bit him ten times before he freed himself with great effort. He was rushed to town for medical aid.
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James Morgan
Nappanee
Ind
Five Tall Virginians
Five tall brothers live near Chase City Virginia with seven previously. Each brother stands at least 6 feet 2 inches. The tallest brother is 6 feet 6% inches and weighs 195 pounds. He has an uncle who is 7 feet tall and his maternal relatives are notably tall.
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Chase City
Assassination After Sermon Targets Hall’s Station Cleric
Rev. Warren Powers of Hall's Station Georgia preached against alleged immoral relations among locals. That night he was shot at his doorstep and killed. A congregation member believed responsible is in custody.
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Warren Powers
Hall's Station
Virginia Penitentiary Costs Six Cents a Day to Feed
An investigation into Richmonds Virginia penitentiary management finds prisoners cost six cents daily to feed. The living conditions are described as high in more than one way.
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Virginia
Richmond
NYC Fires Last Year Cost Over Three Million
Fires in New York City averaged more than ten daily last year and caused about 3 115 421 dollars. The text doubts France’s 1895 fire losses would surpass this figure.
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New York City
France
The Pyromaniac's Smile
Fire Marshal Whitcomb notes a curved mouth expression in arson suspects that signals guilt. He recalls a dozen cases where this peculiar smile preceded strong testimony and confessions, though the smile is not a clear indicator.
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Whitcomb
Boston Transcript
Rediscovery of tridescent glass features at Met Museum
The article notes that tridescent glass, once a lost art, was rediscovered in 1878 and is now common. It explains the iridescent effect comes from decay as melted glass exposed to sodium salt vapors forms layered laminae. Exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art include bottles and plates dug up in Cyprus and other places.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Cyprus
Bloomers of Brocaded Satin Vie for Wardrobe Notice
The piece highlights dainty lace-trimmed bloomers in brocaded satin designed to replace the old fashioned short flannel petti coat. They are canton flannel lined for warmth and leg protection, worn under a long silk petticoat and dress, with cheaper variants in taffeta and flannel.
Dolls Sold After Singalong Ad Causes Dispute
A Koko mo merchant Mr. Weddle advertised dolls for a song. Two girls, children of Al fred Miller, sang on the store counter and claimed the dolls. He has since changed the advertisement.
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Mr. Weddle
Alfred Miller
Goettingen Enrolls First Woman in Medicine Program
Goettingen University welcomes thirty one women students this winter. they study history mathematics modern languages and natural history. For the first time a woman begins medical studies at the university.
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Goettingen
Fragmented dialogue on public morality and corruption
A quoted exchange critiques public morals and legislative corruption with lines about being bought and the difficulty of relying on lawmakers. The snippet presents a satirical voice on ethics and political integrity.
Awkward Mistakes and Herbal Remedies Advocated
The passage mocks turning the wrong way on a road and praises drastic medicines for the liver. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia constipation kidney and rheumatic ailments and malaria. It ends with an verse about becoming an ancestor through effort rather than lineage.
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Wron
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers 100 Dollar Reward
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure failure and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and notes price 75 cents per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Government opens branch in Sal t Lacrosse Wis
The United States government opens a branch office in the Sal t Lacrosse Wisconsin plant area to expedite mail matter. Salter's seed and grain catalogue is mailed for 5 cents postage. A Bowling Green Kentucky woman with twenty one children is at her husband for a sou.
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United States
Lacrosse
Wis
Salter
Bowling Green, Ky
Public Lands in Oklahoma Open for Settlement
A careful review of public records shows millions of acres in Oklahoma still available for homestead entry. Many lands were not claimed due to rushed openings and multiple settlers on single tracks, with near cities and railroad lines attracting the main rush. Some unclaimed lands suit stock raising, while hundreds of good homes await eastern settlers in the coming season.
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Oklahoma
Dropsy Cure Promised By Atlantic Specialists
Drs H H Green and Sons of Atlantic Georgia advertise as top dropsy specialists claiming a purely vegetable preparation removes all dropsical symptoms rapidly. Ten days treatment mailed to sufferers with $8,483,994 a Great Chance to Make Money and other promotional notices accompany the page.
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H. H.green & Sons
Atlantic
Eee
Park Tea at Night Moves Bowes in Morning
A brief line notes a shift in routine as a tea at night affects the morning schedule. The source fragment mentions Park and Bowes in a curious sequence. Further context is needed for clear attribution.
Salzer's Wisconsin seeds promise early garden harvests
Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin touts Salzer brand seeds as bred for earliness with peas radishes lettuce and cabbage claimed to be 20 days ahead. Offer sample packages and a 5 cent catalogue with 10 cent postage. Also notes a seven month old baby James Marley of New Brunswick weighing three pounds at that birth tipped scales at one and a half pounds.
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GHZ Aermotor CO
Yousas
Rockwell
Salzer
Wisconsin
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
W.n
James Marley
New Brunswick
N. J
James
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Pleasant Laxative Remedy
An 18th or 19th century advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a delightful liquid laxative that cleanses the system and breaks up colds headaches and fevers without unpleasant after-effects. It appeals to well informed readers seeking a pleasant remedy and emphasizes ease of use.
Island Cities and Mining Ads in a Fragmented 19th Century Notice
The fragment shows multiple dated claims and adverts: Cripple Creek mining properties offered by D W Sholes Investment & Mining Co with bank references and Sitka Alaska as a northern city in the territory. It cites Piso’s Cure for consumption, Brown's Bronchial Traches, and Coco's Cough as remedies. New York’s German colony size and Portland boasting 106 millionaires appear alongside general promotional lines and grievances about flattery.
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Galveston
New York
Key West
D. W. Sholes Investment & Mining Co
Cripple Creek, Col
Cripple Creek
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Swanson Gure CO
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Montana Jim
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Libby Prison
Soldiers’ Memorial Hall
Rutlannd
Albany
Boston
Ennsylvania
Pennsylvania
M. M. Luther
East Troy
Luther
l _ zer Seed Co
Mammal
Eorror
Jones
World Mfg. Co
Columbus
J.C. Barret
Germany
Phillips
Cruggists
Res Great Britain
Mast
Sitka
Alaska
Charleston
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Wm. B. McClellan
Chester, Florida
Portland
Ore
Jine
Br. Kiine
Arch St
Phila
Coco
Scott
Crear Enet
Ac Es
Baron
Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Thompson
Druggiata
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