Land Alone Would Have Made Him Rich
John Pierce of 316 Macon Avenue is an original Colorado settler who arrived in 1859 with a Cleveland group bound for Pike's Peak. He stuck with mining adventures, accumulated 400 acres on Beaver Creek, sold Cripple Creek water rights for 18 000 and Beaver Creek interests for 17 000, totaling 35 900, and has witnessed Colorado's transformation from frontier to settled lands.
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Clear Creek
Beaver Creek
Cripple Creek
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Rocky Mountains
Lively Liver Care Through Digestion First Approach
A health advertisement urges treating a torpid liver by improving digestion and nutrition. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as restoring stomach activity, aiding blood glands, and cleansing poisons to relieve liver load. It warns against hardened foods and claims the remedy is non secret, non alcoholic, with known ingredients.
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Pierce
Cyclone Catarrh Cure Recipe Promoted at Home
A home remedy named Cyclone is advertised as a rapid catarrh cure. The formula calls for Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with spoonful doses after meals and at night. The ad claims it purifies blood and aids kidneys to remove catar rhal poisons, preventing sores and mucous membrane damage.
First Colorado Circus Montgomery Queens Visit 1875
The Montgomery Queens circus first brought performances to Colorado in 1875, opening in Denver then Pueblo on July 4. Postmaster Lewis and Gov. James H. Peabody attended Pueblo show, recalling a heavy rainstorm, flooded roads, and washed out railroad tracks delaying travel home two days.
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Pueblo
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Canon City
Coal Creek
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Gov. Peabody
Colorado Cirrus Circus Spawns River Crossing Delay
Travelers moving landward faced deep streams as the Four Mile creek bridge vanished and floods blocked fording. The party camped until waters subsided, while a traveling circus arrived as a notable novelty in Colorado, drawing spectators despite hardships.
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Four Mile Creek
Colorado
Foley's Honey and Tar No Opioids Safe for All Ages
Palace Drug Store announces Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults as a safe remedy.
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Foley
Palace Drug Store
Death of Little Austrian Child at Prospect Heights
Lizzie Blotwich four years old died Sunday morning at the family home after a short illness. She was buried at Lakeside cemetery following a funeral held at ten o clock Tuesday morning.
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Lizzie Blotwich
Frank Blotwich
Prospect Heights
Lakeside Cemetery
Sells Floto Circus To Visit Canon City Friday
The Sells Floto show arrives in Canon City on Friday July 5. The traveling troupe promises an honest, wholesome performance with trained animals acrobats and clowns. The Potters family and Alpine troupe are highlighted for novelty acts and danger. The act is billed as the circus beautiful with a strong parade planned.
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Canon City
Circus Trust
Los Angeles Examiner
Minnesota’s J Adam Bede To Headline Humorists Day
J Adam Bede of Minnesota, noted as a platform and after dinner speaker, earns a reputation as one of America’s most humorous public figures. He has become a national draw and is booked as the star attraction for Humorists Day at the Royal Gorge Chautauqua.
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J. Adam Bede
Minnesota
American Congress
America
Royal Gorge Chautauqua
East Fen Route Trains Carry Delegates to National Education Meet
Several special trains carry delegates from the East to the annual convention of the National Education Association in Los Angeles. The journey proceeds amid tight security and orderly crowds as educators head to the event.
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Los Angeles
the National Educational
Teachers and visitors head to Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs
Association members travel through Colorado toward the Pacific coast with routes via Canon City and the Short Line. Hundreds of teachers from Tennessee Iowa and New York will visit Cripple Creek to tour the gold camp and celebrate Independence Day. Local notable visits and community notices follow with sheriff Esser pursuing Naff amid embezzlement questions and a focus on the Minneapolis Quartet performing on the Chautauqua circuit.
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California
Colorado
Pacific Coast
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Colorado Springs
Cripple Creek
Tennessee
Springs
Lows
New York
Warrant Issued for Arrest of Jas T Naff
A warrant was issued for the arrest of Jas T Naff stenographer and accountant in the Canon City office of the United States Smelting and Refining company. He is charged with embezzlement of between eight hundred and a thousand dollars and faces criminal proceedings if no settlement with the company is reached. Naff was last known with his wife.
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Roanoke
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Washington
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Esser
Naff
Richmond
Pansy Burghardt
John Burghardt
Jack Martin Naff
M. S. Bailey
Jas. T. Naff
Canon City
United States Smelting and Refining Company
Canon City Pueblo and La Junta Railway Incorporation
Articles of incorporation granted in Denver to Canon City Pueblo and La Junta Railway and Power company with capital of 250000. Incorporators are Andrew J Behymer Francis James and Perry Behymer of Pueblo. Also mentions Royal Gorge Chautauqua feature of Clarence L Chester lectures with illustrated, army navy and canal imagery.
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Denver
Canon City
Royal Gorge
Clarence L. Chester
New York City
South America
Panama Canal
Army
Navy
State Dairy Wins and Historical Society Loses
Denver June 27 The state auditing board approved 521 for a dairy department laboratory to examine butter and cheese. The same board denied 500 for the state historical society to continue its prosecutorial work.
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State Dairy
Denver
State Auditing Board
State Dairy Department
State Historical Society
Santa Fe Railroad Boosts Colorado State Tourism Campaign
The Santa Fe Railway runs a months long campaign in leading eastern papers and magazines with full page ads promoting Colorado. The effort generates thousands of inquiries from tourists inquiring about visiting the state and the company follows up on these leads.
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Santa Fe Railway Company
Colorado
The
Santa Fe
Colorado Summer Promises Boost for Santa Fe Advertising
The passage notes that Colorado literature and Santa Fe advertising draw tourists from the east and Mississippi valleys. It observes the advertising system's impact, with visitor travel to Colorado already increasing and taking on larger proportions.
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Colorado
Santa Fe
East
Mississippi Valley
Runaway Coach Crash Narrowly Averts Serious Injury
A tall two horse pulled tally ho carriage carrying picnickers to Dodds Commercial College Alumni dinner tipped on a steep Royal Gorge grade. Heavy load and slope helped the driver regain control. two or three guests were hurt lightly and photographer Krueger suffered a head cut. Ernest J. Sias advertised as Chautauqua speaker and platform manager.
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Royal Gorge
Dodds Commercial College
Krueger
Corona Studio
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Great Rocky Mountain Assembly
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