Colorado mineral springs could draw 250000 tourists annually
Thomas Tonge told the Denver real estate exchange that developing 30 or more mineral springs in Colorado with proper hotels and attractions could lure 250000 visitors per year, spending about 1000 dollars each and boosting state wealth by 25000000 annually. Denver would reap the largest share.
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Colorado
Denver
Thomas Tonge
Colorado Mineral Springs
Denver Real Estate Exchange
Brown Palace
Europe
Exchange
Glenwood Springs
Manitou
Pueblo's Chances Rise for Big Power Plant
Pueblo, Sept 4, reports indicate Kansas-Colorado Railroad and Electrical Transmission plans move beyond talk. Blueprints show three 145 by 40 foot plants costing 800000 each at Florence La Junta and Garden City with Pueblo as permanent home for workers and new lines. Garden City and Finney county citizens urge Hulst to place the first plant there by 1909 with 2000 HP capacity and unit construction for future expansion.
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Pueblo
Kansas-Colorado
Florence
la Junta
Garden City
Kansas-Colorado Electrical Transmission Company
Colorado
Finney County
Kansas
A. B. Hulst
Colorado Electrical and Transmission Company
Canon City Public Schools Open Tomorrow
Canon City public schools will open tomorrow morning for the year’s work with the usual enrollment. The district touts improved methods of instruction and sanitary classrooms, promising the coming year to be the best and most progressive in Canon City school history.
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Canon City
Board of Education
Colored voters organize Taft and Sherman club at Williamsburg
The Colored voters of Williamsburg and vicinity form a Taft and Sherman club with James Malon as President and Florence Evans as assistant secretary. Members support the Republican national ticket and will work to secure its election. Record office advert.
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Taft and Sherman
Williamsburg
Willamsburg and
Vicinity
Jas. Malon
J. W. Evans
Julius McGrew
E. Buhhanan
Florence Evans
Nate Accepts Southern Pacific Post in San Francisco
Alex J. Nate, who resigned as cashiership at the Denver and Rio Grande station, will visit Toronto before heading to San Francisco to take a position with the Southern Pacific railroad company. He is well acquainted with the railroad business and is expected to succeed in the new field.
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Alex. J. Nate
Denver and Rio Grande Station
Toronto
Canada
San Francisco
California
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Nate
Reed and Strout at Portland Bar Rivalry
Thomas B. Reed, Civil War naval veteran, returned to Portland in 1865 to practice law. A. A. Strout, a leading attorney, habitually inquired about jurors health and professed concern for their welfare. Reed and Strout clashed often yet remained friends as they often opposed each other in major cases. Reed remarks on Strout’s ritual before trials.
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Reed
Strout
Thomas B. Reed
Portland
A. A. Strout
Beating Women in Russian Adages Exposed
A Berlin Radical cites old Russian sayings to claim wives are beaten as a norm. The musings include lines about beating wives with a broom handle and twice daily corrections, arguing such violence improves meals and behavior.
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Berlin
Russia
Sea Serpent Myth May Grow From Giant Seaweed Cables
The sea serpent myth may have started from massive southern seaweed known as algme, 400 to 600 feet long. When torn loose by storms, the enormous cables formed by these plants could drift at sea, inspiring tales of a legendary serpent, as reported by the New York American.
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New York American
Man Required for Demonstration Purpose Old English Rack
An Englished advertisement fragment describes a demonstration quest for an old English rack pattern. It notes the man should be short to start with and mentions a “New Girl” and a cook in a briefly quoted exchange. The fragmentary text appears in a historical newspaper context.
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Nice
Eddy Job
Englist
The Peart of Great Prise Advice Quoted
A Providence journal item presents a muddled excerpt from a modern sage advising a young man about marriage. The piece references eight phrases about living time disposition and warns against too many cooks spoiling a dish, with unclear attributions and garbled quotation marks.
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Peart
Prise
Kenwey
By the Sea. A Moonlit Apparition of a Fisherman's Daughter
A solitary night by the shore follows a tent sheltering narrator who sees a pale, stately girl-like figure drift from the sea breeze. The encounter spurs a dream of a wrecked romance linking a fisherman, his wife, and a missing lover, unsettling the narrator and the village.
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Nebula
Bea
P. A. Mitchbet
Ganderbone’s September Forecast Satire by Rieth
A humorous 1908 verse noting September as Labor Day time, with Taft and Bryan visits, and playful prophecies on autumn, politics, weather, and public figures set in a satirical newspaper voice. The piece blends calendar lore with presidential race imagery and seasonal changes.
Local Families Take Leisure Trips Around the County
Caughey and Abbott families picnic at Chandler Creek then explore Cottonwood grove and Chandler creek for water. Harry of Central Street tours the Royal Gorge with family on their first trip. Marmons, Taylors report Cripple Creek visit as best yet. Frances Hilfiburt from Elizabeth Street returns from Silver Cliff delighted with climate and people. Arthur Taylor from Appé Orchard notes a visit from his meter. Mrs Lanagerd of Minneapolis and Mr Marry of Central Street resume activities after business and travel. Mrs Hurlfant from Elizabeth Street enjoys being up to date after a few days with linens.
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Caughey
Abbott
Chandler Creek
Cottonwood Grove
Harry
Central Street
Royal Gorge
Marmons and Taylors
Cripple Creek
Frances Hilfiburt
Elizabeth St
Silver Cliff
Arthur Taylor
Appé
Lanagerd
Minneapolis
Marry
Victor
Hurlfant
Elizabeth Street
Remains of Leota Lowry Held at Victor
Leota Lowry age fifteen years five months twenty days died at home in Victor on Sunday from appendicitis after a brief illness. She was born in Candém City and lived in the Cripple Creek district before moving to Victor. Funeral services will be in the First Christian church at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, with interment in Lakeside cemetery. Friends of the family are invited.
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Mists
Leota Lowry
Mir
J. W Lowry
Fam
Victor
Candém City
Cripple Creek
First Christian Church
Lakeside Cemetery
Illinois Association Chowder Labor Day Picnic
Members of the Illinois Association of Canon City and surroundings celebrate Labor Day with a chowder and picnic at Gaff Park on East Main Street. A large crowd enjoys the event supervised by H. J. Craig of Hast Canon, noted as an expert in chowder making.
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Illinois Association of
Canon City
Gaff Park
East Main Street
H. J. Craig
Hast Canon
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