Adobe Houses of Old Pueblo Mexico in Pueblo Colorado 1903
Editor recalls the Pueblo district called Mexico a crumbling relic of a prior era. adobe huts, once a Mexican settlement then home to Italians and others, face demolition as real estate pressure grows. crime and vice faded with police action, but the area remains a vivid, fading memory of Pueblo’s past amid new streets.
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Pueblo
Col
The
Age
Mexico
Tenderfoot Hill
North Pueblo
Third Street
Man Pays Fine Before Charge In Isleta Court
Thomas Bennet filed assault and battery charges against Smith Brown in Squire Wimmer's court at Isleta. Brown produced a receipt claiming he paid a fine to Squire Culbertson, then pleaded guilty and paid 5.50 total. The incident prompted debate over legal precedent and fine payment before charges. Lan Sheppard and family returned from Philo.
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Squire Wimmer
Thomas Bennet
Smith Brown
Isleta
Brown
Squire Culbertson
Bennet
T Brown
Missouri
Hank Monk Relics To Highlight Nevada At St Louis Fair
Nevada will exhibit Hank Monk relics at the 1904 World's Fair in St Louis. The former stage driver’s gold watch and the old stage coach that carried Horace Greeley to Placerville will be shown by J A Yerrington of Carson City. The coach will transport dignitaries at the fair and the watch bears the inscription praising Monk for delivering Greeley on time. The display underscores Mark Twain’s ties to Carson City and the author’s Nevada connections before Roughing It.
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Hank Monk
Far West
Mark Twain
Horace Greely
Placerville
Jehu
St. Louis
J. A. Yerrington
Carson City
Nevada
Charlie M. Reeves
States and Territorial
Horate Greely
Mr. Greely
Greely
J. M. Benton
Monk
Benton
Dr. Benton
Yerrington
Union Station
California
Yerington
Sam Clemens
Carson
Osco's Snake Eater Replacement Wanted at Store
George Marlatt seeks a new job in Coshocton after a strange visit to Timmons' grocery. A letter offered two dollars a day for a replacement for Osco the snake eater, who died from internal bites, prompting Marlatt to flee toward a warmer land. Also notes a Mackinac Island excursion sale and Lake Chautauqua round trips in 1907 with limited dates and reservations.
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George Marlatt
Timmons
Fred Timmons
George
Fred
Mr. Turner
Osco
Excursion Tickets to Mansfield and Nearby for State Fair
Excursion tickets to Mansfield and Richland county fair areas will go on sale September 9 to 12 from Wooster Upper Sandusky Tiffin Coshocton and intermediate stations on Pennsylvania lines. Low fares to Columbus via Pennsylvania Lines for Ohio State Fair period August 31 to September 4 inclusive. W and L BE offers a 9.45 dollar Coshocton to Mackinaw City or 10.45 to Mackinac Island round trip. Tickets valid for 8:46 a.m. train only and good to September 11. Also cheap trips to Minnesota resorts with round trips to St Paul Minneapolis and other Minnesota locales.
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Mackinac
Mackinac Island
Toledo
Cleveland
Mansfield
Richland County Fair
Wooster
Upper Sandusky
Tiffin
Coshocton
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Mackinawa City
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northern Pacific Yellowstone Park Tour Offer
The Northern Pacific offers a special package for 385.00 dollars including rail and Pullman fares meals in dining car round trip St Paul to Gardiner stage coach through the park and park hotel board for a five and a half day regular tour.
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Northern Pacific
Yellowstone Park
St. Paul
Gardiner
Park
Park train September 3 special express for St Paul Minneapolis
Tickets sold so passengers can leave St Paul or Minneapolis on Park train of September 3 only. If necessary a special train with Pullman dining and observation cars will be run. Apply to any N. P. R. Agent or write to Chas. S. Fee, Gen. Passenger Agent, St Paul Minn. Send six cents for Wonderland, 1903.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chas. S. Fee
St Paul
Minn
Wonderland
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Old Pueblo
Rome
the Fountain Dry Goods
Pitty Moecesquet
Datiny
Thas Senson
Fountain Dry Goods Company
Lan Sheppard
Philo
Isco’s
Umat
Lake Chautauqua
Connections
Kent
Erie
W. A. Smith
Park Cash Grocery
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