Circle tours and scenic trips via Denver and Rio Grande
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway promotes circle tours across Colorado and to Salt Lake City, featuring the 1000 mile circle and alternate routes through Marshall Pass and Black Canyon. Four to ten day itineraries cover La Veta, Poncha Pass, Durango, Ouray, Silverton, Telluride, and Royal Gorge with onward connections to Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction. Free illustrated pamphlets and route details are available from local ticket agents or S. K. Hooper in Denver.
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Missouri River
Jan
Denver
Rilo ‘Gra
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colorado
Salt Lake ‘City
Ogden
Utah
Denver and Rio Grande
Thountains
La-Veta
Poncha
Toltec Gorge
Durango-Dolores Canon
Rico
Lizard Head Pass
Las Animas
Silverton
Qouray-Cimarron
Black, Canon
Marshall Pass
Royal Gorge
Grand Junction
Black Canon
Gunnison
Glenwood Springs
Grand River Canon
Tennessee Pass
Leadville
Salida
Kissingen
G. P
T. A
Calo
National Conventions Travel Advisories and Train Ads
Prohibition convention dates at Chicago 1900 and Democratic convention dates at Kansas City 1966 with ticket sale notes. Train route details from Chicago Great Western highlight vestibuled trains free chair cars dining service and single round trip fare. Also note Commissioner Peck hesitated to offer champagne at the New York exposition opening.
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Prohibition
Chicago
Democratic
Kansas City
Chicago .Great Western Railway
Chicago Great Western
H.lord
Adams. Street
Gotham
Peck
United States
New-York
Poultry Company Offers Farm Labor and Product Ads
Classified style reading includes job ad offering $18 per week with expenses for a man with a two horse rig to introduce Poultry Compound and Lice Killer to farmers. Mixed in are assorted patent medicine testimonials and product pitches for Wise’s Cure, Parker’s Hair Balm, Hall’s Catarrhate, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, and Uncle Garter’s brand items.
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Acme Mfg. CO
Des Moines
Laws
Adequate Military Force-Orders Issued Instinct Him to Go Direct to Pekin
Washington dispatch reports Adna R. Chaffee ordered to command troops in China and proceed to Pekin via San Francisco and Tak, with aides, to reinforce the Chinese capital. The move follows a clash over foreign troops in China and confirms a strong capital-based force. The assignment comes as Seymour expedition nears Tien Tsin and the Chinese relief of Tien Tsia appears imminent.
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Washington
China
Adna R. Chaffee
Genral Chaffee
Eiklejohn
Peki
San Franisco
Taki
Che Foo
Pekin
Chaffee
State Department
Li Hung Chang
Long
Kempit
San Francisco
Japan
Colin
Tien Tsia
Tien ‘Sin
Dewey Cannon Unveiling Programme in Michigan
The ceremony plan for unveiling the Dewey cannon at Three Oaks Michigan nears completion. General R A Alger will deliver the state welcome address and William Barton D D of Chicago will give the day’s oration on the theme Victories of Peace and of War. Miss Helen Miller Gould will perform the cannon unveiling.
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Lhree Oakes
Mich
State of
Michigan
R. A. Alger
William Barton
D. D
Chicago
Helen Miller Gould
Guard Units Granted Fourth of July Parade Rights
Adjutant General Barry orders Company A of the Second Regiment at Kearney and Company C of the First Regiment at Beatrice to parade with arms and take part in Fourth of July celebrations. One or two guard companies will stage sham battles and the state will provide blank cartridges.
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Barry
Company A
Kearney
Beatrice
Robbery on Cable Car Drops $55 000 From Broker Duffield
H K Duffield Chicago board of trade broker was robbed on a Cottage Grove avenue cable car of 55000 in bonds mining stock and deeds intended for the bank. Police report no clues and investigators suspect professional pickpockets tied to wheat market profits.
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H. K. ‘ Duffield
Chicago Board of Trade
Cottage Grove Avenue
Prairie Chickens Open Season and Fines
A complaint to Governor Poynter from Wolbach Greeley County notes killings of entire coveys of young prairie chickens. State law copies will be sent to interested residents. Open season runs September to January 1 with a $5 fine per bird killed outside the season.
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Ccecuweuee
Poynter
Wolbach Greeley County
Brooklyn Marines Sail for Taku Under Meade Command
The armored cruiser Brooklyn sails from Cavite with 300 marines under Col. Robert J. Meade to Nagasaki to coal and proceed to Taku. The transport Logan with the Ninth Infantry and the gunboat Princeton will follow.
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Brooklyn
Taku
United States
Cavite
Nagasaki
Robert J. Meade
USB
Logan
Ninth Infantry
Princeton
Formal Request by Six Viceroys on Empire’s Governance
A formal appeal is made by six viceroys representing the northern and southern provinces to address the imperial court. They urge centralized oversight and present grievances about administration, signaling a major moment in governance and provincial rights within the empire.
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Ayith
Brother shot dead by sibling enrages Hanover
In Hanover Kansas Jake Baker killed his brother Pete Baker during a Sunday picnic incident. After firing twice Pete died instantly and Jake then shot himself but was stopped by wives. The coroner's jury found Jake acted in self defense.
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Jake
Baker
Peéte-Bakér
Hanover
Kas
Pete
Jake Baker
British Boer War Dispatch Reports Net Closed on Free Staters
London dispatch says Lord Roberts tightens six columns near the Free Staters though decisive results may take days. Boers escape along Rundle’s lines. Canadians in Honingspruit fight. Dewet’s force cuts a mounted rifles outpost at dawn with casualties and captures. Free Staters attack the entrenched camp where fifty Canadians and two companies of Shropshires hold firm.
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London
Lord
Roberts
Rundle
Ficksburg
Honingspruit
Dewet
Mounted Rifles
Trigils
Free Staters
Double Tragedy at Omaha Ends With Death of Couple
John Stumfmeier a German carpenter in southern Omaha shot his wife in a domestic quarrel and then killed himself. The wife died later at St Joseph's hospital while their twelve year old son witnessed the scene and was hurled from the porch.
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John Stumfmeier
Omaha
Stumimaier
St. Joseph's Hospital
Widow Myra Conkling Jailed After Child Death Attempt
Myra Conkling of Belden Avenue Chicago killed her nine year old son John in their home and then attempted suicide by gas. Neighbors found her breathing, she was revived, but the boy lay dead.
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Myra Conkling
Belden Avenue
Chicago
John
Lift for State Guard in Nebraska
Preliminary steps began to secure Nebraska’s share of a 1 000 600 annual appropriation from Congress. Adjutant General Barry certified state guard manpower to Adjutant General H C Corbin and plans call for more than 17 000 dollars worth of supplies and equipment to be drawn annually for the guard.
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Nebraska National Guard
Barry
H. C. Corbin
British send 850 troops to Ashanti to quell rising
Dispatches from Ashanti report Kumassi relief to be accomplished this week. About 850 men of the British central African native forces sailed June 22 for Ashanti to quell the rising, marking the first time British Central Africa has faced imperial duties.
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Ashanti
Kumassi
Central Africa
South Dakota to issue drafts for bonds due in ten years
State Treasurer Schambe of South Dakota will, through drafts, raise 5000 to take up bonds not due for ten years. This action leaves an outstanding indebtedness of about 613,000 for the state.
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Schambe
South Dakota
Across Oceans and Empires Piracy News and Ink Trade
A compilation reports ongoing piracy near Macao and the West River with British gunboats, plus Far East piracy history and recent sea robberies. The piece also blends notes on classic ink manufacture from London and Philadelphia Times reflections, weaving maritime peril with cultural trade curiosities.
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Reuter
China
Canton River
Macao
Canton
El-Katif
Kurrachee
Ithe
Persian Gulf
Morocco
Europe
Pegu
Penang
Olehleh
Sumatra
Simpang Olim
Bilbabo
Queen
Caesar
Carl
White Cloud
Libra
London
Odd imports and ink origins reveal global trade curiosities
The article notes India ink’s Chinese origin, with India’s role as a distributor rather than inventor. It lists unusual imports from across the world including Newcastle tags, Antwerp matches, Cape Town lobsters, and Berlin hair and clothing, illustrating a broad 19th century commerce. It also mentions dietary complaints of fashionable women, humorously detailing hunger between lunches, teas, and dinners.
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America
Newcastle
Barranquilla
Colombia
Santa’ Marta
Canada
Ogs
Maine
St. Johns
N. B
Gairo
France
Grenoble
Dresden
Havre
Lyons
Nantes
St. Etienne
Berlin
Coburg
Konigsburg
Lubéck
Mannheim
Solingen
Brimstoke
Gargenti
Italy
Palermo
Japan
Philadelphia Times
Letter promotes Canadian North West as home for families
A man recounts travel from Sault Ste Marie to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1859 1900 era, detailing McLeod Lethbridge Medicine Hat Regina Winnipeg Prince Albert and Saskatoon farming and ranch life. He cites wages housing wood water and abundant land urging readers to seek better homes and offering to provide information through J Grieve and M W McInnes.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Canadian North-west
Sault Ste. ‘Marie
Ft. McLell
Alberta
Manitoba
Assiniboia
McLeod
Michi
Winnipeg
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Regina
Prince
Albert
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Prince’Albert
Forth
Prince ‘Albert
Katchewan
Crea
Michigan
Prince Albert
Iwisl
William Payne
J. Griéve
Saginaw
M. W. McInnes
Merrill Block
Detroit
Diamond Polishing Techods
Workmen sit at long tables with their backs to the light as small iron wheels spin at 1500 rpm. Round diamonds are dipped in oil and diamond dust, soldered to a handle, and pressed against the wheel to shape each facet in a tedious, lengthy process.
Allen’s Foot Ease Powder Ad Announces Relief
Swollen smarting burning and sweating feet find relief with Allen’s Foot-Ease powder. Shake into shoes and use for corns and bunions. Sold at all druggists and Shea stores for 25 cents. Sample free by sending name and address to Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.
Great Britain's Insane Population Rise Claimed
The text claims a ten year trend of 2000 more insane in Great Britain each year and advertises a Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. recipe booklet from Dorchester Massachusetts. It ties in a note about milk of human kindness and ends with a prompt to mention this paper.
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Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Children Play Chem Every Inhabitant Learn Chess
A fragment notes playful learning as children in an Austr walode storebeck read and write. It warns against provoking a wife to avoid attracting neighbors to her scolding.
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Austr Walode
Storebeck
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Robes
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Norwich
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Parker
Hall
Gaan
Uncle Gartar
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Dewey Cannon
Wymore
Neb
Commuis
Knights of St. Join
India Ink
Yon
Gnighty
Rameses
Osiris
Jehovah
Allah
Christ
Cairo
S. W. Mitchell
India
Therliagot
Drake
Wien
Taduce
Great Britain
Dr. Kline
R. H. Kane, Ltd
Arch St
Philadelphia
Pax
Women’s Federation
Beemun
RG Tories
oYonan
Mahini
Onti
Eas
RTH
Guesser Farm News
Pranits
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