Link and Pin Rumor of Copper Queen and Santa Fe Road Convergence
Rumors spread across the region claim Copper Queen Consolidated Mining and Santa Fe Railroad may jointly build a road from El Paso to the area. Reports note surveyors from Bisbee and Tucson preparing routes, with southern railroads adopting a standard bill of lading and altered released-rate clauses.
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Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company
Santa Fe Railroad Company
el Paso
Santa Fe
Collis P. Huntington
Bisbee
Here
Tucson
Texas
Cochise Co
Southern
Exchange
Southern freight rules revised take effect June first
A new southern freight classification has been adopted by the southern classification committee to take effect June 1. The schedule grants many concessions sought by shippers at a New York hearing, with notable gains for staple items like coffee and sugar and for canned goods and meats, while butter rates and cereal products see no change. Railroads still reject shipments in fiber or wood pulp cases.
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Southern
Southern Classification Committee
New York
Texas mileage table to govern freight shipments
The Railroad Commission plans to issue an official mileage table detailing exact distances between Texas stations. The figures will govern freight rates and be invaluable to mercantile and shipping interests across the state.
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The
Railroad Commission
Texas
Texas Mercantile and Shipping Interests
Old Fiddlers contest slated for Tularosa excursion
The K of L committee set the old fiddlers contest as a feature of the June 17 Tularosa excursion. Several Sacramentos fiddlers have signed up and it is known that skilled players from El Paso will enter the competition for the prize.
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K. of
Boschee's German Syrup Free Sample Offer
An ad offers free sample bottles of Boschee's German Syrup to adults with cold related throat or lung issues. One bottle per person, not given to children without parental order. The ad claims physician endorsement and world wide sale, with a 75 cent bottle touted as curing or proving its value.
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Boschee
Montezuma Health Resort Promises Cool Summer Climate
Healthseekers from the north and east are urged to visit the Montezuma at Las Vegas Hot Springs New Mexico on the Santa Fe Railway for a high elevation summer climate. The resort offers first class hotel accommodations hot baths expert medical attendance and ample recreation. The waters are said to benefit rheumatic ailments neuralgic disorders and incipient tuberculosis while aiding convalescents. Address W G Greenleaf Manager for details.
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Las Vegas Hot Springs
New Mexico
W. G. Greenleaf
Montezuma
Las Vegas
Mot Springs
N. M
A Walk With Ishbel on Storytelling and Love
Ishbel insists on being called that and guides a listener through a tale about a 17 year old American girl sent to England. The girl falls for a distantEnglish solicitor but is thwarted by money and engagement issues. Three years pass before a reunion. the heart remains unspoken and the imagined image in her heart may be missing.
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Ishbel
England
Boston Post
Smoking’s social rise and fall through English history
Andrew Lang notes shifts in tobacco use from 1750 Bath where men smoked to Johnson’s 1772 claim that smoking was out of vogue. He observes cycles from fashionable to unfashionable, with snuff rising when smoking waned, and challenges the idea that French women ever occupied a pedestal.
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Dr. Johnson
Andrew Lang
Longman’s
Union Clothing Promotes Full Line of Sweet Orrs Trousers
Believing nothing too good for customers, Union Clothing announces a complete range of Sweet Orrs Union made trousers overalls and coats for sale. The note emphasizes union craftsmanship and readiness to serve shoppers with durable garments.
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Sweet Orr’s
the Union Clothing
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