Colorado's scenic resorts lure eastern visitors
The Colorado tourist outlook highlights Clear Creek Canon and the Rockies. It notes Clear Creek Canyon observation cars, Idaho Springs soda springs, Georgetown's Green Lake and renowned falls, Middle Park's trout streams, and Par k destinations like Estes and North Park. It praises Manitou and Colorado Springs, Platte Canon, and the Denver South Park route offering grand mountain scenery and lakes, touting abundant mineral waters and excursion rates via Union Pacific and A. P. Ry.
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Freeport Journal
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Fort Collins
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Florence Duncan Speaks on Art and Writing Career
Florence Duncan recalls a ragged publishing path from wax flowers to parasols and spatter work. She details debt, illness, and a pivot to journalism after studying Ruskin through second-hand catalogs. Her tale ends with a shift to art writing and a move into literary society.
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Nation House
Spiritualists
Ruskin
Florence
Duncan
What are Pearls and Ancient Theories of Their Origin
The text surveys historical beliefs about pearl formation citing Discorides Pliny and Richardson. It notes Darwin’s comparison to crab’s eyes and calls pearls a natural shell provision. It recounts famous values and anecdotes including Cleopatra and a Spanish gilded pearl, plus color ranges and symbolic meanings of purity.
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Pliny
Richardson
Darwin
Cleopatra
Antony
Philip H
Spain
Pay of Teachers Praised For Lifelong Calling
The Rutland Herald and Globe argues wise on teacher pay noting low wages force many from the field. It contends that jealously guarding family needs blights the profession and hinders gifted individuals from pursuing teaching as a life calling.
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Rutland
Herald and Globe
Not Prepared Ailing Woman Seeks Time To Die
A clergyman asks if she is prepared for death as a dying woman grips his hand. She muses on unfinished tasks like carpet, paint, and curtains, noting she might not die before next Monday, despite a family with no daughter to fill in.
Praise for Hop Bitters from a clergyman in Washington
A New York Baptist Weekly reader letter by Rev. -, Washington D C, denounces testimonials for quack medicines yet endorses Hop Bitters as a meritorious remedy trusted by physicians. The clash of public opinion and medical commerce is noted as the author praises Hop Bitters for family use and claims they are indispensable.
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Washington, D. C
New York Baptist Weekly
Sun Investigation Claims Steamers Keep Leeks Proper
The Philadelphia Sun reports a probe into maritime vessels finds every well regulated seagoing steamer contains a proper leek, suggesting compliance with standards and customary provisions across fleets.
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Philadelphia Sun
French Bonbons and Manners in La Vie Parisienne
A humorous excerpt bids masculine readers note etiquette toward women. It lists gestures with a table of misread signals and ends with Jemimer Ann’s tale of a three day business trip and a wife away at her mother. A vaudeville anecdote follows about a man who loves to tell hunting stories and a mistaken shot prompts the table to settle.
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la Vie Parisienne
Jemimerana
Jemimer
Origin of Ox-Tail Soup in English Fare
Mr. Smiles argues that French artisans in London introduced ox-tail soup in the late 17th century. He notes French workers valued shelter and a pot au feu, turning waste into a savory meal. The refugees bought tails from butchers, enabling ox-tail soup and revealing national character.
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Mr. Smiles
England
London
France
Rhode Island Marriage Law Changes on 1st Inst
Rhode Island enforces a strict new marriage certificate system from the first of the month, turning away hurried couples. Old hands accept it, but shy lovers face denial. Meanwhile reports from Old Calabar describe seven men, tiger skin clad, executed for brutal murders by man tigers.
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Rhode Island
Gretna Green
Africa
Old Calabar
Fellows' Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites Endorsed
W. J. Horner of Buffalo New York praises Fellows' Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites as the best medicine for restoring strength to the nervous system, claiming it surpasses all prior preparations he has used.
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W. J. Horner
Buffalo, N.Y
Neatness in Women and the Work of Daughters
A 19th century note argues that neatness defines attractiveness more than fine clothes and warns that disorderly hair and hanging garments ruin reputation. It urges mothers to raise daughters to work honestly and to respect household tasks, as house work is drudgery but essential and best done well.
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Aduray
Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool. Co
Chiconee Falls
Mars
U.S. A
Burdock Blood Bitters Promoted as Blood Remedy
Purported advert claims Burdock Blood Bitters cure blood impurities and yield long life and happiness. It lists price one dollar and a trial size ten cents. The piece also features an old joke about cheating with a trout weighed by shot to win bets.
Illinois Central Time Card Rail Schedule Update
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway agency presents updated Western and Eastern time cards for trains. Listings show depart and arrival times for Freeport Belvidere Milwaukee and Chicago services along with cargo and passenger movements under the Illinois Central and Northwestern time cards.
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Illinois Central
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
R’y
Awa Es
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