Utah Territory described as growing resort and mining area
The article details Utah as a large mineral rich territory with diverse geography from Salt Lake Basin to mountains and deserts. It notes a population around 150,000 with 70 percent farmers, major towns Salt Lake City and Ogden, extensive rail links, streaming resorts by Great Salt Lake, and key mines like Ontario at Park City yielding significant dividends. Excursion trains run from Salt Lake City to Lake Point Hotel for baths and boat trips.
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Oro Journal
Great Inter-Mountain Territory
Aut
Nat Salt Lake Basin
Uplower Bear Valley
Utah Basin
Utah
Grat Stilt Lake
Rocky
Sierra Ranges
Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake
Ogden
Rockies
Salt Lake City
Lake Point Hotel
Wasatch
Utah Lake
Jordan River
Malad
Weber
Bear Rivers
American Fork
Ontario
Park City
Salt
the City
Logan
Provo
Beaver City
St. George
America
Jordan Valley
Utah Central
Utah and Western
Utah Southern
Union
Central Pacific
Utah and Northern
Union Pacific
J. W. Morse
U.P. Ry
Omaha
Nebraska
Exchange of Courtesies Between Minister and Tailor
A Scottish minister visiting a cottage confronts resentment from a tailor. The tailor refuses church contact, calling the minister a servant of Satan. The minister insists he comes as parish clergyman and departs after clarifying his visiting rights.
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Christ
Satan
A Venetian Bath and an English Family Abroad
An anecdote from Venice recounts a traveler leaping from a hotel window to bathe in the Grand Canal and politely bowing to an English family on the steps during dinner. The narrator sympathizes with the family’s indignation at perceived Italians. Also a letter from H G Appy, M D., St John NB, endorses Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites for general debility and lung disease.
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London
Hurlingham
Venice
Grand Canal
James I. FeEltons
St. John
N. B
H. G. Appy
Land Baron Col Dan Murphy Land Holdings Leader in West
A Reno Gazette note says Col Dan Murphy of Halleck Station Elko County Nevada may be the continent’s largest private landowner with 4,000,000 acres in Mexico 60,000 in Nevada and 23,000 in California He bought a Mexican grant four years ago for 200000 and plans wheat on California land and cattle in Nevada He settled in California in 1844 and is described as wide awake. Carter’s Little Liver Pills advertised for relief from headaches and digestive ills by Emmert and Burrell.
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Dan Murphy
Halleck Station
Elko County
Nev
Reno
Mexico
Nevada
California
Durango
Murphy
Col. Murphy
Mackay and Flood from the West
A passenger recalls John Mackay as a stern, bossed man whose wife runs the show and who swears freely, while Flood is described as a plain, fair man who treats everyone equally and enjoys simple pleasures. The speaker notes their travels, habits, and personality contrasts in the Western frontier setting.
Joke on a Washington Correspondent
A Washington correspondent is taunted by fellow writers for being green in a short session. He learns a joke about a joint caucus voting to adjourn Congress on March 4, a dispatch later printed without check, overlooking that caucuses are party meetings and Congress ends on March 4 by law.
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Washington
Capitol
Hartford
Burdock Blood Bitters Promised as Blood Purity Remedy
Ad claims Burdock Blood Bitters cure evils from impure blood and promote long life and happiness. States price at $1 with a trial size of 10 cents.
Moonlit Veranda Romance Ends With Silent Revelation
Rosalind McGush and George Fitzalamode share a twilight moment on a veranda as the scene turns dramatic with a sudden disruptionly rising moonlight and a katydid’s high pitched accusation, captured in the West Haven Silver.
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Rosalind McGush
George Fitzalamode
Rosa
George
Mr. Shakspeare
Haven
Burdock Blood Bitters Promises Cure for Various Ailments
A vintage advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for impurities of blood, torpid liver, irregular bowels, indigestion, constipation, and disordered kidneys. It cites a price of 1 dollar and a trial size of 10 cents.
Parisian Incident Over Straw Blockade
A sick man is allowed to lay straw before his door. A banker visitor asks to remove it claiming it signals a failing company. He warns of expensive window care as leverage, noting the firm has paid no dividends for two years and fear of perception of failure.
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Ohasa
Burdock Blood Bitters Backed By Ailment Sufferer In Ohio
In Good Spirits, T Walker of Cleveland reports twelve months of lumbago and debility. After six weeks on Burdock Blood Bitters he claims appetite returns, complexion deepens, and feeling improves. Price listed at 1 and 10 cents trial size. A New Jersey weekly prayer meeting recalls life’s sudden end as a thief in the night.
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T. Walker
Cleveland, O
New Jersey
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Mackay
Flood
J. W
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Virginia City
Tahoe
Jim
Kendall
Col
L. T. Foster
Youngstown
Ohio
Mayloth
J. Randall & Co
Warner
H.H. Warner & CO
Rochester
N.Y
Fellows
Earth
Alaria
Stoughton
Mass
BJ. Kendall & Co
Gents
Mets
CiAs
E. Parker
P. N. Grayger
St. Albans
B. J
Kendall's Bray
Ragaines
Enosburg Falls
Jon Gjenne
Justice of Peace
Beast
Patten’s
M. P. Bell
M. P. Church
Patten’s Mills, N
Bakersfield
Kendall & CO
Kendal
Mus
J. Boutell
Enosburgh Falls
Vermont
Freeport, Ill
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
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Peoria
Milwaukee
Black Hills
Wyoming
Idaho
Oregon
Washington Territory
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
United States
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