Some Mexican Customs From the New York Times
A travel sketch recounts quirky Mexican habits such as price hikes for bulk goods, a judge offered bribes to sign papers, mule and burro pack trains, and the common sight of revolvers carried openly. It notes polite manners, noon hat removal as a religious custom, a mistaken kneeling reaction to a wagon, and tequila made from maya cactus as a pure beverage distinct from palm wine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mexico
Guadara
Xenophon
Lost Letter and Language Oddities From The Bogton Register
A column mix of cultural musings and local notes contrasts linguistic quirks with an article on pronunciation and usage. It includes reflections on misused vowels and a piece about Colorado agriculture near Fort Lupton led by Judge John Wheeler and Mrs. Wheeler, expressed through a Lenver News excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Fort Lupton
John >. Wheeler
United States ‘Land Office
Wheeler
Denver
Lenver News
A Liquor Dealer in Trouble in Highlands
Bernard Leibich faced a Highlands case for selling beer without a license at The Heights concert and animal show. Justice Stanchfield heard RK H. Gilmore for the people and Stimson & Jennison for the defense. Evidence showed beer sales on Sunday July 27. the court fined Leibich $200 and costs, with an appeal planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands
Bernard Leibich
Painting by Veronese to headline Denver Exposition shows
A valuable painting by Paul Veronese, or Cagliari as attributed, is described as a Bible group of ten or twelve figures about three hundred fifty years old. It passed through several European capitals before Mr. Fred Eye of Colorado Springs acquired it in 1863 and may sell after the exposition. The work is in an oak frame and described as a lost art technique relic. The New Orleans Exposition will have a substantial federal display with minerals, fossils, and models of extinct life and famous mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogton Christian Register
New England
England
Scotland
Maine
Texas
Patison
Fred Eye
Colorado Springs
Denver
Cagliari
Paul Veronese
Rome
Paris
Strasburg
Stuttgart
Berlin
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Mr. Ege
Wisconsin
Ege
Congress
New Orleans
United States Geological Survey
Grand Canon
Colorado
Yosemite Valley
National Park
Comstock
Ex Deputy Sheriff Sherman Smith Homeward From Buffalo on Horseback
Ex Deputy Sheriff Sherman Smith arrived in Fort Collins on a horseback journey from Buffalo Wyoming. He reports the Collins boys healthy and likely to become bonanza kings. The Tom Earnest party has located a 31 section tract and is irrigating ditches to water claims as work on the main canal progresses. Smith plans to return next spring. Wheat yields are expected to be poor due to a long dry spell and insufficient irrigation. The city notes various advertisements and public notices including sales, ball, cures, and examinations.
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Fort Collins
Sherman Smith
Buffalo
Wyoming
Collins
Tom Earnest
Smith
Cure for Piles and Lawn Mowers Advertised in 1884 Pages
The item promotes Dr. Bosanko's Pile Remedy promising relief for piles with itching and tumors, priced at 50 cents from The Dr. Bosanko Medicine Co. It also advertises Philadelphia lawn mowers at J. Max Clark, claiming easy running and large barb wire stock, with special thirty day pricing. Shiloh's Porous Plaster offered for lame back, side or chest at 25 cents by J. F. Fezer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
J. Max Clark’s
J. F. Fezer
Various Classified Ads and Notices from Greeley Colorado
A collage of ads and public notices including remedies Shiloh’s Catarrh and Vitalizer, Rhoads Crackers, Smelling perfumes, washing services by Mrs. Brown, sheep for sale near Greeley, a nasal injector with Shiloh’s, a farmers’ address by Hon. Joseph Murray, stray livestock, brick work by Camp & Nusbaum, a work horse for sale, and legal notices directing business with A. S. Baker via attorney Jas. W. McCreery, all dated mid 19th century Colorado listings.
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Joseph Murray
Court House
Greeley
Colorado
Baker
Jas. W. McCreery
Fort Morgan
Colo
New Alfalfa and Notices from Local Tradesmen
A compact mixed page item shows an alfalfa sale of six dollars per ton on Main Street near the brickyard, with an office contact at Thoanter's building by Livia T. Bacon. Also notices from Mr. Jastrowitz about leaving for New York and handling special orders, plus Dobbs & Woodward lumber priced at twenty three dollars per M, and an ad for Shiloh's Vitalizer by J J Fezer claiming relief for indigestion constipation and dizziness.
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Brickyard
Thoanter
Livia T. Bacon
Shiloh
J. J. Fezer
Farm and buggy gear for sale and teething syrup ad
One gentle work mare with fine young colt priced at 90 dollars. One good buggy with harness. One four span of Texas work mules priced from 100 to 125 dollars per span. Apply to Alfred T. Bacon Hunter's Building. Advice to mother promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming instant relief from pain and multiple cures. 25 cents a bottle. 67-ly.
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Texas
Alfred T. Bacon
Hunter's Building
Mrs. Winslow
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buffalo, Wyoming
Longmont Preas
8. C Walker
Track and Road
Spirit of the Times
St. Jacobs Oil
Lone Tree Dairy Ranch
Hawa & Tuckerman
Gates & Green
Opera House
Cornet Band
H. B. Jackson
Weld County
A. m
A. Kk
Packam
Rhoads
Mus. Vincent’s
J. Max Clark
Hackmetack
E. Brown
Chestnut Street
Railroad Avenue
Depot
Bowis F. Warp
Greeley, Cole
W. H. Nice & Co
Akron
Brxay & Moormran
Judge Haynes
Old Place
Camp & Nusbaum
Egypt
J. F. Ginns
Cheeley
Cooper Bros., Contractors and Bricklayers
Greeley, Colo, Sort
J. Armstrong
Lars
John Hancock
Tye
Sramans
Benevic
Chicago
Ralph Meeker
Cheyenne
Jastrowitz
Dobbs & Woodward
Windsor
Jastrowits Yu
Gro. H
Youna
Evans
Cole
H. A. Arcuer
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bruse
Brusi
W. J. Kinsey
Rouse & Johnson
Brusu
W.J. Kinsey
Messrs
Johnson & Rouse
W. Fisk
Mari Loustelat
Frank Loustelat
Henry F. Miller
Boston Conservatory OF Music
George D. Horne
Golo
Collins & CO
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Collins Cheyenne
Concord
Greenlee & CO
Denver, Colorado
E. Brooks
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