Largest American horse ranch led by F Wolf of Greeley Colo
The Kansas City Star notes F Wolf of Greeley heads the Percheron Norman horse company with an 8500 acre spread 62 miles north of Denver and 10 miles east of Greeley. The five ranches hold 4800 horses including 27 Percheron Norman stallions and 800000 capital stock soon rising to 1000000. Negotiations seek 25 Madrid jacks as mules market targets West and South. horses favored by East and North.
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F. Wolf
Greeley
Colo
America
Kansas City Star
Percheron- Norman Horse Company
Denver
Studebaker Brothers
South Bend
Ind
Edward Halsey
Fred S.fish
James Murphy
Newark
N. J
Mr. Lamb
Clinton
Bloomington
Til
Sentral
New York
Wolf
Madrid
Spain
Springfield Republican
Floods Rise Upstream Threaten Johnstown Election Ward Flooding
A Johnstown correspondent reports the river rose to within six inches of last night’s peak by 10 am as heavy rain continues. The Stony Creek shows seventeen and a half feet. parts of Cambria and the lower ward of the city flood, blocking polling places in First Fifth and Seventh wards unless court order. Officials fear flood levels may exceed 1884 and threaten Allegheny and Pittsburgh property.
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Johnstown
Stony Creek
Cambria
Windsor Sotel
Alleghany
Pittsurg
Denver Reublican
Mrs Stanley Arrives in Cotorapo Springs for Rest
Mrs J M Stanley wife of the noted explorer and author arrived in Cotorapo Springs with her mother Mrs Tennant and a maid. She registers at the Antlers and says she came to Colorado Springs to rest. She describes herself as tall and blonde and plans to stay until March when her husband joins for a lecture tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotorapo Springs
J. M. Stanley
Tennant
Colorado
Astor's son weds Ava Willing in Philadelphia ceremony
John Jacob Astor III and Ava Willing married at the bride’s Philadelphia home on February 17. Rev Neilson McVickar presided in Holy Trinity church, with 150 guests in attendance. The groom and party traveled by special train from Jersey, taking about two hours.
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PitLapenputa
Metropol
Quaker City
Ava Willing
John Ob Astor
Neilson McVickar
Episcopal Church of the Holy Tinity
Jersey
Denver
Spinning Schools and Women Who Shaped Scottish Industry
A traveler recounts seventeenth century German spinning schools for young girls, the laird’s daughter of Barganan pioneering linen thread in Dundee, Mrs Fletcher of Saltoun’s overseas weaving secrets, and a 1725 Dutch import of white sewing thread transforming Scotland. Harper’s Bazar.
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Barganan
Christian Shaw
Dundee
Fletcher
Saltoun
Hollands
Scotland
Holland
Harper's Bazar
What a Horse Would Say Could He Speak
A collection of admonitions from a horse about humane treatment and handling, followed by notes on farm life and technology. The piece emphasizes practical care, from feeding and water to dental and harness maintenance, and ends with brief newspaper items on a Vienna lighting plan and tomato-related dental recession.
Halcyon days end as lovers wed in verse
The poem laments the end of halcyon days as a couple nears marriage. The speaker recalls a past carefree romance with a final wedding day implication. Mrs. Jerome Hardcastle is named in the closing line.
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Bella
Old Hanover
Jerome Hardcastle
Heaven or Hell Beside Thee Only My Soul Desires
Poem by Florence Percy regrets creeds and heaven without beloved. The speaker favors eternal togetherness over religious promises, asking what gates or fields mean without the beloved. Death holds no terror if the beloved is present, making heaven or hell dependent on shared companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates of Pearl
Heaven
Hell
Relics on South Street Show Heritage of Ship Figureheads
A veteran on South Street laments changing times as an old figurehead and other ship relics warn of a fading maritime past. The New York Mail and Express notes wrecks and shops selling curios from ships, including Bolivar and Kimball figureheads scarred by riots, plus antiq ue nautical gear and weapons.
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South Street
San Francisco
Davy Crockett
Hansum
C’nettykut
Perth
Gen
Bolivar
Samuel Kimball
Kennebec
New York Mail and Express
Dreamland Promise in a Poem by Eugene Field
A lullaby mood poem appeals to a mother and child to wander to a dreamland. The speaker promises a carefree world with moonlight and flowers where worries fade and sleep comes easily. The verse ends with the mother inviting the child to walk beyond the stars into dreamland.
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Mother -My-Love
Eugene Field
Hidden Truths Behind Beauty and Life, Richard Realf
A reflective verse passage explores how meanings, not forms, exceed outward art and emotion. It asserts deeper forces behind flowers songs sculptures and paintings, concluding with a signature attribution to Richard Realf.
Am I a Woman Poem Portrait of Restraint and Faith
A historical voice speaks of female restraint and inner conflict between desire and duty. The speaker contemplates silence with a lover and a self sacrificing stance, contrasting personal longing with moral obedience, and ending in a religious reflection on divine judgment and the visible proof of time.
Past the Alpine Summits
Poem praising liberty and Italy with lines about courage and hope. Quotation by John Hay reflecting faith in liberty as a world saving force despite hardship.
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Italy
John Hay
How People Say Good-By Observations by a Traveling Salesman
A traveling salesman from Chicago offers vivid vignettes on good-bys on trains. He describes quiet farewells by business couples, emotional scenes of lovers, and the humorous mix of tears and smiles at railway stations, all recounted with a newspaper voice.
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Chicago
Sherman House
Lil
Iowa
Chicago Herald
Statuary for the People
Statuary in plaster offers elegant rooms without costly Carrara marble. Plaster casts of Winged Mercury Venus de Milo and other myths can be protected by enamel or ivory paint. Bass reliefs in plaster on plush or silk panels provide durable artistic ornament in a refined setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
New York Ledger
Large temple bells praise ancient Asian sound traditions
Bells figured in China Japan and India long before Europe. Nikko temple bells sit low on heavy timber frames and are rung with wooden battering rams. They produce muffled deep tones heard far away, reflecting exquisite purity of sound.
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China
Japan
India
Europe
Nikko
What Corundum Is And How It Is Used
Corundum is aluminum oxide the crude form of the sapphire and is valued for its hard surface used to grind metals, especially tools. It differs from emery by containing far less iron oxide. emery has about 25 percent impurity. Most corundum wheels serve agricultural implement and stove manufacturers.
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Springfield
Mass
Transmitting a Misheard Telegram Traps Woman in Jail
A San Francisco gentleman learned a Los Angeles lady faced sudden destitution and asked a Los Angeles lawyer for help. The word assist was misread as arrest, sending the woman to a prison cell for a night.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
New York Times
Family settles debt with playful accounting
A light domestic exchange ends the matter of owed money as Ethel says she owes five to papa and mamma owes five. papa proposes canceling all debts to "square the family circle" with a humorous reconciliation.
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Ethel
Mam
Papa
Harper's Bazar
Barber Shaves Me, Not My Beard
Brief asides reflect a joke on barbering in American Grocer humor. A man answers inquiries about shaving habits with a twist, declaring the barber shaves him rather than performing the shave himself.
Corn Soap Factories Reach New Production
The article notes corn based soap production with experiments showing a bushel of corn plus alkali yields 200 pounds of soap. Details mention ongoing manufactur ing efforts and potential industrial use of corn supplies.
Through car service Denver to Chicago by Union Pacific route
The through car service runs daily from Denver to Chicago via Kansas City, without change, featuring Magnificent Pullman sleepers dining cars and chair cars on the Union Pacific and Chicago and Alton lines. A five mile telephone line in Iceland is reported as a notable curiosity, claimed to be the first on the island.
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Denver
Chicago
Union Pacific
Chio & Alton Railway
Pollan
Kansas City
Iceland
Island
The Greatest Triumph of Medical Success
Dr Cube's Cough Cure for Coughs Col ds and Consumption claims unmatched relief for whooping cough as the sole non opium remedy. sold by druggists for 0 cents a bottle and praised by physicians nurses and druggists. An electric streetcar heating claim follows about energy use and comfort.
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Cube
Old Stage Lines Decline As Union Pacific Expands
The Union Pacific extension shifts travel away from Cheyenne to Douglas and the Black Hills, bringing faster trains and lower rates to Wyoming’s mineral lands. An odd note explains the hornet’s nest as the earliest paper making item, describing how hornets pulp wood into sheets for their nest.
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Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Douglas
Black Hills
Wyoming
Dr Gunn's Improved Liver Pills Sell Well
An old medical advertisement touts Dr Gunn's Improved Liver Pills as a cure for liver complaints and biliousness. It claims symptoms include foul tongue, bad breath, sallow skin, yellow eyes, and dizziness. Sold for 25 cents a box by J. F. Fezer.
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Dr. Gunn
J. F. Fezer
Are you going east? Wabash line offers reclining chairs
The message explains that travelers heading east should request Wabash Line tickets to access free comfortable reclining chairs on all trains. It notes through Pullmans from the Royal Mountain region and dining cars on all trains, under C. M. Hampson, Commercial Agent, Denver, Colorado.
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Wabash
East
Roe.y Mountain
C. M. Hampson
Denver
Colo
Through Sleeper To St Louis From Utah
Beginning February 1 1891 a through Pullman palace sleeper will operate from Salt Lake City and Ogden to St Louis via Denver and Kansas City on the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railways.
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Salt Lake City
Ogden
St. Louis
Denver
Kansas City
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Dr. Cube's Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
Cited as a swift remedy for coughs colds and consumption thousands claim rapid relief from Dr Cube's Cough Cure. Patent medicine style promotion urges readers to ask their druggist and offer a trial bottle free.
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Dr. Cube
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething Children
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup relieves teething pain and cures dysentery and diarrhea. It touts a pleasant taste and nurses endorsement, offered by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle.
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Winslow
United States
Great Burlington Route Expands to Eight Years in Denver
The Great Burlington Railroad marks eight years in Denver with three daily through trains to Chicago and two to St. Louis. Modern improvements include dining cars Pullman sleepers chair cars and coaches on solid vestibuled trains via Lincoln Omaha St Joseph and Kansas City. Colorado headquarters at 1700 Larimer Street Denver.
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Great
Burlington Railroad
Denver
The
Times
East
Chicago
St. Louis
Lincoln
Omaha
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Colorado
Larimer Street
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Ava
Farm Journal
Imperial Palace
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GEMS
Florence Percy
Old South Street
Alaska
Richard Realf
Rueckert
Rose Terry
Liberty
Sleeper
Burlington
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