Woman Suffrage Debate Presses on in Constitutional Convention
A Colorado constitutional convention debate considers removing the word male to grant women the vote. Arguments cite voter knowledge, domestic roles, and potential benefits, while noting Wyoming’s five years of women's suffrage and urging a separate vote on female enfranchisement. The column references broader literacy and legal-phrase issues and lists Centennial-era civic contexts.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Defect in Law Making Prompts Wording Revisions
As the Legislature convenes and the Constitutional Convention drafts laws, attention should focus on sentence structure and wording to ensure clear and proper legal meaning. The goal is precise construction that avoids ambiguity in fundamental statutes.
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Colorado
Congress
United States
Union Pacific
Republic
Jefferson
Grant considers St Louis farm sale amid Hall Safe bid
Forbes reports Robert Frieaz notes P atent Grant plans to sell his St Louis farm after liquidating livestock. Offers reach 237,600 dollars per acre total, with Hall Patent Safe Company ready to pay 50,000 dollars in stock. President undecided between accepting stock or a lower cash price. West Virginia passes 20,000 dollar Centennial appropriation with two Senate dissenters and House approval 44 to 11.
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Patent Grant
St. Louis
Hall Patent Safe Company
Indianapolis
Ind
West Virginia
Senate
House
Farming in Colorado Shows Growing Net Returns and Resolve
In a first person account, J. Max Chark recalls early failures and debts after starting with eighty acres in 1871. He describes securing seed, credit, and light labor from local merchants, expanding to ninety acres, and finally posting gross receipts of $5,280 over two years with net gains of $2,811. He argues Colorado offers superior prospects for skilled farmers despite hardships, and contrasts it with Eastern states and western competition.
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Colorado
The
Colorado Farmer
Valley Home
Kennedy
Greeley Mills
Ieiwai' Ce
Soo Ceese
Csek
Witans
Alluw
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
North Carolinia
Teachers Convention Advances Educational Reform and Goals
The Territorial Teachers Convention, led by Sept Hale, approved a set of resolutions urging a sacred school fund, postponed land sales, a unified free state school system, state and county superintendents, libraries, special education, English instruction, a fixed school tax, and prohibition of local school legislation. It backed extending the common system to Spanish speakers and revived Hale’s School Law for Legislature consideration.
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Hale
Denver
Denver Poultry Show honors Houdans and local notes
In Denver the Poultry Show awarded J. C. Shattuck the premium for Houdans. The county reports plowing suspended amid winter. the night school thrives with sixty pupils. A cantata Esther drew a full house under Prof Halleck, with lessons ongoing. Farmers build new ditches, including a 13 mile long, 16 feet wide bottom project costing 16000 dollars. Local residents visit from Chicago. winter weather alternates sunny and snowy.
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Denver
J. C. Shattuck
E. T. Nichols
David Moffat
J. Max Clark
Fisher
la Poudre Lodge of Good Templars
Boulder County
J. L. Overton
Colorado Central
M. C. Clark
Chicago
Greeley
Esther
Halleck
The Whisky Ring ATop In St Louis Years Ago
A long item recalls the Whisky Ring prosecutions in St Louis with McDonald and Avery and about thirty distillers and officers pleading guilty. Sentences await after bail while judges balance punishments with guilt, touching high society intrigue and social rifts caused by exposure of the frauds. The piece also mentions Frank Leslie and illustrated publications, plus local ads for goods, holidays notices, and business agents.
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McDonald
Avery
St. Louis
Gailty
Joyce
New York
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