Temperance address denounces drink as a foe to society
A temperance address before Temperance Star Lodge in Golden City denounces intemperance as a universal foe, cites 80,000 church expulsions annually for drunkenness and 600,000 habitual drunkards in the country, and urges abstinence and moral renewal. It links temperance to spiritual progress and calls the movement a light conquering darkness. Also reports cremation of George Opdyke in Philadelphia with detailed setup and ashes preserved.
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Temperance Star Lodge
Golden City
Temperance
Christ
Christian Church
Dublin
Samaria
Cedron
God
Temperance Cause
Temperance Star
Golden
Cole
Jonnx McHo
Lodge
Deputy of
Mysterious Farm Loan Plot Ends With Ripoff Verdict
A Kentucky farmer named Smith nearly sold a farm to moneylender Thompson at 12 to 48 percent interest via staged payments. Smith unwittingly paid multiple inflated sums from hidden sources, including a daughter’s husband’s business and a Missouri money gift, until Thompson confessed as he handed over the deed.
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Lexington
Smith
Madiso
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
Old Man Smith
Jakey
Missouri
Sal
Hibbell
Kirksville
Rascal
Enchanted Park Visit and Local Temperance Notes
A Fort Collins Standard report describes a scenic valley near Enchanted Park and local farms at Harris, Bailey, Carey, and Morrison with a push for a Morrison ranch post office and school. A Grundy County Ill. correspondent details temperance trial scenes with saloonkeepers jailed for selling to minors and a judge condemning liquor licenses as a social malady.
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Enchanted Park
Dame Nature
Harris
Poudre
Trial Creek
Colorado
Greeley
Bailey
Dale
Black Hills
T. Carey
Morrison's Ranch
Sherman
N. T. Webber
Fort Collins Standard
Colorado fish culture meeting sought at Broadwell House
All persons interested in artificial fish propagation in Colorado are urged to meet at Broadwell House in Denver on Wednesday July 1 to form an organization. The aim is to promote fish culture as natural supplies decline and to save money currently sent abroad. All experimenters and researchers are invited to share results and those with fish culture business experience in the territory or the states are asked to communicate. Denver May 23. James M Broapwetu.
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Colorado
Broadwell House
Denver
James M. Broapwetu
Complementary Metaphor Links School and Sugar House
A note likens a ladies' school to a sugar house, arguing both refine what is already sweet. The comparison highlights educational refinement alongside industrial craftsmanship as parallel virtues.
Silk Association of America Reports Year One Progress
The Silk Association of America held its Second Annual Meeting on the 13th and heard a secretary report praising measured silk trade progress. It notes many trades languishing yet silk operations controlled by conservative counsel and patient self reliance with hours reduced only 12 percent nationwide. In New York operatives worked 72 percent of usual hours and New Jersey totals are mentioned.
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Silk Association of America
Association For Statistics
New York
New Jersey
Ants Driven Mad by Corrosive Sublimate Powder
A Naturalist describes using powdered corrosive sublimate to disrupt ant colonies in warm weather. Tiny grains cause ants to bite and destroy nestmates, spreading chaos as larger ants join in before succumbing to the poison.
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Don Francisco Velasques
Formicarium
Greenhorn Cattlemen Ban Hide Removal From Dead Cattle
At a recent Greenhorn meeting cattle men unanimously declared that no one may remove hides from dead cattle without the rightful owner's permission under penalty of prosecution. They explained that missing brands and ear marks hinder identification of ownership and delay locating cattle that may have perished nearby.
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Greenhorn
Belles of the Ball Described as Graceful Frog
The Sioux City Journal notes one belle of a ballroom described as a graceful little frog and suggests she shone particularly in the hop at the event.
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The
Sioux City Journal
Etiquette of the Lord's Table Explored in Episcopal Journal
An Episcopal journal features a piece on proper conduct at the Lord's Table, outlining respectful behavior and decorum in gospel worship and communion settings. The article emphasizes gentility and traditional etiquette within congregational ritual.
Pharaoh Receives First Check From Moses Co at Red Sea Bank
The fragment notes a historic payment scene where Moses & Co issues a check to Pharaoh via the Bank of the Red Sea, marking an early financial transaction. It highlights a mythical or symbolic banking moment rather than a verifiable event.
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Bank of the
Miss Anna Dickinson Tours Ended by Illness
Miss Anna Dickinson, returning home from a Western tour shortened by illness, plans rest in Europe. Her lectures on the Social Evil drew fierce opposition to proposed licenses and male vice laws, with praise for her eloquence in St. Louis and Chicago and calls for Pennsylvania lawmakers to oppose similar measures.
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Anna Dickinson
Our
Europe
Miss Dickinson
Pennsylvania
America
England
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George
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the Tribune
Friends of Temperance
Reeley
Maple and
Madison Streets
N. M. Boynton
Me A. Ingallee
Bank
Main Street
Greeley, Colorado
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Pleourisct
Main St
Grant and
Sherman 8 Sts
ED. Pyburn, C.E
Maple Street
Willlo
Iakery
L. Childs
Jefferson Avenue
Justice of the Peace and Conveyancer
Henry
Madison
Main
F. J. Percival
Walnut and
Pioneer Saddle and Harness Shop
N.B
R. E. Hart
OLD Colony
Parscine
BBR
Crill
Walnut Street
J. Joyce
Jay J. Boughton
Fort CoLllins
Fort Collins
Larimer County
A. W. Fisk
Ls and Real Estate
James C. Scott
Barnum House
Spruce Street
Samuel Graham
E. Marsh, M.D
Madson
Betwe
Freeman
Oscar Eaton
U. S. Land
Pabor & Allen
Real, Estate & Fire Insurance Agency
Denver Pacific Railway
Gache la Poudre Valley
Madison and
Jefferson Sts
George Pyburn
Monroe Street
F. Inman
Sir McPhail & Co's Pianos
Boston
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