Centennial crowds flood Chestnut Street in Philadelphia
The piece notes massive crowds on Chestnut Street for a Centennial gathering with various templar and fraternal groups marching past, bands playing, and pushing through dense crowds. It also discusses early school elections, winter apples from distant regions, and Colorado statehood debates highlighting shifts from Territorial to state status and expected economic impact.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Continental Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Bowery
Chestnut
Knights Templars
Good Templars
Sons of Malta
San Francisco
Victoria
Australia
Rhode Island
Newtown
Carolina
Sumer
Desert flood plan and political notes
A London expedition seeks to flood the Sahara from the Atlantic and test feasibility amid desert barriers. Boulder News cites constitutional merit and potential future fixes. The A and W Sprague Manufacturing Co. will close after stock runs out due to weak cotton goods demand. Central Vermont Railroad enforces total abstinence pledges with dismissal for violations. Ex Speaker Blaine recovers from illness blamed on overwork.
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London
Africa
Sahara
Atlantic Ocean
A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Co
Central Vermont Railroad
Blaine
Colorado constitution rights mixed with male only framing
The piece critiques the Colorado constitution's bill of rights, highlighting gender exclusions and later edits claiming women gains or shifts in voting, trial, and property rights. It mixes commentary with reports from mining camps, rail developments, and regional economics and migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Colorado
Iowa
Free Republic
Gold Riches Plentiful in Whitewood District Claims
Correspondent reports a claim 150 feet up and down Whitewood Creek in the Black Hills with rich mines extending twelve to fifteen miles. He notes tributaries Deadwood, Bobtail, Gold Run, and others as very rich, with surface gold near paying quantities and a nearby saw mill a mile or two up.
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Whitewood
French Creek
Custer City
Denver
Custer
Spring Creek
Hill City
Rapid Creek
Castle Creek
Rapid
J. CocaRrans
Greeley Tribune
Crook City
Black Hills
Ox Whitewood
Deadwood
Cape Horn
Colorado Central Railroad and local mining revival
W A Davidson reports immediate coal mine restart under new Colorado Central management with trains running regularly and county mines resuming production. The paper praises prompt action and hopes for extension to Julesburg as taxpayers feel fairly treated amid the road’s strong performance. Also recounts a frontier attack where four men were assaulted by Indians near Riverside and Pine Bluffs, Kelley killed, Cowles escaping, and Tracy’s narrow escape pursuit toward Sterling. Prof R Weiser notes Magnolia tellurium gold field yields exceeding expectations.
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W. A. Davidson
Colorado Central Railroad
Julesburg
Colorado Central
Boulder News
Riverside
Weld Co
Tracy
Pine Bluffs
Kelley
Sterling
Thompson log drive ends as thieves are jailed
Kassell and Hendricks were sentenced by Judge Braave to six years in the penitentiary for male theft. The Good Templars plan a public entertainment on Saturday evening June 24 with admission free. The Fifth Cavalry from Camp Supply, Indian Territory, passed through Greeley to Cheyenne. Centennial preparations and local notes fill a busy town page with weather, farming, and spiritualism coverage.
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W. F. Thompson
Kassell
Hendricks
Braave
Good Templars
Fifth Cavalry
Camp Supply
Indian Territory
Greeley
Cheyenne
W. G. Baird
Denver Times
the Times
R. W. Woodbury
H.T. West
Camp
Covington
Mr. Phillips
Atlanta
Phillips
Colorado
Flory
Boulder
St. Vrain
Pleasant Valley
Divide
Platte
Union Pacific
South Platte
Spencer
J.F. Sanborn
Eldridge Place
Frank Clark
Leavenworth
Messrs. Hall & Johnson
A. C. Koogle
Mr. Koogle
Republican
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Olmsted
Tanning robes and industry growth in Greeley
The article notes ongoing robe tanning in Greeley led by Mr Koogle and supported by Bennett and Moas. It highlights modern equipment, industry employment of thirty to forty, and a push to overcome Indian tanning prejudice with white-made robes praised at the Centennial. It also mentions related business developments and a public portrait studio in Fort Collins.
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Hall & Johnson
Bennett
Joseph Moas
Frank Clark
Maple Street
Messrs
Fuller & Fedderson
Walnut Street
Koogle
Greeley
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Preamoie
People of
State of
Mountain Lion Lode
Magnolia
Boulder County
Gov. Hunt
Raton
Grey Creek
Las Animas
Moro Enterpre
Chronicle
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Westinghouse
Santa Fe
el Moro
Cucharas
Rio Bravo
Jasper
Johnson Counties
Missouri
Plains
A. T. & Santa Fe
Pueblo
Portland
Oregon
G. R. Gwillim
el Paso County
Colorado Springs Gazette
Olney
Denver News
Soguache Chronicle
Rio Grande
Conejos
Saguache
Jtuerfano Independent
Golden Transcript
Hosea Crippen
Larimer Express
Evans Journal
Poudre
The
R. Weiser
Denver Mirror
Home News
St. Louis
Shepherd Wells
Dr. Nichols
Pontey
Union Pacific Railway Company
Wyoming Territory
London Daily News
EB. A. Master
Fort Collins
Madison Avenue
Main Street
Pierce
Sage
Weld County
P. Jos. C. Suarrock
Co. Treas
Po Co. Treas
Alih
C. Shattuck
Treasury
O. Howard
A. J. Wilber
C. Howard
Tollon
K. Thompson
Ewes
Aia Ee
Ober
Cation
Howard
Sekaki
I. T. West, Treas
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