Community Notices and Schedules Across Windsor
Daily and Sunday timetables for local transit and shops, Masonic lodge meeting details, church activities, and town board notices. Includes lodge officers J Rowe and J McKibbin, and church groups Home Missionary Society and Woman's Aid Society meeting dates and times.
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Windsor
J.J. McKibbin
A. J. Rowe
F. L Weller
Gee
BE. Osterhout
A. Hahn
C. H. McNeil
J. BE. Shermuen
Windsor Notes From March Correspondence and Local Events
Windsor correspondents report on residents moving to Springer's farm and new hires at Storms ranch and Weller Dobbs. John Dowding survives a horse accident after a Friday fall. Grippe tests rise then ease. A Windsor Hall school exhibition is set for March 20 with 25 cent admission to benefit the library. Mrs Lease to lecture March 12 on the Farmers Alliance.
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Tut Tribune
Windsor
Cook
Boulder
James van Horn
Springer
Joe Cope
Charley Parks
Illinois
Joe
Charley
W. W. Kennedy
John Warren
Loveland
Weller & Dobbs
Frank Laybourn
John Dowding
Dowding
Grippe
Albert Eaton
Dell Middleton
Business College
Windsor Hall
Windsor School
Lease
Farmers’ Alliance
Platteville Spring Business and Garden Plans Report
Correspondence from Platteville notes farmers plan new plows and repairs amid busy blacksmiths, harness trade blooming, and extensive garden efforts. Several residents announce relocation while E Bottoms and Anderson prepare a large cabbage and tomato garden. post office returns to its prior quarters. C E Weaver plans a 5000 barn in Denver area as finances brace.
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Platteville
E. Bottoms
Mr. Anderson
W. Wasley
T. A. Lewis
C.E Weaver
Denver
Thompson
Postoffice
Elder Todd
Colorado Springs
Lew Mapes
Matlock
Goodrich Avenue
W. Hammet
Farm laborer seeks season contract in Tribune ad
An able bodied young man, raised on a farm, wishes to contract to work the coming season. Call or address M at the Tribune, upstairs.
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Onot
Tribune
Tarmune notes another snowstorm hits Hillsborough area
March 9 correspondence reports another winter storm in Hillsboroven. Mrs Smoke is ill and 80 inches of snow fall alarms residents. A taffy pull at Mr Wagers entertained guests but the schoolhouse dance failed amid protests about turning the hall private. Local items cover sales at Mr Cox, baby pneumonia relief, and crowd-pleasing children’s debate.
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Mr. Futhey
Maggie
Nannie Graham
Ed. Davis
Snip
Band Concert at Greeley Opera House Tonight
The Second Battalion band will present a varied program at the Greeley Opera House tomorrow evening. Highlights include vocal solos by A. T. Bacon and Miss Effie Palmer, clarinet and vocal quartettes, baritone and bass solos, and a Reminiscences of Verdi segment along with operatic selections and concert pieces. The event aims to draw a good audience with a diverse and attractive lineup.
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Second Battalion
Greeley Opera House
A. T. Bacon
Kaylor Pinkham
Kaylor, Horne and
Danley
Millard
Effie Palmer
E. Byer
Heireke
Kaylor
Potterend Co
Dunham
W. L. Clayton
Luscomb Prof
W. E. Pinkham
Happy Three
L. Dunham
Syrup of Figs Praised as Perfect Laxative For All Seasons
The article extols Syrup of Figs as an ideal laxative, claiming it to be the only perfect remedy for cleansing the system gently and pleasantly in spring or any time, and notes its growing popularity as the world’s enriched by modern production.
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City OF Greeley
Joenne
Mae
Peculiar Seed Shower Spreads Across South Carolina
On November 11, 1882 a shower of strangely shaped seeds covered several square miles around Statesburg South Carolina. The seeds resembled granules and differed from any known seeds in the region as the sleet like noise of impact was heard. The following month Huntington Indiana saw a shower of wormlike objects about one quarter inch long falling in abundance, covering snow and ice nearly half an inch deep.
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Statesburg
S. C
South Carolina
Huntington
Ind
St. Louis Republic
Noted Canterbury Watchman Misreads Moons on Wet Night
A Canterbury night watchman, asleep in his box, misses the rain and moonlit pools. He later proclaims "Past 11 o'clock, a wet night and more moons than usual," illustrating the dullity of the era's elderly guardians.
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Canterbury
Cooper
Seattle of Europe? Paris Impresses Seattle Writer
A Seattle young woman who has been sending vivid Europe letters from Paris proclaims the French capital as “the Seattle of Europe.” Her Paris letters express strong admiration for the city and its attractions.
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Seattle
Europe
Paris
Albany Argus
Free Land Comes High In A Swindle Of Town Lots
A man reports being lured into buying free town lots with hidden costs from a local schemer. Fees for abstract, deed, recording, taxes, receipts, dinner, and wagon travel totaled $13.75 for a single 60 acre site. The buyer concludes the offer is a swindle and warns others to beware.
Cow Sale Trick Comes Back to Haunt Landlord
A landlord in a country village is lured into following a farmer who asks to see him alone. The farmer leads him through a garden and muddy barnyard into the hotel barn and whispers that he has sold his cow. The ruse exposes the landlord to the farmer’s ploy, illustrating payback for a foolish habit.
Nicknames Persist Through College Life
The New York Tribune notes how college students give and keep nicknames across years and even after moving residences. Surnames like Jones become Buck across decades, while prior nicknames from home do not transfer, showing a curious, persistent personality in campus culture.
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Jones
Buck
Billy
Jack
Reddy
Joe
New York Tribune
Diamond Pin as Collateral Sparks Jackson Street Confrontation
Schuler Jewett tells a tobacconist he owes a dime but distrusts him to that extent. He offers to leave a diamond pin as collateral, while the pin is considered only a dollar and a half value. In Broadway, he departs with a cheap cigar. Separately, a Swedish engineer patents an electric blasting method using a volta arc between two carbon rods to create intense local heat and rock splitting effects.
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Schuler Jewett
Schuler
Broadway
Texas
Napoleon’s seizure and Stuttgart voyage during 1805 crisis
Talleyrand recalls Napoleon’s convulsion at Strasburg amid the 1805 campaign. The emperor collapsed after dining with Empress Josephine, recovered within a quarter hour, and pressed secrecy before heading to Carlsruhe and Stuttgart. He notes the Württemberg Duke’s reception and Mack’s looming trap in Ulm.
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Napoleon
Strasburg
Strasberg
Empress Josephine
M. de Remusat
Carlsruhe
Stuttgart
Wurtemberg
Mack
Ulm
Talleyrand
Century
Jolly word overuse sparks street talk on speech habits
A street scene near a public school records neighbors discussing how often the word jolly is repeated in conversations. The chat reflects concerns about word choice and how overusing a single term can weary listeners.
The Bald Juror Wins Over a Lawyer’s Argument
In a San Francisco Argonaut anecdote about M. Lachaud the famed French criminal lawyer notices a hostile juror. On a hot day a sunbeam shining on the bald head prompts him to request lowering the curtain, winning the juror’s attention and shifting the trial’s momentum.
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M. Lachaud
San Francisco
Lovett King Mistaken for Doctor in Odd London Tale
North London humorist Lovett King, a songwriter, had a comic encounter with a total stranger who, while praising her ailing daughter, mistook him for a physician. After diners and delays, King learned she had mistaken him for Dr. So-and-so, a local practitioner. He departed in good humor, noting the mix up.
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London
Lovett King
Joke on a lazy man from a church sermon
A preacher tells a humorous tale from an east side church about a traveler who finds a man lying in the shade. The shade moves away, the man says he cannot follow it, and a quarter is earned when he puts the money in his pocket. The Buffalo Express quotes the joke.
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Buffalo Express
Severe Storms Bring Snow Across Southern England
Severe blizzards sweep south England with Kent and Sussex rail lines blockaded and roads closed. Provinces report snow from St George's Channel to the North Sea. South Wales iron works halted. mail service stopped in Somersetshire Dorsetshire Hampshire and Gloucestershire. cattle and sheep losses feared.
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England
Kent
Sussex
St George's Channel
North Sea
South Wales Iron Works
Somersetshire
Dorsetshire
Hampshire
Gloucestershire
The Great Burlington Route at 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. The service offers dining cars Pullman sleeping cars and coach cars 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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Time Tabe
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A.B
A. M
Regua
Masonic Hall
J. Rowr
W. M
Fowler
Sec
T. U
L. Ve
Woman's Aid Society
A. & Eaton
Home Missionary Society
South
Hillsborough
West
H. F. McNeu
M. E. Church
Lla
KF. J. Weller
LO Parmers
Tie Tarmune
Hillsboroven
Mrs. Smoke
Mr. Brosh
Fort Lupton
Italiens En
Algiers
Henderson
Creig
Whiteman and Smith
Lisle
J. D. Potter
Yardley, Danley
Smith
Remembrance of Naples
Bennett Band
Weer
Verdi
Roechel
Dolly
Edith
Marian
Henry
Williamses
Eleanor
Aga Pam
Arkansas Valley
Colorado Land
Aria Ae CO
Burlington
A.J. Woodbury
Court J
Simmons
vopBury & Simmons
Market Street
1St National Bank
Greeley, Colorado
John M. Wallace
D. B. Wyatt
B. D. Harper
J.W. McCreery
D.b.wrarr
Geo. K.peasleer
Wo. Mayher
H. M. Devorre
Asa Sterling
Foreign Exchange
County of Weld
Weld County
Engine House
Electric Light House
Lyon
Greeley
J. A. Woodbury
E. F. Dawxiey
Ae Pees
Greeley Tribune
U.S
Cal
Ohio
Bellevue
New York
J. Wallace
Res. 7Th Sr
Creeley
Ninth Avenue
Flist National Bank
Court House
L. L. May & CO
ST. Pautl
Minnesota
Ney Joan Noney
C. A. Cobb
P. O. Box
Greeley, Colo
Monahan
Attorney AT Law
First National Bank
N. Bert Steele
Real Estate
Notark Public
T. C. Morley
Notary Public
Main Street
Robert Steele
T. Duxbury
Canal Bridge
Union Bank
Capital
Bruce FP. Johnson
GEO
Adams Cashier
B. F. Johnson
W. F. Thompson
J.3. GaLz
Daste, Haws
J. L. Bausa J
C. Scorr
F. E. Surra
Transacta General Banking Business
A. Woodbury
E. F. Bait
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