The Asylum Scandal in Colorado's Pueblo Facility
A Colorado legislature era report highlights chronic underfunding for the Pueblo insane asylum. Rumors of mistreatment, hidden burials, and misallocated funds prompt calls for a thorough, impartial investigation of Dr Thomb, facility management, and the use of state money before further appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
General Assembly
Pueblo
Thomb
Board of Charities and Correction
Arapahoe
Dr. Thumb
Wisconsin
Col Ted’s Triumph and War Echoes Across the Nation
Verses praise Colonel Ted and his wartime leadership, contrasting his bold moves with hostile foes and rallying political sentiment. The Denver News excerpt follows with a harsh critique of Anglo Saxon supremacy and attacks on constitutional ideals, then shifts to a discussion of anti-trust and railroad lobbying ahead of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Barton Adams
Denver Evening Post
the Tribune
Colorado
Colonel Ted
Denver News
North Carolina
Brother Patterson
Taxation abuses in care of the insane
The passage argues that abuses in insane asylums arise from long tenures of officials and attendants. It warns that without constant scrutiny, those in charge of helpless patients corruptly profit from their position.
Railroads and War Debates Stir Public Opinion Across Nations
The piece critiques corporate interference with market competition and predicts government ownership of railways and telegraphs. It reports a deadlock in Spain US peace talks over the Philippine islands, notes a North Carolina race riot and white supremacist actions in South Carolina, and commends Weld county fusion efforts. It also advertises The Youth's Companion weekly and 1899 volume with contributors and a free calendar.
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Spain
United States
Parie
Philippine Islands
England
North
South Carolina
North Carolina
Wilmington
John D. Long
the Navy
Edward Everett Hale
Henry M. Stanley
Sarah Orne Jewett
W. D. Howells
Poultney Bigelow
Herbert E. Hamblen
Carl Schurz
James Bryce
John Burroughs
Robert Barr
Thomas Nelson Page
Bret Harte
William Black
Alfred Austin
Andrew Lang
William A. Hammond
Companion
Columbus Ave
Boston
Mass
Longfellow Works Illustrated For Ladies' Home Journal
Last year Charles Dana Gibson illustrated The People of Dickens for the Ladies' Home Journal. This year and next, W L Taylor the New England artist will illustrate The People of Longfellow, with poems The Psalm of Life Hiawatha Evangeline The Courtship of Miles Standish The Children's Hour The Village Blacksmith and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dana Gibson
Dickens
Ladies’ Home Journal
W. L. Taylor
New England
Longfellow
Hiawatha
Evangeline
Miles Standish
Erie and Weldon Valley News Gleanings and Social Notes
Erie and Weldon Valley communities report visits by D Davis of Lafayette and Prof Stockton, a quiet election, upcoming lectures on Egypt, Christmas plans, and a popcorn party. Gipson, Grover, Brighton, Lone Tree and Cactus updates share sheep movements, new schools and homes, district court, illness and meetings of local clubs.
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Erie
D. E. Davis
Lafayette
G. AC. Stockton
Capital City
Phelps
Little Daughter
Denver
Anna Probert
Methodist Episcopal Church
Stockton
Coburn
J. T. Wills
J. T. Richards
Honolulu
Manila
J.T
Presbyterian Church
Cam
Idaho Springs
J. Brown
Lupton
Erie Cornet Band
Weldon Valley
Short
Balmar
Davis
Crow Creek
Messrs
Baxter
Daughtry
Cripple Creek
G. T. Brownlee
Fort Morgan
Mr. Stoops
Big Beaver
Dr. Norman
C. Scheafer
Sheriff Piper
Miss Chapin
H. Girardot
Conrad Scheafer
Frank Hon
Aker
Olive
Lone Tree
Herbert Russell
Peter Brown
W. S. Fullerton Ranch
Miss Slusser
Robert Collins
New Mexico
la Salle
Alice Coffee
George Smeaton
Sutton
Greeley
Loveland
Union Pacific Railway Company
Howard Briscoe
Amberger Bros
Gigery
Peter Brown, Jr
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N. C. Meeker
the Greeley Tribune Publishing
van Wyck
Tam-ma-nees
Ted
Teddy
United States Supreme Court
Joint Traffic Association
Chicago
Congress
Washington
Trisune
Weld
Brief Literary
Lizerre
Gipson
F. W. Scott
Fort Lupton
W. L. Pettit
St. Vrain
E. A. Corey
J. W. Howard
Eaton
Hattie Kitchell
California
Mesdames I. N. King
F. C. Teller
I. N. King
Randolph & Jacobs
Slaughter House
J. W. Harsh
Spencer Query
Delta
S. J. Frazer
Gipson Literary Society
R. H. Beem
Grover
Leonard Sedgwick
Groverites
William Johnson
Rev. Puckett
Pawnee Buttes
District 49
Loxo
Brighton
R. W. Campbell
Bessie
S.G. Hurst
F. W. Reinhardt
F. W. McIntyre
McGregor
Owens
Lutz
J.S. Hogus
Moscow
Idaho
Missouri
Fred Bent
Lawrence
Joseph Clabby
Nebraska
E. Dunham
P. L. Elsworth
Hazeltine
Blanche Elsworth
Walter Gregory
Tribuxe
Denver Times
Hesperian
Hesperians
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