Camping travel and city notes from Colorado and Philadelphia
The piece describes Eastern wagon caravans traveling to Colorado for months of camping with homespun outfits and tents, noting the hardy youth from Iowa, social camps, and the vigor gained by such trips. It also reports on Philadelphia’s failed Centennial sales, Sunday openings, and tax issues, plus a banking scandal at State Savings Institution in Chicago with missing officers and $3,000,000 owed to depositors.
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Colorado
Missouri
Kansas
Towa
Missouri River
Philadelphia
U. S
State Savings Institution of
Chicago
D. D. Spencer
Colorado Springs
Gains
Paster
Colorado Springs Gazette
Denver News
Taxation pressure and public issues noted in Philadelphia Tunes
The column cites heavy taxes on the Lebanon Springs Railroad and other property, calls for tax reform, critiques Trades Unions, and comments on political topics. It mentions rain aiding crops, beefing up farm prices, insurance fears for Jay Gould, and demographics of Indians alongside California tea plans and Connecticut valuations.
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Lebanon Springs
Chatham
Lebanon
N. Y
Great Battle in Asia Minor Reports Equivocal Russian Victory
An Aug 26 despatch from Russian headquarters at Artenia describes a daylong clash near Karakdara twenty miles northeast of Kars. General Loris Melikoff led a determined defense against Turkish assaults, with heavy casualties on both sides and a Turkish flank attempt repulsed.
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Asia
Artenia
Karakhara
Kars
Karakdara
Melikoff
Kizzukopa
Loris Melikoff
Romanoff Teharshevadje
Vast array of 19th century calamities and deaths reported
August news items note the failure of State Savings Institution in Chicago, Brigham Young's death, Sitting Bull’s return, and eighteen fatalities in a Des Moines railroad crash. A mine fire near Mexico City claims 24 lives. Wool prices quoted in Philadelphia. Semmes and Forest dead. Ex Gov Shannon also dead. Many South Carolina officials indicted. Indian massacres reported. Avever Davenport dies. Jones's wife loses diamonds. a Hartford area hotel fire costs $500,000 and lives. A drunken arsonist ignites a town fire. Ossawattomie monument dedication draws 10,000. Grant named burgess of Edinburgh. Public debt drops. Sandwich Savings Bank insolvent. government printing office seeks no Congressional aid.
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Auugust
State Savings Institution
Chicago
Brigham Young
Sitting Bull
United States
Des Moines
Iowa
City of
Mexico
Colorado
Philadelphia
Semmes
Forest
Cavalry
Shannon
Kansas
Ohio
Gov. Corwin
South Carolina
Joseph
Avever
E. L. Davenport
Ossawattomie
John Brown
Gen. Grant
Edinburgh
Servemper
Sandwich Savings Bank
Massachusetts
Government Printing Office
Five candidates for El Paso sheriff in race
Colorado columns report El Paso county has five candidates for sheriff. Denver area items note a growing Murphy pledge signer base and strong August metal and agricultural outputs. Local weather and water concerns persist as drought and scarce supply affect Colorado towns.
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el Paso
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Denver
Central Register
Gilpin County
Boulder County
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Trinity Memorial Chapel
Henry Ward Beecher
Sol. Smith Russell
Burdette
Burlington Hawkeye
Weld County Voters Debate County Seat Costs and Guarantees
A Weld County letter questions Greeley’s plan to tax up to 50 000 for county buildings if the seat moves there. It contrasts past guarantees by Greeley with Evans proposals, noting past lease costs and a secured trust deed on Evans property, and warns of potential sale of county records.
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Evans Journal
Greeley
Court House
Evans
Weld County Balding and Improvement Association
Weld County Building and Improvement Association
Tak County Sear Committee
Gregry
Free buildings in Weld county stir debate and local notes
The Weld county segment details free buildings offered in Greeley and Evans, costs over $650 in two years, and local election judges. It records community events including church services, hunts, mining news, road work, shipments, and travel notes from Greeley, Evans, Longmont, and Carr as well as remarks on weather, flora, and local figures.
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Weld County
Greeley
James Hill
Gig
D. F. Hapgood
J. A. Woodbury
A. White
Evans
Long's Peak
J. A Woodbury
A. E. Gipson
H. T. West
Burton Sanborn
Arthur Thompson
Livermore
North Fork
Kennedy
Longmont
Fort Collins
RK. H. Johns
Cheyenne
Desdwood
Wheeler
Lizsie Flower
Kram
Hight
McClellan
F. L. Childs
Colorado
Twin Lakes
D. W. Gates
California
Exchange Hotel
Noble Oak Groves Between Crook City and Rapid
The article notes oak groves along the route from Crook City to Rapid with some trees three feet in diameter at the base. A distant grove above Rapid City covers a vast area and surrounds a large, clear ice cold spring.
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Crook City
Rapid
Rapid City
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Eastern Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Journal
Jay Gould
Columbus
Indian Department
Washington
Wells
Connecticut
The
France
M. Thiers
Asia Minor
Adams’ Express
Watertown
Masa
Maysville
Tenn
Cleveland
St. Louis
Hale
New York
Cincinnati
City Hall
Schipka Pass
Bulgaria
Plevna
Osman Pasha
Salim Pasha
Eski Djuma
Lom
Neghed Pasha
Bagrnd
Tarlak
Sukum Kalib
N. Y. Tribune
Eski Saghra
Nerv
Bond
Marsh
Adrianople
Kansas City Times
Telegraph News
State News
Frank Foot
Platte Valley
Silver World
Craig
Pueblo
Virginia
Maryland
Supreme Court
Golden
Howes
Larimer County Express
Pikes Peak
Lake House
Rock
Glen Or
Home News
I. J. Annis
Estes Park
Mr. Annis
B. H. Yerkes
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