Denver Capitol items and railroad power plays dominate city notes
Items from the city and state capitol include plans for parit shipments to the Bureau of Mines and fights over Platte river reservations. Officials discuss assessments, tax disputes with Union Water and Midland railroad holdings, and potential changes to the Colorado Midland and Colorado Southern systems with new trust arrangements and a Denver terminus plan.
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Bureau of Mines
Paris Commission
School of Mines
Pueblo notes on land claims sugar beet plant and officials
Over 100 homestead claims filed in the Pueblo land office this month, mainly in Otero Huerfano and Las Animas counties. A sugar beet plant will operate in the Arkansas valley under Pueblo business leaders with 200 plus acres under the Bessemer ditch to be planted next May. The Pueblo Farm Company is incorporated for 50000 capital with Franklin Tulleman C B Schmidt and Henry A Dobbs as incorporators and John F Vail K McHarg as directors. Harper Orahood announces appointments for the Colorado and Wyoming G A K department. Ex Governor Alva Adams and Mrs Adams travel in Washington en route from Cuba, noting Cuba’s potential and low sugar shipping rates to the U S. Two cattle rustling defendants I P Cleary and Dewitt Cleary tried at Castle Rock. bonds set. Pueblo conference on charities and corrections opens with committee named for next meeting in Boulder November 18 20 with James H Baker and S L Stonaker. County official Wi Ti Rees advocates a whipping post for deserter husbands and discusses treatment costs for whisky and morphine habit. Calls for a separate Child’s Court and juveniles in court. The evening program features J S Appel on criminal laws and treatment of criminals and a talk on Juvenile Delinquency.
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Arkansas Valley
Pueblo
Bessemer Ditch
S. B. Schmidt
Pueblo Farm Company
Franklin Tulleman
C. B. Schmidt
Henry A. Dobbs
John F. Vail
K. McHarg
Alva Adams
Havana
New York
Cuba
Republic
State Conference of Charities and Corrections
Colorado
le Fevre
John H. Gabriel
Denver
E. O. Pfeiffer
Cripple Creek
E. P. Newton
Boulder
James H. Baker
L. Stonaker
Wi Ti Rées
Board of County Commissioners of
Rees
Pfeiffer
Teller County
Decker
J. L. Weaver
J. S. Appel
Charles Landes
Philippines
Helen Gould
Miss Gould
South Africa
Pretoria
Davis
Representative Hay
Virginia
House
National Guard
War Department
Root
House Committee On Military Affairs
Secretary of War
Idaho
Shoshone
Coeur d’Alene
Osborn
Shoshone County
Steunenberg
Bell
Congress
Washington News Roundup of Naval and Foreign Policy
House Banking panel reports tougher limits on national bank loans and overdrafts by officers. Davis proposes free trade with Puerto Rico and expanded internal revenue. Highlighted are the Coeur d Alene inquiry, Secretary Root on the Philippine commission, and the cigarette ban for service members.
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Brosius
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Davis
Minnesota
United States
Puerto Rico
Coeur d’Alene
Cheney
Lentz
Hull
Root
Manila
Philippines
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Beveridge
United States Senate
Indiana
Indiana Democratic Committee
Lady Pauncefote
Lord Pauncefote
Washington
Pauncefote
Charles E. Magoon
Division of Insular Affairs
General Wheeler
War Department
Segular
Senate
Manderson
Burlington System
Secretary of the Interior
Burlington
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Toluca
Montana
Crow
Billings
White House
Rubber Day boosts Wheeling charity drive
Wheeling West Virginia held a Rubber Day to raise funds for the King’s Daughters Nursery building fund. Hundreds of pounds of discarded tires shoes coats and other rubber items were collected from schools stores and passersby and shipped to a Cleveland buyer. Organizers expect at least a thousand dollars and plan an old iron and rag day next.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
King’s Daughters
Fourth Street Methodist Church
Cleveland
Swanson's 56 Drops Rheumatic Cure Promised Relief
An advertisement claims Swanson’s 56 Drops Rheumatic Cure eliminates rheumatism and aches. It urges readers to try a 25 cent sample or pay one dollar for a prepaid large bottle of 300 doses, with free from opiates and safe for children, from Swansom Rheumatic Cure Co. Chicago.
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Swanson
All America
Express
Swansom Rheumatic Cure Co
Lake St
Chicago
Dutch artist mocks Chamberlain with Napoleon in hell
In Brussels Wiertz museum a painting shows Napoleon in hell with Chamberlain's head replacing Napoleon's shoulders. The Dutch artist reproduces the image for Boer fund benefit. Prints appeared in Petit Blue of Brussels and Morning Leader of London as cartoons.
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Wiertz
Brussels
Napoleon
Hell
Mr. Chamberlain
Holland
Petit Blue
Morning Leader
London
Educate Your Bowels The Natural Laxative Advertisement
An old newspaper ad touts Cascarets as a pleasant mild laxative that cures constipation. It warns readers to beware of imitations and promises refunds if not effective. The copy invites readers to request a booklet and sample from Sterling Remedy Co.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Montreal
Can
New York
Ascarets
Miners Excursion to New Mexico Advertised
The Santa Fe Route offers an excursion to New Mexico in April with travel to all principal New Mexico points at one cent per mile. Includes food for 30 days. Full particulars by contacting J. P. Hall, general agent, Santa Fe Route, Denver, Colorado.
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New Mexico
Santa Fe
J. P. Hall
Denver
Colorado
Palace on Wheels Leaves Denver for Chicago Eastbound
The quickest night train departs Denver at 10:30 PM via Union Pacific for Chicago. Described as a ventiluled, lighted, steam heated Palace on Wheels, it invites travelers to contact local agents for bookings.
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Denver
Chicago
Union Pacific
Geo
Ady
Enver
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Las Animas
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Department of Colorado
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Marshall
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Charles Grabert
Leadville
H. M. Minor
Longmont
G. A. Hamilton
A. 3. Holbrook
Colorado Springs
George K. Kimball
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Ape
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Douglas County
Colorado Cattle Growers’ Association
Ralph Talbot
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