Weeklong Denver Festival Promises Grand Pageantry
Elaborate preparations mark the Denver Festival of Mountain and Plain set for September 25 to 50. A packed week features an exposition and state fair, horse show, Queen Thalia pageant, military parade, band contests, masquerade carnival, slaves of the silver serpent parade, and a state ball, with foreign entrants expected and Denver organizations urged to join.
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New Orleans
Aztec Calendar and Baltimore and Ohio official notes
The Santa Fe Route issues a six month calendar July to December 1890 with six color reproductions of Burbank portraits of Pueblo Indians, priced in bundles at $1.50 each. An engraved Aztec Calendar stone cover is available for 25 cents via J. P. Hall. W. H. Ijams, longtime Baltimore and Ohio treasurer, recalls Baltimore’s 1828 parade for the railroad cornerstone, dating to his childhood.
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Santa Fe
BE. A. Burbank
J. P. Hall
Denver
W. H. Ijams
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Starch ad touts Fauultless replacement for old styles
A fragmented ad copy notes Mia returns from the seashore and discusses Fauultless Starch as a labor and cost saver. It claims the product keeps collars and cuffs fresh and that all grocers stock large packages for sale at a low price.
The Mundane Spy on the Franco German Frontier
A detailed portrait of a Franco German frontier spy Alfred Pinchon 26 trained by the Second Bureau his routes the use of fake papers and fictitious correspondents his need for air cures and the dangers of detection. The piece emphasizes the spy craft from disguises to maps to cash payments and the high personal risk in pursuit of national interests.
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Alfred Pinchon
Pinchon
Nancy
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Garretta
Etat Major
France
Second Bureau
Curse and land shifts haunt Skibo manor tale
A fragment recounts a Highland curse tied to Skibo estate ownership. The Grass of Skibo lineage passes through Grays, Dowls, Mackays, Gordons, and Sutherlands, each ousting the previous holder for centuries. Now the Scotel-A holds Skibo amid rival claims and a grand mansion in the Highlands.
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Scotland
Mr. Carnes
Skibo
Marrays
Pulrossle
Scrotchlean
Dowls
Grays
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Mackays
Gordons
Dea Doffer-Dempsters
Chirnsides Sutherlands
Sutherlace
Skibo Xo
Minegie
Scotel-A
Highlands
Two's Company and Dr Fourthly in the Parlour
A clipped humorous exchange unfolds with Mrs Fourthly chiding Dr Fourthly for absent‑mindedness while he proposes a remedy for his own ailment. The scene features a benevolent smile from the Rev Dr Fourthly as tension eases and companionship returns.
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Chicago Tribune
Dr. Fourthly
Why They Are Nervou A Correspondent Note
A correspondent comments on dining with the queen, noting nerves and doubt about the host. The remark suggests uncertainty about whether the diners praise the pie or the cook, with a hint of doubt about her majesty or the chef.
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Denver Post
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