Colorado Notes and Industrial Developments Across Morgan County
Chapter notes describe Morgan County projects including Ar railroad construction, tramway expansion, and irrigation ventures. Reports cover Chamber of Commerce leadership changes, land deals near Alamosa and Florence Cripple Creek districts, and new cooperative creamery plans. The piece notes mining prospects, timber issues, and labor conditions affecting costs of living.
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Florence & Cripple Creek
Marshall Pass
Joliet
Berth Exchange Racket On Train Ends In Smiles
A diminutive man with whiskers boards a train and with a clever ruse convinces a porter to swap his lower berth for an upper one. A German passenger is drawn into the scheme as the porter explains the exchange and pockets a tip. The scene ends with satisfied passengers and an amused conductor.
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Pittsburg
Bste
Nancy Hanks
No 12
Poter
Steceing
Ancient Greek slingers and relics reveal inscriptions
The text notes that Acarnanians were skilled slingers in ancient Greece and that lead balls and stones were used. In Marathon plains many metal projectiles have been found with inscriptions and names, suggesting messages like Look out. Also included are stray advertisements and quotes about patent medicines and local trades from Cincinnati and Blue Mound.
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Greece
Marathon
Hi. Grade
Draegist
Walnut
Allison
Cincinnati
de. Ball
Deciphering Cuneiform Opens Rich Histories of Assyria
The decipherment of cuneiform, led by Grotefend and pursued by a band of pioneers, reveals detailed histories of Assyrian kings and Babylonian rulers from the fifteenth century BCE. Readings of Sennacherib and Esarhaddon exceed earlier Judean figures, promising further gains in ancient Near Eastern studies.
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Gorg Friedrich Grotefend
Hanover
Germany
Grotefend
Eugh
Babylon
Assyria
Sennacherib
Eshhaddon
Hoetetter's Stomach Bitters Advised For Liver Ailments
The passage praises Hoetetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for liver disorders and associated symptoms such as constipation indigestion headaches and dizziness. It claims the tonic removes costiveness and supports overall health including rheumatic nervous and kidney trouble. It also notes chills and fever respond to the Bitters and mocks a student claim about Africa.
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Hoetetter
Pacts Worth Knowing About Nasal Disease Remedies
Remedies for nasal mucous mem brane disease warned away from douches snuffs and powders as irritating and ineffective. Ely s Dream Balm lauded for radical permanent cures by patients long troubled with chronic catarrh. Also a quip about a rich man and a horse.
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Ely
Permanent relief from constipation via Syrup of Figs
A dated editorial style note extols Syrup of Figs as a permanent cure for habitual constipation, contrasts it with transient laxatives, and cites reader ads for Geo. J. Spear and products like Shiloh’s Consumption Cure and Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve while commenting on advice and consumer behavior.
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Hanson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Colorado Notes
Morgan County
Colorado City
Mary Driscoll
Leadville
Vile Comsting
Chamber of Commerce
Im“S. C. Fisk
Gread Lake
Yarbison
Oto
Dennis Snyder
Alef
Holland Coloniets
Aamosa
Alamosa
Theroce (i Refining Company of
Selegstes, Wool-Growers’ Assects Ndicossty Commissioners
Fe Sco Cromers’ Association
DR. Gunn
Zaatent
Eberhart
JG. Wittig
Blue Mound
Isis
the Royal Baking
Royal Baking Ing Powderer CO
Wall ST
New
Africa
Geo. J. Spear
Greeley
Shiloh
Colchester
Denver Directory
E. Burlingame’s Assay Office
Eerasiisuep
Lawrence St
Colorado
the Greeley Nursery
GEO. J. Speak
Ferry
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