County Clerk Certification of County Finances for 1902
I J F Curry County Clerk certify the full true statement of Prowers County Colorado receipts and expenditures for the half year ending December 31 1902 with warrants issued and cancelled and cash balances on that date. Signed June 1 1903. J F Curry County Clerk. Examined accepted and approved September 18 1902. J K Stevenson THOS Griffith W F McPherson Commissioners.
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I. J. F. Curry
Prowers
Colorado
J. F. Curry
A. D
J. K. Stevenson
Thos. Griffith
W. F. McPherson
Colorado Gold Rush Begins in Gregory Gulch Tale
Colorado's first gold discovery in Gregory Gulch on May 8 1859 sparked a rush with John Gregory and five men washing $4 in gold then using a sluice to pull $973 in one week. Dozens of gulches yielded wealth and over 15 000 men crowded Gregory Russell and tributaries as claims spread and mining booms grew before many left to seek fortunes elsewhere. A later note recounts a clergyman dismissing a gardener and bestowing a letter of recommendation joking that the man “got more out of my garden than any man I ever employed.”
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Fossett
Colorado
John Gregory
Gregory Gulch
Central City
Black Hawk
Gregory
Bates
Mammoth
Gunnell
Burroughs
Illinois
Gilpin County
Gregory, Russell
Engineering Magazine
Monograms on Peaches at London Dinner Table
At a London dinner party peaches on the table bore the owner’s monogram traced in the fruit’s velvety bloom. Paper letters attached to the ripening peaches revealed green monograms when the paper was removed, while the remaining fruit stayed rosy and deep eued.
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London
Illinois and New York Join Hands for Connecticut Post Master
Representative Hill of Connecticut sought relief for a post master who lost money due to stamp theft at a local post office. He noted that one thief was imprisoned in Illinois and another in New York. Representative Boutell of Illinois defended the claim with a stirring plea, invoking Joliet and Sing-Sing as the places where Illinois and New York unite to aid the Connecticut man.
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Hill
Connecticut
Illinois
New York
Representative Boutell
Representative Hill
Speaker
Joliet
Sing-Sing
Russians as Linguists and Polyglots
Every educated Russian knows three languages besides his own and many learn four. English, French, and German are deemed essential to culture. Families with small children hire several governesses who teach foreign tongues before Russian, giving Russians a broader grasp of world affairs than any other people.
Switzerland Adopts Advanced Parabellum Pistol
Swiss use an improved repeating pistol the parabellum. The army, historically rapid to adopt firearms since 1851, now fields a weapon delivering sixteen centimetres of ash wood or eight millimetres of iron at fifty metres and a hundred shots per minute.
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Switzerland
Commission presses strict tuberculosis laws in Britain
A British tuberculosis inquiry urges stringent measures including case reporting, compulsory confinement of noncompliant patients in dedicated institutions, banning infected people from nursing teaching or practicing medicine, building municipal phthisis hospitals, state funding sharing half the cost, and free treatment for the very poor.
Mandala the Spectacled Founder of Mandala
The town of Mandala near Blantyre in the Shire highlands grew around John Moir’s residence and trade works. Native workers named the place Mandala after Moir’s spectacles, a term later applied to the town on maps as the thriving suburb of Blantyre. Mandala became a notable center for ivory and European goods along Lake Nyassa.
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John Moir
Blantyre
Shire Highlands
Lake Nyassa
African Lakes Company
Inner Africa
Moir
Ivor
Europe
Mandala
Africa
New York Sun
Whittlesey and the trespasser on the golf links in New Haven
A New Haven Golf Club figure, Joe Whittlesey, known for endurance in rowing and tennis, confronts a trespassing boy on the links. After warnings fail, Whittlesey seizes the youth, drawing a Yale student who objects, challenging Whittlesey to let the boy be. The scene ends with a defiant exchange about heroism.
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Joe” Whittlesey
New Haven Golf Club
Whittlesey
Yale
Joe
New York Times
Exposures and the photographer's precise timing tale
A Philadelphia Record note recalls a photographer who could time exposures with near perfect accuracy. He counted seconds aloud and matched his watch, claiming many photographers share this uncanny gift. Separate from this anecdote, another item states America now hosts about 1,100,000 Jews, second only to Asia's 268,000.
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Philadelphia
America
Asia
Large Christmas Candies and Altars Staff Candles
The largest Christmas candles, called altar staffs, reach six feet in length and weigh about 40 pounds. Each candle costs around 25 dollars and is crafted from the purest beeswax. They are described as enormous and highly valued holiday items.
Indian Guide Seeks Deer Kneel Moment on Christmas Eve
In Travels in Canada Howison recounts his Indian guide asking him to stay still in the woods on Christmas Eve to witness the deer kneeling to the Great Spirit. The anecdote highlights Indigenous beliefs and reverence for wildlife during a holy season.
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Howison
Canada
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