Quips and Quirks From A Far Flung Newspaper Page
A miscellany of curiosities and commentary from a 19th century newspaper page. Topics range from safety of trolley cars to dirigible balloons, European affairs, royal antics, earthquakes near Guam, and curious anecdotes about famous figures. Includes jokes about divorce by mail, popularity of cornucopias, and the Siam heir touring the U.S. while political speeches are avoided at stations.
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Siam
United States
Court decision favors Gates in Colorado Fuel fight
John W. Gates and associates win a decisive victory in the U S Circuit Court of Appeals denying an appeal by Osgood and directors. The ruling blocks further action before December board meeting and requires acceptance of a master in chancery. Attorneys Barrett Beaman and Stevenson suggested no further appeal.
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St. Paul, Minn
John W. Gates
John C. Osgood
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Caldwell
Circuit Court
George F. Bartlett
Osgood
Sanborn
Beaman
Circuit Court of Appeals
Lead Trust Expands Scope Across Mining and Smelting
The Whitney Ryan Guggenheim combine plans to enlarge their lead trust by consolidating Coeur d Alene lead mines and linking Northwest properties with the Missouri chain. Guggenheims touring Western plants advocate the expansion, with control of American Smelting and Refining. The trust, once perfected, would mirror United States Steel in the mining and smelting trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitney-Ryan-Guggenheim
Coeur d'Alene
Northwest
Guggenheims
Coeur d'‘Alene
Whitney- Ryan
American Smelting and Refining Company
United States Steel Corporation
Molineux on the Stand Denies Murder Guilty
Roland B. Molineux testified in New York on October 31 denying the murder charge in the Katherine J. Adams case. He detailed anger toward Cornish, left the Knickerbocker Athletic Club over Cornish disputes, and said he never made cyanide or mercury, never bought or saw the poison weapon, and did not mail the poison. He maintained his innocence as former Governor Black questioned him and Mr. Osborne cross examined without startling revelations.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Cornish
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Black
Mr. Osborne
Molineux
Northwest extension surveys target St Anthony route
Advices from St Anthony Idaho report that a survey ing corps of the Chicago Northwest road has completed preliminary surveys for extending the Fremont Elkhorn Missouri Valley lines from Casper Wyoming to St Anthony Idaho. Construction may begin in spring and the Northwestern may push toward the northwest coast via Portland with a possible line to Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake
Burt Appointed General Manager of Union Pacific
Horace G Burt, effective November 1, becomes general manager in addition to president at Union Pacific. The move signals expanded authority, with Edward Dickinson’s resignation tied to reduced control over operating and other departments now reporting to President Burt.
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Burt
Dogs Save Four Lives in Chicago Fire Rescue
In Chicago on October 31 two great Dane dogs saved four people from a burning Ashland avenue building and were later rescued by their grateful owners. The remarkable incident highlights the dogs’ brave actions amid the blaze and the swift response of bystanders and firefighters.
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Chicago
Ashland Avenue
Sugar beet boom and irrigation drive reach Colorado
Colorado briefs report Weld county sugar beet expansion and a projected value surpassing one million dollars next year as irrigation acts bring 300 homestead entries near Sterling. Logan county cattle shipments top twenty thousand head with large beet shipments under way. Sugar beet days in Greeley and Eaton drew thousands to view new factories while Poudre valley beet operations promise lasting prosperity amid hail and drought.
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Weld County
Renawnee Reservoir
Sterling
Logan County
Greeley
Eaton
Poudre Valley
Stephen J. Donleavy
Denver
Arapahoe County Hibernians
R. W. Hawley
Shannon G. 3
State Engineer’s
Nebraska State Line
South Platte River
Herman McKelvy
State Normal School
Park
Windsor
Davenport & Armstrong
West
George Gardiner Syndicate
Colorado Springs
W D. Hoover
Eaton Sugar Company
Santa Fe
Pullman Company
Chicago
California
Los Angles
Los Angeles
Upside Vallie
Fairplay
July Baker
Vallie
Sisters of Loretto
Capitol Hill
St. Mary’s School
California Street
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Old Tabbey
Uintah Utes
White Rock Agency
Utah
Brigham Young
Tecumseh
Baker
D. A. Camfield
South Platte Reservoir Company
Snyder
Jackson Lake
Riverside
Fiendish killings spiral as Kentucky father captured
A Kentucky father, Pleasant Sprading, allegedly killed his four year old son and fifteen year old daughter during a sheep- herd incident. He fled to the mountains. a missing daughter later testified to the killings and threats. A guarded jail and grand jury actions followed with plans for a speedy trial.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Inez
Kentucky
The
Enquirer
Pleasant Sprading
Sprading
E. Hensley
Sprating
Hensley
Rock Island plans 265 mile Pueblo to Santa Rosa rail line
Colorado Springs reports that within thirty days the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific will begin a 265 mile extension from Pueblo south to Trinidad and then to Santa Rosa New Mexico. J F Cary chief engineer said surveys are done and the line will link with the Rock Island system near El Paso. The line aims to access Las Animas coal beds and leisure travel between Colorado and California.
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Colorado Springs
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Pueblo
Trinidad
Raton Mountains
Santa Rosa
New Mexico
Rock Island
Liberal
Kansas
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Texas
J. F. Cary
Springs
Carey
California
Colorado
San Diego
Denver & Rio Grande
Settles Labor Trouble in Chicago Federation of Labor
The Chicago Federation of Labor rescinded its expulsion of Typographical Union No 16 and offered reinstatement upon request. President Samuel Gompers ordered reinstatement by November 10 to avoid loss of AFL affiliation, after pressure from the International Typographical Union. The move ends a two year dispute tied to a strike by Chicago newspaper pressmen.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Chicago Federation
Samuel Gompers
American Eperation of Labor
International Typographical Union
American Federation of Labor
Federation of Labor
Pueblo Woman Attempts Suicide at Rail Crossing
Pueblo Colorado November 2 two determined attempts at death by own action were made by Mrs Mary Doyle who lives in the Peppersauce bottoms later this afternoon on the Santa Fe crossing at Union avenue After a quarrel with her gun she threw herself in front of an approaching engine and it was only the heroic work of an engineer and a trainman that saved the woman's life the engine being stopped within a few inches of her prostrate body
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Pueblo
Colo
Mary Doyle
Peppersauce Bottoms
Santa Fe Crossing
Union Avenue
Santa Maria Volcano Erupts Threatening Central Guatemala
A cable from Consul General McNally reports Santa Maria volcano near Quesaltenango erupting, six inches of ash in the city, seven feet of sand on coffee plantations, with earthquakes and another eruption in Tombador. Guatemala’s coffee zone is described as destroyed by flames and fumes, endangering towns including San Felipe Mazatenango and Quetzaltenango.
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Washington
General McNally
Isthmus Canal
Central America
Santa Maria
Quesaltenango
Tombador
San Francisco
Guatemala
Castel Bros
Retalhulen
San Felipe
Mazatenango
Double Tragedy in Denver Details Local Demise
Denver story reports June Terrill found dead from poison at 1859 West Colfax afterMiss Sarah Vance, a Rocky Ford beauty engaged to Terrill, died at Dr Elliott’s sanitarium after a suspected criminal operation. Terrill, who used alias Harry Kline, sought the sanitarium, then killed himself at the Colfax drug store. Grace Gatehouse, another West Colfax resident, was involved as Terrill’s recent acquaintance, tying to his brother-in-law Walter Kemper.
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Denver
Colo
C. Terril
West Colfax Avenue
George Elliott
Twenty-second Avenue
Downing
Rocky Ford
Colorado
Sarah Vance
Terrill
June
Harry Kline
Vance
Grace Gatehouse
Walter J. Kemper
Pueblo Tragedy Ends In Double Suicide
Frederick Rob Roberts of Salt Lake City killed Mrs Minnie Cooper with a shot to the temple and then shot himself at 11 22 am near Ninth street and Santa Fe avenue in Pueblo Colorado. Mrs Cooper survived and lies in Pueblo sanitarium in precarious condition. Reports conflict among few witnesses as to events leading to the shooting and custody of the couple’s nine year old daughter remains contested by both parents.
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Pueblo
Colo
Frederick Roberts
Salt Lake City
Minnie Cooper
Ninth Street
Santa Fe Avenue
Cooper
Charles E. Cooper
Roberts
President Roosevelt to Spend Month in Colorado Hunting
Washington Oct 30 President Roosevelt announced in a talk with Washington visitors that he will spend a month in Colorado next summer on a hunting expedition. He rejected a Pacific coast visit, saying Colorado offers the best big game hunting and will be his remoteness retreat with no communication.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Colorado
Washington
Pacific Coast
Olympia
Strike extended at Coxe Markle and Silverbrook mines
Hazelton Pa October 30 The United Mine Workers renewed the strike at seven Coxe Bros. & Co. collieries four Markle & Co. mines and J S Wentz Silverbrook operation. Workers must apply personally or promise arbitration ruling before returning. A Pardee collieries not included. Workers voted to not resume until the agreement is withdrawn. Coxe posted discharge for intimidation or anti union actions.
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Hazelton
Coxe Bros. & Co
G. B. Markle & Co
Silverbrook
J. S. Wentz & Co
The
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Coxes
Arbitration Commission
A. Pardee & Co
Coxe Mines
Wynn Process Test Aims To Prove Profit On Gold Ore
A Chicago party bound for Gold Hill in Boulder County joins a Cold Springs Mining Co delegation. They plan large scale tests of C W Wynn’s gold extraction method to decide if it can be commercialized. Laboratory results at Gold Hill show $100 to $4,000 per ton on low grade ore.
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Denver
Colo
Chicago
Gold Hill
Boulder County
Cold Springs
C. W. Wynn
C. C. Cargill
Lakes
James A. Creighton
State Court of Appeals of
Illinois
W. A. Jackson
Bell Telephone Company of Chicago
J. M. Wadge
National Editorial Association
Cold Springs Mining Company
Wynn
Wynpb
Awful Typhoon Strikes Japan Killing and Wounding Thousands
A colossal typhoon across Japan leaves more than 60,000 dwellings damaged or destroyed and over 2,000 killed or injured. Mito suffers 10,000 houses demolished with ninety deaths. Ashino copper mine reports 487 houses collapsed and 300 killed. Chiba Ken records 9,775 demolished and 37,006 damaged with fifty-two killed and 409 injured. Miyagi Ken boats wrecked and twelve fishermen drowned. Akita Ken fifty junks missing fishermen. Yamagata Ken faces storm not seen in 200 years.
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Yokohama
Mito
Ashino
Hakodata
Chiba Ken
Miyagi
Takanagamura
Akita
Tsuchizashi
Kawabegun
Yamagata
Santa Fe Cut-Off Plans Announced Across New Mexico
The Eastern Railway of New Mexico filed incorporation papers for the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe cut off from Texico to Rio Puerco via Alto Pass crossing the Rio Grande at Belén. The 265 mile link aims to connect Kansas City to Los Angeles with two branch lines and a 9.63 million dollar capital.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Eastern Railway of New
Abo Pass
Rio Grande River
la Joya
Mexico
el Paso
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Chicago
Brazil Springs
Portales
Texas
Fort Worth
Galveston
San Francisco
New Mexico
Salt Lake
Santa Fe Central Railway
Torrance
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
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the Register
Georgi Pobiedonost- Zeff
Duke Boris
Cyril
America
Europe
Uribe
Teneriffe
Stratton
Russia
Manchuria
Milton Rathbun
Guam
United States Territory
Servia
la Chicago
Justice Cornwell
Penn Yan
Porto Rico
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Salsbury
Edward
W. W. Astor
Edward VII
Russell Sage
Tennessee
Draga
Alexander
Leopold
Gates
Colorado Briefs
Mullins
Clint O. Heath
Evans
Heath
Platte River
Samuel Brown
Midland Terminal Railway
Independence
Cripple Creek
Brown
Midland
Mr. Brown
June Terrill
Japan
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