Whimsical column notes from The Register in Lamar
A quip filled column surveys diverse topics from Europe to American life. Snippets mention Marie Correlli, Dewey eyed Spain, Schwab, Rabbi Hirsch, Paris education, Uribe Uribe, Monte Carlo gambling, Shamrock III, card games, jail life, baby value, elopement on a train, a Hobart football death, Dr. Grossman on liars, a dress suit platform, Apostle Reed Smoot, a New York breach suit, Walking Shield, fingerprints in courts, wallpaper mischief, Panama Canal worm schemes, Anthracite Kohl, a Great Northern ride refund, and Chicago society portraits followed by Mary MacLane’s literary shift.
Colorado Briefs From Across the State
Alamosa to host a sugar factory once while Grand Junction suffers a $10000 fire on the 16th Sugar City to spend $20000 on water works at once Greeley death of Hanford Reed at 15th Colorado Springs campaigns against gamblers Denver G A R posts to consolidate due to thinning ranks Lafayette mine fire rescues night shift Cripple Creek jail gambling paraphernalia destroyed by order of Sheriff Leeds Y M C A secretary W H Winne takes job in Brooklyn Fred Shockler shoots Ella Callifore in Chandler Fremont County shooter incident Smuggler-Union trains to Pandora carry Arthur L Collins to bedside in 13 hours 8 minutes 422 miles Public costs for five constitutional amendments total 18200 in dailies 10800 in weeklies Powder fire at Golden Cycle mine near Goldfield nearly destroys town Power and tax disputes advance in Gunnison county Rio Grande railroad wage increase for switchmen 3 to 4 cents per hour Walsenburg to Pictou stage held up by a negro Several counties plan to test tax laws against Santa Fe Railway Stratton inheritance tax evaluation to rise near 3000000 estate valued under 5 million State Pardons board biennial report shows 330 cases in 1901 and 176 in 1902 Cripple Creek Times editor Arkins and Silversparre purchase Ores and Metals newspaper holdings plan improvements and continued mining influence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamosa
Grand Junction
Sugar City
Hanford Reed
Greeley
Colorado Springs
Denver
Simpson
Lafayette
el Paso
W. P. Leeds
Robertson
Cripple Creek
W. W. Winne
Leadville
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
New York
Fred Shockler
Ella Callifore
Chandler
Fremont County
Golden Cycle Mining Company
Goldfield
Victor
Corey
Board of County Commissioners
Gunnison County
Reading
Gigantic Southwest railroad and mining empire planned
Denver reports Articles of incorporation for the Colorado Arizona & Gulf Railroad, Southwestern Fuel & Iron, Gage National Reduction, and Bear Creek Mining & Reduction, with a claimed 50 million dollars in capital. Projects cover new rail lines from Denver to San Pedro, coal and iron development, and multiple ore reduction plants in Durango Farmington Silverton and Denver, led by Charles H. Gage and backed by East financiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Republican In
Colorado, Arizona & Gulf Railroad Company
Southwestern Fuel & Iron Company
Gage National Reduction Company
Bear Creek Mining & Reduction Company
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Arizona
Pacific Coast
Gould
Missouri Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Texas Pacific
San Pedro Harbor
California
Charles H. Gage
East
Gould Railroad
J. E. Krepps
Pittsburg
General Western
Douglas, Lacy & Co
New York
George C. Carson
Carson
T. P Shonts
Chicago
Illinois, Indiana & Iowa Railway Company
Charles E. McConnell
Smelter City Bank
Durango
Gage
Mogollon
United States
Creede
Rio Grande
Bear Creek
Gold Cliff
Vallecita
San Juan Range
Animas
San Juan
Farmington
Montezuma County
Southwestern Fuel and Iron Company
Georg Carson
San Juan River
Southern Pacific
Clifton
Silverton
Germany
Deaver
Otto Mears
Eureka
Lake City
Hinsdale County
Silverton Gage
San Juan County
Illo Grande River
Good Hope
Continental
James ©. Cullen
Jones & Laughlin Structural Steel
Bear Creek Mining and Reduction Company
The
Giant
Wonder
Jim Cullen
Elk Creek
Westinghouse Company
American Smelting and Refining Company
Pinkerton Links Telluride Mine Killing to Molly Maguires Style Group
Denver November 24. Detective chief William A. Pinkerton argues that a Molly Maguires like organization killed Smuggler-Union mine manager A L Collins in the Telluride mining district. He arrived from Los Angeles and believes leaders of the group will be captured through systematic follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Molly Maguires
Pennsylvania
A. L. Collins
Telluride
William A. Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Los Angeles
California
Brown Palace
Mr. Collins
Pacific Coast
Mr. Pinkerton
Age of Consent Law Upheld by Denver Court
Judge Carpenter in West Side court held the age of consent law valid in the People versus Samuel Simpson case. Frances Toppan was the complainant. Simpson’s counsel argued the bill was improperly passed. An appeal to the Supreme Court is anticipated. Trial set for December 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Navy
Carpenter
West Side Court
Samuel Simpson
Frances Toppan
Simpson
Patterson, Richardson & Hawking
Supreme Court
Railway War at Cripple Creek Escalates in Street Battle
Denver dispatch reports renewed conflict between the Denver & Southwestern Railway interests and the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District during a street grading clash in Cripple Creek. Hundreds of workmen and teams blocked streets as Sheriff and police stood by while a temporary injunction halted the Short Line work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Cripple Creek
Denver & Southwestern Railway Company
Florence & Cripple Creek
Midland
Colorado Springs
Myers
Bennett Avenue
Fifth and
Mr. Carlton
Leeds
Smith
Short Line
Eliot on Labor Unions and Humane Employment
Harvard President Eliot argues unions serve humane goals and merit staying power. He lists humane conditions including rising wages, steady work, home stability, pensions, and public respect, while criticizing spasmodic hiring and wage uniformity. He cites unions as a check on capital yet warns against evils like apprentice limits and strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Colonial Club
Eliot
Harvard
Harvard University
Cure for Catarrh Promised by Hall’s Family Remedy
The passage promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous membranes. It claims the product can cure in stages and offers $100 if it fails, inviting testimonials and directing readers to F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Also mentions Hall's Pills and other products and includes assorted chatter and ad-like lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moward
Hall
Prietors
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
The Pinkham Cures and Public Confidence Rise
Mrs. Frances Stafford of New York testifies to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound's broad healing reputation. As years pass, the product has transformed skepticism into belief, with thousands of cures cited by women and noted by scientists and physicians fascinated by its perceived merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Stafford
E. 114Th St
N.Y. City
Lydia KE
Pinkham
Sony
Lydia EL. Pinkham
America
Wise
Lydia Br. Pinkham
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Spain
Dewey
Charles M. Schwab
Rabbi Hirsch
Mother Eve
Gen. Uribe-Uribe
Europe
Lipton
Peoria
Iowa
Toledo Springs
Hobart College
Grossman
Cleveland
Congress
George F. Baer
Apostle Reed Smoot
United States Senate
Walking Shield
Uncle Sam
Panama Canal
Ohio
Kohl
Great Northern Railway
Whatsername
Whatdycallim
Mary MacLane
Mary
Colorado Briefs
J. M. Herbert
Rio Grande Railroad System
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Walsenburg
Pictou
Pueblo
Prowers
Bent
Douglas
Otero
Las Animas
Santa Fe
Stratton
Attorney General Co. CG. Post
State Board of Pardons
Stonaker
Ores and Metals
P. A. Leonard
Messrs
A. Pinkerton
Collins
Eben
Clarence Tenderfoot
Edward Oldur
Wood
Boulder
Tommy Alfalfa
Solomon
Baxter
Pinkham Cures
Montgomery Ward & CO
Npaiient Coy
Iglas No. L. Dougla
W. L. Douglas
Heyl
Brockton
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