Courtship and homestead moves across the plains
The notice announces a Love and Hope theme with a marriage proposal, plus a major land opportunity in Maine and the North Platte District of Nebraska. It describes two excursion dates February 11 and March 10 for a Seekers excursion via the Big Four route to southern destinations, with tickets valid thirty days, priced at one farm plus two dollars, and provides contact J Tucker G N A Chicago for rates and a free descriptive booklet. It notes 705,000 acres of public land open for homestead entry in Nebraska.
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North Platte
Nebraska
Colorado Gold Mines and 19th Century Market Bits
A collage of advertisements and brief notices including mining prop prospects Cripple Creek and The D W Sholes Investment Co offers info on Cripple Creek properties. Local price hype for potatoes and seeds. a civic essay honors respectful custom of tipping hats to the dead and reflects on American manners and sympathy.
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D. W. Sholes Investment & Mining Co
Cripple Creek, Col
Cripple Creek
Ungentlemanly Conduct on Southern Pacific Train
A conductor confronts a fareless woman and her mother on a Southern Pacific train. With the passenger shielded by quilts in the sleeper, they refuse to pay and resist arrest. After discussions with train staff, the pair alight at Morgan City where the young woman exits without paying.
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Southern Pacific
New Orleans Picayune
Morgan City
Hymn Writer Mrs Alexander Lying In Critical Condition
The author of There is a Green Hill Far Away, Mrs Alexander wife of the bishop of Derry lies in a critical condition at Londonderry palace. Her hymn brought her husband attention leading to his elevation to an Irish deanery and his becoming a bishop in 1807.
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Alexander
Derry
Londonderry
Invasion of workers sparks odd sympathy in boy
Atchison reports a boy under 10 saying thank you unprompted during disruptions from visiting workers. The scene captures a fragile moment of politeness amid uncertainty. No clear dates or organizations are provided.
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Atchison
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