Race With a Sand Creek Flood Beaten by Seventy Seconds
Engineer George Davis, a veteran Denver railroad man, recalls racing a Sand Creek flood on July 12, 1875. He drove the old engine from Eaton toward Denver at about fifty miles an hour, crossing the flood just seventy seconds before the wall of water washed away the track, while relieved passengers cheered and praised the daring run.
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George Davis
Denver
Denver Pacific
Ed Hoskins
Union
George
President Adams
Sand Creek
Eaton
D. B. Keeler
Col. Fisher
Kansas
Waton
Creck
Telescope owner fuels awkward scene on passing lovers
A cottage owner near the beach discovers through a powerful telescope that a yacht couple share a kiss, revealing his daughter as the damsel. He blames the telescope gift giver, who responds that the device works well and will be tried by him. Also notes indented iron printing, kola nut cultivation in Ceylon.
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Nob Tleman
Buffalo Courier
Theatrical mishaps and a doctor’s salt lessons
A doctor with forty years of practice says a man should know salt from sugar. The piece recounts stage slips in Faust and Caesar performances, a chair collapse during Salvini in Partners, and gallery laughter at stage accidents. It also quotes Ken Whatleseve on a medicines advert by Cheney & Co offering Hell’s Catarrh Cure with a Toledo address and a drugstore sale.
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Gallery Boys
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Faust
Salvini
Borgfeldt
Ken Whatleseve
Nene Oaio
Mosars
TF. J. Cheney & Co
Leon
Vilas
Goruv Ovice
Humanit Street
Hell
F.d. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Butte’s Rise to The Richest Camp in the World
The article reviews Butte Montana as the leading mining camp, once dubbed Leadville of Montana, now called the richest camp in the world. It notes Montana’s gold, silver and copper output reached 40.5 million last year, with a projected 50 million this year if momentum continues, and credits Butte for over half of last year’s wealth.
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Montana
Butte
Leadville
Lulle
Hibbare's Rheumatic Syrup praised by Jackson man
Edward Baker, a master mechanic and blacksmith of 202 Jackson Street in Jackson Michigan, reports long stomach illness and permanent cure after taking Hibbare's Rheumatic Syrup from the Rheumatic Syrup Co. He states he began in June and used thirteen bottles with rapid improvement and regained ability to work.
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Hibbare
Hibbard
Rheumatic Syrup Co
Jackson
Micl
Epward
Jackson Street
Jackson, Mich
Far Away Wording and Unfolding Local Notices
A fragment from Life notes a Portsmouth Ohio wedding stopped by the groom’s son over the license, while San Diego plans to carve a 1400 acre park into 6000 lots for rent. A Franklin woman warns off break ins with deadly force. A Bethlehem clerk’s mail tampering is exposed. A Colerain tree yields seventeen cords of wood.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Aaron Noel
Lizzie Dawson
Lucasville
A. N. Noel
Secret of the Skin Exercise for a Bright Complexion
A New York Star feature urges daily skin care including a brisk cold sponge bath on rising, thorough face washing with warm water and castile soap at night, and a final plunge in cold water. It notes friction, cleansing, and proper drying as vital to blood circulation and skin health, claiming ten minutes morning and twenty at night.
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M New York Star
Taken Unawares Malaria Causes and Home Remedies
Unsuspected malaria arises from sunken water and marshy land near homes. Seek help at once with Hosteller's Stomach Bitters, a long standing cordial claimed to relieve malaria, neutralize miasma, and improve stomach bowel liver function, appetite and sleep.
A Charmed Promise and Talking Health Remedies
A Victorian tale features a couple debating saloon doors before marriage, with a pledge to avoid screen doors. The page then shifts to assorted notes praising Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women, Kemp’s Balsam, Dobbins’ Soap, and other patent medicines, plus a government postal card design submission and Oregon immigration boast.
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Davis
John Arrar
Ceylon
Brazil
Africa
Miss Gillyflower
Mr. Mushy
San Diego
Cal
Ceandler
Franklin
Bethlehem (Pa
Colerain Town
Dr. Pierce
Cuaresxce K. Hazzaro
Beverly
Washington
Damala
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Horse
Oregon
Oregon Immigration Board
Portland
Surry & Co
St. Louis
Tansil
Hood
C. J, Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Travel
Charming Childrens
W. E. Gladster
Lord Wolseley
Sir More] Mackenzie
Eugene Schuyler
Justin McCarthy
M. P
John G. Carliste
Wm. A. Hammond
Fred Seawatka
James C. Blaint
F. Hoar
John Tyndall
A. Stephens
Marion Warland
the Youth’s Companion
Boston
Ely
ELY Bros
Warren St
Bradfields
Bradfield
Atlanta G&a
Gured
Scott
Centro St
New York
Chicago
C. T. Churchill
Holly, Mich
Cook Ktennedy Co
Omaha
Neb
Merican School of Telegraphy
Madison
Wis
Seico
U. S
Jones
Ughamton
N. Y
GOH AN Nour Mite Buoweeteers Menimcal CO
Richmond, Va
N.Y
Ee Absolut Capes
Broadway
Ome Stury
Mai
Bryant's Business College
Buffalo
Advretisera
Jones Wetted, J. Boss & CO
J. J. Stephens
Lebanon
Ohi
Kidder
Caplic
Morey Meg. CO
Waukesha
Moody & CO
Cincinnati
Jill
Somo
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Ordhra
Smith & Wesson Arms
Smith & MN
Chadwick
Theodore Holland
Philada
Popham
Eghorn
Gardner
Adal Gues T
Pophass
Philadelphia
Camp Life
Iree
A. J. Tower
Boston, Mass
Chichester
Rafe
Sure
Rigetat
M.D
Amsterdam
Mney
Marne
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