02 Dec 1897
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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1897
Page
1
A five foot long melon is showcased in Rocky Ford grown by George Todd Jr with an estimated weight around 350 pounds. Senator Swink is pictured beside the fruit, a sight likely to be recognized statewide.
A sketch of short items: a Pensacola soldier dies of yellow fever, Dr. Nansen’s polar attempt, Yellowstone move toward Jackson Hole, Bliss seeks 156,532,419 for the Interior, treasury clerks warned on debts, Mexico City ammo explosion kills four, rich Australian placers seen near Kanawa, Tiburon Island missions protect officials, London fire destroys 100 warehouses, Mrs. Logan named guardian for Evangelina Cisneros, diphtheria fear in Laramie, trials and acquittals in Cheyenne, Rev. Gee dies in New Mexico, Chinese exclusion steps from Guatemala City, rail freight car and locomotive self-build in Topeka, Weyler exculpation and Weyler concerns in Galicia, a woman abroad in government service, Emma Hart to act as consular agent, Methodist Congress in Pittsburgh with 800-900 attendees, Mormon sheep drive across Green River to Red Desert, bridge quarantine thwarted by swimming flocks, call for a new inspector as Utah herders resume winter passage.
Marjorie Annan wanders homeless in Paris with her starving child Leon. A kind stranger Mother Jeanne gives milk and guidance to seek bread at the Madeleine distribution and aid from the British Embassy. Miss Hetherington and John Sutherland rush toward Paris after Marjorie's plea for help.
A tribute to Mrs. Oliphant highlighting her indomitable courage humor and kindness. It praises her family devotion warm drawing room charm and enduring eyes while noting her modest beauty dainty work and refined manner in life and death. A stray line from Yonkers Statesman and a Chicago note mention a bicycle crank reading coal strike dispatches.
Mark Twain reports from Vienna on Thanksgiving Day chaos in the Austrian House of Deputies. A motion to empower the president and parliament is debated amid shouting, fights, and socialists clashing with guards. The scene ends as the garrison withdraws and order is restored.
A Muskogee dispatch reports Choctaw and Chickasaw leaders in session at Anderson, Indiana Territory, proposing to form a colony and move to Mexico. They aim to sell their lands to the United States and buy homes there, with United States Indian Agent Wisdom named as a potential Moses to lead the exodus.
Round trip Santa Fe Route tickets will be sold December 15 for return by December 19 at $5.00. Tourist sleepers depart Denver at 7 p m December 17 and stay in Lamar after the hunt. Double berth rate is $1.00 per night. Lamar citizens provide free conveyances to and from the hunting grounds.
Lincoln court finds Eugene exauditor guilty of embezzlement of 3 WH). Prosecutors say funds intended for the state treasurer were misappropriated and diverted to insurers. Judge Cornish overruled a defense that the act violated technical rules and scheduled sentencing for tomorrow.
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