Trenton arch return and rail growth noted in 1896
The piece covers a mix of old items including a London stock offer, a short note on Grant and Washington, then detailed 1896 railroad statistics. It highlights locomotive outputs rising to 1,175 and exports increasing to 309 engines, with Japan and other markets as destinations alongside a general note on demand. It also cites Elmer Ewing Green and Mary Armstrong’s arch issue and ends with census oddities in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Washington
Trenton
Independence Hall
Mary Armstrong
Frank M. Etting
Railroad Gazette
South America
Russia
Japan
South Africa
Investigators Begin Hearings on Leadville Strike
The state legislature dispatched a committee to Leadville Colorado to probe strike causes. Senators Gallagher and Reuter plus Representatives Gardner, Annear, and Sechrist will hear witnesses. Thomas Graham testifies on Western Federation authority, union notice rules, and wage concerns amid a wage battle that sought to raise miners’ pay to three dollars.
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Leadville
Colo
Gallagher
Reuter
Gardner
Annear
Sechrist
Cavender
Ewing
Glynn
Dickson
Taylor
Denver
Thomas Graham
8. D. Nicholson
Charles McLellan
Seecretary Dewar
Miners’ Union
Montana
Western Federation
Cloud City Union
Western Federation of Miners
Leadville Union
Dewar
Amburn
George Campion
Camption
Graham
Brooklyn Damaged Cruiser Sanken Rocks Delaware River
The U S armored cruiser Brooklyn struck a sunken rock in the Delaware above Marcus Hook pa and was nearly sunk. Fore and aft compartments stove in but inner compartments held. Court of inquiry sought by Captain Cook. The ship tied to ice breakers at Marcus Hook awaiting repairs.
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Philadelphia
United States
Brooklyn
Delaware River
Marcus Hook
Pennsylvania
Cook
Daring Robbery Strikes Catholic Supply House
Three masked men robbed H. T. Heilman's Catholic supply shop at 1107 Baltimore Avenue Kansas City Missouri at 7 o'clock tonight. Heilman was held at gunpoint as the trio ransacked the store, taking $1100 in solid gold ornaments and $60 from the cash drawer before cutting the telephone line and fleeing in a waiting buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dering
Kansas City
H. T. Heilman
Baltimore Avenue
Mr. Heilman
Contested Senate seat Wheeler upheld in Aspen
The Colorado legislature reports Wheeler won the contest for the Aspen seat after a committee on privileges and elections found the challenger’s claims invalid. The senate adopted the report and dismissed further contest action. House debates centered on county creation, wage exemptions, and Sunday amusements, with several bills advancing or facing adjournment.
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Senate
Carney
Reuter
Committee On Privileges
B. Clark Wheeler
Aspen
Wheeler
House
Cripple Creek
Ouray Miners’ Union
Locomotive Firemen of
Pueblo
Carpenters of
Leadville
Heartz
Engley
Judicial Departments
State
O'Neill
Anderson
Trinidad
Supreme Court
Phuraday
Denver
Thomas
Board of Education
City of
Board of Pardons
Judiciary Committee
Lowell
Bromley
Schermerhorn
Reuters Bil
Court of Apeals
Irt
Pa House
Committee On Corporations
Contes
Greene
Woods
Crowley
Otero
Messrs
Jonusry
Cripple Creek Trades Assembly
Painter
Aone
Committee On Mercantile and Manufacturing Affairs
Omaha
Committee On
Pueblo City
Associated Charities
Sylvanite
el Oe
Hurlbut
Old County
Pike's Peak
el Paso County
Recorders Office
Fremont County
Mr Gages views on monetary policy described
The World reports Lyman J. Gage’s written answers on currency reform. He advocates retiring greenbacks, selling silver under the Sherman act, redeeming treasury notes, and creating elastic bank notes redeemable in gold. He warns silver certificates threaten the currency and calls for a national commission to study reform.
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New York
Chicago
Lyman J. Gage
the Treasury
Gage
Treasury
National Bank Act
United States
Colorado farm notes from state beekeepers and dairymen meet
Report summaries the seventeenth annual Colorado State Beekeepers session in Denver with officers listed and a 30 member representation. It covers sheep dip experiments by Professor C P Gillette, dairy law talks, smudging frost protection tests, cattle ranching on the Sweetwater, and economic data on Colorado poultry and eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado State Beekeepers’ Association
Denver
R. C. Aikin
Loveland
W. L. Porter
Fimnk
C. P. Gillette
State Agricultural College
Gresswell
Sanitary Inspection Board
State Dairymen's Association
W. W. Cooke
Fort Collins
J. W. Goss
Hygiene
D. EB. Newcomb
la Jara
Goss
Charles Gresswell
Lute Wilcox
A. D. Clemmes
Boulder
Smith Brothers
Orchard Mesa
Grand Junction
County Horticultural Association
Mesa County
Colorado
A. J. Bothwell
Wyoming
Sweetwater
Natrona County
Rothwell
National Bureau
Rocky Stain News
Legal Blank Sales and Notices Listing
A historic ad lists legal blanks for sale including warranty deeds mortgage deeds release deeds trust deeds and attachments. It notes a stock increase and invites customers to request items not listed and to call at Extremrise office for mail prepaid delivery after payment.
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Constable
Venice
Society Directory of Rocky Ford Lodges and Posts
Society listings include Rocky Ford Lodge No 87 O O F meets Tuesday evenings. Violet Lodge No 3 meets second and fourth Saturdays. St John Lodge No 75 meets first and third Thursdays. Wadsworth Post No 94 meets second and fourth Fridays. Wadsworth Relief Corps No 16 meets Wednesdays at 2 30 pm at A R Hall. Rocky Ford Camp No 198 meets first and third Wednesdays. Wiley Lodge Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at K P Hall.
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Rocky Ford Lodge
W. B. Gomis
N. G
Harry Maxwell
Rebekah Violet Lodge
Mattie Hulls
Martue Johnson
A. F
A. M. St. John Lodge
Horeday
C. Vroman
G. H. Winchell
W. M
R. Wadsworth
Cepsont
T . Robins
Bo Wn
Wadsworth Relief Corps
A. R
J.C. Foulky
Pythias
Wiley Lodge
K. P. Hall
Wirchelys C.c. L
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Rocky Ford Enterprise
Rocky Ford
Louis A. Peltier
Indianapolis
London
Ulysses
Grant
Bismarck
Doctor Parkhurst
Topeka
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
the Enquirer
Utah
Salt Lake
Joint Assembly
Techer
Wirst
Henderson and
Rawlins
Thatcher
THE
Legislature
el Paso
Sours
McCreery
Bureau of Immigration and Statistics
Evans
Creswell
Crowder
Messia
Rhode
Crowe
Congress
Bucklin
California
MR. Gages
Neb
Holcomb
N. Nason
J. BE. Otl
Dr. Rowlands
A. H. Weir
M. D. Welch
Lincoln
Nason
Nebraska
India
Utt
Bangkok
Herr Kempermann
Siam
Bennett
Bargiarsin
Bank
Washington, Jan
St.Ward
Herbert
United States Vessel Alliance
Cape Henry
Virginia
Newport News
Wilson
Des Moines
Iowa
James Wilson
Ames
Iowa Agricultural College
Government Experimental Station
Enterprise Office
Society Directory
Resbyterian Church
Warren Mayo
Christan Endeavor
Epworth League
Catholic Church
Father O'Faley
Aptist Chur
Prscor
J. Grekar
All Meetiows
Azusca OF Christ
No. G. L. Tomson
Beall
Rocky Ford, Colorado
KC. Gobin
I. W
G. H. Larmore
A. A. Noble
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