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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1900
Page
2
In a moonlit scene, a rider on a horse gallops toward Bluebell's house as a pistol is sighted. Bluebell urges her father to rise, a struggle ensues with masked horsemen, and servants are awakened while alarms and suspicions rise about a possible informer and looming danger.
In a moonlit scene Boer commandos seize Adam Leslie and bind Bluebell as Gerald Moore and a Boer leader clash over her fate. Elizabeth screams as the father collapses, while Bluebell, blinded and bound, is carried away on horseback toward an unknown future. The caper unfolds amid tensions between Moore and the Boer commander.
Dover reports detail Robert Tilghman and eight others being flogged for larceny violations. Sheriff Wharton applied a raw hide whip while Tilghman calmly smoked a cigarette, drawing stunned reactions from about 20 spectators as the punishment proceeded.
Mr E W Scripps of the Scripps McRae League San Diego and family arrived at the Hotel Arms with two sons James G and John BP Scripps and daughters Dorothy and Ellen. Accompanied by secretary H B Clark they bring the ashes of brother George H Scripps cremated in California. BB W Scripps will depart for Rushville IL with the ashes to inter and several relatives will accompany him to attend the funeral.
A fragmentary reflection by Rev James K. B. Dunn on temperance, gospel ministry, and social duty. It extols three lessons faith hope and love with exhortations to endure amid adversity and to spread charity as a guiding light. The text quotes or echoes poetic stanzas and moral instruction.
A Union Signal article by Rev. Dr. James B. Dunn condemns the drink evil as a global hindrance to Christian missions. It cites African testimony, a Lagos pastor's plea to Parliament, and New Hebrides appeals urging a prohibition on rum, opium, and firearms by American traders. The piece stresses Christian nations profit morally from curbing alcohol to aid evangelism.
A religious appeal urges Congress to pass an act to protect inhabitants of the New Hebrides from traders kidnappers and slavers. The author calls on American Christians and societies to unite in pressuring government to act, viewing such crimes as hindering Christian missions and civilization.
The Young People's Christian Temperance Union presses a million vote pledge for 1900 endorsements. W G Dean cites 100000 signatures with 1308 by M E Cammarrell, mostly at Methodist and Presbyterian conferences. Eva M Shontz urged to address the United Presbyterian assembly. Ram's Horn highlights the effort. Prohibition party favorably watches the process.
The crusade against impurity, led by the Union Stanal, gains momentum in theater strongholds with New York, Cleveland, and Pittsburg taking stands against lewd exhibitions. A Pittsburg protest model pushes for press, preacher meetings, and mayoral action to exclude coarse plays and immoral literature, targeting railroads, street news rooms, and mail for enforcement of obscenity laws.
President Schurman writes in the Independent that allowing saloons in the Philippine islands harmed Americans more than cock fights. He notes he suppressed cock fights but left the saloon to flourish and comments on Filipino frailty versus American vice, remarking he has never seen a Filipino drunkard.
Rev Dr. Raymond, Congregationalist of Schenectady, N Y, reflects on surrendering self-assertion through the power of Christ to save from self and world. He ties Calvary and the open tomb to present redemption and to making believers saviors in the world, living by crucifixion and resurrection. The goal is to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his suffering.
The Great Salt Lake in Utah is steadily falling due to large volumes of water diverted by irrigation. Rivers and tributaries rise from the mountains to the east and drain into the lake year round, once contributing about 10,000 cubic feet per second. The phenomenon parallels a shrinking Dead Sea, driven by human use rather than natural change, exposing salt deposits along the lakebed as levels drop.
The piece notes the uncertain outcome of foreign powers' quarrel over China and observes the disintegration of a thin race. It also remarks on widespread dyspepsia and stomach issues, urging use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to maintain health.
A quirky rural horse scene describes a tall red horse that springs up when an automobile passes. The narrator quips the creature is more a jay than a horse, humorously exaggerating its odd behavior and lively spirit.
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