Turtle meat and egg questions spark farm joke
An old humor piece riffs on turtle meat tasting like chicken beef and pork, and on starting a turtle farm to break the meat and egg trust. It also notes Mark Twain’s London fame and a Punch quip about why the chicken crossed the road. Cantaloupe growers report slow June growth but hopeful July yields. Idaho labor dispute remarks end with views on unionism and Haywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
London
King Edward
Mark
Punch
Idaho
Haywood
Neighborhood News Preface From Mount Olive Tribune
The Mount Olive Tribune presents Neighborhood News in brief or full as handed down. The paper aims to avoid offending any reader whether wealthy or humble and prefers to lift neighbors rather than knock them down. It notes it sometimes writes humorous items but intends peace and goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man of the
Editor John C O Neill Defends Union Ranks At Denver Meet
A prominent editor and trade unionist, John C O Neill, spoke at the Federation of Miners Denver convention. He criticized constant revolutionary rhetoric and red neckties as ineffective symbols, arguing such claims will not topple capitalism or advance industrial freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. O'Neill
Denver
The
Federation of Miners
Nl N Stevens Sells Pueblo Chieftain Interest to Wilder and Barclay
The Pueblo Chieftain announced that Nl N Stevens sold one third interests in the paper to Baloy Wilder and Manager Barclay. They will assume management and policy while Stevens is responsible only for matters under his sign. Stevens will be abroad for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Nl. N. Stevens
Baloy Wilder
Barclay
Mr. Stevens
Chieftain
Colorado
Stevens
Post Office Circles Adds Rocky Ford Clerk Vacancy
Seven candidates for local civil service posts were named after the latest exam. A department order permits one more Rocky Ford office clerk after July 1. John M. Heckman named substitute city carrier for Rocky Ford. Helen Shelton resigns as substitute clerk. Lester Newby is chosen to fill the vacancy. Envelopes rise 4 cents per thousand and 1 cent per bunch. The note about tea wares and July dates appears as fragmentary filler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Ford
John M. Heckman
Helen &. Shelton
Lester Newby
Land Convention scheme drew heavy criticism from editorials
The Denver Land Convention is traced as a sham orchestrated to manufacture popular support for federal resource policies. Roosevelt is implied to have known and staged the event, with key figures from Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming implicated. The piece condemns the process and notes political maneuvering by Carter Teller Garfield Pinchot and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Vox Populi
Washington
Teller
Colorado
Tom Carter
Montana
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Europe
Frank Hubbell
Solomon Luna
New Mexico
Rocky Ford
Congressman Carter
Carter
Garfield
Pinchot
Ballinger
Paul Thieman
Julius Caesar
New World
Thieman
Theodore Roosevelt
Buchtel
Bonynge
Mondell
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Enterprise
Monkman
Ginger
G.H.T
Guggenheim
Roosevelt
Teddy
Interior
Denver Daily
Mr. Pierce
W Moody
Pierce
St. Vitus
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
City
Jake Johnson
Princeton
Indiana
Mr. Johnson
van Buskirk
Goodies
Stars and Stripes
Merry Jo
Hilfiker’s
Doz Ladies
Doz
Hilfiker’s Cash Store
Stauffer’s
Twiis
Jackson & Lawson
Holly Sugar Company
Swink
F. Evans
Asst
Fluke & Ritchie
S. A. McDonald
Railroad Ave
Albert Lee
Ford
R. R. Ave
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