Peril of the Turnstile Door Elevates Public Safety Debate
In Rocky Ford Colorado era column, readers learn about the turnstile door controversy cited for safety risks during fires and crowding. The note cites Scientific American warnings, potential panics, and narrow passages, with other tech notes on early aviation developments and a curious discovery of a Chinese emperor marriage contract in a southern German tavern.
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China
Peking
Germany
Living ex presidents and their post office years
The article notes living former presidents ages and lifespans after leaving office. It lists Grover Cleveland as 71, Harrison eight years post retirement, Arthur under 200 months, Hayes 12 years, Grant 18, John Adams 25, Fillmore 21, Madison and John Quincy Adams 19, Jefferson 17. It recalls 1868 had three ex presidents alive, Pierce and Buchanan, and since 1875 never more than two.
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Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Arthur
Mr. Hayes
Grant
John Adams
Fillmore
Madison
John Quincy Adams
Jefferson
Pierce
Buchanan
Old Indiana man seeks Alaska gold on 45th try
An 83 year old Indiana man heads for Alaska in his forty fifth failed gold pilgrimage. The New York Herald says his life offers lessons in perseverance and the elusiveness of riches. A Manitoba man plans retirement from politics to run a saw mill, noting the folly of sawing wood and meddling in politics.
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Indiana
Alaska
The
New York Herald
Manitoba
Fire at La Plata Missouri destroys ten buildings
Western news item from our own and foreign lands reports a fire at La Plata Missouri destroying ten buildings and causing about fifty thousand dollars in losses. It covers various national and international business, transport, and public notices of the period.
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la Plata
Missouri
Chicago to test every healthy cow for tuberculosis
A general news note states that all healthy Chicago cows will receive a right ear tuberculosis test button. The AFL campaign will be directed from Chicago, and other items include Wright brothers flight near Nag Head, court rulings on railroad employee damages, Japanese merchant boycotts, Germany’s planned borrowing, Matsushima casualties, Tangier dispatch on Raisuli, May 15 Republican prep for June 16 convention, and Cleveland’s $25,000 annual salary as president of old line life insurance presidents’ association.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Matsushima
John Murray
London
London Times
Times
Henry de la Vanulx
Jacques Faure
Alfred le Blanc
Berlin
New York
Poat
United States
Japan
Tokio
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Henry W. Warren
Denver
Edwin E. Brennan
Butte
Montana
F. Augustus Heinze
Heinze
Brennan
Wright Brothers
Aeronauts
Kill Devil Hill
Manteo
Cerrolina
Blackie
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania
Pinkie
Benjamin F. Dilley
Frank J. Bruno
Colorado Springs
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Rocky Mountain
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Nag Head
N. C
Supreme Court of New York
Hong Kong
Germany
Elkines
Rafsali
Republican National Committee
Cleveland
Association of Presidents of
Old Line Life Insurance Companies
Congress and the Capital Policy Debates in Senate
Washington reports show Sullivan's death in Washington on the 4th lnst as Congress considers sundry civil bill amendments. Guggenheim seeks 75000 for express charges on silver dollars. Clark proposes 3 per diem juror wages plus travel allowances. The bill carries 55000 for Fort Logan barracks and other items including Leadville hatchery and Mesa Verde protection. Panama Canal assignments for three US Military Academy graduates. Depew defends forest policy, praising federal reserves while urging state action and opposing a 500000 forestry lump sum. Arbitration treaty signed with Japan.
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Thomas J. Sullivan
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Guggenheim
Senate
Clark
United States
States
Territories
Fort Logan
Leadville Fish Hatchery
Mesa Verde National Park
Fort Russell
United States Military Academy
Corps of Engineers
Panama
Panama Canal
Depew
Heyburn
Cleveland
McKinley
France
Japan
Root
Takahira
New York State
Germany
Adirondac
Teller
Montrose County irrigation boom prompts railroad hope
In Montrose county homeseekers surge as irrigation expands. Norwood and Nucla areas see large projects with 400000 acres in farming potential. Expected Denver Rio Grande extension, new reservoirs, and multiple companies plan irrigation for tens of thousands of acres by three years.
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Denver
Montrose County
Norwood
San Miguel County
Theio Grande Southern
Utah Line
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Placerville
Naturita Canal and Water Company
Empire Irrigation Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Nucla
Crosa
Tellart and Galloway Brothers
Dolores River
East Paradox
West Paradox
Paradox Valley Irrigation and Land Company
la Salle Mountains
Utah
Redlands Company
Lilly Lands Company
Montrose Orchard Company
Pettibone Returns to Denver from Idaho Trial
George W. Pettibone, linked with Moyer and Haywood in the Idaho governor murder case, arrived in Denver and was taken home at 1225 Cherokee Street. Exhausted and gravely ill, he left Boise acquitted of partial responsibility, was briefly in Los Angeles for recovery, and doctors feared for his life during the journey. His family accompanied him, hoping mountain air will restore his health so he can return to the coast.
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Denver
George W. Pettibone
Moyer and Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Idaho
Cherokee Street
Pettibone
Boise
Los Angeles
Farmers' Union forms Rocky Ford district in Colorado
A convention of 35 delegates from the Farmers Education and Co operative Union established a district union covering Pueblo Otero Bent Prowers and Kiowa counties. Elected officers include President Senator John H Crowley Rocky Ford Vice President J F Michael Pueblo Secretary JN Sholas Rocky Ford Treasurer Hudson May Flower. The group backed an independent sugar factory at Manzanola not ready until the 1909 crop requiring $50 000 more, and supported a Pueblo public warehouse as a central distributing point.
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Rocky Ford
Colo
Farmers’ Educative and Co-operative Union
Pueblo
Otero
Bent, Prowers
Kiowa
John H. Crowley
J. F. Michael
J. N. Sholas
Hudson May
Flower
Manzanola
Olmstead Engaged for Boulder Park Plans
Frederick Law Olmstead, Harvard’s Charles Elliott professor of landscape architecture, engaged by the Boulder Improvement Association to design city beautification and lay out a system of parks. An election at Fort Morgan on May 30 will vote on $55,000 in bonds to extend the water and electric light system as the city’s current plant will be insufficient by next fall.
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Frederick Law Olmstead
Charles Elliott
Harvard
Boulder Improvement Association
Fort Morgan
Colton the World’s Champion Linguist
Miss Mary Elizabeth Colton of Easthampton adds international fame as the world’s champion linguist after speaking 40 languages fluently. She studied eastern tongues while a vocal teacher near Farmington and at Yale borderlands with Prof. Spooner, mastering Chinese, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and more.
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Boston
Mary Elizabeth
Colton
Easthampton
Far East
Miss Colton
Farmington (Conn
Yale College
Yale
Prof
Spooner
Afghanistan
Prohibitionist Leader Seaborn Wright Nominated
Augusta Georgia reports Seaborn Wright a leading Prohibition advocate and longtime Georgia legislator likely to be nominated for president by Prohibitionists at Columbus Ohio July 15. Wright, a Rome resident 50 years old, drafted Georgia’s prohibition law and built the campaign to its passage. He is wealthy, with a judge father’s fortune, and his wife Miss Moore brought 250000 at marriage.
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Columbus
South
Georgia
Wright
Rome
Floyd County
Moore
Wheat Maturation in Canada Varies by Region
Canada sees wheat maturing in a wide range from zero to about 100 days depending on region and growing conditions. Observers note faster development in warmer areas while cooler zones extend the cycle, affecting harvest planning and supply forecasts.
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Canada
Woman Praises Lydia E Pinkham Remedy For Female Ailments
Mrs A Gregory of Denver writes how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after six tests and an operation left her worse. The letter promotes the product as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities menstrual pain backache and nervous prostration and invites others to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Gregory
Lawrence St
Denver
Col
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Modern nursing blends sacrifice with new technical skill
The Nursing Times says the public expects nurses to maintain selfless virtue and purity while adopting advanced technical abilities and greater learning unseen in prior generations, signaling a shift toward professionalized care.
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Nursing Times
Defiance Starch Eases Laundry Stiffness and Fabric Welfare
A home laundry note praises Defiance Starch for its strength allowing very thin use to achieve desired stiffness. It claims other starches require heavy pastes that obscure fabric beauty and reduce wear. The quote from Froude is cited, urging practical choice in starch.
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War Department
Wright Jos
Dayton
A. M. Herring
J. F. Scott
Wright Bros
Sky
Hammondsport
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Red Wing
Lake Keuka
Alexander Graham Hell
Lieut. Selfridge
Army
Story OF
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Union Pacific
Johnson
Minnesota
National Association of Fire Insurance Agents
St Paul
Topeka
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Uncle Sam
Colorado & Southern March
Cor
Oklahoma State Board of Equalization
St. Louis
American Mining Congress
Ohio
British Columbia
Wilfrid Laurier
San Francisco
Mentone
Geary Street
Kearney
Grant Avenue
Market
Geary
Golden Gate
Evans
Connecticut
California
Roosevelt
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Government
Interstate Commerce Commission
Edward
Alexander
Empress of India
Vancouver
Pekin
Saffarana
Etna
Linfaglossa
Mount Etna
General News
Congress
D. and
R. G
Farmers’ Union
Massachusetts
Elizarltess
Calton
Prohibition Party
Seaborn Wright
Augusta
Cieaborn Wright
Froude
Dodds
Patent Office
P. E. Melro
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
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Water St
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Sol Coteman
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