Estes Park Journey Through Mountains and Meadows
Our correspondent travels from Denver to Estes Park along the Union Pacific line, admiring wheat fields irrigated to 15 to 40 bushels per acre, snow capped peaks, and the pine scented frontier. He climbs Longs Peak with a six horse team, notes Stetson's hotel, ranches, and private houses, and details landscapes, perils, and a stormy ascent ending in a dreary descent to safety.
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Jose
Unon Pacific
Cache la Pondre
Ffutile
St. Vain
Concord
Alfie Perry
Estes Park
Ules
Rockies
Wilea
Montain
Mountain Borg
Old Long’s Peak
Stetson
Aster House
Lone’s Peak
Carl of
Puuraven
Memher
Parvanent
Horn Lodge
Iilver
W. J. James
Neq
Denver
Long's Peak
Sam's
Trauser Hine
Jenpih
Platte
Tarber Line
TO HUSBANDS Advice on Marriage From A Satirical Ledger
A dated satirical piece targets husbands urging constant complaint of fatigue and selfish behavior. It mocks gender roles by advising little support for wives, spending on cigars, evenings in street politics, delaying meals, and neglecting home duties until a spouse’s health declines.
Traveling Tales By Marn Twain In Ragged Anecdotes
The narrator recalls a train ride filled with odd characters and misfit humor. A sharp-tongued woman with a piano-humor mouth, a reading fellow who quarrels about camels and hymns, and a roving sense of satire fill the journey.
July Weather and Heat Death Toll Report
Crxur July 17 weather cooler than prior days with overcast skies. From July 10 to 16, sunstroke deaths reached 264 and heat deaths 150, totaling 414. July 14 saw the peak with 86 fatalities. Other-cause deaths totaled 153. Figures from the board of health records.
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Board of Health
Encouragement From Youths Companion Tale of Three Brave Brothers
A humorous Youths Companion story recounts Artie and his two brothers raised to be brave. When a fire near the stove starts, the eldest moves the table, Jim fetches water, while Artie, too small to help, stands by and shouts Amen. Their mother mocks a haircut miscue in a final quip.
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Artie
Tommy
Jimmy
Nashville Temperance Tale At School Recess
A Nashville school recess overheard a temperance tale about mince pies and brandy. A boy asserts his mother stopped using brandy after a comment from Bob, arguing virtue and rightness when a mother forbids wrongdoing. The scene includes girls at the register reacting with laughter and sharp rebuttals.
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Nashville
Temperance World
Bob
Loved or Not Loved in the Gate of Roses
A reflective piece on love and the universal question of being truly loved. A restless girl leans from her father's gate among lingering roses, while the enduring desire for proof of affection resonates across marriage and courtship.
Physician's Advice on Health and Brown's Iron Bitters Ad
Harrisburg March 30 81 a physician extols health for women and praises Brown's Iron Bitters as a tonic for dyspepsia irregularities and debility. The column repeats anecdotes about a scolded girl and a cautionary remark about a girl who meets every young man, noting social commentary.
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Harrisburg
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Sullivan
Yayo
Estres Park
CoLronano
Marn Twain
Mary
Gulag
Watt
Annah
New York City
Rochester
Aranin Lowa
Iowa
Dubuque
Adam
Virtue
Boston
Rothcchilds
New York News
Philad. Chron
State Journal
Yydove
Gearer
Eithet
Johnson's Shirt
Kokomy ‘Pribune
Cincinnati
Bessie
Kitty
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