Wildflower Train Brings Color to Colorado Midland Route
Colorado Midland railway operates a weekly wildflower train from Colorado Springs to Manitou and Ute Pass points. Passengers enjoy songs, a local guide’s lore, and a friendly scavenger bouquet contest amid the South Platte canyons. A summer pamphlet, mailed to subscribers via C. H. Speers in Denver, notes flowering stops and excursions.
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Colorado
Colorado Midland Railway
Colorado Springs
Colorado City
Manitou
Ute Pass
Hayden Divide
Lake George
Granite Canon
South Park
Pike's
C. H. Speers
The
Denver
Printer Costs: Who Pays the Printer The Customer or You
A brief guidance piece argues that cheap printing shifts costs to the user or reader, noting the publisher benefits when the customer pays for the printer. The adage warns a merchant using low quality printing risks losing business and credibility.
Grim Tales of Surviving the Scaffold and a Grim Comedy
A collage of 18th century execution rescues including Annie Green and Half Hanged Maggie Dickson, with cases of restorations after hanging and a note on no drop methods. The piece also recalls a theatrical anecdote where a pompous actor-manager mocks a young actress and she replies she has seen his Macbeth.
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Henry HL
Inetta de Baisham
Monward
Dr. Plot
Annie Green
Oxford
William Dutell
London
Cork
Richard Johnson
Shrewsbury
Miss Blank
Prejudice Against Curly Haired Men on Juries
A prominent lawyer recalls a preconception that curly haired men are pampered and stubborn. He says such jurors may distrust others and vote against the majority, making him reluctant to allow curly haired men on juries whenever possible.
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Hfe
Hether
The Nile’s Silence and Jubilee Stamps Observed
A fragmentary note mixes reflections on the Nile’s quiet mystery and the gaze of camels with a mention of Austria’s Jubilee stamps. It describes eight stamps forming a miniature gallery of seven rulers including Franz Josef and Joseph II, amid stray typographic fragments.
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Nile
Austria
Imperial Post of
Frans. Josef
Heller
Joseph. T
Emily’s Kind Deed Tied to a Dog’s Tail
In a Band of Mercy meeting near Denver a boy or girl recounts a good act. Emily rises and explains she tied a tin can to a stray dog’s tail to learn what it felt like, then removed it to prevent harm.
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Colorado
Band of Mercy
Denveredd
Emily
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Kentucky
Mother’s Knee
South Platte River
Edlowe
Woodland Park
Colorado Midland
DR. O. C. Diehl
Diller, Nebr
E. Gg
F St
Washington. D
Diler Diner Brothers
L. P. Raymond
Edison
U. S
Casnowe
U.S Patent Office
ON. D.C
Dr. H. Bauguess
Diller, Nebraska
Puget Sound
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Utah
Wyoming
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Big Horn Basin
Yellowstone Valley
D. Clem Deaver
Burlington Land Seekers’ Information Bureau
Omaha
Cyan As
J.G. Neely
Neely
J. Monroe Davis
First National Bank
Fairbury
Neb
Reistles
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