Toronto Valley and the Fight Over Water Rights
In the Colorado uplands near the Toronto valley Macpherson, a stockman, faces a looming land grab by a powerful syndicate bent on seizing water rights. A schoolteacher’s arrival stirs tensions with the Selter family as Bart Kilgore brings alarming news of a deal to drain the valley.
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Colorado Mountain
Macpherson
Toronto
Fort Cowan
Desperado
Sester
Gay
Six-Mile Canyon
Jake Selter
Angus Macpherson
Lester
Tennessee
Valley Head
Jim’s Peak
Selter
Kilgore
Bart
Cap
Mac
Gradin
Anak
Lester’s Ditch
Wit and Wisdom in Clergy and Converts from The Brown Man
A London Spectator remark on Bishop Stubbs praises wit and humane counsel to troubled souls. He quips about Homer translations and defends friends with sharp humor. The piece quotes an Oxford prize session and notes his mock Bible reference. It then shifts to Muslim proselytism, describing zeal, reform, and converts as political and social propulsion.
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London Spectator
Bishop Stubbs
Oxford
Stubbs
Chester
Samuel Wilberforce
Endor
Samuel
Bradshaw
Manchester
M. Townsend
Searing the Shepherds and a Marcus Aurelius Letter Tale
A fragment from Marcus Aurelius Fronto letters shows a playful scene. The philosopher recalls riding ahead with four dogs and two shepherds on a road. A shepherd jokes about robbery as horsemen approach. The sheep scatter and a shepherd’s fork nearly stops the escape.
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Marcus Aurelius Antonius
Marcus Cornelius Fronto
Difference Between Investment and Speculation
A humorous exchange notes that putting up money for oneself is seen as a speculation, while following a friend's advice is deemed an investment. The remark appears in Town and Country.
When Blood Doesn't Tell
A Chicago Daily News note questions how blood reveals kinship in a line about pogy relations and family ties.
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Chicago Daily News
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Angus
Syndicate
Selters
Nancy Sester
Miss Sanborn
Bart Kilgore
Oxford University
Nervita Medical Co
Clinton and
Jackson Sts
Chicago
Illinois
Siegfried's Pharmacy
Warren
the Warren Savings Bank
A. J. Hazeltine
O. W. Beaty
G. B. Ensworth
Geo. H. Jackson
L. B. Wood
James Clark
Charles W. Stone
M. B Dunham
L. R. Freeman
Chas. Sige
E. W. Campbell
Warren National Bank
Hon
Wm. D. Brown
Jerry Crary
D. W. Beaty
A. T. Scofield
Nelson P. Wheeler
G. N. Parmlee
Andrew Hertzel
Charles Chase
C. Schimmelfeng
Christian Smith
H. A. Jamieson
F. E. Hertzel
Cashier
NEW -York Tribune Farmer
New-York Weekly Tribune
New-York Tribune Farmer
Tribune Farmer
THE
Warren Mail
MAIL
NEW York Tribune Farmer
New York City
Carri
N. Greenland & Son Telephone
Exchange
Brock
Citizens Nat'l Bank
Warren, Pa
David L. Gerould
E. T. Hazeltine
L. W. Dennison
Jas. D. Parmlee
Levi Smith
J. G. Curtis
J. M. Bellis
G. W. Campbell
Samuel Peterson
Fred P. Hue
D. L. Gerould
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