Bygone Stories from the Creede Candle 1894

By Karen Ballentine

Did you ever wonder what sort of news was in the newspapers in the 1890s? Or why anyone would bother reading news that old? Here is your chance to find out: SIGNALS FROM MARS: Professor Wiggins says the inhabitants of Mars are signaling and he proposes to answer them with a similar signal. They will put out their lights in a hurry when they find out whom they are talking to. WOMEN WILL HELP MAKE LAWS: All the legislative tickets in Colorado have women candidates and it is certain that a number of woman members will help make the laws at the next session. About 40,000 women have registered. MINES AND PROSPECTS: The Amethyst Company had announced that it might be possible to recover the bodies of the victims of the disaster of two months ago by midnight of yesterday but in the afternoon the pumps gave out on them so that the water gained again and not until next Tuesday can the mine be dried even with no more bad luck. The water is again up to the sixth level.STATE LEGISLATUREThe state legislature has done nothing but make an expense bill of about $20,000. We are now promised an early adjournment of the legislature. For this and other blessings, thanks. DOUBLE-DECKER HEARSE: A Baltimore man has invented a double-decker hearse which carries both casket and mourners. From an economic standpoint, he has completed a great undertaking. UTAH ADMITTED: Utah's admission to the union making the number of states forty-five leaves only Arizona, New Mexico, Indian Territory and Alaska under the territorial form of government. The two former may achieve statehood soon but the treaties with various tribes will keep the Indian Territory out of the sisterhood for years to come and it is doubtful whether Alaska will ever be more than a federal dependency. It is likely, therefore, that the present generation will not see more than forty-seven stars on the flag.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1726880575
• ISBN13: 9781726880572
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"