Taking the newspaper clipping apart name X name. Appears that the Colorado newspaper only shared the story that took place in Iowa and for 100 people who came from all over the country to be there.
"Governor Kendall (wikipedia has "Governor Kendall -1922 of IOWA) which maybe tells us this Reception did not take place in Colorado but Iowa.
Rev. W.H. Griffin
Rev. S. Bates "welcomed the guests to the city"
Lewis S. Pitcher Retired Commander in Chief of the GAR
G. W. Edwards, a past commander of the G. A. R. post No. 343,St. Louis! Mo.;
David Harris, the “human calculator,” of Alton, Ill.. .
↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4P4-9QV : 19 February 2021), Alex Russell, Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 71, sheet 363D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,667. Sheet Number and Letter: 363D
Affiliate Film Number: 0667 ---Digital Folder Number: 005161201--Image Number: 00081
↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9F4-3RY : accessed 9 June 2021), Alex Russell, Beat 1 Vicksburg city Ward 2, Warren, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 120, sheet 1B, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,831. Indexing Batch: N00839-0 --Household ID: 19--Digital Folder Number: 004120352--Image Number: 00074
Newspaper: "Rollin' Along" in The Washington Times. Washington, D.C., 04 July 1938. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
Pension: "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934" citing Affiliate Publication Title: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Affiliate Publication Number: T288; Affiliate Film Number: 174; Digital film/folder number: 005080263; FHL microfilm: 540930 FamilySearch Record: KDYL-FLR (accessed 1 October 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GTYY-96FC Image number 00623 Name: Rose Gibson Or Russell; Pension Date: 1892; Pension Place: Mississippi, United States.
1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940" citing Affiliate Publication Number: T627; Line: 4; Digital film/folder number: 005449696; Image number: 297; Sheet number: 5; Sheet letter: A FamilySearch Record: VB3X-HB4 (accessed 1 October 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9MR-VWFD Name: Rosie Russell; Residence Date: 1935; Residence Place: Same House; Birth Date: 1830; Birth Place: Mississippi; Census Date: 1940; Census Place: Beat 2, Warren, Mississippi, United States; Ethnicity: African American; Marital Status: Widowed; Race: Negro; Age: 110; Relationship To Head: Head; Ims Ctl File Id: 679312; System Of Record: SLS.
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