This week in Aspen history
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“A woman robbed,” declared a headline in the Aspen Daily Chronicle on Oct. 18, 1890.
“It has been a long time since Aspen had anything in the way of a hold-up robbery but a little incident that happened Thursday evening shows that there is still a sneak thief in town mean enough to rob a woman. Mrs. Frankle, a sister-in-law of B. Silver, who lives out on East Main street, came up town about 8 o’clock in the evening to the doctor’s to get some quinine. She carried in her hand a small satchel which nearly every lady takes with her when she goes shopping. Mrs. Frankle noticed that she was followed by a stranger but though nothing of it. When she was nearly home the fellow overtook her and as he passed he grabbed her wrist and wrenched the satchel from her hand. He disappeared like a flash and Mrs. Frankle could not see enough of him to identify the thief. Fortunately there was nothing in the satchel but the quinine, but the lady regrets the loss of her satchel very much.”
Burlingame Ranch Phase 1 homeowners concerned about where their dues are going
The Burlingame Ranch Phase 1 Homeowners Association Board voted during a September to only require receipts from Rutledge and Company, which manages the community, if the cost is over $500, one homeowner said.
