Temperance Crusade and Potatoes in Colorado Field Notes
The piece discusses temperance actions in Ohio and neighboring states, warns of battles over liquor, and envisions national conflict over prohibition. It also shifts to agricultural topics in Colorado, debating potato farming and premiums for fruit, with reflections on Beecher and broader culture.
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Indiana
Cleveland
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Sumter
Lincoln
Miamis
Scioto
Muskingum
Maine
Massachusetts
United States
Colorado
Colorado Industrial Association
Denver
Salt Lake
JULESBURG ROAD BUILDING SEEN UNDER WAY SOON
W A H Loveland reports from Boston that track laying may start within six weeks. Sidney Dillon, newly elected UP President, backs rapid progress and road importance. He notes South Platte iron will come via Julesburg to cut costs and boost business. Supreme Court bond legality delays sale. Exultant view for prospects.
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Julesburg
W. A. H. Loveland
Boston
Sidney Dillon
Union Pacific
Iveland
South Platte Road
Supreme Court
Golden Globe
Colorado Central work to resume aiding freight relief
A late New York World note reports Colorado Central will be pushed to completion soon. It notes relief from heavy freight rates for communities along the line and credits the Union Pacific control for the move.
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New York World
Union Pacific
Colorado Central
Golden Transit Expansion Seen as Historic Day
The completion of the line from Julesburg to Georgetown and Littleton will mark a milestone for Golden, creating Colorado’s most extensive and well located railway system and likely benefiting the Territory at large, according to the Golden Transcript.
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Julesburg
Georgetown
Littleton
Golden
Colorado
Golden Transcript
Early rhubarb yields and tender varieties
The article notes rhubarb ranks high for early growth and benefits from sunny spots and warm ground. Barrels over roots can blanch and ease sourness, with soil enriched to keep outside stalks tender. It lists four popular varieties Victoria Linnaeus Magnum Bonum and Prince Albert from Germantown Telegraph.
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Victoria
Prince Albert
Germantown Telegraph
Artesian Well at Fort Russell Reaches Coal Vein
The Cheyenne Leader reports the Fort Russell artesian well at 1350 feet with rock struck at 1212 feet. A coal vein, camnel coal, is found after about 100 feet of rock, described as hard and bright but thin. Slate remains the predominant rock through roughly 140 feet more.
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Fort Russell
The Granger War on Railroads Ends in Tragedy
A rural critique poem recounts a farmer and Grangers rising against rail freight with a slogan to gather them in. A politician exploits the movement, gains office, and the railroads multiply service. The farmer dies in a ditch after political ambition betrays the cause.
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Iron Horse
Granger
Win
Fuller’s Green City Herald venture ends in arrest and failure
A Chicago man named Dr Fuller tried to launch the Green City Herald in Green City. He hired a printer, used others material, and advertised merchants who never received payment. A sewing machine loaned as security was taken, and Fuller was arrested in Evans jail for swindling after failing to repay about $55 and $20 freight, leaving debts and attachments.
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Fuller
Chicago
Green City Colony
Green City
Colorado House
Green
Freeman & Eaton
Evans
Dr. Fuller
Yeast Making Curiosity Questions Old Reader Letter
A Greeley Tribune reader asks how to make yeast from scratch rather than rising methods. The note questions whether yeast could be made at all and seeks practical guidance from editors and readers.
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Greeley Tribune
Housekreren
Baptists Hold First Stream Baptism in Greeley
The Tribune notes a Sunday baptism at Cache la Poudre near Oak Street Bridge where Pastor Woods officiated for fourteen converts including two deacon wives and church singers. The ceremony marked the first witnessed baptism in a stream in Greeley.
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Tribune
Cache la Poudre
Oak Street Bridge
Woods
Greeley
Nichols to Open Grocery Store Next Week
Local news notes Mr Nichols plans to open a grocery establishment next week. The community discusses religious events, market changes, weather, and town industry from beaver trapping to tanning, with mentions of beaver and fur trades and a forthcoming festival at Nichols Hall.
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Adams
Park Church
WH. Post
F. Briggs
W. H. Hill
Saginaw
Mich
Greeley House
Judge Haynes
Weld County
Messrs. Jones and Co
A. B Cannon
Nichols’ Hall
Masonic Hall
Koogle
Messrs. Marx & Co
Platte
Marx
Greele
Free Church
Drunkenness Devastates Morals as Vices Rise
A historical reflection compares drunkenness to an eye that breeds vices and a fool's tongue. It warns that passion makes men worst and wine corrupts judgment, turning sane men into beasts and even devils, leaving a beastly presence in one’s own room.
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Colorado Agriculturist
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Hiome News
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