Weld County Denies Liquor Licenses and Embraces Prohibition
Weld County Commissioners announce no licenses for alcohol sales across the county. Towns such as Evans and Erie will join Julesburg as temperance communities. The writer argues Weld County's vast plains and 2000 local Indians suggest frontier life, yet the region enforces prohibition as strictly as Ohio debates.
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Weld County
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Erie
Julesburg
Massachusetts
Buffalo Country
Ohio
Colorado
Italian climate and travel notes across Alps and Italy
The editor rebutts jokes about Colorado climate by citing a Bayard Taylor letter from Rome and travels through Lausanne Geneva Chambery Modane Turin Parma Piacenza Reggio Modena Bologna to discuss winter conditions. The journey details cold weather, snow across Lombardy and Sicily reports, and lingering northern winds affecting comfort and writing.
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Italy
Virgil
Bayard Taylor
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Lausanne
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Piacenza
Reggio
Modena
Bologna
Adriatic
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Wealthy Green City Colony partner claims vast land holdings
An interview with a principal proprietor of the Green City Colony reveals immense wealth and plans to build a city rivaling Philadelphia. He owns about 10 000 lots and notes hundreds of miles of unoccupied country suitable for expansion. He recently bought half of a grist mill at Evans for 1000 dollars and holds 9 500 bushels of wheat ready to grind.
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Denver
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Evans
Denver tycoon plans canal linked irrigation empire
A wealthier chief claims 8 000 cattle with 200 dairy cows at Green City and says he will water 2 000 000 acres by a Platteville to Green City canal 100 feet wide ten feet deep. He owns 5 000 acres near Richmond Virginia and predicts Union Pacific’s profits prove canal viability. Denver people, notably Stanton, agree the project is sound.
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Denver
Richmond
Julesburg
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Platteville
Stanton
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Anna Dickinson Speech Triggers Prostitution Law Repeal
The article chronicles Anna Dickinson's St Louis speech influencing moral reform. It notes Missouri lawmakers repealed a prostitution regulation after her visit and that she echoed the speech in Chicago, awakening public conscience and spurring political change. Politicians and the public recognize a rising female influence shaping the era.
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Anna Dickinson
St. Louis
Chicago
Missouri
Trees in the Park Need Plowing for Growth
A town opinion urges the Town Board to plow a five foot wide strip on each park side to control weeds and give trees room to grow. It notes well kept lines by Monroe and Maple streets and argues neglected trees suffer despite watering and cultivation.
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Monroe
Maple
Sanitarium Proposal for Greeley Promises Growth
A plan to establish a five acre sanitarium near town in Greeley suggests starting with a small house for a few patients and expanding with single story wings. A physician proprietor, baths, trees, and a carriage service are recommended to attract 50 to 100 patients in the first year, with scalable growth at low cost. Investment of 85000 or 10000 would yield about two percent monthly.
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Colorado Sanitarium Boom Attracts Invalids
The article notes no sanitarium in Colorado as Dr. Buchtel closes his establishment amid hiring difficulties and wealth. His closing leaves his crowded house to boarders while invalids increasingly seek Colorado for treatment, signaling potential indefinite growth in the care trade.
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Colorado
Temperance and social reform in New Jersey and beyond
In Newark 1874 a speaker links temperance to ending distillery power and government control, arguing banning liquor reduces crime and boosts revenue. He basely critiques England’s sanitary laws on prostitution, denounces male hypocrisy, and urges vigilant policing and moral action. He ends with a mountain ascent allegory on duty and renewal.
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Newark
Water delivery gate model shows irrigation promise
Max Clark's adjustable rear gate on a standard flume may divide canal water equitably by allowing controlled falls into the air from the canal bottom. If successful it could transform irrigation in town, while the new Town Board prepares to address and organize southeast town water supply and the Oak Street lateral.
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Max Clark
Colony Board
Clark
Colorado
Utah
Town election slate shifts as candidates chosen
Election returns show Ira Canfield, John Leavy, B. C. Adams, 8. K. Thompson, and Jos. Moore elected. The regular ticket dropped Ingalsbe after he refused to run and an opposition ticket formed. All winners are described as strong temperance men.
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Ingalsbe
Ira Canfield
John Leavy
B. C. Adams
8. K. Thompson
Jos. Moore
Greeley Town Board Proceedings April 1874 Urges Election Closings
Regular meeting of the Greeley town board approves last minutes. Refunds fines for violation of Ord No 40. Fines for Hawes Hazen Ranney refunded. Accounts for J. C. Higley and Scott approved. Treasurer’s report placed on file. Election returns show Leavy Adows Thompson Moore Canfield elected Town Trustees. Constable Kibler and Clerk Hall elected. Election expenses listed, board adjourns sine die.
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John Leavy
Ovid Plumb
B. C. Adams
J. L. Brush
Jos. Moore
K. Thompson
Ane
N. F. Hazen
Theo. Ingalsbe
Ira Canfield
J. H. Jones
L. von Gobren Steereneee
Eli Hall
W. Shattuck
Boyd
James Kibler
B. Weigel
Board of Trustees
Greeley
Colorado
Nichols
Sleek
Jos. Moore TV
Pee Ema
Theo Ingalabe
Ralph Moke
Jon
Hevneg
Jose Hawes
John Ranney
Wellon
J. C. Higley
Jackson Sires
A. L. Welch and Co
Jos
Alcunaceekuaie
Josph Moore
Leon Gobron
EM Hall
Homemade Yeast Preparation Methods From Newspaper Fragments
The clipping describes readying yeast by boiling hops with flour and sugar and a salt measure, then resting the mixture for 36 hours. It also notes a second method using a tin cup and warm water to produce yeast in several hours, instructing stirring and warm maintenance.
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