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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1874
Page
4
County Commissioners refuse liquor licenses for Weld County towns including Evans and Julesburg. The editor urges Eastern readers to visit the Plains to see Weld County’s temperance progress and compares western foresight with Eastern states efforts.
The piece recalls editor harassment over a Colorado Italy climate comparison and shares an 1874 Bayard Taylor Rome letter. It describes a journey through Lausanne Geneva and Chambery toward Mt Denis, then the Alps tunnel, noting cold, snow in Turin Parma Modena and Bologna, and hard winter conditions in Rome Naples and Palermo.
Interview with a principal proprietor on the way to Denver reveals immense wealth and ambitions. He owns about 10 000 lots in Green City and envisions laying out millions of lots across hundreds of miles of unoccupied country. He recently bought half of the Gris mill at Evans for 1000 dollars and holds 9 500 bushels of wheat to grind immediately.
The subject describes dairy farming near Green City and cheese making. He plans a 100 foot wide canal from Platteville to Julesburg to water 2,000,000 acres, and cites a $500 draft to cover travel. He notes rich back East property and a large Richmond area landholdings. Local Denver figures back his water project.
Anna Dickinson’s St Louis address powers readers to grasp a woman’s potential. The speech helped Missouri repeal a prostitution law by a large margin and influenced editors in Chicago to reject similar rules, signaling a dawning era of female influence in public life.
A citizen urges the Town Board to prepare a five foot wide strip on each park side by plowing and weed control to let trees thrive. He notes the contrast with cultivated maple trees along Monroe and Maple streets and warns cottonwood dies among weeds.
The piece argues for establishing a sanitarium in Greeley to serve Denver’s 5,000 invalids. Proposes buying a five acre town land, starting with a small house, expanding with one story wings, hiring a physician proprietor, baths, and pleasant grounds with trees. Foresees advertising drawing 50 to 100 patients in year one and scalable growth with low outlay. Estimated investment of 5 000 to 10 000 dollars to yield about two percent monthly.
The Colorado facility under Dr Buchtel shut down due to trouble with staff and possible wealth. His house, used as a boarding place, became crowded as invalids began seeking Colorado cures and the care business showed potential for indefinite growth.
The New York TriLune argues the distillery is the root of intoxication and calls for government controlled production of alcohol for scientific and medical use only. It urges legislative action to reduce crime and poverty by limiting licenses and revenue reliance on alcohol. Newark New Jersey March 24 1874 BC
The Colony Board adopts Clark’s adjustable rear gate on an ordinary flume to drop water from the bottom and meter a defined quantity into canal No. 2. He calls it the Italian method and claims it could solve fair water distribution, noting no similar system in Colorado or Utah.
The town voted on a regular ticket that dropped Ingalsbe after his withdrawal and elected Ira Canfield along with John Leavy B C Adams 8 K Thompson and Jos Moore. Strong temperance stance led to votes for town trustees with Canfield also listed on the tally. Additional names Ovid Plumb J L Brush N F Hazen Theo Ingalsbe J H Jones appear in the roll.
A fiery speech denounces sanitary and moral laws targeting prostitution, arguing laws harm women and blaming male demand. The speaker decries England’s Contagious Diseases Act, urges police registration of Johns, and condemns reformers who favor legalized control over moral decay.
Instructions from Tribune readers describe making yeast from hops flour sugar and salt with hours of warm setting and a second method using a tin cup water salt sugar soda and flour to form a stiff batter then kept warm to yield yeast in a few hours
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