Keaton Round-Up Highlights Local Arrivals and Farm Life
From Our Own Correspondent notes arrivals like Mr. E Hurdle Fr Bradfield cousins of A J Eaton and Mr B S Shattuck at Eaton property. Updates on illness of Mr Austin and family visits while farmers prep ground for corn potatoes and alfalfa. Hon B H Eaton as governor candidate drives farmlands with acreage targets as J A Goodan buys an organ for his daughter and Knox promotes Sunday school despite weather challenges.
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J.C Towler
C. McWilliams
E. Hurdle
Fr. Bradfield
A. J. Eaton
B.S. Shattuck
Mr. Strang
Mr. Eaton
Colorado
Mr. Austin
Miss E. Hilton
Greeley
Mrs. Austin
FE. Willis
Kansas
Gillis
F. Doke
Frank
Willis Eaton
B. H. Eaton
Lone Tree
J. A. Goodan
Knox
Berthoud Notes From Fort Collins Courier
Local notes report Charles Cates of New Castle Pennsylvania arriving with family and settling at Highland Lake. A March snowstorm aids early crops while half the sowing is completed. Sarah Garvin leaves district 23 for Longmont for summer months. town construction active with Mason’s near-finished house. Farmers adopt alfalfa and red clover seed for hay, with many sowing at least five acres. Kerrs ship Jersey red pigs to Major Kerr. Berkshire stock kept locally. Crane buys chickens. a cennery starts at his warehouse. Davis tills half of Welch’s section with wheat and oats. fifty acres of fall wheat green. Shalenberger and Haley arrive from Missouri. William Newell builds large two-story home east of town. Cross moves post office to Munson & Co’s store.
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Fort Collins
Charles Cates
New Castle
Highland Lake
Sarah Garvin
Kerr
Saline County
Berkshire
Colorado
F. A. Crane
Wm. Davis
Welch
Wm. Newell
Central City
Cross
Munson & Co’s
Sterling Notes from Sterling News
Mr P H Mahony returned to Sterling after visiting Denver. Citizens plan thousands of strawberry plants this year aiming to ship berries by the car load in a few years. Hardware dealer J Watson was bed-bound but is now able to resume work. Al Slattery suffered severe frostbite on his feet while following a band of wild...
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Sterling News
P. H. Mahony
Denver
Sterling
Longmont
Mullen
Mallen
Local Horses and Sheep Move Between Front Range Areas
Horses were brought to Denver last Saturday and hospital care was needed for the animal, with possible amputation discussed. O W Hadfield, a noted sheep farmer, has driven his large flock to Wildhorse Lake south of Sterling to await better grazing conditions locally.
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Denver
O. W. Hadfield
Sterling
Wildhorse Lake
Gold camp reports promise in Widow's Claim and Mother Lode drawing
From chARDALENE Mernyvittr April 2 1884 Thursday miners and claim owners rush to head off jumpers on last day of grace. No dust yet but expect soon as openings proceed. Widow's Claim opened with notable take and cleanups of forty ounces reported. Lodes sold for 2200 and 10000. Mother Lode draws crowds as a large water-borne gold bearing boulder valued at 2500, with 50000 reportedly refused. Lot jumping and shooting distress the camp. twenty shots last Saturday left a man shot in head and another leg wound. Doctors and lawyers busy this spring as trails wear.
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Mernyvittr
Eagle
Local Homes Under Construction in Winbourne Area
George W. Marks has plastered a new brick house north of his blacksmith shop. George Haynes is constructing a small frame residence. John B. Wheeler has rented the Winbourne store and hotel and plans a brick residence.
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George W. Marks
George Haynes
John 8. Wheeler
Winbourne
Mr. Wheeler
Platteville Whispers Dr Stradley Opens Practice Here
From Our Own Correspondent Platteville April 14 Dr A Stradley formerly of Wabash Ind has recently opened practice here The doctor s family are now living on the St Vrain but expect to move to Platteville this fall The new drug firm Brisco Co are doing a lively business Mr Hopkins has just made a sale of his coal mine to A Wiggins of Erie for 1200
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Platteville
A. Stradley
Wabash
Ind
St. Vrain
Brisco & Co
Hopkins
A. Wiggins
Erie
Improvements at Eaton Builds Town’s Busy Future
Substantial improvements surge at Eaton as a two story brick store and hotel rise above ground with a basement for 45 carloads of potatoes. A 50 foot high elevator stores 75 thousand bushels of grain and a modern grain cleaner plus feed mill operate. A brick stable and corrals go up, a two story brick school rises, and a brick depot earns notable praise. A flouring mill of 200 barrels daily is under construction, nearby brick and coal mine bolster local resources.
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Eaton
Cheeley
Denver
Cheyenne
Wheat price feuds threaten Colorado mills and farmers
Letter from Murray attacks millers over wheat pricing in Fort Collins and Greeley. Farmers claim surplus rhetoric hides high costs while mills seek lower prices. He rails at promises used to push wheat down to 1.05 to 1.10, urging unity and fair value for wheat and bran.
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Hardihood
Colorado
Collins
Bowen
Greeley
Mullen
Denver Times
Fort Collins
Muller
Vor
Murray
Montezuma Hotel Rebuilds At Las Vegas Hot Springs
Kansas City Daily Journal reports the Montezuma at Las Vegas Hot Springs will be rebuilt fire proof using red and white granite from Gallinas. Architects plan a palace like hotel on Reservoir Hill with 300 guest rooms, verandahs, modern conveniences, cottages and villas. Until completion 100 guests will stay at the Hot Springs Hotel.
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Las Vegas Hot Springs
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Gallinas
Reservoir Hill
Gallinas Cango
Hot Springs
Las Vegas
Pleasant crowd praises Las Vegas Hot Springs plans
A host of agreeable and influential visitors including Senators Edmunds and Logan enjoyed a summer visit to Hot Springs. They praised the grounds and improvements aimed at boosting the resort's beauty. Even with Montezuma in ashes Las Vegas Hot Springs aims to strengthen its status as a health resort and a midway stop on the Santa Fe route to California and Mexico. The piece hints that the famed Montezuma will return, fulfilling local prophecy.
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Edmunds and
Logan
Las Vegas
California
Mexico
Cattle Kings at Wyoming Convention Highlight Western Wealth
From Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nebraska and Colorado visitors emerge as major cattle magnates. Notable figures include Fine P. Ernest, a Texas cowboy turned millionaire, and Jared L. Brush of Creeley with an estimated 300,000 fortune. Governor Routt and Bruce Johnson of Greeley are cited among leading cattle owners while Paris newspapers Morning News and Le Matin showcase American enterprise abroad.
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Rotacker
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Nebraska
Colorado
Fine P. Ernest
Texas
Jared L. Brosh
Creeley
Ohio
Plains
Denver
Missouri River
Brush
J. L. Routt
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Joe Murray
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Paris
Morning News
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le Atin
Matin
Chamberlain
Ives
Europe
Slopkins
Lyons
Ivory Chamberlain
Herald
Telegraph
Weld County
Ezra M. Nusbaum
Range
David F. Camp
A. White
George Howard
W. Knight
Wills Dugal
Register
Jeremiah A. Wadlin
I. J. M.G. Wadlin
J. M.G. Wadlin
Jeremianm A, Wadlin
Walnut Street
Pine Street
Main Street
Platte
Orchard
Evans
Alfred T. Bacon
Hunter's Building
Willard & Treat
Platte Valley
Evans Ditch No
la Salle
Nantes
Platte Land Co.,, Ltd
Larimer
Ames, Bailey & CO
Dawley & CO
Greeley, Colo
Bates & Muhr
Tabor Bik
Cor
16Th & Larimer Sts
Colo
Henry Igo
Andrew Coosen
Lewis C. Miller
Edwin W. Hoskin
A. D. Preston
Louis Dugal
Sarah A. Nichols
County of Weld
County Court
A. D
A. F.T. Nicnos
Page Graham
Wm. H. Flynt
Robert Baugh
L. C. Baker
EK. Baker
Deuel
George Graham
L. C. Baxer
L. W. Kimball
Machine
Packard
Blaine
Arthur
Buford
J. J. Case & Co’s
Triumph Grain Daily
Poudre
J. Max Clark
Saddles & Harnes
SPU
R.ee. Har
S. J. Gilmore
Lari Lake
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