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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1871
Page
2
The article argues against factory work for women and urges women to pursue horticulture and gardening in Greeley as a path to independence. It suggests ample local opportunity, esteem, and protection, estimating an acre could support a woman with strawberries currants and gooseberries yielding sizable profits over three years.
A piece argues women can profit from growing produce and flowers, learning pickle making, and pursuing horticulture to achieve independence. It extols outdoor work, contrasts music lessons, and envisions cooperative housekeeping, reading, and literature growth as women gain practical skills. It notes crop yields in Colorado, praising hard work over laziness and urging self-reliance.
Observers report rapid crop recovery in Greeley and surrounding areas. Fields show lush growth with most land under cultivation, while only a small fraction sits neglected. The climate and irrigation, along with hoe cultivation, drive a dramatic restoration of previously stressed fields.
The piece argues Colorado offers superior relief for chest and lung ailments due to high elevation from 4000 to 8000 feet, dry air, and reduced malaria. It endorses horseback riding to expand lungs and increase blood flow, notes variability in patient outcomes, and compares Greeley favorably to Denver with cheaper living and ample accommodations.
In a recent Republican nomination mess in Greeley the regular slate was smashed by a few local men. The writer argues that casting about 500 Republican votes will not yield a single mind, and that smashing slates is necessary to allow others a chance, even if outsiders benefit and accidental candidates win. Fitness for office is dismissed as unimportant.
The author argues that moral ideas underlie every outcome from labor to vice. They claim crops, food, and houses arise from faithful intentions, equating moral ideas with living by them, and suggest wrongdoing hinges on such ideas as well.
Last week Thursday the convention chose J. Shattuck as Chairman and W. J. Kram as Secretary with C. J. McDivit as Assistant. J. C. Higlsy was nominated for Assessor and B. T. Johnson for County Commissioner, O. P. Basset for School Superintendent. Delegates J. L. Brush, J. L. Kesler and W. J. Kram were appointed to vote for a Councilman and Representative. A Saturday session in St. Louis failed to nominate, leaving the outcome unclear.
At Mr Perring s place near Denver a gooseberry bush seemed full yet a week earlier he picked a bushel at once sold at 30 ets a quart Currants show little fruit in the Territory though some bushes are reported to yield well The market for these fruits could be large in the mountains but the 20000 valley towns must be supplied first
Goldrick of the Rocky Mountain Herald warns against Colorado colony schemes and rail road swindles, naming the North and South Railway Co and U S R R Co as frauds. He praises the Denver to Pike’s Peak line and the Denver Rio Grande as essential for prosperity, urging protest against profiteering financiers.
The writer notes numerous murders in Denver and nearby areas, mentions that full accounts appear in Denver papers, and endorses The Chicago Magazine as a Western fashion publication superior to Eastern publications.
The Evans Journal rebuts a Denver Tribune claim that Evans handles more freight than other line towns. It cites their freight totals from July and shows Greeley receiving 805,187 pounds compared with Evans 152,521, declaring a Greeley excess of 672,664 pounds.
A mix of letters and remarks: critique of Miller's 1871 letter on Greeley and the Northern Pacific, advice on poultry profitability in Colorado for small families, and quotes praising Every Saturday's printing. We also see tidbits about women correspondents, a Toledo Blade jab at Greeley coverage, a Georgia locomotive anecdote, Martha Nash with seventeen children, and emigration westward doubling this year according to an Iowa paper.
A roster enumerates federal officers of the territory and district and county posts. It names Governor Edwin McCook and Secretary Frank Hall in Denver, Supreme Court Chief Moses Hallet and Justices Wells and Belford, Attorney General L. C. Rockwell, and others including Surveyor General H. W. Lessig. County officers cover probate, sheriff, treasurer, assessor, and more with posts in Evans, Greeley, Fort Lupton, St. Vrain, and surrounding areas.
The Greeley Tribune outlines daily bell ringing for the Colony with railroad time marks for school and meetings. Times range from morning to evening with Sunday schedules noted, and a mailing point attendant warns against anonymous submissions. The paper mentions subscription payments and the press bed plate height above sea level.
The Methodist Mite Society plans a Thursday evening gathering on August 10 at Mrs. Pabor’s on Maple Street. The town reports progress in farming, gardening, and local enterprise with praise for Mr. Brockway’s flower offerings and Mr. Percival’s notable garden.
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