Cucumbers and early glassed-vegetable culture idea
The article discusses early cucumber harvests around April to June with frequent shipments by train, recounts planting strategies to counter grasshoppers, and notes how watering keeps vines vigorous. It contrasts old drought struggles in Ohio, praises fresh cucumbers, and argues for more glass greenhouses to grow high priced crops in cities like Denver and Boston. It adds observations on vinegar quality, then shifts to reflections on love and life with quotes from Coleridge.
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Ohio
Tiberius
Christ
Capri
Naples
Boate
London
Bishop Haven Sermon Praised In Georgia Church
The Bishop Haven of Georgia delivered a thoughtful sermon on Christian perfection and beauty at a Methodist Church. He appeared as a portly intellectual man over fifty, admired by many prominent figures and praised for clear logic and graceful delivery, though his voice lacked higher tones. The piece also discusses contrasts between types of great men, notes about Middle Park’s mineral prospects, railroad plans, and mountain travel practices.
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Haven
Georgia
Methodist Church
Johnson
Charles Sumner
Millard Filmore
Henry Wilson
Brigham Young
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Shurz
William Everett
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Carlyle
John Knox
Bishop Haven
Beecher
Prof
Huxley
Mining agency picked for Centennial exhibit in Colorado Springs
The Colorado Springs Mining Agency is chosen to collect mineral specimens for a government exhibit at the Centennial. Colorado plans to show independently of the federal display. The note mentions credit to articles on Newspapers and Getting Logs out of the Mountains and lists A. T. Stewart as a top ad spender. Frank Blair’s death is noted with minimal estate value. Frank Seward and Spinner named for state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colorado
New York Tribune
Boulder News
Bear River country notes from Georgetown Miner journey
Col P M Smart returns from Bear River country via Gore and Berthoud Passes describing Middle Park growth, Hayden as a new central point for Western Colorado Improvement Company, diverse crops and pasturage, Bear River valley settlement, Elk river gold placers, Steamboat Springs, and prospects for a saw mill and county development with settlers heading toward Bear River and Egeria Park.
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Georgetown
P. M. Smart
Bear River
Berthoud Pass
Middle Park
Gore Pass
Grand Lake
Grand County
Egeria Park
Hayden
Western Colorado Improvement Company
Rver
Rawlins
Union Pacific
Elk River
Gore Range
Colorado
Lord Gore
Tonng
Cozzens
River Rise Near Memphis Without Major Flood Damage
Memphis August 9 The river at this point continues to rise rapidly with about an inch gain since six o clock last evening. Yet the outlook improves due to decline at Cairo and reports from the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad officers that little flood evidence exists along the St Francis at Madison Arkansas and in the bottom between here and there. Much of the area submerged in April is now spared as bayous and lakes are empty and vegetation slows water flow. Unless St Francis danger grows, damage between Memphis and Helena will be minor and limited to a few plantations.
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Memphis
Cairo
Memphis and
Little Rock
St. Francis
Madison
Arkansas
Here
Helena
North Park Colorado 1876 travel notes on flora fauna and springs
From Noutil Park Giant Springs North Park Col July 11 1876 describes two weeks of mountain travel across Colorado's wildest park. Observations cover routes from Laramie river canyon weather frost and snow banks game including bears and antelope streams and springs notably Giant spring. Editor notes potential ranching mining prospects and rich meadows forests wildlife and solitude for tourists with limited trout in North Platte tributaries.
Dwellings and Dunes Mark Desert Crossing Westward
The narrator’s camp travels west from Mosca Pass into the San Luis Valley under the Sangre de Christo range. They describe vast sand dunes and yellow sand drifted by constant winds, creating a hostile landscape that challenges streams and travelers. The party notes lakes, alkali pools, and a looming desert future as they reach the Rio Grande and rest by a roaring river.
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Denver News
San Juan
Rio Froripa
Con
Mosca Pass
San Luis Valley
Sangre de Christo
Estern
San Luis Lakes
Rio Grande
Denver
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New York
South
Boston
England
Tropics
California
Coleridge
Orange County
Cache la Poudre
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Omaha
the Sentinel
George West
A. T. Stewart
Frank Blair
Insurance Commissioner
Frank Seward
Spinner
Bear River Valley
Noutil Park
The
North Park
Col
Laramie River Canyon
Laramie City
Bruin
Middle
San Luis Parks
Rocky Mountains
New York Highlands
Ima
North Platte
South Platte
Auter Keo
Oren
del Norte
Loonliti
Untess
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