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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1873
Page
1
A writer details a disastrous lawn experiment after moving to the country and trying seed from Kentucky. Watering dykes fail, grass and weeds form a battle, fish pond becomes frog habitat, and repeated sodings cost mounting sums. He reflects on folly, perseverance, and the lure of perfection through experience.
The Cornhill Magazine writer praises Jane Eyre as fearless and realistic while noting its unflinching honesty about female life. The piece then shifts to a fervent temperance sermon, condemning the liquor trade, predicting a national awakening, and urging abolition of the alcohol system as sixty thousand lives are lost yearly.
A compilation of 19th century notices lists physicians, shops, livery stables, a sign painter, and a price reduction for signs. Garus L E MARSH M D advertises female care and liver and lung diseases with Office on Main Street. Moss advertises shop on Monroe Street offering satisfactory work. Pyburn Reeley Livery Stable on Madison Street offers best turnouts. Cannon Proprietor offers board and drivers. Inman signs paint shop on Main Street pledging lower prices. Hilton announces sign price cuts of twenty to twenty five percent and promises cheap, quality work.
New or and after Monday May 19 1873 I will start my Milk Wagon and supply PURE MILK and BENES. J Hen ry and F J Percival advertise bread cakes pies Boston brown bread at Main St near Colony Hall. Carpenter builder and surveyor offer services. Paint and glazing by R Burchelle. Boot maker promises best French calf. Real estate rental loan and conveyancing office opposite the Post Office listing Colorado property and legal services.
The New York journal mocks the 8600 pound sandstone monument brought from Maine for Lieuten ant Wheeler’s survey station in Georgetown Colorado. It questions the cost and blasts away granite to fit it, urging use of local Colorado rock instead for future stations.
A Hartford Times letter from 19th century describes San Xavier del Bac near Tucson as a large square adobe church with 119 intact images, flawless acoustics, and gilded interiors valued at about forty thousand dollars. The writer also cites Grace Greenwood on women and infanticide, comparing views to Herod.
A poetic fragment from Creeley Colorado Panonr expresses unwavering devotion across time. The speaker vows fidelity whether near or far and recalls a shared kiss as a binding spell. Imagery blends starry skies with eternal promises and a single voice awaiting reunion in the hereafter.
The Christian Union argues the era’s great battle is against a rising plutocracy driven by concentrated wealth and corporate power. It urges a twofold remedy of personal honesty and moral education to curb corruption and ensure virtuous governance.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent claims he cannot see Long’s or Pike’s Peaks from Denver despite clear days. A quip notes the rear platform view, passengers lighting Henry Clays by engine fires, and a joke about trains with only three coaches to avoid rear collisions.
The Amherst Anvil voices steady faith in Woman Suffrage amid repeated legislative rebuffs. It notes efforts grow as strong men and true women add names and support, predicting eventual change despite slurring and misrepresentation.
About eleven thousand women signed an advertisement praising Mr Disraeli for his support of the suffrage movement in England. Disraeli replies that he believes current restrictions on female franchise are wrong and hopes Paris will guide their removal.
The Missouri Republican accuses the party of betraying women with a pretend respect for women’s rights. It cites New Hampshire and Massachusetts defeats for school vote bills, urging suffragists to disengage from the GOP. The piece commends Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes for funding a Staten Island home for 25 children with orderly, attentive care under James Stiltzer and a capable matron.
Bailey of the Danbury News declines an invitation to New York comparing the city to fresh oranges that are quickly exhausted and discarded. He says he prefers staying at his country home after seeing others go with high hopes and return with nothing.
In South Keene New Hampshire a patient with chest pain was treated with linseed oil and camphor. A cotton batting pad soaked in oil overheated and ignited within an hour burning the man’s neck severely.
A Ohio meeting urged recognition of women's equality before the law in the state constitution. One speaker appealed to 5000 tax paying women in Hamilton County, whose real estate assessment stood at $3,000,000.
A young woman from the Catskills marks her climbs on an alpenstock bearing names of Alpine peaks, Pyrenean passes, Scottish summits, Mount Washington, a Blue Ridge peak, and Rocky Mountain localities she has conquered.
The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage has accepted the editorship of The Christian at Work and will publish his sermons and articles exclusively in the journal. He will begin duties in August.
Mrs Minnie Myrtle Miller, the deserted wife of Joaquin, will travel to Oregon to be with her children and then establish residence in New York to pursue literary labor.
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