Local Business Cards and Trades Advertised
A collection of old business notices lists services including jewelry repair at a store near the Post Office, watch company work experience, piano tuning, barbering and hairdressing on Maple Street, ladies美容 services, house painting and glizing, sign and carpentry work by Harvey Townsend, and carpentry and stair building by Townsend on Walnut Street near Park Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Een
Waltham, Remont and
Nework
H. ©. McLaughlin
Maple Street
Tribune
Harvey Townsend Carpsrree
Walnut St
Denver and Rio Grande Rail Route to Mexico Explored
A Pueblo Chieftain report describes a reconnaissance party for the Denver and Rio Grande Railway from Puebla to Mexico City. It details Santa Fe, Albuquerque, El Paso, and a southern Mexican corridor with vast coal, timber, iron, and silver resources, plus potential agricultural and manufacturing interchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noute
Rio Grande
Puebla
City of
Mexico
Denver and Rio Grande
Montesumas
Gov. A. C. Hunt
Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company
Chama River
Santa Fe
San Ildefonso
Santi Fe
Territory
New Mexico
Galisteo River
Denver and
Valley of the
San Felipe
Albuquerque
Duke of Albuquerque
el Paso
Gallinas
Socorro
Fort Craig
Paraje
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
Fort Selden
Jornada del Muerto
Jornada
Martin
Messilla Valley
Messilla
Texas Pacific Railway
Sonora
Chihuahua
Gulf of California
Pueblo
Pacific Ocean
Gov. Hunt
Salt Lake Valley
Hunt
Conchos River
Durango
Peter BS
Eneinilla
Chibushua
Conchos
Hidalgo
Florida
Nazas River
Nazas
Pedrecena
Fresnillo
Zacatecas
Atlantic
Pacific
Jacinto
Rio Grande de Santiago
San Jacinto
Republic of Mexico
Nepal
Aguas Calientas
Lagos
Leon
Guanajuato
Queretero
Guy
Denver San Rio Grande
United States
Tropics
Fishy Letters and Old Time Industry Notes
A jumble of 1872 letters and brief items notes Josh Billings famed as a fisherman, Baldwin’s Monthly humor, and The Golden Transcript on soap-weed blotting paper. It also recalls a Norwich Connecticut farm of a lifelong twenty year hire with $12,000 spring sale by cash, saving $11,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Billings
Josh
Pompunk
Derr BaLpwin
New York Wekly
Messrs. Street & Smith
New York Weekly
Hed Waters
Delaware
Ned Buntline
Deer Baldwin
Josa Bivirsas
The
Golden Transcript
Golden
Norwich
Connecticut
Shepard
Economy in the Use of Water and Irrigation Practices
Letter from J. D. Buexley, engineer at Greeley, Colorado, dated August 10, 1872, argues for high capacity water laterals and four cubic feet per second flow to maximize acre‑hour efficiency. He outlines canal cross sections, flow rates, evaporation loss, and suggests enlarging laterals to double water capacity for pro rata farming. includes practical notes on vermin control and chicken care by O. S. Bruise, Franklin County, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley Tribune
Colorado
J. D. Buexley
U. C. Greeley
Bruise
Franklin Co
Chick rearing notes from Country Gentleman reader
A reader advocates Colored Dorkings as hardy and productive chickens. Covers feeding with Indian meal and sour dairy, worm-chasing, and a tethered mother hen method to protect brood. Also notes neighboring flocks suffer predation and outlines a simple yet structured incubation and care routine.
Mortality and Wealth in Henry Ward Beecher Notes
A Beecher reflection on grave limits of wealth and status, arguing only moral and spiritual qualities pass beyond death. Mentions Joaquin Miller and Overland Monthly critique of Miller’s Southern California piece and a harsh note on a drunken portrayal. California Agriculturist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joaquin Miller
Califo
Overland Monthly
California Agriculterist
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sare
Go. F. Inman
McPhail & Co
Boston
Terme
Box
Basir
Greeleyouse
T. K. Butler
Ason
Robert Stevens
Science
Jefferson
D. B. Bennett
Omeopathic
Spruce Street
Barnum House
G. Law
Adams and
Pine Streets
Pfiower & Cameron's Drug Store
A. Ingallee
the Bank
Main Street
Greeley
J. Leavy
Ilorist
Main St
Grant and
Sherman Sts
J. MM. Moss
Monroe St
Higley
Mr. Moss
Childs
Colony Hall
L. van Gohiren
Walnut Street
B. Talbot
Hollister & Savage
F. J. Percival
Arpenter
Walnut and
Madison Streets
J. Henry
Madison St
Main
Walnut
P. J. Rogers & Son
NEW Black Smith Shop
J.D. Buchley
Doe
SOVCE
E. Lowndes
Winchester Armes Co
New Haven
Conn
Oak Streets
Adams
Monroe
Baptist Church
Harry Burrows
Walmut and
Sherman Streets
W. HW. Schenck, Schenck & McElroy
W. McElroy
Madison Street
Pine
Schenck & McElroy
Colo
W. Kirby
Kirby
Ciary OF
Meaeco
Baldwin's Monthly
Henry Ward Beeche
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