Wheat surplus drives Colorado farmer action in Denver meeting
A Denver gathering of representative farmers seeks ways to dispatch one third of Colorado’s wheat crop to markets in Chicago and St Louis. A committee led by J W Richards will handle shipments, with funds sought to cover potential losses and subscriptions collected to support grain handling.
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Colorado
Stanger
Minnesota
Chicago
St. Louis
G. Holland
Longmont
W. R. Howell
Boulder
D. Martin
Greeley
J. G. Lilley
Littleton
J. C. Abbott
Wheatland
Henry Lee
L. H. Cole
Furmer
John C. Abbott
J. W. Richards
Messrs. Lee
Cole
Everett
J. K. Mullen
Missouri River
Denver Tribune
White River exploration describes willow jungles and limestone finds
Correspondent recounts a strenuous journey above the Agency into the White River valley in August 1878. The party navigates willow thickets, rocky ledges, and Cedar and cottonwood groves while noting limestone outcrops, gypsum near Gypsum Creek, and dense pine forests. They foresee timber resources, fording passages, and a vision of a future railroad and settlements in western Colorado.
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Greeley Tribune
White River
Colorado
Denver News
Agency
Owell
Douglas
W.8
Fullerton
Lot
Abraham
Judea
Powell’s Valley
Olio
Illnois
Missouri
Tennessee
Narrows
Powell Valley
Old States
South Fork
Alleghanies
Pennsylvania
Cumberland Valley
Sgeria Park
Middle Park
White River Agency
Plague spreads across southern cities with deaths rise
Telegraphic briefs report August 21 showing Jackson Mississippi panic and business suspension, New Orleans disinfection struggles, Memphis and Vicksburg case surges, widespread aid appeals, and related notes on Edison and criminal events.
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Jackson
Miss
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Memphis
Masonic
Board of Health
Montague
Greenwood Cemetery
Edison
Scientific Association
St. Louis
London
South Carolina
G. M. Pullman
Angell
Pullman Co
Troy N. Y
Shelbyville
Tenn
Kuklux
Deadwood
Nashville
Salt Lake City
Elena
Montana
Democracy in Greeley Advocates Greenbacks and Reform
Hon J F Welborn of Denver spoke on the current canvass in Greeley emphasizing Democratic principles. He challenged the idea that one party is inherently virtuous, criticized resumption policies, and urged greenbacks and a national banking reform while defending the party’s past remedies for hard times.
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J. F. Welborn
Denver
Belford
Judge Belford
Great West
Greenbacks
U.S. Treasury
France
Congress
Harrison
Ohio
National Bank
Republican Party
Welborn
Hon
8 Wheeler
Local Crop Notes Show Strong Yields and Varieties
A three week old hailstorm damaged gardens west of town yet measurements reveal robust growth. Tobacco leaves reach 25 by 14 inches, beans exceed eight inches, and sweet corn ears grow large. Wheat varieties Hallett's Pedigree and Clawson perform well, white Odessa wheat praised, alfalfa third cut promising three tons. Potatoes and corn near harvest, with many threshing machines active from Mead & Co. Great American Desert remark notes agricultural optimism.
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Witham
Elisha Bennett
J. J. Armstrong
Iowa
J.C. Abbott
Fort Collins
Kansas
Clawson
Greeley
Odessa
Fulton
Illinois
Colorado
Henry
Lower Platte
Mead & Co
Foot Hills
American Desert
Immense Stock of Boots and Shoes Arrives at Nichols & Co
W A Nichols & Co on Main street unveils an enormous cash purchase of boots shoes slippers and mens and boys footwear. Prices claim astonished reductions with items like four button kid slippers and Newport tie slippers and a goat oil comfort slipper. A full line of mens furnishings crockery and glassware also arrives with promise to undersell rivals.
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Greeley
W. A. Nichols & Co
Main Street
Messrs
Newport
Geat
William
Mass Democratic Convention Planned in Evans
Notice announces a mass convention of county Democrats to nominate a county ticket at Evans on Saturday September 7 at 1 p m by order of the Central Committee. Also an advertisement for buckskin gloves offered for 1 50 by W C Dickerson in Greeley with exclusive selling rights at Joslin’s Denver dry goods.
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Greenback Party
Weld County
Barnum Hall
Davin Boyp
WN. Siaynes
Bristol
Eng
Central Asia
Christiana
Garibaldi
Italy
Christ
God
Christian Republic
Austria
Russia
Vienna
Grant
Evans
Greeley
W. C. Dickerson
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Pueblo
Charles W. Wright
Arapahoe
Joseph C. Shattuck
Weld
Regents of State University
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Leadville
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McGregor
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Negaunee
Mich
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Saratoga
N. Y
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New York
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