Reward Offered for Violation Proof in Greeley Liquor Ordinance
Residents of Greeley Colorado pledge rewards totaling 100 dollars for proof of any violation of ordinance 15 on selling intoxicating liquors. Private violators face a reward equal to the imposed fine, between 50 and 100 dollars. Signatories include Ralph Meeker and Wm H Post among others. Greeley February 24 1872.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creeley Aptes
Greeley
Colorado
Col Rado
Ralph Meeker
Wm. H. Post
Marx & Company
C. R. Welch & Company
J. W. R. Spencer
W. F. Thompson
A. B. Place
Louis Dupuis
Dr. J. 8. Scott
T. Hi. Abbott
Why No Prosecution For Liquor Ordinance Questions
At a Thursday meeting the answer was that liquor was not seen as a beverage, so no conviction could occur. A young man asked for whisky, bought it, paid, left, and was not charged. The piece accuses Gen Cameron and the drug store partner Mr Flower of manipulating the Town Board to repeal the weak ordinance and pass total prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Gen Cameron
Mr. Flower
Gen. Cameron
Denver meeting forms Beet Sugar Company incorporators
Last week in Denver a gathering organized a Beet Sugar Company with noted backers led by Mr Archer and Judge Bond. Incorporators include Fred Salomon J EF Bates H P Bennet M N Everitt E F P Hallack W G Sprague Geo Schleier Phil Trounstine Jas Archer Chas W Perry LK Perrin H G Bond Henry Crow Jacob L Schirmer and Peter. Premiums for top sugar beet yields were proposed by J D Perry Phil Trounstine Colonel Archer W G Bragus E Halbeck and FP Z Salomon. Stock subscriptions listed at various amounts with total near ten thousand dollars. An immediate one percent assessment is planned to obtain seed as the initial step for beet processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Mr. Archer
Judge Bond
Fred
Z. Salomon
J. EF. Bates
H. P. Bennet
M.N. Everitt
E. F P. Hallack
W. G. Sprague
Geo. C. Schleier
Phil. Trounstine
Jas Archer
Colonel Archer
W.G. Bragus
E. Halbeck
Wich
James Archer
Charles Perry
Henry Crow
Peter Magn
Salomon Brothers
Sprague
Jd, Branton
Greeley Vision of Scenic Routes and Immigrant Board
The piece advocates building a road through the Big Thompson canyon to Estes Park as a tourist draw to Long’s Peak, compares local scenery to Yosemite, and urges capital to fund this route. It also reports on a Young Men’s Literary Association gathering in Greeley, notes social scenes, marriages, and performances, and summarizes the new immigration board law with funding and duties.
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Pikes and
Long's Park
Pabor
Colorado Springs
Cache la Poudre
Big Thompson
Boulder
Greeley
Estes’ Park
Long's Peak
Yosemite
Pike's Peak
Wen
Estes’ Vark
Thompson Canyon
Colorado colonization demand sparks emigrant debate
The Pueblo Chieftain criticizes railroads and officials for exploiting incoming settlers. It argues many emigrants, especially with limited means, face heavy costs, lack protection, and may burden Colorado financially. It urges colonization schemes and irrigation access as key to true settlement and prosperity.
Damascus the Oasis of Arabia Water in a Desert
The passage praises Damascus as an enduring oasis in a desert, noting its abundant fountains and rivers Abana and Pharpar that sustain the city for four thousand years. It describes how water preserves life and makes Damascus a wonder to Bedouins, a city that cannot die while its waters endure.
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Mark Twain
Syria
Abana
Pharpar
Damascus
Local dairy costs and beet fed cows promise gain and a new coal mine
The article notes milk priced at five cents a quart locally, yet sold at ten cents a quart with profit. It advocates growing beets and carrots to feed dairy stock, estimating roots at 60 cents a bushel. It reports a new coal mine near Evans, Briggs coal price in Denver, and a Colorado homeopathic physicians convention. It also hints at liquor-sellings investigations and stockpiling liquor.
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Howard
Our Schools and Teachers Shaping Young Minds
The first two primary schools led by Miss Flower and Miss Davis, the intermediate by Mr How ard, and the High School by Mr Shattuck show improving teaching methods. A new Grade School on the park’s west side is awaited to improve ventilation and space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Howad
Miss Flower
Statue Movement for Horace Greeley Erected in New York
The Sun reports a fundraising push to erect a Horace Greeley statue in Printing House Square New York with a belief the total will be raised within ninety days. Correspondence from Dana and Meeker shows mixed support from Greeley names and local officials. Major Powell is surveyed near the Colorado canyon as his expedition progresses with a twenty five man party surveying the Paria area and surrounding rivers.
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New Yoas
Horace Greeley
Cuamees A. Dana
N. C. Meeker
Greeey
Colorado
Cuarces A. Dana
Horace Greetey
Printing House Square
City of
New York
N. C. Meexer
Powell and party report 600 miles on river expedition
Major Powell notes mountains Ret and Lewis as unnamed on maps. He praises country climate and Christmas bloom. The party, in high spirits, has traveled roughly 600 miles along river and canyons with about 240 more rough navigation ahead. No accidents so far. Powell expects to rejoin his group in three or four weeks. his wife accompanies him, having met at Salt Lake.
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Ret
Lewis Mountains
Vems
Powell
Salt“ Lake
Zarami
Sentinel
Denver News prints by steam and local happenings
The Denver News adopts steam printing. Mrs E A Gillet opens a Denver medical office. Evans plans a $50 000 bank by Broad and Stevens. Snow and sun shift. farmers sell nuts. Eastbound strangers arrive seeking homeseekers. A Baptist Church concert is set with Inman Brothers and local artists.
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Denver
E. A. Gillet
Evans
Messrs Broad and Stevens
Lyceum
Baptist Church
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Farmers’ Club
Spencer’s
Main Street
Buchtel
Tribune Block
Guiney
Coffin Department
Clear Creek Farmers’ Club
Local Business Notes Reflect A Busy Greeley Market
A lengthy portrait of Greeley commerce highlights Jones and Co boot and shoe fitting, Boettcher hardware, Flower and Cameron drugstore, Nichols tea, and various trades. It notes upcoming improvements, real estate activity, and a range of local suppliers from Buckley showing land lines to Holliday lumber and Pierson veranda work, ending with a literary association program for March 872.
Patterson Moore at Kinison residence match Feb 21
Announcement records a marriage license or certificate event in Greeley between Rev Thomas Cooper Richard Patterson and Miestry Muvore. Also advertises prices at A Z Salomon and Mrs Guimney's shop with cheap groceries and dry goods including shoes and tea with claims of best quality and lowest prices in Colorado.
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Patterson—Moore
R. L. Kinison
Greeley
Thomas Cooper
Richard Patterson
Miestry Muvore
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Maple Street
Bert Sugar
Teenee
Reiders
Lave
Denver Pacific
Carr Station
Canal No. 2
Cache la Poudre Valley
Young Men’s Literary Association
Kila Rea
George T. Clark
Board of Immigration
Europe
Springfield Republican
Boston
Pueblo Chiftain
Israel
Kansas
Nebraska
Johnson Station
Messrs Hotter and Hopkins
Denver Pacific Railroad
Laree
Evans, Greeley
Evans Journal
Homeopathic Physicians of Colorado
Georgetoren
Major Powell
Colorado Canyon
East Lake City
Arizona
Colorado River
Paria River
Uinka
Home News
The
Denver News
Steam
Blunt
O Fort Saunders
Union PaciGy Road
Hell In the Baptist Church
Inman Brothers
J. W. Inman
Mrs. Hirrington
Miss Hollister
N. Hazen
Moses
Mrs. Starkweather
Jos Inman
Geo. F. Inman
Jos. Inman
Miss Washburn
Starkweather
Joseph Inman
James Inman
Moontigut
George F. Inman
Jones and Co
Babcock and Taylor
Frank Avery
Joyce
Rogers and Son
Ingalsbee
Rocky Mountains
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Buell
Mr. Nichols
Flower and Cameron
Mr. Welch
Burchill
Mr. Buckley
Higley
Cannon
Lowndes
Percival
Hotchkiss
Townsend
Mr. Whipple
Weed
Drs Scott
Uchiel
Dr. Bennett
Spencer
Literary Association
Progevmme
Minne Moss
A. E. Gipson
G. W. Buell
Inman
Sec
Se Seed
Treverr’s
A. Z. Salomon
Congress
Delaines
Plaid
Young Hyson Prime
Young Hyson Sauerkraut
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