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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1871
Page
2
Historic brief from the Greeley Tribune dated January 5, 1871 notes routine local notices and community updates in CARELEY. The item reflects 19th century newspaper cadence with terse municipal snapshots and names not fully legible.
A damaged OCR fragment from Maple Street in Greeley mentions Meeker and a few numbers suggesting a food or sales item. The readable parts include prices and terms but no clear event or full details.
The notice outlines advertising rate rules for one inch space and extra charges for occupying space. It restricts year and half year advertisers to their business line and charges separately for non-regular ads. All foreign ads require cash with orders unless from authorized agents. Woolworth, Moffet Denver is listed as the news depot.
Brooklyn writer Miss Carrie LeRow will prepare abstract reports of Henry Ward Beecher sermons for the Greece Tribune on an alternating schedule. The article also notes health conditions in the Colony, cattle import plans by Judge Hanna, and Kansas Pacific rail developments with promises of agricultural growth and irrigation experiments.
The article notes a deep Colorado snow covering wide ranges with no cattle deaths, praising bunch grass availability above the snow. It describes cattle moved to Crow Creek and Platte areas, ranchers' caution about feeding stock, and observers noting remarkable stock health despite harsh conditions.
Horace Greeley era notes as a printer seeks employment after leaving Precouin Censor. A coal discovery near Colony dominates town news with reports of high grade ore and shallow shafts hinting at upcoming operations and transport prospects.
A scrambled excerpt discusses cautious conclusions about winter effects, local provisioning, and drainage concerns. It mentions that profitable ventures depend on capable individuals, including those without means, and suggests skepticism toward sweeping statements about limits or solutions.
The excerpt describes shifting air temperatures from California latitude to Colorado and beyond, noting a warm spring progression westward. It contrasts frozen states with a warm belt from the equator, the East Indies, and moisture from mountains shaping regional climate patterns.
The discussion notes Meeker favoring a fruit rich valley and planning experiments. A committee was formed to contact nurserymen nationwide about available stocks and prices. J Sanborn J I Foster and N C Meeker named for coordination. Meeting adjourned to next Wednesday at 7 4 o'clock.
The text highlights expanding coal fields and new manufacturing potential, with agriculture profiting from ample water resources. It envisions a transformed economy where coal and farming drive development, likening future rural scenes to famed valleys.
The Colorado Farmers Club discusses first steps in tree planting including currants raspberries and blackberries, preferred ages for saplings and sources for evergreen stock. Members share nursery experience from Wisconsin Bloomington and Plainsville while warning against questionable mining schemes and irrigation debates.
The article explains warm winter weather in Colorado as due to Pacific trade winds. It notes a recent warm spell after a west wind melted snow and compares air masses from the Pacific, north, and northeast. It describes how Pacific air travels quickly and moderates temperatures despite mountain ranges and cold Arctic winds.
The prospectus outlines a new Greeley Colorado newspaper named the Creeley Tribune. It aims to promote Union Colony colonization, Rocky Mountain resources, and high industry tied to soil farming or mechanical work. It pledges value comparable to major metropolitan journals and appeals to settlers, students, and educators seeking leading ideas.
The Board of Trustees presents the first annual report detailing the colony history from its organization to the present, with chapters on Agriculture Irrigation Climate Mountain Scenery Floral topics. A lithograph map of the country around Greeley is published with the report, available separately or with the report. Prices listed for the report and map. address the Secretary of the Colony.
A fragment notes roles of an architect, a carpenter and a builder. The text repeats the trio and hints at a trades-related listing or headline. No dates or locations are provided.
The hotel recently enlarged and reopened its doors to guests. The management invites public patronage and promises attentive effort to ensure a pleasant and comfortable stay.
Local ad touts a meat market offering fresh meats game poultry fish and eggs with vegetables. Beef sold by the quarter at reasonable rates and cash paid for hides.
Wanted to exchange a twenty sere tract in section 8 for a government 80 seres owned by a party who does not wish the trouble of stewPhage shel J Max Cs.
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