Poetry Prize and a Wyoming cattle deal amid 1885 notes
A prize poem by Mrs. Stapleton, aka Patience Thornton, wins $25 from Mr. Hanson at the Mammoth Rink in Denver. The column also covers George L. Hutton buying 11,000 acres in Bull Mountain, northern Colorado, for cattle grazing with abundant water and shelter, plus Estes Park notes on winter weather, school news, and hunting lore in the Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanson
Mammoth Rink
Denver
Stapleton
Denver News
Patience Thornton
Lears
Wyoming
George L. Hutton
Laramie
Union Pacific
Bull Mountain
Colorado
Big Sand Creek
Chimney Rock
Hunting the Ursus thoribilus and a Virginia wedding tale
A meandering narrative recalls a hunter who kills a massive Ursus thoribilus after using a trigger device, then shifts to a Virginia wedding account. The page also notes local notices, religious society resolutions, wage cuts at Bessemer Steel Works, and assorted advertisements from Greeley Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Couns
New Patents in Greeley At Weld County Clothing House
Weld County Clothing House showcases two new patent machines the Sweeping and Flying machines. Prices slash across wool suits overcoats and accessories with deep cuts to move stock, including odd coats vests and 150 overcoats and a range of 15 to 25 dollar items reduced to single digits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weld County Clothing House
Ford
Bernstein
Kendel
Balance Sheet Fragments Real Estate and Bank Liabilities
The snippet shows assets including real estate furniture cash and due from banks with figures. Liabilities list capital surplus profits due to banks and deposits. The text represents a partial balance sheet section with rounded monetary amounts in dollars and cents.
Denver's American House slashes hotel rates in December
The Old Reliable American House in Denver announces rate cuts to two and a half dollars per day after December 15, boasting unmatched city accommodations and renowned cuisine. Also advertised are remedies for croup and piles, a teething syrup, and Parker's Tonic as a general health aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Closeout sale and notices from Greeley area 1885
A selection of ads and notices including Crockery dealers closing stock at cost, a call for stockholders to vote on increasing capital at Platte and Beaver Improvement Co., a house to rent in Greeley, a stray or stolen calf report, a story asserting Parker's Hair Balsam as a sales aid, and a roan yearling heifer taken up with a dim brand near Greeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte and Beaver Canal
Brush
Fort Morgan
Colorado
J. Max Clark
Greeley
Colo
Callaway Bros. & Dingwall
Crockery Dealers
Denver
Platte and Beaver Improvement Company
Board of Trustees
James ©. Scorr
Y Greeley
Wall Street
Parker
Harvey Pollock
Jan
Superior coal advertised as best in market in Greeley
An advertisement promotes Superior coal as heat rich and low slate, claiming it outperforms rivals except Wyoming Rock Spring coal. The seller notes a single flaw of overheating in moderate weather unless doors and windows are opened. Also offered is Rob Roy coal, renamed Jackson coal, praised for strong heat and economy with good draft.
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Greeley
Rock Spring
Wyoming
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Luna
Cloudland
Estes Park
The
Tribune
Academy of Music and Fine Arts
Parchesia
Horseshoe Park
Rockies
Boyd
Big Thompson
Inez
Daniel Weidner
New Baden
Texas
St. Jacobs Oil
Unitarian Society
Bessemer Steel Works
Homestead
Frank HW. Byers
W. N. Byers
Mary W. Sullivan
Wayland
New York
David J. Moore
Blount
Rhoads
Eaton
Windsor
A. J. Eaton
Eaton Colorado
B.D. Saxporn
Brown
Orchard Station
T. Bacon
Keeley
Cole
Geo. H. Thayer
Bourbon, Ind
Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
Camp & Nusbaum
Greeley, Colo
Joan CaLbacnas
Cooper Bros
Sets
P.W. Putnam
P. W. Putnam
Lic
Ferd. Bernstein
Greeley and
Fort Collins, Colo
Union Bank
Resources
Tures
James F. Benedict
James F. Scott
Brown’s
W. F. Johnson
Evans, Colo
Alfred T. Bacon
Hunter's Building
Main Street
Jackson
Yarde
Superior
Maple Street
Henry F. Miller
Boston Conservatory OF Music
George D. Horne
J. S Collins & CO
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Collins Cheyenne
Concord
Buffalo
Greenlee & CO
Denver, Colorado
E. Brooks
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