California soil and irrigation urged to save crops
The Prairie Farmer reprints worries over California soil degradation affecting potatoes and wheat. It cites salt alkali soils, moisture shortage, and poor farming rotation as causes, urging manure, vegetable matter, and thorough rotation, plus fertilizers. It notes rising insect pests as settlement grows and predators decline.
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California
San Francisco Chronicle
Salt Lake
Hilgard
South
Titherto
Colorado and Eastern Trout
Colorado and Eastern trout compared with emphasis on size, fighting spirit, and preservation. The piece notes Colorado fish are easy to catch, risking overfishing, and calls for stricter game laws and possible stocking with Eastern trout to healthier stock. It discusses regional differences and concerns about taste and supply.
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Colorado
Union
New England
Middle States
Adirondacks
Alleghenies
Apalachians
East
Abraham and Joseph Bodies Hidden Under Hebron Mosque
In the May Prince ton Review Dr. Schaff discusses Machpelah near Hebron as the possible burial cave of Abraham and Sarah, with Jacob and Joseph said to be embalmed in Egypt and perhaps later moved. finding them there would prove Mosaic historicity and challenge Ottoman control of sacred sites. The Graphic notes Edison pursuing sound experiments.
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Princeton Review
Phillip Schatz
Palestine
Sinaitic Peninsula
Machpelah
Abraham
Teth
Hebron
Mecca
Jerusalem
Damascus
Sarah
Isaac
Rebecca
Jacob
Leah
Joseph
Schaff
Sechem
Schaffwell
Europe
England
Great Pyramid
Muehpelwh
Erie Items Reflect Turbulent Times and Local Changes
The Erie region faces political rifts and weather woes as editor Eric faces scrutiny. Mentioned are coal disputes with the Kansas Pacific, Rob Roy mine sale rumors, and railroad expansion plans through Julesburg and Longmont. Residents move to Miles City, Montana and local businesses like The People's Store close, while social events like a Sunday School strawberry festival raise over fifty dollars.
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Greeier Tribune
Eric
Mercury
Colorado
Marshall
C. C.” Bank
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Boulder Valley
Erie
K. P
Rob Roy
Chicago, Jurlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Ft. Kearney
Julesburg
Greeley
Longmont
Denver
J. Lafferty
Miles City
Montana
John
Charles Cummings
Parkinson
Craig
Van
Erielles
Bryant in Youth and Later Social Life
The article traces Bryant’s early shyness in social settings and his growth into a more confident man. It notes his reserved, dignified demeanor, dislike of empty talk, and careful reasoning, which led some to misjudge him as cold while masking his kindness. It highlights his family warmth and father’s pride as fueling his precocious talent.
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William Cullen Bryant
Queen’s County
Jamaca
Parke Goodwin
Nerces
G. B. Cline
Bryant
Evening Post
John A. Graham
John Bigelow
John H. Platt
George B. Cline
Julia
The Wool Interest Opposes the Wood Bill in West
Correspondence from Denver Democrat warns that passage of the Wood bill would ruin U S wool growing interests. General Dexter B Clapp of Woodson County Missouri cites South American and Australian wool as potential market flooders, urging defeat of tariff reductions to prevent annihilation of domestic wool.
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West
Dexter B. Clapp
Woodson County
Missouri
River la Plata
South America
United States
New York
Buenos Ayres
Europe
Australia
South Africa
Denver Democrat
Verdier the fortune teller wins bets with a read face
A French officer Verdier boasted of never losing bets by reading faces. He gambled with General B- for 500 francs, exposing no sword wound, proving his “luck” a joke as the general reveals the ruse to a friend. The tale extends to The Advocate pushing bold circulation by ads.
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Verdier
Our Trade with France Expands American Provisions Exports
Reports from Havre indicate growing demand for American provisions in France and potential profitability similar to the England trade. Wheat and corn shipments surged in January to April, with large exports of lard, bacon, tallow, and beef. Fresh meat shipments, led by the Transatlantique line, reach hundreds of thousands of pounds, and Consul Bridgland urges expanding France trade as a key market.
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Havre
France
England
Bordeaux
Rouen
Transatlantique Company
Bridgland
Inter Ocean
Vast new Kentucky cave discovered near Glasgow Junction
A cave near Glasgow Junction Kentucky is described as vast with long and short routes and three wide rivers. Mummies were found in stone coffins. Edwin Mortimore and Major George M Proctor bought some, the cave’s owner Thomas Kelly is said to have sold most remains. The discovery has sparked great excitement and potential sale offers reach ten thousand dollars.
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Glasgow Junction
Edwin Mortimore
Chestnut Street
Louisville
George M. Proctor
Thomas Kelly
Cinecinnati Commercial
Northern notes on Black Hills region and nearby towns
A roundup of western news reports covers the Black Hills area, Cheyenne and Deadwood notes, infrastructure and mining prospects, a typhoid illness of Buffalo Bill Cody, railroad ambitions, church building, water costs, and a curious murder suspect tale involving Mercer and possible Texas Jack.
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Black Hills
St. Louis
W. W. Cole
Omaha
Cheyenne
Ed. Durham
Charles Hunt
Deadwood
Detroit
Union Pacific
North Platte
Sidney
Rawlins
Table Mountain
Mercer
Dick Duff
Wyoming
Albany County
Texas Jack
Tex
Himigel
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Pe Greeley Tribune
W H. Bennett
Freeman & Buckley
E. Marsh
M.D. Honewpathic
Ofice
W. Fisk
Salomon
Exchange Hotel
Hotel DE Comfort
Main and
Jefferson Streets
Craham
K. Thompson, S
Main Street
KK L, Dunham, Ae
Hamman's Store
Samyno
Guy Gla Fiemis
John Corrad
Canon City and
Maple Street
Joseph Moore
Greeley House
Greeley, Weld County
D. L. Dawley
F. L. Childs
H. N. Rogerson
J. M. Freeman
I. D. Buckley
Sec’y & Engineer of
Union Colony
Slave For Safe Co
Farmswater Canal No.2
Denver Pacific Railway
Union Bank
Masonic Block Greeley, Colorado
Abrahams
Mosque OF
Edison
Advocate
Spring Valley
Rockland County
Clay
Webster
Henry
Everett
al V. Price
Valley Home
Jesse Grant
Young Grant
Biltimere
W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Big Horn Mountains
David
Charles Morgan
Snake River Country
Messrs. Spicer
Dulaney
North Park
Zaramie Sentinel
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