Colorado livestock and cheese growth alongside eclipse plans
The article notes potential U S beef supply expansion to England and Europe with 1877 78 cattle and fresh beef totals rising significantly. It highlights Colorado wool gains with high ram yields and improving wool quality plus local cheese production and prices. It mentions Edison and Woodstock College figures for the July 29 eclipse and anticipated astronomer tourism to Colorado. An Chicago excursion is discussed.
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United States
England
France
Holland
Dodge
Agricultural Department
Washington
Edison
Denver
Sextini
Woodstock College
Central City
Colorado
Chicago
Sherman letter mystery as Jenks testimony widens probe
Washington reports detail the Potter committee’s efforts to locate the Sherman letter with Mrs. Jenks claiming authorship but alleging another hand wrote it. June 27 focuses on Florida investigations while June 28 features Noyes’s account of his Florida trip. Crime and penalty notes multiple 1863 murder claims, defaulter arrest, and train wrecks. General items include Russian torpedoes contracts, Georgia gold sales, and political conventions.
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Potter Committee
New York
Georgia
Illinois
Ohio
St. Louis
East
Nicholson
Halbrook
Pearl Nivers
New Orleans Picayune
Haurvard
Yale
New London
Columbus
Ebeltertes
East St. Louis
Sp &T Louis
Wilmington
Del
Col. Baekher
Limits
N.Y
Sud
Indian Hostilities and Western Frontier News
Reports describe attacks by tribes across the frontier with dozens killed and horses seized. Gen. Howard pursues hostiles toward Deadwood and Oregon seeks arms to defend settlers on the Klamath, while foreign dispatches note Spain's queen’s death and European tensions.
Colorado News Roundup of Local People and Events
Kansas Pacific delays and new school district formation in Colorado. Suicide by a local man follows a love disappointment. Rail contracts in Denver and Pueblo under scrutiny. County Republican committee names members. A Pueblo arrest targets a self styled lecturer. Coal receipt for Kansas Pacific starts July first. Old McBride extravagent mining claim and a boast about gold. Boulder Banner notes on Golden Gem mine and Missouri's sixteenth interest claim.
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Teller
Kansas Pacific
Leadville
Garland Independent
Alamosa
Fort Collins
William Stallcup
Denver Tribune
Pueblo
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Larimer County
Republican Central Committee
Ke, N. Garbutt
W. B. Osborn
John ©. Abbott
Canon City
Denver and Rio Grande Company
Boulder Valley
Colorado Central
Denver & Rio Grande
McBride
Jamestown
Missouri
Boulder Banner
Baseball and cricket results from regional matches
The Pueblo and Trinidad base ball boys played a match in Trinidad on the Fourth while the Boulder club played in Cheyenne the same day. Ogden cricketers beat Salt Lakers in Ogden on Tuesday last week. Denver Browns defeated Cheyenne 10 to 1 in Cheyenne after an extended delay. Browns scored half their runs in the first inning and then left Sunday for Salt Lake City to begin a series of pune.
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Pueblo
Trinidad
Boulder
Cheyenne
Ogden Cricketers
Salt Lakers
Denver Browns
Greeley Colony Visit Highlights Growth and Crops
The Colorado Farmer editor reports a visit to Greeley with Maj. Warrange, praising the colony as a model of Westward growth. Observations include 6,000 trees on 249 acres, Berkshire pigs, White Bramah chickens, a Denver car-load of hogs shipped, extensive orchards, alfalfa patches, diverse crops, and the town’s orderly development along the Poudre River.
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Colorado Farmer
Greeley
Warrange
Colorado
Horace Greeley
Poudre
Berkshire
Hollister
Denver
Boward Keith
Jess
Mr. Packard
the Tribune
the Tribune, and the Hon. Ren. Eaton
Boulder County
Seven arrivals brighten Sterling letters to editor
In Sterling on June 22, 1878 residents report seven new arrivals plus four more late guests: J. J. Cheairs family and Mr. and Mrs. Davis with daughter Miss Anna Davis. The Cheairs plan to purchase land while enjoying Colorado references. A riding mishap injures a girl but she recovers with help from a passerby. A hail storm damages crops and gardens. The town plans a Fourth picnic on an island in the river opposite Sarinda, hoping for a successful first such event.
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Greeley
Davis
Davis Brothers
Sterling
Anna Davis
Society of Sterling
Centlemen
J. J. Cheairs
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Sarinda
G. Sterling
Democratic County Convention to pick Weld delegates
Notice for Weld County Democratic Convention to select five delegates for the State Convention in Pueblo on July 17. The meeting at Evans on July 13 at noon will nominate a county commissioner for Dist No 2 and two Weld County representatives to the House, plus other business. Each precinct should send three delegates. Greeley, Colo. July 2, 1878.
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Weld County
Pueblo
Evans
House of Representatives
County Central Committee
Greeley, Colo
Deaths and town news in early Greeley village
Obituary notes mourn Rev. M K Holbrook who died June 28 at age 47 after a lung hemorrhage following a sermon on Jesus. Also reported are the deaths of Mrs J Coffman and Miss Cernon, plus local incidents, cattle losses, a train accident, and preparations for Independence Day festivities and markets in nearby Cheyenne and Greeley.
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Gorischakoff
Russia
Lord Beaconsfield
Turkey
Austria
Bosnia
Herzingovinia
Madrid
Sistine Chapel
England
Sea of Marmora
Liverpool
Salt Lake
Greeley Tribune
M. K. Holbrook
Jesus
A. K. Packard
Greeley
M. Sanders
Cheyenne
A. C. Chittenden
Boulder City
Longment
Weld County Republican Convention Set for July 27 1878 at Greeley
Weld County Republican Central Committee orders county convention for July 27 1878 at 2 PM in Barnum Hall Greeley to nominate two House members one County Commissioner for District No 2 and to elect nine delegates to the State Convention to be held in Denver August 7 1878. The representation is one delegate per thirty votes for Routt governor and one per fifteen votes or more, with one delegate from precincts under thirty votes. Delegates allocated by precincts including Lupton St Vrain Big Thompson Cache La Poudre Carr Sterling Platteville Julesburg Greeley and others. Signed J T Bucaven and B H Eaton, secretary pro tem, chairman.
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Hiangcawrens Werp Co
Greeley
Corry
Weld County
Republican Central Committee
Wald County
Barnum Tall
House of Representatives
Denver
John L. Routt
Lupton
Eric
St. Vrain
Big Thompson BO Motoma
Ceebis
Teaver
Cache la Poudre
Carr
Ots
BO Vane Cy
Platteville
Julesburg
J. T. Bucaven
B. H. Eaton
Colorado Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Judges Residence
State and Colorado Secretary of State publish notice for a proposed amendment to Section 29 Article VI Constitution. It outlines residency requirements for officers and vacancy appointments and sets terms through the next general election. Lost item note follows.
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General Assembly
State of
Colorado
Judicial Department
Supreme Court
Supreme and District Courts
Board of County Commissioners
Supreme
District
New Upland Hay For Sale And Eyewear Offered
After July 5th I will fill orders for first quality Blue Grass Hay at 7 per ton bunched 8 per ton stacked or 10 per ton delivered in Greeley. E L Dunnam offers spectacles with one hundred new pairs including gold ones and recalls his Post Office location. Kinnear Co's Toilet Soaps praised as best in use for Colorado waters.
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EL. Dunnam
Kinnear & Co
Colorado
Celebrated Western Remedy ads and cures from 19th century paper
A compilation of old advertisements promote Brown's Extra BlackBerry and Ginger for diarrhea and related ailments, infant cholera care, and cures for ague. Other copy touts Excelsior copying books and RENNE's NERVINE as rheumatism and cold remedy, with dealer and company details.
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Brown
Sozodont Tooth Cleaner Praised For Bright Teeth
Speedily leaves the surface of teeth cleansing and preserving influence. Prevents decay and leaves an agreeable taste. Freshens the mouth and dissipates tobacco taste. Extolled as a cosmetic aid. Sold by cheapists.
Transitions of Religious Beliefs at Union Tall Meeting
The Eclectic Society heard Mr. J. W. Porter discuss evolution and the growth of religions, arguing science and faith can coexist. He cited Copernicus, Agassiz, Voltaire, Paine, and modern thinkers, urging open, liberty minded dialogue and discouraging dogmatic contention.
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Grtley Tribune
The
Eclectic Society
M. B. Knowles
Miss Haynes
Phabe Cary
J. W. Porter
Michigan University
Colorado
Copernicus
Agassiz
Zoroaster
Satan
Babylon
India
China
Voltaire
Paine
Tyndall
Huxley
Emerson
Porter
O. B. Frothingham
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