Local Watch and Jewelry Repair and Livery Services
Business cards advertise repairs to watches and jewelry on Main Street opposite the Photograph Gallery. A five year veteran of Waltham Mont and New York Watches advertises specialty work. Also listed are a livery stable with best turnouts and careful drivers, horse boarding by the day or week, and a house painting service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham, Mont
New York
H. ©. McLaughlin
Reeley
Madison Street
Greeley House
A. B. Cannon
Maple Street
W. HO
A Child's Dream of a Star by Charles Dickens
A narrated tale follows a child and his sister who marvel at nature and the star above graves. After the sister falls ill, the star becomes a beacon linking the living and the dead through dreams of angels and family reunions.
Local trades and services listed in Greeley streets directory
A dense catalog of vendors and tradesmen on Maple Madison Walnut streets in Greeley. Entries include RS A Ingall ee florist Pure Milk dealer bread cake pie carpenter surveyor painter boot maker and more with notes on offerings and locations.
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Maple Street
Greeley
Colorado
Rest and restraint for exhausted digestion cautions against overeating
The piece likens bodies to steam engines, warning that eating when fatigued can harm health and even trigger cholera. It advises resting, drinking a small tea or broth, then gradually reintroducing simple food. It notes mothers’ guidance could prevent fevers and recounts a child’s rebuke to swearing. It ends with a note on Empress Josephine’s musk lingering at Malmaison.
Breath of common sense cures for consumption by Dio Lewis
A 19th century remedy piece argues consumption is a system disorder manifesting in the lungs. It prescribes walking, ceiling hanging for chest expansion, tepid-skin washing, early sleep, simple meals, and social cheer as the natural treatment, dismissing inhalation and panaceas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Dio Lewis
The Poet Whittier Confused and Amused by a Contract Question
Whittier visited the city and attended Rev. E H Chapin's eloquent lecture. After Chapin cited a stirring quotation, the Quaker poet joined in the applause. A surrounding spectator asked Whittier who authored the contract, and he replied in ignorance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
E. H. Chapin
Dry Weather Hurts Connecticut Valley Crops Across Regions
A June drought dries pastures and crops in central Massachusetts and Connecticut, with tobacco and potatoes severely affected. Farmers report low milk yields, stunted corn and oats, dying trees, and a bleak outlook for the Connecticut valley tobacco crop. Foreman Allin notes this is the driest June on record aside from 1864.
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Springfield
East Brookfield
Westfield
Connesticut
Hartford
Connecticut
Armory Grounds
Allin
Mass.) Union
Man in Tombs Predicts Global Trade Rise
A troubled prisoner in the Tombs foresaw the arrival of Chinese and Japanese teas and silks via Omaha bound for world markets. Once labeled crazy, his vision now echoes in history, as the Credit Mobilier organizer’s foresight matched later changes seen beyond Omaha.
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Omaha
Credit Mobilier
Omaha Herald
Provident Timing Tied to Choice of Company Says Taylor
Quote by Jeremy Taylor notes no man can guard his time without careful selection of his companions. Emphasizes personal discipline and prudent associations as foundation of prudent living.
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Jeremy Taylor
Quote on happiness and shared joy by Jeremy Taylor
A short aphorism attributed to Jeremy Taylor stating that men of noble dispositions feel happiest when they share the happiness of others. The line emphasizes generosity and communal joy as core virtues.
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Jeremy Taylor
Senator Carpenter of Wisconsin Criticized by Milwaukee Journal
The Milwaukee Journal of Commerce attacks Senator Matthew H. Carpenter as a criminal lawyer with vanity and moral rot, arguing his speeches reveal undermining moral processes. It cites his past actions defending newspaper morality and condemns his treatment of The New York Tribune over a treaty synopsis.
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Mr. Whittier
Whittier
New York
Chicago Tribune
Senator Carpenter
Wisconsin
The
Milwaukee Journal of Commerce
Matthew H. Carpenter
Carpenter
New York Tribune
Silence on Beecher Scandal Seen as Best Course
The Springfield Republican argues that Bowen should remain silent to avoid moral damage and public backfire. It warns that publicizing unsubstantiated scandals could destroy his character and help Beecher, urging a clear motive and integrity.
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Mr. Bowen
Mr. Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Springfield Republican
Ramie grows well in moist soil with high fibre yields
The Alta California notes ramie yields two annual cuttings in moist soil with about 1.5 tons of clean fibre per acre worth $300 a ton in England. Yet no proven practical method to separate fibre from stalks at profitable prices exists. A Ramie association exists and new plantings proceed, but proper dressing methods would lure farmers into cultivation.
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Alta California
Ramie
England
Hidden star thread and sixpence shadow sense
A poetic line notes how a thread can conceal a star and a sixpence can obscure the surrounding world. It warns that a man with a light touch of this floating world may blind his mind, harden his heart, and ultimately lose himself.
Family of Singers Upholds Harmony and Peace
A family renowned for musical cultivation maintains daily routines of shared singing between parents and children. Their collaborative sessions foster peace, harmony, and love, with no room for vice, serving as a quiet model of domestic virtue within their community.
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Main Street
Photograph Gallery
F. Inman
McPhail & Co's
Boston
P.O Box
Stein
Office
Charles Dickens
Earth
Heaven
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Gazette
J. M. Davidson
Maple and
Madison Streets
N. M. Boynton
RS. A. Ingallee
Bank
Greeley, Colorado
Main St
Grant and
Sherman Sts
EO. Pyburn, C.E
B. C. Adams
F. L. Childs
Colony Hall
Henry
Madison St
Main
Walnut
Fr. Percival
Walnut and
D. Buckley
R. Burchill
Walnut Street
J. Joyce
J. M. Freeman
Oscar Eatons
U.S. Land
L E. Marsh, M. D
Jefferson
Madison
Allen
Denver Pacific Railway
Cache la Poudre Valley
Main &I
Madison and
Jefferson Sts
George Pyburn
Monroe Street
Josephine
Malmaison
Napoleon
MR. Evarts
W. M. Evarts
Yale
Evarts
College Debating Club
American Collegiane
Secret Society
Intelligt Tdi Leteon Oomre
Springfield Mass
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