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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1875
Page
2
A report from Colorado Springs and nearby regions details apple tree damage from grasshoppers and borers, notes Colorado stock grafting success, and praises the town’s growth. It compares Springs with Greeley, highlights new hotels, irrigation limits, and a push for direct regional trade to unlock economic potential. It projects substantial local earnings from tourism and crops, urging rapid, efficient intercity commerce.
An extended essay blends a humorous poem about aging lovers under a tree with reflections on William Allen and Susan B. Anthony, then shifts to commentaries on aging, progress, and the wisdom of age. It moves to Colorado population growth, immigration, and political cautions about party loyalty in the upcoming election, noting local Denver plots and Colorado statehood timing.
The NY Tribune notes the Hoe perfecting press as the best printing press yet made for rapid work. It reports a midnight edition for Saratoga friends, producing eight pages on both sides at 12,480 copies per hour with no delays. The piece contrasts with ordinary papers printing 12,000 copies per hour.
The Indianapolis Journal reports Robert Dale Owen under treatment at the Indiana asylum for insanity. He talks constantly when not writing but is not inclined toward spiritualism. His daughter notes his pre illness mind was not burdened by spiritualism. Overwork and poor health are cited as factors. His delusions center on rapid locomotion and owning two hundred fleet Arabian creeds. He believes he can travel continents in a day and moves about with great speed. He may have been relieved of spiritualism after Katie King exposure.
Henry Hanks of Stapleton endured a cascade of misfortune starting with the death of his daughter and wife within a short span. After losing his job with the Staten Island Ferry Company, his remaining child was severely injured while cherry picking. A kerosene lamp explosion then caused a fire, leaving Hanks badly burned while trying to save the child.
Public horror sweeps an Indiana town after declaring the Micropus Leucopte ron from Ayganide as a true bug threat. Women wail, children cry, men arm for battle until an editor’s extra reveals the Micropoeleucopteres.Ky nganid-Heteroptera is only a chinch bag, restoring calm.
H N Allen offers a selection of German four part songs with texts by Goethe Uhland Hoffman and Bueckhart noting Schumann Abt Franz Hauptmann Gade and Hiller among the composers The collection aims for solid high toned material that is easy enough for practice and useful for study while avoiding melancholy praise from Rev G H Adams on local agricultural prospects and gold testing on the Cucharas river banks mentioning promising corn crops and past mining chatter
The Colorado Springs Company secretary and treasurer GERALD DE COURSEY died last week after a throat hemorrhage. Born in Philadelphia in 1884 he joined De Coursey Lafourqcne Co and came to Colorado in 1872 as a key officer of the Colony Company and National Land Improvement Co. A post mortem found ulcerated lungs. He was known for punctuality and business rigor, leaving a notable vacancy in the Colony Company.
At a riverbank about fifty yards above the south Pueblo bridge two shovels of earth were washed in a pan yielding fifty cents in scale gold. The event surprised the amateur miners and stirred excitement, suggesting Ar kansas banks near Pueblo may rival the Black Hills French Creek diggings.
The article notes Colorado coal in Trinidad yields coke now sold to the Territory’s smelting works and foundries. James ships about fifty tons weekly, earning roughly two hundred dollars, with railroad transport seen as key to wider distribution. Also covered are Boulder and Longmont reports on crops, storms, and mineral discoveries in nearby districts.
Fragmentary report mentions brick orders and pricing alongside a Denver News note about Salomon v Henning in Chicago. It references mining backloads, smelting works, stock on hand, and a rotten apples case with a jury verdict for the plaintiff.
Letter to the editor rails at Weld county officials for funding a third Platte River bridge amid widespread crop losses and debt. The writer urges targeted spending, cites prior costly maps and a Poudre bridge controversy, and demands public votes on who supported the appropriation. The piece critiques government economy and favors placing new crossings where truly needed.
Official notice from Secretary's Office Greeley Colorado dated July 6 1875 announces enlargement number two of the canal project with 515 008 dollars allocated and listed in the record.
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