25 Jul 1877
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1877
Page
1
Colorado farmers praise a bountiful harvest prospects while reports from Fort Collins and Wagon Creek describe rising grain yields and a new Denver to rail terminal downtown. Ambitious surveys for coal rail connections and grasshopper control methods are also noted alongside sheep farming potential and remarks on social virtue from leaders.
Avra J. IL Siven writes from Rocky Mountain House in 1877, tracing religious history from Hebrew origins through Moses and the Mosaic code to early prophets, noting abstinence from intoxication and contrasting views with later beliefs. He critiques intolerance while outlining the antiquity and evolution of faiths.
A reflective essay praises American manners as natural and genial, arguing they surpass polished foreign etiquette. It contrasts travel bred ease with homegrown courtesy, noting the Brazilian imperial visit tested social protocols and commending the kindness and simplicity of American character in the White House.
Albany Argus reports Mr Verplaneck Colvin returned from the Adirondacks with a large seven foot panther weighing about 200 pounds. While tracking near dusk the beast stood on a dead tree within 25 feet and Colvin shot it. The animal plunged from a cliff 166 feet, the party buried camp, and the deer-killer panther was described as one of the heaviest in the Adirondacks.
The Erie Dispatch reports five bad boys tormenting a goat with fire crackers. The goat leaps six feet, knocks over pants, chases a policeman, and causes chaos across streets and yards, ending tangled with a book agent in a coal-hole.
The Irish World contends against preacher wealth but the Norristown Herald asks whether editors should accumulate wealth, noting no desire to do anything wrong.
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