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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1875
Page
2
The piece argues farming remains vital despite recent setbacks, likening farming to gambling and noting farmers accept risk when soil and moisture promise potential gains. It stresses perseverance, intelligent choice of occupation, and that persistence against adversity builds wealth and character.
A long note on grasshoppers argues that both young and old insects threaten crops and that scientists like Prof. Riley have not provided proven remedies. It suggests farmers seek facts on the insects’ actual presence in the northwestern mountains and questions the value of expert predictions.
The speaker argues sowing wheat now is unsafe without solid facts from scientists and the Signal Service Bureau. He contends that conjecture without basis equals sham science and calls for genuine scientific standards to justify national decisions and avoid misled efforts.
A skeptical critique of spiritualist ghost stories contrasts with fictional marvels and a debate over devilish deceit. The piece laments sensationalism, notes the Greecey Tribune as a small-circulation anti-ghost reference, and surveys agricultural and newspaper costs, urging perseverance in building a strong local press.
A century of press and politics blends in the West as Brigham Young polygamy case is debated, railroad extensions to Pueblo and Platte valley promise growth, and Kansas City faces vast grasshopper swarms. The General Land Office adds extensions for pre emptors hit by pests, with dates through mid 1876.
In St Louis on May 28 Hon B G Bome of Henry county Dr Dunn of Jackson and other western county gentlemen spoke to merchants corroborating reports of severe distress in Henry Bates Cass Johnson Vernon and Jackson counties. They urged swift relief to avert widespread suffering due to drought and crop failure.
Crewe Lawn May 28 delegates to the Presbyterian General Assembly arrange an excursion to Colorado at the close of the session. Ministers not in attendance and their families may join the trip at any point along the route with tickets provided by an agent aboard the C. C. & I. road train.
May 30 Sioux Indians confer on a government sale of the Black Hills lands with a right of way through their territory and a favorable price, aiming to secure a good deal.
A Jersey City man sought to file a complaint against his wife but could not provide her first name and claimed he had never known it when the magistrate prepared the warrant.
The article recounts Mrs. Lincoln's mental decline after Lincoln's assassination, detailing court-ordered detention arranged by Sheriff and counsel. It notes her isolation, repeated accounts of the fatal Friday, and eventual restraint while preserving dignity. A second item mentions South Carolina's colonial mace relic at Columbia's secretary's office.
W H Jackson, photographer of the Hayden expedition, arrived recently with Mrs Jackson and plans to spend the summer in Colorado. Dr Hayden, Prof Gardner, and others are to arrive soon. The outfitting camp remains at Fisher Place on Clear Creek and the parties expect to field ready between June 8 and 10.
July 1 19th century reform sets higher charges on postal orders. It notes that the government lost revenue by charging only six cents on all sums under ten dollars, a practice covering about seven eighths of issued orders, prompting changes by lawmakers.
The notice outlines postal rate changes with a new 100 cap and 15 to 50 ranges, aiming to cover a presumed annual deficit. In New York, male doctors reel from the Presbyterian hospital’s female manager asserting control, prompting letters of grief and claims of tyranny and power over jurisdiction.
Liberal Denver men gave generously to seed recovery after the devastation. In one day contributions totaled about five hundred dollars from D Hurd Son J S Brown & Bro D H Moffat Jr Colorado National Bank Shafer Hibsel Wall Witter Chain Hardy Richards Co Col Elwood Street Railway Denver Limes N Culver Planters House Lewis Weeler Gray Eicholtz Lobenstein Roble and many $5 gifts. The money will be wisely distributed to help re plant ruined fields and support the affected community.
Episcopal Bishop of Nebraska and Dakota issues a harvest prayer asking God for seasonable weather protection from locusts and blessings on harvest labor. The prayer is to be read at morning and evening services until harvest gathering.
A correspondent reports a thunderbolt struck Hon. G. W. Mann, formerly a Territorial legislator from Summit county, as he walked from a field to the house with his ax on his shoulder. His clothing and possessions were torn by the blast and his body mutilated in scattered fragments. His wife and mother witnessed the tragedy.
A bag of grasshoppers from Littletown reaches the paper, with neighbors invited for specimens while the lot is kept in the coal bin. The Snake River Pass is to open in two weeks for wagons, with ore dumps in Montezuma District awaiting market. Shoveling snow and plans for home smelting works prompt calls for Golden or Denver to act.
The Georgetown and Snake River Pack train led by H. J. Justice will depart at ten o clock Saturday morning for rich mining districts beyond the Range via the Argentine Pass. Justice plans to maintain open communication with his trains and place wagons on the road as soon as practicable to access western slope routes where deep drifts delay passage. The Denver Tribune notes Col. W. A. Heath has discovered alabaster marble near Morrison with works connected to Green Mountain quarry, producing fine table tops and stand caps.
The Denver News notes Ke. T. Nichola of Greeley, once assistant manager of the Jenny Lind Concerts, as a storied figure in his youth, now described as an honest granger with hayseed in his hair amid local jlocal chatter.
Rumors circulate about a new newspaper in Denver as a daily venture with publication costs and hard times prompting consideration of a yearly Denver News model for a more affordable format.
A Detroit Free Press account recalls a brakeman dying after weeks of illness at a hotel near a depot. Friends visited daily. as death approached he whispered railroad terms and announced lines he knew, ending with Not Detroit death.
The column reports showers and cold weather with flannel sheets, river levels near the Jackson street bridge, and notes on Ed Bouton becoming manager of the Denver and Boulder Valley Telegraph. It mentions hay stocks, visits by Vice President Wilson, a Chicago journalist joining an expedition, grasshopper control by Capt. Boyd, and upcoming Union Pacific directors visit. Also referenced are plant shipments, a call for temperance topics, a wedding cake gift, and wool crop estimates in Laramie County.
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