09 Jun 1875
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1875
Page
1
Office at the Bakery on Main St Greeley Weld County Colorado features Leavy Joe C Sharruer Vice President and Secretary Union Colony and Weld County Surveyor details in this brief civic notice about local business and county offices.
Listing for William Stein offering painting glazing paper hanging and sign painting services at Carringy painting Graiine Kaloomining on Majle Street opposite the Tribune Office.
A poem for May Bennett contrasts infant joy with sadness while a lengthy letter from Mrs. M. J. Witcoxson questions literal biblical interpretation. The exchange defends allegorical views and calls for testing evidence, urging a universal spiritual life and vigilance against dogma.
A reader defends Spiritualism in Greeley, challenging last week’s editorial portrayal as a “rampage.” He cites orderly seances, cites witnesses from local society, and condemns sweeping attacks while praising figures like Prof Swing and Bishop Colenso as progressive voices challenging Bible authority and popular dogma.
A Washington Letter reports on a secret marriage between Logan and Miss Porter aboard Admiral Reynolds's party before departure. It recalls Commodore Patterson's courtship era and how wives were ferried to distant stations, noting the Navy’s long cruises and the impact on discipline and family travel.
A mysterious visitor toured the Remington gun manufactory at Ilion New York and witnessed a gun fired multiple times. He offered to buy five carloads of guns rejected by Spanish inspectors and paid the original contract price. It is suspected the man was an agent of Don Carlos.
A Nevada wedding ends in shock when a bride interrupts the ceremony and confronts a groom who stepped on her bridal train. Onlookers report the bride pushed past attendants, knocking the groom to the floor, as security intervened.
The Independent notes Victor Hugo's twenty year exile in St Peter Port Guernsey at Hauteville House. The mansion sits on a hillside with sea views, its rooms filled with antique clocks, tapestries, and mementos from Lamartine to Garibaldi. The visit evokes exile and longing as Hugo ages away from homeland.
The Connecticut Historical Society acquired manuscripts from Silas Deane era correspondence. Originals include Gen DeKalb’s detailed salary and staff demands and Lafayette’s French note requesting only a commission as major general to serve under Congress.
The speaker argues that true advancement comes from trade education and industrious work rather than changing occupations. A skilled mechanic or farmer is vital to civilization, while many fear sons or brothers learning a trade. Gen. Winn in California Rescue defends skilled labor as elevation.
A new bridge over the Firth of Forth Scotland is planned to be built soon. It will be the largest in the world with a height of 150 and nearly 100 spans. The central span will measure 1,500 feet while smaller spans reach 150 feet. The estimated cost is about 1 million dollars.
A humorously described steamboat traverses Duck River in Tennessee drawing little water. The vessel carries a grist-mill on board and stops to grind a bushel or two of corn for local farmers.
The Colorado Farmer details Addison Baker’s trout breeding farm on Denver’s western edge along the Denver & Rio Grande line. It covers spring water supply, hatching houses with thousands of trout, feeding methods, and Rocky Mountain trout eggs. Baker offers fry and eggs to buyers, with eight existing ponds and plans for eight more, plus visitor facilities and talks on water and site suitability. Seth Green’s quip about fish hearing ends with a note on fishing becoming popular for women.
The article notes alligator leather production as a growing industry with about 20 000 skins tanned yearly, mainly from Florida and Louisiana, exported to England and France for their tanning methods. It also reports a Colorado suffrage meeting where women gathered without men, adjourned after a live rat fell through the skylight causing alarm.
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