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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1872
Page
1
A defense of ditching corsets argues they crush internal organs, weaken muscles, and harm breathing and digestion. It condemns waist training as unhealthful, linking tight lacing to fatigue, nervous disorders, and poor offspring, urging women to abandon corsets for natural body support.
At the National Agricultural Association meeting in St. Louis, R S Elliott argues forests are vanishing nationwide. He cites accelerated deforestation in the Atlantic States, Great Lakes region, California, and Pacific Northwest, urging broad action by farmers, legislators, and railroads to begin large scale tree planting, with practical methods and incentives including Arbor Day and state nurseries.
A reader recounts a horse and heavy lumber failing to climb a steep hill due to a tight check rein. After removing the restraint, the horse easily hauled the load to the top, proving the rein’s hindrance. The Orange Chronicle notes the moral about humane handling of animals.
Mary Clemmer Ames urges guardianship over female youth to protect them from club life and unsafe male relations describing how round dances expose innocent girls to moral pollution. John Russell Young becomes London correspondent for the New York Herald earning eight thousand dollars yearly, joining Smalley on the tribune in the Pioneer note.
A St Johnsbury letter from April 10, 1872 argues publishers must exclude immoral ads including lotteries abortion remedies and false wage offers. It warns swindler schemes erode reader trust raise false hopes and drive legitimate advertisers away, urging restraint and smaller papers over mammoth issues.
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