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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1875
Page
1
William Stein operates a painting business on Maylea Street opposite the Tribune Office. Services include house and sign painting carriage painting graining glazing paper hanging Kaloomining and more.
Albert H. Smart, agent for the Western Colorado Improvement Co., arrived in Georgetown after crossing from Hayden via Bear River. He describes a hard march due to a damaged Range road, raft boats and a long river crossing, but reports thriving stock and early spring work. He notes deer elk geese and ample game, winter hardships, and expected immigration as the area opens.
The Thilmany method impregnates wood with insoluble copper sulfate and barium chloride to render it impervious to decay. Trials on railway ties in Paris and Germany show decades of durability, with ties in Cleveland and Milwaukee streets performing well for years. The process promises low costs and smoother streets, making it a potential public-works boon.
At the Philadelphia Horticultural Society exhibition, the Electric Band promises a new music system where a reading apparatus, wind engine, and a network of electric connections drive pipes, drums, and bells. Inventors Messrs. Schmoele claim one central performer could sound every piano or organ nationwide, with individual readers and selectable tunes, akin to gas distribution.
A telegraphed order to open a switch sent a Hudson River railway engine south with the 89 freight train. Five convicts aboard at Sing Sing seized the engine, but the engineer stopped the train by keeping pumps running, preventing a collision with a passenger train near Tarrytown. The superintendent’s quick action and the agent’s prompt obedience are praised.
The St. Joseph Herald reports the California emigration flood is reversing as many travelers cannot find labor or living. San Francisco prospects are poor with hundreds left destitute, begging in streets and sleeping in barns. Many who sought fortune pass Kearney Junction returning east in disappointment. Beecher notes moral concerns and local figures lament the potential harm to communities. An unusual two moons occurrence in August, first and 30th, is recorded, not seen since 1858.
A Japanese paper argues civilization includes knowledge politics religion and character. A woman on a crowded street car faces a rude incident as a man coughs and mocks offering a seat, then complains about her stepping on his sore foot.
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