Gardening in Colorado and the perils of small fruit culture
The write up argues gardening in Colorado demands abundant manure and small plots for beginners, warns that early market failures plague vegetables, and contends fruit culture is fragile due to roots, water, and soil concerns. It urges apprenticeships with established gardeners to avoid long-term losses and stresses prudent land use over three to five years.
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Colorado
England
States
Start With An Acre To Reap A Profitable Land Asset
The text urges beginning with an acre to develop a fruitful ground. It argues that if one acre can be made profitable, more land can be bought and challenges the notion that money will not buy land in the future.
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Napoleon
Washington
Jefferson
Grasshopper estimates clash with Colorado farming claims
The Denver Mirror’s rosy crops forecast sparks rebuttal, noting farmers across Colorado resist upbeat reports while Kansas City and Missouri relief efforts unfold. The piece cites Baldwin of Berea and a string of weather and agricultural anecdotes to challenge optimistic emigration rhetoric and stress cautious expectations.
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Denver Mirror
Weld County
Colorado
the Mirror
Kansas
California
Kansas City
Missouri
Moral support of newspapers in Denver struggle noted
The Weekly Transcript praises a democratic effort to start a Denver daily while criticizing political promises of support as weak and self serving. The piece argues moral backing from parties is ineffective for newspapers and highlights broader political antics and Californian woes to illustrate public discontent.
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Weekly Transcript
Golden
Denver
West
Register
Independent
Democrats
American Newspaper Directory Overview
The American Newspaper Directory by Geo. P. Rowell & Co. is a near thousand page volume from New York City detailing the newspapers of the United States and Canada. It catalogs titles frequencies and publishers, serving as a comprehensive reference for the periodical press.
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Geo. P. Rowell & Co
New York City
United States
Tridune Tower
New York
Illinois Farmers Face Pests in Civil War Era Crops
The excerpt discusses farmers confronting chinch-bug and army-worm threats. It weighs surrender versus fighting for field survival and forecasts yields within the colony enclosure, estimating about 25 000 bushels of wheat and similar corn, with potatoes promising a full yield and wheat crops overall around one quarter to one half of typical production.
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Illinois
Keeley Motor and Grasshoppers Dominate Late 1870s News
The page surveys grasshopper outbreaks across Kansas and Illinois with payments for capture in Le Sueur. It reports on Ist Keeley motor claims from New York Tribune, detailing an interview on a vapor power engine said to produce 1000 tons from water and air, and notes patents and stock secrecy.
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Keeley
Ventor
Murder at a Round-Up in Colorado Territory
Boulder News reports a fatal brawl at a Big Horn round-up. Phillips, a weak crippled cattle herder, was attacked by Chubbick and the Ambrose brothers after a prior deer shooting case. Phillips defended himself with a pistol, injuring Chubbick. he later died from wounds. The incident sparks debate on self-defense versus mob violence.
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Boulder
Phillips
Hanson Snyder
Chubbick
Ambrose
Soheap
Bardoff
Tams
Chabbick
Fort Collins
Canyon Times attacks opponent amid corruption rhetoric
The Canyon Times denounces a political opponent as morally degraded and surrounded by a backing trio of liars from the establishment. It cites the opponent losing ground in Fremont County and a $500 complaint against the editor. Also mentions Rome lamp experiments and penitentiary expenses with sixty two prisoners.
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The
Canyon Times
Fremont County
the Times
Canyon City Times
Bear and cubs killed near Boulder after encounter
On Wednesday the 2d inst a male bear was killed and her cubs captured seven miles southwest of Boulder Mr D J Gover, strolling with a loaded rifle, heard cracking and met the bear with two cubs and a black cub as she charged. He fired and wounded the bear amid the brush.
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Boulder
D. J. Gover
Dame Bruin
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Baldwin
Berea
Berea Methodist University
Columbus and
Cincinnati Road
Cleveland
St. Louis
Gen. E. Finch
Main
Wright Streets
Washington Avenue
Frank Blair
Rufus P. Ranney
Ohio
Buchanan
Lincoln
Douglas
Bell
Breckenridge
O'Neil
Black Hills
Boston
Minnesota
Larimer Express
Gnee Ey Tribune
Utah
Fort Kearney
Nebraska
Fort Leavenworth
Pope
Grangers
Oshkosh
Wis
Rochdale Pioneers
Tweed
Court of Appeals
Bunker Hill
Danville
Ilinois
McLean Co
Swisshelm
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvannia Central
le Sueur
Keeley Motor
New York Tribune
Rome
Balestrines
Tribune
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