Our New Governor Confirmed After Long Denver Struggle
The Senate confirms General McCook as Colorado governor amid questions about motives and a heated dispute with the Denver irrigation ring. Critics accuse the Denver power of overrunning state policy, while supporters claim the president acted in the public interest and irrigation needs. The piece urges reconciliation and progress to build better homes in Sweet America.
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McCook
Senate
Colorado
Kibert
McC
Elbert
Congressional
Platte
Denver
America
Dhire
Chafeetis
The Evans or St Louis Colony Sale and Strawberry Notes
The Evans or St Louis Colony sold out to McCutcheon and Martin, with the Union Colony remaining active though limited. They discuss canal plans at Big Thompson, costs near 30 000 dollars, and potential land value gains for Evans and nearby towns. The article laments water access for spring planting, notes gooseberry losses from water shortages, and warns strawberries require careful cultivation and timing, referencing grasshoppers and education beyond Yale or Harvard.
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Evans Or St. Louis
Messrs. McCutcheon & Martin
Longmont
Chicago
Union Colony
Fence
Evans
Canyon
Big Thompson
Greeley
Colorado
Yale
Harvard
County seat fight entwined with water and farming fortune
The text argues Evans should keep the county seat, claims water from canals builds a prosperous town and shifts power from politics. It notes farmers plow methods, crop care, and growth strategies, while warning rivals McCutcheon and Martin to invest to win. It ends with local notes on dancing, a new Gunnison colony, and legal and frontier news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macerté Ee
Evans
Greeley
McCutcheon & Martin
Remonstrance Over Telegraph Delays In News Delivery
The piece contrasts American and British press practices. It notes a remonstrance about slow telegraph delivery and the limits of sending mass news after six to ten PM. It also discusses London as England’s capital and the energy of the English provincial press competing with London papers.
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New York Journal
Washington
Tribune
Paris
England
London
News of
Colorado Guidebook and Other Travel Books Noted
A reviewer highlights J A Blake’s Mind Book of Colorado praising its careful compilation and county by county descriptions for tourists. Also mentioned are Twelve Mormon Homes by a Philadelphia family author, the Wisconsin Lumberman, and the National Crop Reporter. A test of the St Louis Bridge proceeds with Gen Sherman aboard. a Laramie Fort Collins Longmont railroad talk follows. Westminster Abbey writer Canon Kingsley ill at Manitou. a tiger attack on a circus keeper in Van Wert is reported with nonfatal injuries.
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J. A. Blake
Colorado Press
Colorado
Blake
Central Register
Salt Lake City
Arizona
Philadelphia
Brigham Young
Canon Kingsley
Westminster Abbey
Manitou
Denver
Denver News
van Wert
Ohio
Gladstone on Revenue and Reform Prompted by Brewers
The British Premier told a brewers delegation that revenue should not block needed reform and that with a sober, frugal population he knows where to obtain revenue. Sheep men on the Divide report a large rise this year averaging 90 to 100 percent, the strongest increase in years.
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Mr. Gladstone
McCook Confirmed Governor of Colorado Territory
The Denver papers report Edward M. McCook confirmed as Colorado Territory’s governor replacing Samuel H. Elbert. Critics denounce the Senate and President Grant, calling the act a grave betrayal and a hallmark of conspiracy. Public reaction includes street disturbances and harsh rhetoric from Denver figures.
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Aventon
Washington, S. C
Senate of the
United States
Edward M. McCook
Colorado
Colorado Territory
Samuel H. Elbert
Grant
Denver
Denver News
Senate
Republic
McQuak
McCook
American Senate
Acta
Chaffee
McCook Confirmation Sparks Colorado Victory Riot
Denver crowds celebrate Governor McCook's confirmed victory after five months of political turmoil. The Tribune offices glow with illumination as supporters cheer, while opponents, accused ringsters, scatter in dismay. The piece denounces a corrupt territorial ring and praises the Tribune’s role in defeating theft and misrule.
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Denver Tribune
McCook
Tribune
Territory
The
7Ridune
Theressas
Jack Falstaff Downing
Heatwave Musings Prompt Daily Life in a Small Town
A reader describes an unusually hot Sunday and efforts to stay cool, from lounging indoors to seeking shade. He recalls a stray interest in astronomy, noting a garbled lecture fragment about planetary motion as the day wears on. The piece mixes ordinary town life with a fleeting focus on Prof New’s celestial announcements.
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Greeley Tribune
Livion
Concordia
Jupiter
Saturn
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Young Grangers
Young Baptist Brethren
Baptist Church
Gunnison Valley
Charleston
Graham
Gov. Moses
Franklin J. Moses, Jr
Chicago Tribune
Kansas
Osborne
Buffalo Cbutchers
M. L. Dunlap
New York Tribune
London Times
Wisconsin. Lumberman
Milwaukee
Indihuspelis
Laramie City
Fort Collins
Mason
Laramie
Philo P. Ramsey
Geo. N. €. Worth
J. W. Connor
Lawe
Telegraph
Ed. McCook
Mint
Seaton’s
Browne
Sam Browne
Michael
Major” Lander
Lander
Massachusets
Henry C. Brown
Brown's
Chir
Ice McCallin
Ping Tito
S. BE. Browne
Howe Robbirt
Boss Tweed
Yorado
Texas
Jy the
Orado
Alee Ax
He Suvle Kirkls
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