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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1873
Page
2
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Sampson and Campbell ordered to lay track from Julesburg toward Colorado Central as crews rush to finish before winter. The plan promises rapid progress with an aim to connect Julesburg to Golden by December while boosters urge cheese and woolen industries and new machine shops to diversify areas like Greeley Longmont Denver Pueblo and Boulder.
The passage voices support for Evans and Fort Collins building factories and expanding cheese and blanket sales. It asserts urgency with calls to act now and mentions George Tritch and Walter Buckingham as sources of perspective.
A Denver News analysis questions whether miners in Colorado receive less value for gold and silver sold locally. It argues gravity and elevation reduce weight by about one thirteenth, implying miners might lose roughly $1.38 per ounce of gold and 74 cents per ounce of silver compared with sea level markets.
Reader remarks on Mr Hepworth versus Mr Beecher praising Beecher as an inexhaustible orator and source of passion, with Collyer cited for equal intensity. A Denver weekly, the Colorado Agriculturist and Stock Journal, Debuts with notable contributors and editorial aims, while Out West publishes Pike's Peak guide. Also reports Hughes not guilty in Denver murder trial and Fort Collins engine noise marks a new era.
Schmidt Palmer given stellar reviews in Greeley Evans concerts with Rosecrans Hume and Barnes. Murmurs praise her voice in Barbiere aria and Comin thro the rye as audience encored. Westward tour to Nashville noted. she may rise as a great artist with continued growth.
D T Cort of the Clear Creek valley Farmers' Club writes to the Colorado Agricultural and Stock Journal urging farmers to apply Paris green to young potato vines. He notes the pest is easier to control when vines are small and stresses targeting overwintered pests before they mature.
Mr. Cort recommends laying eggs on a vine to trap pests and minimize potato bugs. He reports decades of success using this method, noting neighbors endure heavier damage. The Boulder News recalls its Cache la Poudre mining article and mentions a prospecting party sent after reports of rich diggings, though truth remains unverified.
Col Heaton leads the Sierra Madre Tunnel Company of Colorado in a bold twelve mile tunnel from Black Hawk toward Middle Park. The project uses diamond drills and machinery, aims for five feet per hour progress, and seeks to reveal mineral resources and enable rapid trans continental travel. Capital from Denver Chicago and St. Louis backs the effort with Judge Bond as secretary.
The letter defends a doctor against misstatements about puerperal fever noting only four adult female deaths in sixteen months in Weld and Larimer counties with two due to puerperal fever. Another notice declines attending such cases for six months. The Fort Collins Express promotes Fort Collins as ideal for a cheese factory with 300 to 600 cows and strong profits potential.
A miscellaneous Greeley item row mentions pie plant for sale at five cents a pound and cheap second hand goods. It notes a school land auction, Barnum House sale, and local jokes about grasshoppers and scarecrows. It also reports a death from cholera in Nashville, Tennessee.
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