The Grasshopper Plague and Prairie Hopes in Colorado
The piece argues wheat should anchor Colorado’s economy and notes grasshopper outbreaks, tying dry springs to early hatching and wheat loss. It predicts a future for maple crops and urges water management and greenhouses. It also describes the Jackson Street Round-Up practice and a canal swimming spot, ending with a note that the Interior Department will send two entomologists to Kansas and Colorado to study the grasshopper cause.
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Interior Department
Kansas
Colorado
Local Observers Sought on Grasshopper Hatch and Eastward Spread
The caller urges full West region observers to report hatching progress of grasshoppers. He dismisses the chance of useful findings from scientific gentlemen arriving, insisting practical, on-site observations are needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
Boulder News Reflects on Losses from Grasshoppers and Liquor Debate
A Boulder News commentary argues locals have discounted future losses from grasshoppers, urges prudent policy, notes strong public sentiment against liquor licenses, reports sumac cultivation as profitable for western farmers, and mentions a county seat election petition and a withdrawn Evans suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Centenni al commerce and Western mirages described
The piece notes wartime price concepts and a Centennial period magazine from New Haven dedicated to Connecticut history and the Revolution. It reports Geo Curtis riding into town past the industrial grounds and witnessing a Colorado Springs mirage mirrored in the air. It also describes New Mexico goat led sheep herding and the goats defending flocks against predators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit of Seventy-Six
New Haven
The
Connecticut
Mountaineer
Geo. Curtis
Monument
Industrial Association
Colorado Springs
Price
Greeley
Rich American mine near Sunshine boosts Colorado gold prospects
A Sunshine Courier report describes the American mine near Boulder’s vicinity yielding abundant gold ore with visible nuggets and wire gold. Visitors tour piles of ore at the shaft top while Superintendent J Alden Smith invites questions as miners anticipate deeply rich shafts.
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Boulder
California
Sunshine Courier
Caribou
Sunshine
J. Alden Smith
Smith
Farmers plan reservoir system for Fountain area
The Mountaineer reports Fountain area farmers are forming plans to build a reservoir network. Leading farmers inspected the land this week and expect to publish details in the next issue. The project aims to boost county wealth and benefit neighboring Pueblo county if supported by all.
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Mountaineer of
Colorado Springs
Pueblo County
Evrything
Beecher Trial Jury Uncertainty and Train Interview Report
New York notes Beecher predicts an eleven to one jury lean in his favor after a World reporter interview on a railroad car. Judge Neilson is said to keep the panel out six weeks if needed but not until a verdict. The Beecher Tilton jury remains deadlocked as of 8 p m with crowds outside the courthouse and a late night lockup. Also, a Boulder News excerpt explains tellurium as a rare brittle element linked to sulphur group, its limited use, and California ore locations in Calaveras Range.
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Jackson Street
New York
McKnight
Jean Val Jean
Weld County
Boulder
Beecher
the World Reporter
Neilson
Beecher-Tilton
California
Calaveras Range
Stanislaus
Albany Mountains
Boulder News
San Francisco Chronicle
Montgomery Queen
San Francisco
Queen
Charles Fish
Mollie Brown
Romeo Sebastian Bave Jasm
Wwe
James Robinson
Mae
Ladies of the Trinity
Lost lode found at last in Colorado mining tale
Cy Deardoff and Jim Sivits locate and open a rich crevice after years of failed searches for the mythical lode. The pair, joined by Deardoff and Long, extract abundant quartz as a Colorado Central Railroad party tours Ideho Springs and Denver. Reports speculate on railway alliance impacts while immigration and investment flow into Colorado.
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Ward
Cy. Deardoff
Jim Sivits
Smits
Jo, Long
Deardoff & Long
Denver
Floyd Hill
Sickels
Colorado Central
Central
Register
Balloon excursion to Black Hills planned by Omaha Bee
Edward Rosewater, editor of the Omaha Bee, prepares a sensational Fourth of July balloon voyage to the Black Hills under Bee auspices. J H Pierce, Bee correspondent, will join with his wife and Andrew Rosewater, hoping the stunt avoids interference from Sheriff denounced mountain howitzer. Sheep shearing at Las Animas reaches peak with Boggs and Vose cleaning 30 000 head and shipping 100 000 pounds east this year. Daily 1800 head shaved at six cents per head. one worker averages 110 per day.
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Edward Rosewater
Omaha Bee
Black Hillis
The
Bee
J. H. Pierce
Andrew Rosewater
Sheriden
Denver News
Las Animas
Boggs & Vose
Denver Tribune
Rich placers found near Fairplay draw miners
Rich placers have been found at the head of Pennnsylvannia gulch three miles from Fairplay. The dirt will average fifty cents to the pan. Several large nuggets have been found and great excitement prevails as miners pour in from all quarters.
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Fairplay
Pennnsylvannia Gulch
Flood Devastates Toulouse in France. thousands feared dead
Telegraph reports about 900 deaths in Toulouse with 2,000 houses swept away and damage estimated at 12 to 15 million pounds. A Paris correspondent appeals for British aid as epidemics feared and plans arise to bomb the St Cyprian quarter to avert danger from collapsing walls.
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France
London
Toulouse
Paris
St. Cyprian
Fourth of July Festivities in Hiome and Surrounding Tales
The Grangers celebrate the Fourth at Valmont and Sigmund Marx visits Germany. Community events include Methodist social, Episcopal entertainment, and Congregational social with ice cream and cakes. News notes cover farming, grasshoppers, irrigation, a rare live ferret, and the San Francisco Queen show. Local civic improvements and church activities frame a lively town week with gardens, corn culture, and public amusements.
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Valmont
Sigmund Marx
Germany
Th. Johns
Methodist Church
Hazen & Flower’s Drug Store
Park Church
Episcopal Church
Island Grove Park
Kennedy
Georgetown
Lowell
Pittsburgh
Mimmack
Indiana
Roberts
Hayden
Smithsonian Institute
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Pharaoh
Orient
Ares Bo
Trans- Missouri
Ont
Virginia
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J. Seely
Boston
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Alwys
General Pierce
Hiome News
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