Platte Valley Prosperity And Ditch Improvements
The Platte Valley prospects rise as Pinneo and Witter extend a ditch seven miles long aiming for 2,000 acres under irrigation. Expansion at Tetzell’s bottom and 2,000 acres planned for South Platte crops. forests may grow with water. Specie payments loom with gold silver price gaps. Babcock whisky fraud acquittal shifts outlook. Bristow’s role unclear. Chamberlain’s scenery painting enhances Barnum hall exhibit.
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Platte Valley
Pinneo & Witter
Greeley
Lemon
Colorado
D. B. Davis
Sterling
Temperance entertainment to follow next week and local notes
The article hints at a grand dramatic entertainment planned for the latter part of next week with details to come. It reports grasshoppers hatching in Kansas and Missouri but says scientists deem them local and non damaging, with some hatching in November and December and surviving winter. Dr Buchtel leaves Denver to breed horses on a Divide ranch. Colorado School of Mines offers free tuition to young residents. Snow fell last Saturday night but melted by daybreak. East storms ruin cities like St. Louis while Colorado enjoys serene weather. Congress earmarks 20000 dollars for a Constitutional Convention, reducing tax burden next two years. Solon Robinson in Jacksonville Florida is gravely ill.
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Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Washington
Mr. Greeley
Oregon
California
East
E. D. Baker
Ilinois
U.S. Senate
McDougall
Senate
Westward influence on eloquence and ambition in America
Washington correspondent notes how western life shapes minds and speech, citing Colorado's delegate and figures like Baker, McDougall, Halladay, and Johnson. He argues the West breeds broader horizons, stronger legislators, and sharper rhetoric, with Texas damages cited for perspective.
Colorado Boundaries The Colorado Boundary Question
In 1876 Daniit Drummond of the U S Department of Survey presents arguments on the impossibility of determining Colorado borders with absolute precision. He explains the need for portable observatories and multiple methods to fix latitude and longitude, notes discrepancies in major boundaries, and provides exact measurements for Colorado’s east, west, north, and south lines and area. He cites Cambridge, Mass., Washington, D C., and Greenwich as reference points and lists neighboring states and territories. The center is placed near South Park in Park County.
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Washington
Colorado
Bessel
Cambridge
Mass
Washington, D. C
Greenwich
England
United States
National Observatory
National
New York
Surveyor General
Dakotah
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Indian Territory
South Park
Park County
The Presidential Ticket Question and Regional Powers
In a Washington letter dated February 26 1876 the writer notes Col Jasper W Johnson a Colorado citizen as a strong second on a presidential ticket and urges considering regional leaders from Utah Nevada Idaho while promising further analysis of the various political rings and their conclusions.
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Jasper W. Johnson
Colorado
Utah
Brigham Young
Nevada
Idaho
Caleb Lyon
Lyonsdale
D. P. Thompson
Tom Jenna
Washington, D. C
Silver as Legal Tender Sparks San Francisco Trade Row
Merchants in San Francisco threaten to reject silver in trade due to an excess of trade dollars. A lawmade silver legal tender up to a limit has spurred speculation as coinage costs approach greenback value. Dr Lindermann urges stopping trade dollar coinage and enacting silver legal tender up to $20.
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San Francisco
Congress
Pacific Coast
Lindermann
Territorial Officers Nominations Confirmed by Council
The Council in executive session unanimously confirmed Governor nominees for Territorial offices. Territorial Treasurer Fred Z. Salomon of Arapahoe. Territorial Auditor L. C. Charles of Arapahoe. Superintendent Horace M. Hale of Arapahoe. Warden Benjamin F. Allen of Fremont. Penitentiary Managers Joseph T. Boyd Jefferson. Benj H. Eaton Weld. O. H. P. Baxter Pueblo. Deaf-Mute Institute Trustees Matt France El Paso. William E. Beck Boulder. Henry K. Steele Arapahoe. Wilbur F. Stone Pueblo.
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Fred Z. Salomon
Arapahoe County
L. C. Charles
Horace M. Hale
Arapahoo County
Benjamin F. Allen
Fremont County
Joseph T.boyd
Jefferson County
Benj. H. Eaton
Weld County
O. H. P. Baxter
Pueblo Coun
The
Deaf-Mate Institute
Matt France
el Paso County
William E. Beck
Boulder County
Henry K. Steele
Wilbur F. Stone
Pueblo County
Drunken Debate at Constitutional Convention Cited in Letter
A Greeley Tribune reader argues that drunken conduct by a convention member weakens public trust and harms deliberations. The letter compares potential removal by sergeant at arms to the need for respectable behavior, urging restraint and accountability among delegates. February edition reference to a hypothetical inspector, and a call for decency amid suffrage discussions.
Views of a male citizen on women’s suffrage in Greeley
A letter to the editor argues young men oppose women’s political rights while married men favor them. The writer mocks youth and defends propriety, warning of social ills, notably the “Social Evil,” and claims male opposition is unfounded and misguided.
Women and political rights sparks local debate
A long letter replies to the Young Man polemic on women voters. It argues married women rarely neglect families in politics, cites local teachers and merchants to counter fears, and accuses the anonymous critic of personal attack while defending openness and honesty in the community discussion.
Views of a woman who wishes to vote in the Greeley Tribune
A reader writes to the editor arguing for women’s suffrage while noting reluctance to assume new duties. She challenges the Young Man’s call for benefit papers and says she could vote if allowed, but would prefer others to vote who want the responsibility. She asks for more argument on the proposed benefits.
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Greeley Tribune
Pease
Digity
Calaboose
Garo
United States
Cmes
Greeley
Poge
Pamé
Eull
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Gow Babcock
Babcock
Bristow
Mr. Chamberlain
Barnum Hall
Templars
Colorado School of Mines
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Fla
Solon Robinson
Young Man
Ben, Halladay
West
Cincinnati
National Committee
Liberals
Texas
the Centennial State
Territorial Officers
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