George Eliot letters praised. Sickles noted engineer
The piece lauds George Eliot as a premier 19th century writer with reviews of her life and works by Crosse and Dickens. It also reports Theophilus F. Sickles, prominent Union Pacific official and Civil Engineer, dying at 62 after a tunnel explosion, detailing his career and major projects from Omaha to Brooklyn Navy Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
Mr. Crosse
Charles Dickens
London Atheneum
Shakespeare
Dante
Homer
Adam Bede
Romola
George Elliot
Manitou
Pike’s Peak
George Flint
General Sickles
Union Pacific Railway
Greeley
Colorado
Union Pacific
Central City
Clear Creek Canon
Scientific American
Theophilus FE. Sickles
Erie Canal
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Congress
Fads
Mississippi River
Sickles
Arkansas River
Little Rock
Sheep Herding as a Science Deserves Gentle Handling
Henry F. Currier argues in this letter that sheep herding on Colorado ranges should rely on intelligent, minimally intrusive methods. He praises disciplined, well trained herders over constant dog use and stresses ample water, early pleasant mornings, and allowing flocks to spread naturally to maintain health and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley Tribune
Str
Jacob
Colorado
F. D. Wight
State
Wool Growers’ Association
Ares
Henry F. Currier
Greeley, Colo
The Peanut Cracker Parade of Nut Enjoyment
A humorous piece extols peanut lovers at public gatherings describing refined eaters with pockets full of peanuts. It invites attendees to lectures and concerts, praising nut enthusiasts as essential audience members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley Tribune
Peanut grinder praised as entertainment beacon in city
A humorous praise essay extols a peanut nuncher as the highlight of public entertainments. It likens the audience to listeners fed by transporting harmony and laments dull lecture halls without the device. The piece notes higher demand for preferred seats and mocks pricey opulent viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Ade line frontispiece and new novelets in Peterson's April
The April frontispiece features Ade line from Tennyson with a colored fashion plate and numerous illustrations. Frank Lee Benedict's The Burglary at Archer's provides humor, Mrs Stephens' The Motherless Girl grows stronger, and The Lost Ariadne concludes while A Tale of Louisiana Pine Lands begins. Also notes Longmonthweck hotel reforms under Ed Stokes, with the Zweck hotel boasting 61 rooms, electric bells, and a $50,000 build, promoting Longmont travel and nearby Estes Park stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
New York
John Sherman
Louisiana Pine Lands
Chas. J. Peterson
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Ed, Stokes
Pike’s Peak
Stokes
Longmont
Lhstes Park
Colorado
Rheumatism Cure Claim For St Jacobs Oil
Mr R T Bently of Sandy Springs Md reported severe rheumatism in his right hand. He used St Jacobs Oil and, with continued application, claimed a complete cure in a short time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Friends
R. T. Bently
Sandy Springs
Notable Series of English Fiction to Run in Sunday Republican
The Springfield Republican announces a series of short stories by leading English writers starting March 1 with Ouida’s A Rainy June in three weekly parts. The tale uses letters among Italians and English, centering on international marriage with Italian noble and English heroine, no American.
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Springfield Republican
Ouida
Italy
England
Henry James
Miss de la Rame
William Black
Wilkie Collins
Mrs. Oliphant
Thomas Hardy
Miss Braddon
Rhoda Broughton
Joseph Hatton
New England
The
Republican
Dissolution of Mason & Kyle and local notices
The issue notes the dissolution of the Mason & Kyle partnership with W B Mason assuming debts. It lists public notices on loans from 1884, lost saddle blankets, employment accounts, and local rink activities with skaters and music. It also advertises a Great reduction at the City Restaurant and a Shorthorn cattle sale at Lone Tree with insuring fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Bacon
Fisk and McDonald’s Rink Weekly Skating Program
Full band every evening and afternoon sessions at Fisk and McDonald’s Rink. Wednesday features exclusive Park Rink Skating Club use. Saturday morning skating for children from nine to eleven thirty. Skates ten cents. dancing hour after ten with full orchestra and three quadrilles plus three round dances. Cloth by the yard and garments sold by C Brown, tailor. The Opera House Rink touted as the largest with best floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisk & McDonald’s
Park Rink Skating Club
Hogs for Sale and Town Meeting Nominations in Greeley
Auction offers 64 blooded hogs at First National Bank with viewing at the corral by Fair Grounds. Government right to reject bids. Also notices voters to meet at Court House March 28 to nominate town officers, no legal voters to vote. Also sale items for horses hogs sow and shoats and a hotel for sale Bunhouse Buffalo Wyoming. Attractions at Opera House Rink tease of C. Brown goods prices and fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Corral
Fair Grounds
J.M. Wallace
Greeley
Court House
EB. Smrre
Watson
Danie, Hawks
Parker's Hair Balsam Restores Natural Color
An advertisement promotes Parker's Hair Balsam as a remedy to restore hair to its original color whether brown auburn or black It condemns washed out pallid complexions and claims the product can revive lively shining hair for damaged or faded hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Sale of Sylvanus Lindley Property in Evans Weld County
By virtue of a writ of execution issued from Weld County Colorado, the sheriff announces the sale of Sylvanus Lindley lands Lots 5 and 6 in block 45 Evans with improvements. The public auction will be held April 4, 1885 at 7 o'clock p.m. at the front door of the Court House in Greeley. John C. Kendel Sheriff of Weld County with Deputy J B Willarp signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herivf
Weld
Colorado
Sylvanus Lindley
Adolph I. Salomon
Tlock
Evans
County of Weld
Court House
Greeley
Weld County
John C. Kendel
J. B. Willarp
Conservator Petition to Sell Ward’s Real Estate
Weld County Colorado petition seeks court order to sell Miriam Hatch estate to support and maintain her as an insane ward with guardianship and protective arrangements. Defendants include John D Hatch Emma R Hatch and other heirs at law from California Maine Biddeford and Beechmont area. Court term listed as March with probate authority requested for sale of property.
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Colorado
Weld County
Depriet
A. D. Charles A
Miriam Hatch
John D. Hatch
Vallejo
Soley
California
Emma R. Hatch
Biddeford Sialnn
George
Aare
Beech Setts
Hatch
Biddeford
Maine
George Hatch
Jaccge W. Hatch
Charles Hatch
Greeley
Larimer & Weld Irrigation Company
N. R
James C. Scott
J. EF. Gaunteves
Town of Prestontate Colorado 1886 Election Notice
Town of Prestontate Colorado announces a regular annual election on April 7, 1885 at the Town Hall for mayor recorder four trustees treasurer street gallery water commissioner pound master. Also questions on paying officials per meeting and issuing 7500 dollars in bonds for drainage and sewerage. Certificate by Frederick H. McDonald Town Recorder.
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Prestontate
Colorado
A. D
Greeley
Sean
Frederick H. McDonald
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N. C. Meeker
Ralph Meeker
ER. J. Carver
Teller
Senate
van Wyck
Nebraska
State University At
Boulder
Sewall
Hassan
United States Navy
Annapolis
Juactron
Nhat
Timen
Mason& Kyle
Dr. Bosanko
Opera House
H. Southard
Mason & Kyle
W.B. Mason
W. B. Mason
H. M. Kye
M. Vincent
Clifton Duke
Lone Tree
Tuos
Atkinson
G. H
C. E. Marsh
Fisk & McDonald's
C. Brown
J.T. Wootens
Maple Street
the Bunhouse
Frank F. Bunhouse
Buffalo, Wyo
Ward
Ae Wrenrras
Fort Morgan Irrigation Company
Gustavus F. Davis
Hartford
Connecticut
Little Beaver Creek
Bank and Trust Company
Wasraas
Wararas
Gustavus Davis
Joux P. Brockway
Denver
Colo
Daniel Carpenter
Monsey
Nancy Carpenter
Truk & Co
Augusta
Gho. N. Spear
Portland Cement
Michigan
RED Cross Paints
Marshall & Fox
Jaye
Mansfield
Union Bank
Greeley, Colorado
Bruce F. Johnson
B. F. Jonson
W. F. Thompson
J. ¥. Bexmoror
Danrat Hawks
J. L. Brose
J. ©. Scott
E. H. Apport
Ls. D. Unter
G. Hw, West
Hunter & West
United States
Europe
Merchants’ National Bank
Chicago
Nat’ Bank of Commerce
M. E. Post, & Co
Cheyenne
Gerewan Nat's Bank
Denver, Colo
1St National Bank
John M. Wallace
J. L. Ewing
B. D. Harper
Joan M. Walllace
J.w.mccreery
D.b.wyatt
Gro. K. Peasley A. Igo
H. M. Devorie
Main
Walnut
Pine Streets
Alfred T. Bacon
Hunter’s Building
Over Treet & von Gohren
Thos. A. Kerr
Anon
Uncle Sam
Harness Oil
Ed Cepr Joyce
Pecupers Nce
Allety O
Ortland
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