Local Business and Trades Directory for Greeley Colorado
A crowded listing of services in Greeley including real estate and loan offices, physicians, artisans, builders, florists, carpenters, a boot maker, and various trades. Entries note locations near Maple, Madison, and Monroe streets, with offers of repairs, construction, and farming supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Freeman
Oscar Eaton
Greeley
Colorado
U. S. Land
Real One & Fire Insurance Agency
Denver Pacific Railway
Cache la Poudre Valley
Main St
Madison
Jefferson
Maple Street
Gentemen
A Chapter on Mules From Kansas Magazine
A humorous study praises mules as hard working, loyal to soldiers, and uniquely stoic. It contrasts mule temper and tricks with horses, notes their usefulness on frontier plains, and honors famed station teams like Mole and Zip while lampooning human perceptions of these animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kansas Magazine
United States
Mole
Zip
Pascar
Guard Mount
Mule
Animal Kingdom
Owl
Rio Grande
Pecos
Concho
Southwest
Texas
Austin
el Paso
Concord
Central Africa
James W. Sreere
Fashion talk warns against costly dresses and social pressures
The Washington Star describes a Mrs Chandler lecture at Congregational Church condemning fashion driven by vanity and class, noting how dress schemes enforce inequality and strain families. It cites Emily Faithfull on destitution among clergy families, and reflects on polygamy in Utah with critical anecdotes about Brigham Young’s network and female relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Star
Jones
Smith
Robinson
Utah
Mormon Polygamic Society
Congress
Female Relief Society
Eliza R. Snow
Brigham Young
Advertising Agencies and Public Principles from William N. Byers
A Denver Rocky Mountain News letter from February 2 1873 argues that advertising agencies often fail publishers and advertisers. Byers warns that agencies promise big profits but insert notices at low rates in low circulation papers, cheating both advertisers and papers. He cites cheater agencies and cash in advance policies, noting only a few trustworthy outliers in New York Philadelphia and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. Byers
Denver News
George P. Rowell & Co
The
Rocky Mountain News
Denver
Colo
Messrs
Geo
P. Rowell & Co
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Paper Ad Rates and Direct Agency Delegation
A businessman argues that agencies overcharge or favor foreign advertisers, retaining commissions from the knock-down price. He plans to hire his own agent visiting principal cities twice a year to secure better contracts and more business. He notes Western papers often rely on foreign ads and claims direct operation improves results.
Grace Greenwood on the Credit Mobilier critique
The New York Times column questions why respectable men did not confront the Oakes Ames scandal and mocks educated ignorance. It imagines if women had political power after the war, the public outcry over women’s incapacity and disenfranchisement would be severe and sweeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakes Ames
Washington
Spencer's Business College
North
Julia Ward Howe
H. L Dawes
Lucretia Mott
W. D. Kelley
Lacy Stone
J. A. Garfield
Maine
Georgia
Boston
San Francisco
N.Y
Woman's Courage in Huntington Bay Rescue
A Long Island woman, Miss Conklin, waded into Huntington Bay to rescue a man clinging to ice. She swam to him despite near drowning, guided him to shore, then fainted from exhaustion. The other survivor from the capsized boat was later brought ashore with help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Huntington Bay
Child Worker From Carlinville Aids Family In Winter Labor
A twelve year old girl near Carlinville Alabama helps her blind father and invalid mother by chopping cordwood to support them this winter. Last year she raised potatoes and did most farm work herself. A Colorado girl nine near Fort Collins also worked hard last year producing crops and has a long grading contract on the Julesburg railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlinville
Phila
Evenng Post
Colorado
Fort Collins
Julesburg
Petrified frog discovery near Greeley stirs curiosity
The Denver Daily Tribune reports a recent find near Greeley of a well preserved petrified frog, intended as a gift for the Greeley Geological Cabinet. Boys shattered it with a hatchet revealing an Agree coin, prompting questions from local savants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte
Greeley
Graham
the Tribune
Denver ‘Daily Tribune
Also Mentioned on This Page
K. Marsh, M.D
L. Homeopathic
Tsinune
Orrice Oren
Aut
Hoves
Pabor & Allen
George Pyburn
Monroe Street
Waltham, Remont
Fixe Warren
H. ©. Meclaughlin
Reiley Livery Stable
Madison Street
Greeley House
A. B. Cannon
Inman
Piano Forte and Organ
McPhail & Co's Pianos
Y Jilliam Stein
Tribune
wyAse
Robert Stevens
G Buauer
Maple and
N. M. Boynton
RS. A. Ingallee
Bank
Main Street
Greeley, Colorado
de Leay
Grant and
Sherman Ste
Jy ™. Moss
Monroe St
Higley
Batrft
F. L. Childs
Colony Hall
J Henry
Madison St
Walnut
W. Hilton
Walnut Street
F J. Percival
Walnut and
Madison Streets
T. Buckley
Joyce
Emily Faithfull
P Philanthropies
Republic
Grinder & Co
Laly
Bishop Ilson
Grace Greenwood
Credit Mobilier
Russell House
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