Progress of the Colony in Greeley and Election
The article describes Greeley’s colony aims to build a trade and education center, promote temperance, and pursue self sufficiency through farming and horticulture. It notes rapid growth, land sales, and strong confidence, with money flowing into improvements and orchard planting. It details election turmoil with Reform and Independent factions forming a third party and near balance of power before results.
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Greeley
Acre
New York City
Reform Party
Board of Trestees
Colony Shows Wealth Through Real Estate Fever
The report notes expectant buyers flooded drawings for resident lots and paid cash, with plans for a canal project to create water power and a graded school house costing 12000 to 16000 dollars. The colony shows strong moneyed interest and readiness to invest in major improvements.
Public Meetings and Committees Decline in Results
Public meetings and committees are criticized for failing to accomplish their objectives. The writer notes that despite high expectations, meetings produce little tangible action and seems to question their value in advancing important measures.
Committees as the Backbone of Legislative Power
The piece argues that public meetings fail without orderly committees. It notes that deliberation must occur away from the public eye, with a representative committee to avoid mob rule. It claims unity and expert input come from individuals, not crowds, and cites January in May imagery to illustrate civic progress.
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Mars
Literary Theft Sparks Editorial Credit Dispute
A Greeley Tribune reader notes a literary theft controversy involving editor Meeker and the phrase Thou shalt not steal. The piece mentions Tilton and a Golden Age reference and cites a copied article from another paper with unclear attribution.
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Se Tribune
Meeker
Eustons
Ee Ee
Tilton
Greeley
Literary theft and idea appropriation in journalism
The piece cites Horace Greeley and argues that editors often seize ideas from obscure papers. A metropolitan editor may spot a significant idea, instruct a writer to expand it, and produce what looks like an original article.
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Horace Greeley
Visit Colorado Mountains and Valleys to Understand Its Wealth
The writer urges travel to Colorado to grasp its fertility, mine wealth, and grand mountains. News from Georgetown and expansion talks reveal buyers for claims, upcoming textile and paper mills, and a canal project to power future works. Greenley correspondents are busy, lively, and occasionally sharp.
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Colorado
Jrey
Colorado Miner
Georgetown
Colorado Scenes Move Anna Dickinson to Silence at Summit
Stephen Decatur recalls Anna Dickinson on Grey's Peak where she contemplated the Colorado Mountains, preferring not to write a letter home. He notes vast corn and potato plots on mountain slopes promising returns for future farming. A Grand Army post and Missouri Valley Life Insurance Co board form in town, Lincoln chosen as post name. Denver Odd Fellows visit, inaugurate a lodge and return by dawn.
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Stephen Decatur
Georgetown
Anna Dickinson
Colorado
Yosemite
Colorado Mountains
Decatur
Grand Army of the Republic
Greeley
Lincoln
Moss
112Th
Colorado Valley Exults in Early Farming Prospects
A first person travelogue describes the Cache la Poudre valley near Greeley Colorado, noting irrigation progress, lush fields of wheat barley oats potatoes and strawberries, expanding canals and ranches, thriving cattle and sheep herds, and deep plowing insights. It highlights notable farms including Mr Eaton with 1000 acres, experiments in fruit trees and cotton woods, and refutes rumors of barren soil while recounting a stormy evening ride home past mountains and electric atmospheric displays.
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Cache Ja Poudre
Colorado
New York
Susquehanna
Greeley
Boyd
New Mexico
Eaton
Mary of Dee
A fragmentary poem about a drowning woman named Mary aboard a boat near the Dee. The verse recalls the western wind the rising tide and a futile homeward pull as boatmen mourn her loss beside the sea.
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Dee
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