Greeley in a English Tale and a Colorado Morning
A British novel describes our town of Greeley in a favorable light and the plains country. The excerpt recalls a Colorado railway journey past the red brick school, white church, irrigation canals, and a park still rough with underwood while the mountains glow in the morning sun.
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Green Pastures
Piccadilly
William Black
Greeley
Eagle Ranch
Crow Creek
Dr. Greek
Buchtel
Cameron
Childs
Sylvia
England
Bell
Omaha
Queenstown
Plains
New York
Colorado Prairies
Balfour
Queen T
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Cache la Voudre
Underwood
May Day 1870 Itemized War on Finances and Fires
A long dispatch lists financial policy actions in Washington including silver exchange, four percent loan subscriptions, and neutrality enforcement on the Mexican frontier. It notes rail and mill disasters in Omaha and Minneapolis, a steam tug boiler explosion at Memphis, and fires in Bradford, Sparta, and Keokuk. It also reports speeches, diplomatic moves, and worldwide events such as Paris exhibition news and famine in China.
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United States
House
Senate
Seward
Pekin
Washington
Shanghai
New Orleans
Memphis
Minneapolis
Minn
Washburn
Sparta
Wis
South Chicago Woolen Mills
Hyde Park
Bradford
Keokuk
Keokuk & Des Moines
Sunday Afternoon Meeting At Post's Hall In Greeley
A local society in Greeley holds Sunday gatherings at Post's Hall to discuss religious moral and philosophical topics without targeting any faith. The first meeting featured Dr W P Welch on Muhammadanism and a critique of Christian and Islamic doctrines. Trustees elected for one year include S B Haynes D Boyd O Howard J Leavy and J T Buchtel. May 6 1878.
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H. A. Haynes
W. P. Welch
Mahomet
Europe
Africa
Christ
The
Crescent
Messrs
Leavy
Boyd
Wilber
Knowles
S. B, A. Haynes
D. Boyd
O. Howard
J. Leavy
J. T. Buchtel
County Court Opens With Record of Divorces and Ejectment
County Court opened Monday before Judge Scott with several cases. Divorces granted for Green, Brown, and Waite couples. Annis estate suit over sale of real estate not yet confirmed. Bricker vs Bricker, attachment dismissed at plaintiff's cost. Wyatt vs Baker ejectment set for jury trial. Bricker vs Huff Smith slated for Tuesday, 14th. Court to adjourn near week’s end.
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Scott
Thos. B. Green
Mary C. Green
Dree
Elvira Brown
Wm. Brown
Stewart A. Waite
Katie N. Waite
H. Boettcher
Samuel Bricker
Eli Annis
Jos
Tracy
Thos. F. Tracy
David Wyatt
Abner
Baker
Haynes, Gipson & Dunning
L. R. Rhodes
Bricker
Huffsmith
Annual meeting of the Weld County School Board elects secretary
District No. 6 Weld Co Colo May 6 1878 board members present ballots counted Seventeen votes cast Wheeler Eddy Wheeler elected secretary for three years Meeting adjourned to May 18 1878 due to bad weather Abbey & Co open next door with groceries smoking remedy Cungss promoted at drug store
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Weld Co
5. K. Thompson
B. F. Marsh
Greeley School
T. R. Wrexier
Sec’y
Horse Millinery and Round-Up Outfitters in Greeley
An assortment of saddle and harness goods offered by Pioneer Saddle and Harness Shop led by R. E. Hant with S. R. Propst. buffalo postmaster, Bud for grain and groceries. several notices urge leather, lumber, and clothing purchases. Also listings for lost scarf, buckwheat seed, and round-up outfits by H. B. Jackson & Co. plus multiple local suppliers and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Saddle and Harness Shop
Main St
Greeley, Colo
R. E. Hant
Odd Fellows Celebration and Local Baseball Result
The Collins nine defeated Greeley twelve to six in a game where a well-trained team faced players hardly know toether. The Collins entry notes a strong store presence at H B Jackson Co with thrift, cleanliness, and a promise of quality goods including camping outfits and round-up gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Greeley
Collins
Denver Tribune
Collins Boys
H. B. Jackson & Co
Local Retail Ads Offer Bargains Across Clothing and Groceries
A jumble of shop notices promotes dresses silk and lace scarves linen suits and furs with appeals to ladies to inspect prices before buying. Deals include boots rubbers and shoes, eye glasses, beef and mutton at Beetham and Flower’s drugstore, fresh groceries, and wholesale dry goods from Monk and Ingalsbe.
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Monk & InGallsre
W. A. Nichols & Co
Monk and Ingalsbe’s
Cash Only Goods and Bargains From Local Stores
An assortment of ads and notices including cash only sales by H Borriener, Sozodont toothpaste promotion for children, fresh groceries from R P Amngy & Co, pig sale by W A Nicnors & Co, and clothing and hat displays from Monk Ingalsee and A Z Salomon. Also notes on irrigation assessments, hat shipments, and travel routes via Union Pacific with multiple agent contacts.
Local ads and notices pepper Greeley storefronts and events
A long catalog of local sales and notices includes clothing promotions at H Boerrenmanns and W A Nichols Co, rail fare offers via Union Pacific lines, a marriage at Sarinda, a newborn birth in April, and notices for Hamman groceries, Renne’s nervous remedy, glove making, plows from W F Thompson Co, Schuttler wagons, and various dry goods bargains. Also listed are boot and shoe leaders, overcoats, hats, gold pens, stationery, and a push for underpriced stock sales and board rates at City Bakery with festive promotions.
German Syrup touted as sole remedy for lung diseases
Advertisement claims Boschee's German Syrup cures severe lung diseases including consumption and pneumonia. It asserts thousands suffer from throat and lung afflictions, cites 50,000 dozen sold last year without complaint, and recommends a single bottle for consumptives priced 75 cents, available from all druggists in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
America
Tax sale notice for delinquent 1877 Weld County lands
Public notice from Greeley Colorado May 1 1878 lists delinquent taxes for 1877 in Weld County to be offered at public sale on June 10 1878 at the County Court office. Names of property owners include Alexander H Canfield Henry Hoyt W B Woodruff Noah Maitbie John Jones Mary E Tucker and many others with parcels described by lot numbers across town of Greeley and surrounding areas. Assessment details reference real estate liens to satisfy taxes interest and penalties.
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Bismark
Montreal
Wyoming
China
Seward
Paris
Noyes
Bayard Taylor
Cronstadt
America
Canada
Quebec
England
Bank of England
Chemistses
Turkey
Gehi
Kharapool
Erzercum
Adrianople
Phillipolis
Hosker
Constantinople
Tuileries Commission
Greeley
Alexander H
Ira Canfield
Henry Hoyt
W B
Woodru
Noah Maitbie
John Jones
Washlow
C L Tucker
JL White
Ire
Canfield
State of
Colorado
L. von Gohren
Eli Annis
Board Town Trustees
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Maple Street
Greeley, Colorado
N. ©, Meeker
E. J. Carver
Merrimac
St. Louis
Cimbria
Southwest Harbor
New York and
Mamburg
Daft
Toronto
Miles
Newton
Iowa
Sitting Bull
Texas
Mexico
Havre
Committee of Safety
North Carolina
Weldon
Kansas
Franklin Upton & Co
Boston
E. Remington & Sons
Newton, Pa
Evarts
Windsor
B. F. Butler
Key
Gettysburg
John Morrissey
Saratoga
Helmbold
Laconia
N. H
Ladd
St.Peter's Catholic Church
Gen. Grant
Turin
Dijon
J. M. Binkley
B. Packard
Louisiana
Liverpool
House Committee On Education and Labor
Post's Hall
Fay
Tae
R. P. Abbey & Co
Abbey
Boowren
Pioneer
Horse Millinery
S. R. Propst
Buffalo Post
N. C. Meeker
Bucne
Pioneer Drug Store
A. Z. Salomon
F. J. P&rerva
Percival
Wa. Hamaran
W. A. Tyroff
Tyroff
Main Street
North Side
South Side
Platte
Wyatt
J. Max Clark
Hood
Tribune
Katre Moore
Monk & Ingallee
Beetham
Salomon
A. Beretnam
E. L. Dun- Wam
Borrrenmer’s
H. F. Flower’s
Beetham’s
Flower’s
Hiucpeet
Hssmeere Haa
H. Borriener
A. Z. Savomon’s
R. P. Amngy & Co
W. A. Nicnors & Co
Just
Monk & Ingalsee’s
H. F. Flower
Huyck
Chicago
Gents
A. Z. Salomon’s
Morton
A. B. Clark
Cache la Poudre
Canal No. 2
J. D. Buckey
Sec’y. Gree Ey
W. A. Nicnots & Co
W. A. Nicnois & Co
Monk & Ingalsee
W. A. Nienors
E. L. Dunnam
H. Borrrener
Borrrener
Mrs. Hastings
City Bakery
Monk & Ingalsbe’s
New Roue
CoLtornapo Central
Union Pacific
Denver
New Mexico
Tuos
L. Krwranr
Gen
U. Plr. R
W. H. Price
Gen'l Ag't
J. J.T. Ban
Ticket Ag’t
16Th & Larimer
W.A. Nichols & Co
Nichols
California
Alexis
H. Boerrenmn’s
Barnum Hall
Good Templars
Kansas Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Simpson—Harris
Kd. M. Craven
J. H. Simpson
Alice A. Harris
Sarinda
Hamman
Casi Grocer
Wm Hamman
Mr. Hamman
Renne
W. C. Dickerson
W. F. Thompson & Co
Schuttler
W. A. Nieners & Co
W. A. Nicnols & Co
Nicnorss
Monk & Ingalsbe
Arcen & Rogers
Denver Confectioners
West
South America
J. Jay Josirx
Cheyenne
H. Borriener’s
H. H. Barton
Flower's
H. Borriewer
Boots
Flower
Brown
H. F. Frower
Joux T Bueater
M Williams
J D
Wherren
EJ Williams
Mary E
Tucker
Arthur Hotchkins
FP Pierson
CE Pratt
Margareth Brown
OL Tucker
Nye
Thomas J Stimson
Mary E Tucker
KK L Baker
AJ Wilber
Ira Cantsfield
Jas L
White Rebecca A Hoover
Jacob Welch
Wm Ellis
N McLain
Willmer Sinclair Eli Hali McElroy & Woodruf McElroy & Woodruf
John Kt Long
Henderson Chas Wheeler
H Eaton
Bush Es
Nettleton
Henderson
Smith Joseph Moss
Dexter
Day Ira Canfield
J Atwood
William Ira Canfield
Moodie
Alex Boyd
Ira
Canfield Colorado
RCO
Dixon Stansbury
Chas Wheeler
W Ferguson
Henry Moyt
Thomas
Bryant
Hill AH Root
F Hazen
RU Johns
J H
C H Marsh
Lot
Oren
Town Streetham
Faa
W. Fisk
Dearborn
DRUCS
N B. Dearborn
Justice OF Peace
Deis
Jackson Street
Bismarck
Obert Steele
J. M. Freeman
Attorney At Law
J. D. Beckw
Ky, Nedt
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