17 May 1871
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1871
Page
1
Business card fragment for Monk & Co promoting retail dealer services in dry goods boots and shoes at the Promen Stone in Greeley Colorado. The text includes names Theleasle and Retail Dealer with scattered formatting errors.
Short notices list F. 8S. Ringer harness repairs on short notice at Main Street near the Post Office. L. Cwips bakes bread cakes and pies with Boston Brown bread. S. K. Thompson Surgeon Mechanical Dentist at Madison and Spruce. J. Leavy nursery and florist on Main Street between Grant and Sherman. Grape vines ornamental shrubs sulbous roots asparagus and rhubarb plants offered. agent for California grape vines and fruit reeds. J. Joyce boot maker on Maple Street promises best French calf and custom fit.
In a tale framed as a moral poem two brothers Abram and Zimri share a field and practice mutual generosity. Each adds harvest from his own store to the other's heap until both see the other’s need and each blesses the other, ending in gratitude and shared prayer.
Daniel Witter attorney at law and agent offers services for locating lands and examining titles. Based in Office Room No 1, Tappan Block, Denver, with practice before land offices in Colorado and Wyoming and before the General Land Office in Washington. Consultation invites land seekers and farm buyers.
Vendors offer beef veal mutton pork venison and buffalo steak poultry and wild game with fresh Baltimore oysters. Cash sales and low prices promised by B F Pisneo attracting buyers to the market.
A former speaker argues sobriety is essential to national success, warning that intemperance corrupts public officials and voters alike. He cites senators, a president, and liquor interests shaping policy, urging total abstinence and prohibition to restore integrity in government.
The essay discusses how opinions develop not by pure reason but by the spirit of the age. It contrasts Newtonian science with imagination, notes China’s example, and cites Voltaire on Chinese and Jewish peoples. It argues eighteenth century negative philosophy widened orthodox sympathies and urged a broader view of belief.
The piece notes growing railroad consolidation, leases, and pooling to improve efficiency and rates. Union Pacific posts new leadership under Thomas A. Scott, John Duff, and B H Rollins, with rising securities. Colorado lines advance irrigation and transport, including Colorado Central grading toward Golden and Georgetown, and the Denver and Rio Grande grading for three foot gauge. Boulder Valley Road extends from Erie toward Burlington under development.
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