Spiritualism in Greeley and Grasshopper Blues
In Greeley a Spiritual Church grows as Mrs. Wilcoxson forges Sunday talks and a Denver medium plans circles for spirit communications. The writer admires her clarity and questions the Bible’s portrayals, while noting Bible allegory debates and the medium's critics. The column shifts to report widespread grasshopper devastation across Colorado farms, with 2000+ acres harmed and ongoing efforts to combat pests through science and cooperation.
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Greeley
Wilcokson
Denver
Swedenborg
Shakespere
Boston
Call for expert evaluation of spiritual painters works
Citizens demand that Denver painter under spiritual influence submit landscape paintings for judging in Greeley. They deny any works rivaling Church's Heart of the Andes or Bierstadt's Storm in the Rocky Mountains until authentic evaluation confirms quality.
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Church
Andes
Bierstadt
Rocky Mountains
Boulder County Farmers Debate Grasshopper Cure
Boulder farmers met to discuss relief and seed loans as grasshoppers devastate crops. They heard estimates of widespread losses, talked of fire machines and homemade killers, and appointed a committee to solicit interest-free loans for seed with adjournment until Saturday.
Irrigation Water Supply Seen as Likely to Fail
The article notes continued agitation over water supply for irrigation, with expectations of failure unless a limited source can be secured. After three years of debate, the water question remains unsolved.
Frontiers of Kansas Rural Life and Grasshopper Plague
A correspondent travels the 100th meridian across Osborne Phillips and other frontier counties to observe settlement, water, timber, fencing, and farming prospects. He notes aridity, rising cattle, shifting crops, tax burdens, aid debates, and the social strain of relief distribution as Kansas faces rapid growth and immigration.
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Osborne
Osborne County
Solomon
Airwin
Phillips County
Kaneas
Kansas Pacific
Solomon City
Kirwin
Cawker
Kansas
Norton
Phillips
Essendo Ri mm
Topeka
Missouri River
Frontier
Missouri
Kansas City
Atlantic States
Absorption of Globe and Democrat to Cut 100 Jobs
The Administration backed plan under J B McCullagh managing editor will see the Globe absorbed by the Democrat print shop. The event will occur Saturday west as the Voice moves into Democrat quarters. Over 100 employees of both papers face dismissal due to the absorption with Globe personnel favored in selection.
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J. B. McCullagh
The
Globe
Voice
Democrat
Globe Boys
Farmers in Council Discuss Grasshopper Plague Aid
In Denver the city hall hosted leading agriculturists to address the grasshopper outbreak. A five member committee was formed to procure and distribute grain to besieged farmers and a public meeting was set for Monday night to raise funds.
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John
Ian
Farmers seek loan for seed grain relief after locust damage
In town this week Mr. Carnabath of White Rock Flouring Mills and leading farmers discussed a possible two thousand dollar loan from local moneyed men to farmers who lost their first sowing. Plans call for a formal meeting, a trusted organizing committee, and distribution of seed to neighbors and individuals. Beasley of Lower Boulder reports widespread crop destruction and suggests barley and reseeding thirty five acres to corn. Boulder & White Rock Ditch Company offers water access until June to protect fields from grasshoppers.
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Colorado
Boulder
Jefferson
Judge Clark
Illinois
Salomon
Boulder News
Caywood
Bixley
Wallace
J. H. King
T. Richards
Capt. Nichols
Meet
Webster
St/ Vrain
P. A. Leyner
Wise & Son
Christendom
Fulton
Franklin
Morse
Solomon and Reublican
Meridon
Mamy
Texas
Kansas
Cc. M
Carnabath
White Rock
K.P
Denver
Beasley
Lower Boulder
Boulder and
Grasshoppers Multiply Threaten Kansas Gardens
In St Joseph Missouri May 11 the grasshoppers have multiplied greatly and threaten crops. Gardens are black with them and some meadows suffer damage. Observers report swarms extending southeast toward the plains with potential harm already seen in Neosho Kansas. Wet weather may check their advance. farmers in Denver report using water-filled ditches to drown and sweep them away as a defense.
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St. Josefu
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Neosho
Kan
C! Tribune
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Boulder County
New York Tribune
St. Louis
Globe- Democrat
Farmers IN Council
Denver News
Harpen Davis
Ralston Creek
J. F. Wilbur
Colorado Farmer
Messrs. Arnett
Chatfield
Jones
Packard
Orp
Versal
Farmer's Relief Loan
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