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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1871
Page
2
The article recalls why Greeley settled late yet became valuable, citing frontier danger, pre empted land, stage routes, and rail plans. It praises the Colony’s growth, temperance zeal, and the economic case for a sober, industrious community, plus canal enlargement plans to secure water for expansion and farming.
In Gur Colony and town, ties form from common interests and shared misfortune. Communities show familylike regard and tender welfare, with little bitterness or slander. Whisperers exist, but listeners ignore gossip and mind their own affairs.
Miss Ella Dunlap of Champaign Illinois daughter of Hon M L Dunlap Chicago Tribune is described as an enthusiastic apiarian managing forty five beehives now totaling one hundred. Honey surplus stored in frames will be sent to market in glass jars. Proceeds this year expected at least one thousand dollars. Her father praises her industry while noting her belief in female suffrage and urging action for women’s rights.
Wendell Phillips quotes warn of lawlessness and corrupt city governance while noting Denver coal discoveries and a Prairie Farmer publication revival after a Chicago fire. The Prairie Farmer Company announces a new office at 674 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, offers $2 yearly rate and subscriber premiums.
An advertisement listing subscriptions for California Agriculturist and other publications. It promotes Holloway & Herring’s monthly paper, the California Agriculturist, and notes options including the Chicago Weekly Tribune, Phrenological Journal, Greeory Tribune, Colorado Monthly, and Merald of Health with pricing and engraving highlights. It touts timely content and useful reading material.
Senator Colvin of New York, who visited Greeley last month, reports an enlightening trip. He commends the climate soil and irrigation prospects and predicts rapid growth and wealth for the town and region. He notes the Matilda Fletcher lode near Democrat Mountain as a rising ore source. Gov. McCook reports temporary illness after a London voyage amid fog and gas-lit days.
A roundup of assorted items including Alaska coal discoveries, Beecher's Sunday School aid to Chicago sufferers, Boston school property value, New York police arrests, editorials on boys, smallpox link to buffalo robes, Belgian Queen’s dress bill, Googstown earthquake humor, Shorthand Nome’s writer Mary Dodge, Michigan Central safety claim, Maine falls incident, Georgetown charity plans, British rum expenditure, Indian thefts on the Platte, Pilgrim's Progress Chinese translation, Londoners and room cost, Tribune on Chinese labor and free trade, Governor Campbell's Wyoming message, Loomis sheep flock near Longmont, Savannah fair prizes for young cooks, and a Virginia landlord tale.
A Lyceum audience heard recitations and critiques of Dickens works. Critics charged Dickens lacks religious conviction and moral aim, while supporters praised language and character drawing, noting pages of wordiness. The discussion contrasted tragic biblical parallels with Dickens’s secular fiction.
The text discusses literary succession with Dickens and Bulwer, noting improved mastery in daily life topics and praising cultural refinement, while suggesting younger writers will replace older ones. It comments on readers’ preferences compared to Western performances.
The Central Register reports Mr Vardin found indications of gold and silver lodges in the Poodre Mountains belt, noting quartz blossoms and copper carbonates in a blue green rock. Captain Tyler wintered 400 cattle on secured ground. the foot-hills offer accessible stock range. Also mentions Grace Greenwood and Daisy Eyebright praising Greeley as ideal for women and flowers and Bliss & Son seeds catalogues.
The Lyceum heard Miss Lottie Nichols read on Human Verbs while a wagon carrying Greeley Snow Flake flour rolled from the mill. The Wyoming Street Growers Association met at Cheyenne with many officials as lawmakers consider protecting stock interests. Long's Peak appeared majestic after a recent snowfall, and weather turned pleasant despite two inches of snow and delayed eastern mails. A Fire Department was organized in Colony Hall with James Inman as Captain and a committee to draft by laws.
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