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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1875
Page
2
The piece argues novels enrich reading culture yet caution against relying on fiction for real life gains. It notes Pilgrims Progress as a landmark, discusses women writers shaping sentiment, and warns against chasing wealth through easy paths while praising novels for discipline, imagination, and moral insight. It also lists Beecher Tilton scandal notes and various brief items.
In April 1871 a colony meeting passed resolutions detailing a general plan for the Union Colony of Colorado. The policy promotes moral social and material prosperity, immigration, education from schools to colleges, cooperation and foreign capital, canal and bridge projects, water power and manufacture, and preservation of agricultural and educational facilities along with temperance adherence. The document, found among papers, is attributed to Mr. Shattuck.
The Denver Tribune changed hands yesterday with Henry Brown retiring and Hergap Beckets taking possession for 27000 dollars in cash and Clement's addition lots valued at 14000. Beckets, a former Louisville businessman and Caloado resident, plans a stable editorial line with Henry Ward remaining as leading editor. Union printers replace the former staff as the new owner aims to run a successful paper in Denver.
Poem scenes of emigrants moving west guided by stars and storms. The long trek passes rock fronts, vast deserts, and night watches with cattle, beasts, and skeletal yet regal oxen pulling the wagon train toward the boundless west.
A reader urges a public depositary system in each county to reduce graft and influence in money handling. He proposes bidding for funds, limiting officer involvement, and using drafts for transactions, aiming to restore public trust and curb corruption. The letter ends with a separate weather note about little snow in Box Elder country.
Mr Annis the new teacher arrives. Indians commit outrages on the Platte. Rowe s Library adds new novels. Mrs Harrington in Vermont with a fine singer. Union Thanksgiving services planned at Baptist church with Rev Fisher sermon and Rev Adams improving. Kennedy the Greeley astronomer offers star knowledge. Hogs weigh over 300 pounds for dairy farmers. Ingalsbe & Monk promise cash bargains. Congregational ladies host a Park Church sociable Friday. Fence Commissioners election December first. Good Templars plan Thanksgiving dramatic entertainment with Oliver Twist and a widow farce. George West replaces H T West in the bank with Dr. Emerson. Sermon for the young at M B Church next Sunday. Real estate ads from Freeman Shattuck. Kellogg and Tuffenden concert well attended. Tennie Nichols praised. Dickens supper by Episcopal Society well received. Greeley Cornet Band provided fine music. about 200 at supper. Snow covers ground. dairy stock and corn crops discussed. Mrs Campbell, Boston, advocates women voting under new constitution. addresses in Barnums Hall and Park Church. Admission free with strong expectations of full house.
Mrs. J G Burnett recalls a bright morning when a sweet little girl joined her bustling family. The children share frolic and joy, with matching blue eyes and sunny hair, as the household blossoms with a new darling.
Electors meet at Barnum Hall on Wednesday December 1 to elect two commissioners J B Backer for 3 years and H W Martin for 1 year and to hear reports. Also notices on dancing club recruitment and private lessons plus tax collection and local commerce updates.
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