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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1873
Page
1
R Irdival will personally attend to all orders for painting glazing graining paper hanging and whiting at the Walnut street shop. Jr Marsh M D.
A New York Times correspondent in Kanab Utah describes Major Powell’s second canyon of the Colorado River expedition. The Grand Canyon spans 1800 to 2000 feet across the rim, with river rapids far below and walls of red, gray, and yellow terraces. The awe and majesty arise from unknown power rather than sheer water, as sunset lighting enhances the cliff forms and distant mesas.
A Denver Times excerpt critiques railroad dining for wasteful variety and poor tea and coffee. It notes extensive travel, recommending simple well cooked meals. The piece then discusses Colorado fruit growing, citing Gov. Evans and local growers including Perrin Ames Estrick Sheldon Rose Woodbury Armstrong, and observations on hardy varieties and cherry trees.
William Stein offers carriage painting graining glazing wallpaper hanging and decorative work on Majle street opposite the Tribune Office.
Aveyor and engineer survey lands on Maple Street in Greeley to define boundaries and run ditches with reasonable measures.
The article argues Colorado will become as noted for agriculture as for minerals once irrigation is perfected. It highlights water control, government aid, and a Denver convention on irrigation, and details the Colorado Central Railway’s progress from Golden to Julesburg linking mining districts with agricultural regions and coal fields.
G W Cox, a proprietor, reports strong pay in a tunnel started 300 feet west of the vein discovery and now 175 feet in. The mine yields 455 ounces first class and 195 ounces second class per ton. A sixty foot shaft shows a 15 inch vein carrying 241 ounces. Crevice mineral and pay extend 425 feet west with a ten foot vein 30 feet deep. Projections include continuing tunnel work at $8 per foot.
The Rev. Newman Hall bids farewell to his London congregation before leaving for the United States. He proposes first visiting Niagara to rest, then touring city to city to preach the gospel, lecture on totalism, and promote brotherhood between nations.
A reflective passage compares skilled talkers to riflemen who strike with few words. They guide thoughts, then unleash concise sentences that hit the mark, piercing matters to their core and leaving others with little to respond.
Poem fragment sung by a weary speaker praising grangers and farmers. Mentions timber, haystack, potato bag, Durham ram, alpaca cow, hedge, plow, and corduroy pants. Expresses desire to oppose monopolies and bring greenbacks, aiming for political office with back pay.
A miner named Joseph Weisbach of Nevada was killed instantly in a Quartz Hill mine when a twenty ton rock slab fell from the main shaft level about three hundred feet deep. A survivor, who warned him, did not escape injury as Weisbach was crushed and disemboweled. He leaves a young wife, married last Christmas, and a daughter of Mr. Schultze of Nevada.
A Canyon City Times correspondent reports valuable silver ledges in Summit county led by the Home Stake near Tennessee Pass owned mostly by Colonel Archer, shipping four to five tons daily to Swansea Reduction Works in Denver at 250 per ton. The Dyre lodge near Iowa Gulch, owned by Dyre & Henderson, yields ore at 110 per ton with plans to ship in large quantities. New discoveries promise rich deposits but need railroad facilities and capital to develop.
The report warns that late crops in the Arizona Territory are likely to be near failures this year, signaling widespread agricultural hardship for farmers and suppliers.
In Cass County Iowa most of the reaper driving duties are performed by women this year according to local agricultural reports. The shift highlights changing gender roles in farm work and reflects broader trends in rural labor patterns.
The monologue ponders the disruptive fly invading daily life. It contrasts the urge for rest with the insect’s persistent presence from butter and milk to porridge and water, noting its nuisances on a Sabbath and during a summer day. The speaker laments and questions common pieties in light of the pest.
Professor Gardner notes twenty two summits above 14 000 feet in the Territory. William H Jackson photographer reports views from Longs Peak 14900 feet James Peak 13800 feet Gray 14300 feet Pike Peak 14300 feet Mt Lincoln 14200 feet Holy Cross 13400 feet. He also presents a panoramic from Mt Gray spanning about 150 miles including Longs Peak Holy Cross Lincoln and Pike Peak in the circle.
The Evening Post notes that court decisions affirm a railroad ticket remains valid until used. It states that “Good for this train and day only” is void and that passengers are entitled to the seat they contract for when buying a ticket. Conductors should respect passenger rights.
A Paris journal mocked the French ministry by recounting a visitor asking to see a minister who was away at Versailles and joking that the minister had joined the cabinet. The wit suggests the minister will remain in office only briefly.
A coal vein is discovered at Fort D. A. Russell at a depth of six hundred seventy five feet. No further details are provided regarding location extent or potential output.
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