Colorado prospects and cultural aims in Greeley
The piece argues that English and European capitalists seeking land and settlement in Colorado will be disappointed as Americans with capital and energy will seize favorable locations. It stresses assimilation, education tied to temperance, and warns against foreign absorption. It also notes criticisms of a Blake and Willett handbook, disputes with misstatements about crops, and references to Horace Greeley and female suffrage debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
America
Hogland
Atlantic States
United States
Greeley
Belford
Blake and Willett
Denver
Greeley School Building Delays and Sacrifices Considered
The town debates finishing the graded school as delays stem from selling bonds at a heavy discount. A capitalist offers 90 cents on the dollar plus 12 percent interest, risking moral value against real estate gains. Advocates urge sacrifice for a high building to raise prestige and future prosperity and encourage disciplined study among youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Board of Education
Denver
Denver Pacific Railroad
Grasshoppers Invade Western Plains in Folklore Report
A humorous Kansas newspaper note details grasshoppers moving toward the Laramie Plains, describes their tastes for leafy crops, and muses on the climate and frost risks. It compares pest impacts to Salt Lake wheat crops, ponders pruning trees, and oddly likens the insects to Grant era figures in human terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Laramie Plains
Salt Lake
St. Louis
Grand Army
Gen. Grant
Grant
Mining Review praised for timely mining focus in Georgetown
The Mining Review at Georgetown Colorado receives praise for its mining focus and binding-friendly format. It argues newspapers cannot fully convey mining information and calls the new paper timely and creditable for readers seeking Colorado mine data. It notes Wood's Household Magazine at Newburgh and a new electric heating method to saw timber rapidly, claimable by a boy to operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mining Review
Georgetown
Colorado
Wood
Household
Gail, Hamilton
Newburgh
N. Y
Ireland hit by potato blight and voter hopes in Ohio
A northern Ohio correspondent notes optimism that Greeley will carry the state, while Laura E. Lyman praises Home Interest writing in the New York Tribune. The blight from weeks of wet weather devastates Ireland and much of England potato crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Greeley
Laura E. Lyman
New York
Ridune
The
Spectator
All Ireland
England
Denver Exposition Echoes and Early Territory Growth
A Denver correspondent reviews the Territorial Fair and the citys rapid development. He notes brick blocks gas streetcars and thriving newspapers like the Tribune News and Herald. He criticizes the fairs focus on horses over agriculture and cites prominent residents and editors enjoying city life.
Colorado fairs seek minerals over racing and saloons
A Colorado letter argues fairs should be free from exhibitions of speed and vice. It lauds New York models, urges a separate mineral department, larger buildings, and space for art while praising Western courtesy and press coverage. It highlights mining wealth and agricultural display as Territory worth viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Colorado
American Institute
East
Denver
Pacific
Messrs
Harrington
Treadway
R. M
Church Services Last Sunday Variant Readings At Local Pulpits
A condensed report of Sunday services shows varied sermons and strong congregational activity. Pastors Mr Bosworth Mr Adams and others led worship across Congregational Methodist Presbyterian Episcopal and Baptist churches with attentive crowds and remarks on practical religion and spiritual growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Bosworth
Boulder
Adams
McDonald
Baptist Brethren
Estes’ Park
Rocky Mountains
Thompson
Presbyterian
Mr. Green
Episcopal Church
Gray’s Peak
Parry
Gray
Masonic Hall
Main Street
McBoashi
Aten
Bostom
Methodist Church
Rmon
West Point
Christ
Greevey Tripune Baptism Infers Sect Controversy
A fragment mentions a sect figure named Greevey Tripune and a baptism event, hinting at religious tensions. The text is incomplete, offering limited context about the sect and its followers.
Colorado’s Rise and Colonies Shape a Prosperous Era
The Denver Tribune recounts Judge Belford’s address praising Colorado’s rapid growth since 1859. It highlights wheat and corn gains, farm values, mineral wealth, and the Union Colony at Greeley, noting colonization’s role in expansion and local industry potential including home manufacturing prospects.
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Washington Territory
Washington
Nevada
United States
Colorado
Traveil
Republic
Congress
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Nebraska
Goshen
Egypt
Union
Greeley
Denver
Swansea
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Greelary
N. C. Meeker
Thortase
Mal Poe
Prospectus
Gnexing
Tarun
Horace Greeley
B. Gratz Brown
Republican Party
Anthony
Revolution
James Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Greeley
Miss Anthony
Cincinnati
Collyer
Anna Dickinson
Charles Sumner
Miss Dickinson
Liberal Party
Logan
Naglee
Mose
Sumner
Satan
Temple
Goldrick
Herald
Phebe Couzins
Omaha
Chicago
Evans
Bond
Gen. Pierce
Crow
Clark
Harper
Col
Ashley
the Tribune
the News
the Times
Woodbury and
Blake
Goldrick’s Herald
Colorado Monthly
Wilhelm
Aldine
Judge Belford
Rocky Mountain Presbyterian
Second Presbyterian Church of
Brooklyn
Greeley Church
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