Colorado Colonists Clash Over Wheat Boom and Irrigation
The Greeley press retorts at Ohio papers and the Toledo Blade, defending Colorado’s agriculture. It touts irrigation canals, mills, schools, and growing industry as evidence of a booming colony. The piece attacks opponents for false reporting while praising local yields and future rail connections.
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Cincinnati Gazette
The
Cheeley
Iowa
Greeley
Colorado
Gaseffe
Langdon
Toledo Blade
Joseph Murray
Murray
Kennedy
the Gazette
Gazette
Ohio
Greeley Tainune
Gazette’s Decline Cited in Critique of Colorado Descent
A critic attacks the Gazette asserting it favors leniency for criminals over minting honest coin and urges reliance on national papers like the Philadelphia Press and New York Times. The writer laments fading editorial vigor, blaming loss of ideas rather than funds or chance.
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Feiter
Gazette
Forney
Philadelphia Press
The
New York Times
Hearth and Home
American Agriculturist
New England Farmer
Country Gentleman
Chicago Tribune
Colorado
Union Colony
Value of the Plains in Colorado Foretells Rich Stock and Grain Prospects
The plains offer rich soil and drought adapted grama grass ideal for winter and summer stock feed. With irrigation, profits rise as high as 15 dollars per acre yearly, while valleys provide grain yields but plains remain the main wealth driver for Colorado.
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Plains
Colorado
Boulder Valley Reform and Scenic Valley Description
The passage praises Colorado's Boulder Valley from the canyon where Boulder Creek emerges to its junction with the St. Vrain, a stretch about 16 miles long and roughly three miles wide, described as well cultivated with farms.
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Colorado
Boulder
Boulder Creek
St. Vrain
Tha Sonnan
Roulder
Boulder Valley and Wild Horses Highlight Colorado Chronicle
The article describes Boulder City as a growing town with irrigation and fruit trees, notes the valley’s trees and fair grounds, and details wild horse bands near Greeley. It discusses McClellan’s horse catching plan, health opinions on sunlight in Colorado, grape ripening dates, and local farm yields.
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Valmont
Boulder Valley
Colorado
Omony
Boulder City
Mountaiins
Cariboo
Thither
Boulder Canyon
Boulder County
Great Plains
Plains
McClellan
Salt Lake
California
Missouri
New Mexico
Platte
Smoky Hill
St. Vrain
Thompson
Cache la Poudre
Greeley Ranges
Pine Bluffs
A Letter From Chicago Amid Fire Damage
A letter from Geo H West dated October 9 1871 describes the Chicago fire's destruction. He reports being safe with family on the West Side, losing their lodging and goods though saving about 10000 dollars in merchandise, and notes gas and water lines burned leaving the city in upheaval. The writer contemplates returning home if insurance and merchants suffer further losses.
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Dean Fatuen
Charlie
Georgie
Fuller
Harrison
Morrist
Lake
Randolph
Wst
Auntie’s
12Th Street
Geo, H
West
Terrible Powder Explosion Near Cheyenne On Denver Pacific
A blasting train explosion occurred seven miles from Cheyenne aboard the Denver Pacific Railroad. A car carrying 700 kegs of blasting powder for J. O Reynolds of Central City blew apart, sinking the track six inches and destroying the car but injuring none. Fire and flying debris shook Cheyenne. one brakeman kicked a blazing keg away to prevent further damage.
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Cheyenne
Denver Pacific
Dougherty
J. O Reynolds
Central City
Hoffsmith
Met
Aid for Chicago Fund Raised by Town Board Leader
Mr Hi West president of the Town Board raises funds for Chicago sufferers. Subscriptions total $225 already sent to the Chicago mayor. Amount still due stands at $6850. A carload of provisions may be sent from Weld and Larimer counties.
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Hi. T. West
Chicago
West
Weld
Larimer
Death of a Female Naturalist Madame Jennette Power
Madame Jennette Power, famed French born naturalist married to James Power of Paris, has died in Perigueux. She discovered nautilus shell formation and invented the aquarium. Her innovations included a sea cage apparatus used in Messina to study fish habits and led to revised views on fish reproduction and meteoric bodies she linked to whirlwind formed aerobes.
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Madame Jennette Power
Perigueux
James Power
Paris
Aly
Jeanette Power
Messina
Sicily
Midime Jeanette Power
Madame Power
Aristotle
Academie Des Sciences
Uccess
Alcoholic prescriptions and clerical drinking debate
Dr Patton notes in Herald of Health a discussion among ministers and laypeople about using alcohol as medicine under physician supervision. A minister, once abstinent, admits continued wine use for five to six years, prompting questions about medical practice and consistency with other medicines.
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Barland
Dr. M
Mr. M
Lee
Paul
Timoty
M. D
Tie
Dr. Patton
Herald of Health
Music draws gold warbler to violinists unheard tale
A Zanesville Ohio paper reports a charming tale of a girl living four miles from the city who plays a religious violin air. Her brother accompanies on the flageolet. The golden warbler is seen only when this piece is played, and appears to respond to no other song or time.
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Zanesville
Grinnell Enshrines Temperance and Morality Standards
Mr Greeley notes Grinnell as a village of 2500 to 3000 with no barroom or saloon and strict covenants banning intoxicants. He lauds the town for lack of paupers loafers and ruffians and cites moral and cultural equality. The piece also quotes Mrs Horace Mann praising beef extract as a tonic.
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Grinnell
Greeley
Horace Mann
Herald of Health
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Wilson Verrin
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Uheeley
Austin Mason
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