22 Oct 1884
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1884
Page
1
I hereby announce myself a candidate for constable at the approaching election. After summer work on an important railroad case concluded successfully I have been away from Greeley. I shall remain at home and seek support from friends and all who value order peace and strict law observance for the office. Yours respectfully I F Pinn eo
Abner Baker visits town on business. Fort Collins hosts several speeches, and a pork packing plant begins construction. Local improvements include Baker Hall at Fort Morgan and a new creamery plan. irrigation projects advance with the Poudre High Line Canal details.
At the second St. Johns meeting chaired by President Copeland, Miss Kitty Norcross sang and Mr. Thornton led a prayer. Gladstone warned liquor traffic harmed health and morality, citing a daily death rate rivaling war. Speakers argued liquor interests dominate politics and urged a third party, recalling past reform movements as evidence.
Agent Lawton reports bagging 14 snipes Monday night while four cottages are planned for Hast wheapulikis to rent. Town chatter centers on overlapping interests and local ventures as cold mornings drive prairie dogs to seek shelter. Thomas Devonport of Greeley visited with nursery orders, and Isaac Newman found an old Spencer carbine along the Platte river. Black walnut stocks are half rotted but intact. Farley preserves the relic and has prepared a will and fund.
A Denver Tribune account describes a massive welcome for Honest Ben Eaton in Leadville Colorado. About 20 000 people filled streets from Chestnut to Eighth, with a torchlit parade behind Eaton’s open barouche and a German band. Crowds cheered from sidewalks rooftops and hotel roofs as blue and red flames lit the night. thousands were turned away at the Opera House.
Rotacker argues in opinion that liquor dealers oppose Eaton and urges enforcement of existing laws. He calls city government to act on ordinances about saloons, warning they must stay out of politics or risk a war that could end Republican influence in the county.
The article recounts Mrs. Burnett's dramatic entrance to a Congressional pension hearing, urging restoration of General Ward B. Burnett’s pension. It highlights his 71 years, wartime service with Mexico, and public tributes contrasted with his later poverty and obscurity.
Advertisement touts Dr Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup as a favorite remedy for coughs colds and throat and lung affections. The product priced at 50 cents and 1 is sold by Mason and Kyle and widely promoted across the United States.
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