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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1874
Page
1
Business cards and notices for J Henry Contractor and Builder Masonry Plastering on Madison Street. J Percival Carpenter Builder and Boot Maker on Maple Street Greeley Colorado promises top quality French calf boots and perfect fit. A H Boughton.
A poem titled The Drunkard's Child portrays a plea for a drunk father's reform and a child's despair over poverty and shame. The text shifts to a vivid descriptive passage detailing river canyons, dense vegetation, bottomlands, and towering cliffs near Pingree's and Glen Doe, mentioning Geo. W. Doe and scenic geographies along Beaver Creek and Roaring Creek.
Dr Law describes a June journey with five travelers from La Porte to Pingree along the Carter Road to the Poudre valley. He notes glacial deposits, granite boulders, and pine forests scarred by a recent wildfire, with hotel at Elkhorn and sawmill at Three Mile Canyon.
The Chicago Tribune notes the need for respectable jobs for women and highlights Mrs. Malloy of Elkhart Ind who shows how women can excel in country journalism. She and her husband built a $600 capital into a $6000 office, proving persistence, skill, and debt collection are key.
The Manchester Guardian reports Professor Tyndall has republished his British Association address with minor edits and omitted passages. He addresses the charge of being a material atheist, noting that even Christians have doubts and that clear thought often dissolves the doctrine, revealing no solution to the mystery of existence.
At the Academy rendering of Traviata last night the sight of women with shaved heads and natural hair sparked commentary. The piece notes a swift move away from chignons and ornate headpieces to simple plaits, likening the shift to revolutionary fashion changes and noting husbands welcome the change despite barbers and hair dealers lamenting.
The county bears Wm W Bent’s name from pioneer Fort Lyon founders. Settlements began 1859 60 along the Arkansas with Boggsville leaders boosting agriculture and freighting to Santa Fe and Las Vegas. By 1867 Fort Lyon protected settlers. cattle horses and hay expanded, with population near 5000 and livestock over 75000. The region holds extensive coal beds of large, likely tertiary age, seen as exhaustible and valuable for future territorial development.
The author extols the permanence of stone arches over wood while praising the architectural strength and civic virtue symbolized by arches. He imagines despot use, urging arches on all streets and grand Gothic halls to reform manners, and notes Hayden party finds of ancient walls and pottery in Colorado canyons.
A critique from Appleton's Journal argues manners have decayed from top to bottom, citing free habits and street smoking by so called gentlemen. It urges high breeding and considerate conduct by the upper classes to model civility for all ranks and influence the community.
English pamphlet author Dr William B Carpenter calls alcoholic stimulants a slow poison listing Delirium Ebriosum Delirium Tremens and other diseases. He argues drinkers have weaker injury resistance and shorter lives while criticizing school board enforcement of truancy in the poor. A New York damages case punishes liquor providers. judge outlines compensation for funeral costs and lost services to age 21.
The Rev Eb Dr Tuthild cites Georgetown's 26 licensed alcohol outlets, 22 saloons and 4 “groceries” selling drink, noting rising liquor use from 16 to 22 saloons and linking drinking to crime. He calculates tax receipts of about 3 075 yearly, estimates daily drinking costs, compares to education and city projects, and urges sober consideration of saloon impact amid a growing town.
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