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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1886
Page
6
Browmann reports Richmond has recovered from the Civil War with population near 30,000, three-sevenths Black, thriving industry in iron works, flouring mills and tobacco, new brick houses on Franklin and Grove streets, electric street lights, and a growing boulevard drive toward Hollywood Cemetery.
The narrative tours Libby prison and the White House of the Confederacy in Richmond now used as a school. It recalls Jefferson Davis and Joseph Davis's grave, the Confederate monument in Hollywood Cemetery, and presidents Tyler Monroe and their memorials, reflecting on lost national memory and republican gratitude.
An engraving from a photograph reveals a three foot jasper statue of Hercules in Mexico, believed by experts to be a Phidias work. Found in a pawn shop by Padre Giovanni Gismondi, it was bought by a wealthy gentleman who later learned its value, tracing its Pompeii origin and gifts to Maximilian. The piece may spark legal and international disputes over ownership.
J Beaver Webb, designer of Genesta and Galatea, visits New York to push for an American race rule compromise and to promote the British challenger. Webb expects fast sailing after crew drills and notes English Yachting rules favor narrow beams. The Galatea, built for transatlantic cruising and the America’s Cup bid, impresses visitors with interior space and a courteous crew led by Lt Enns.
Samuel Jones Tilden was laid to rest in New Lebanon New York after a lifetime as a reformist lawyer railroad and mining tycoon and a pivotal Democratic figure. The burial site at Greystone and the unique circle design honor his ancestry and statecraft as President maker who declined the 1884 nomination.
Through tickets available from the ticket agent in Greeley. The railroad runs Rock Island trains daily between Omaha and East, North East and Southeast with Pullman sleepers and dining cars on main lines. R Miller and A W H Carpenter sign as General Manager and General Passenger Agent.
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