Vast California ranch offers fertile mesa lands for fruit growth
J Be Amorose describes a 27000 acre San Diego Bay Land Company ranch from National City. He details soils, moisture, and irrigation possibilities, noting crops such as oranges lemons figs olives pomegranates and semi tropical fruits already thrive without irrigation, with extensive orchards by F A Kimball and others. He cites agent yields and ages of trees and previews future discussion on climate and living off the land.
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Greeley Tribune
Corporation of San Diego
San Diego Bay Land Company
Kimball Bros
F. A. Kimball
Mesa
Illinois
Mr. Owen
Paradise Valley
Floyd
H. M. Higgins
Chicago
Mr. Swan
Brewster
Floyd Warren
National City
San Diego
Los Angeles
Catholic Mission
Mission Valley
J. BE. Amorose
California
Butter Abroad Export Trends Highlight Global Markets
The Cultivator notes Britain imports large amounts of butter from Holland France and America while English and Scottish varieties compete locally. It details French sauces and butter preparations, Danish cattle counts and South European usage, with Brazil India and Italy as additional markets and a Danish census showing recent livestock shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Great Britain
Holland
France
America
Devonshire
Aylesbury
Epping
Cambridge
Edinburgh
Scotland
London
Ostend
Normandy
Brittany
Epicures
Denmark
Sweden
India
Brazil
Germany
Europe
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Cattle Round-Up and Cut Out on Wyoming Plains
A reporter describes a Laramie plain cattle round-up in early summer. A foreman leads divisions of drivers and camp staff, with night herds and cavallard relays, culminating in the dangerous two‑by‑two cut out where brands are selected from a roaring, stampeding herd.
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Topeka
Kaa
Commonwealth
Laramie Plain
Laramie
Sheep Mountain
Stock Association
Sheep Mountain Lake
Free
Country
Redone Day Forces Fresh Start for Projects
A day’s work must be undone and redone completely as tasks are revisited and reset to ensure proper completion. The metaphorical setback requires renewed effort and careful reassembly of steps and goals.
Prairie schooner voyage from Brazoria to Norristown and back
Robert Elder and wife, near Brazoria Texas, retrace a 200 day 200 mile-a-day trek to Philadelphia then plan a return in the same wagon. They rode in a canvas-covered wagon with a sorrel team, experienced their first rail trip to see the ocean, and chart a route across Louisiana Tennessee and Virginia. The couple notes prairie schooners faded after railroads, yet they press on with limited gear and a wrecked atlas as their guide.
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Philadelphia Times
Robert Elder
Brazona
Texas
Galveston
Norristown
Elder
Shreveport
Brazoria
Philadelphia
Lone Star State
Absecom
Atlantic City
Camden
Spruce Street
Missouri
Rockies
Sierras
Central and
Union Paciic
Prairie Schooner
St. Louis
Gulf
Texan
New Orleans
New York
Hosses
Dallas
Texas Pacific Railroad
Chattanooga
Louisiana
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Jackson
Tennessee
Corinth
Tennessee River
Huntsville
Tenn
Bristol
Lynchburg
Potomac
Alexandria
Washington
Capitol
Baltimore
Havre de Grace
Wilmington
Wheeling
Cincinnati
Little Rock
Ark
Brazos
Ohio Valley
Boulder and Jefferson Counties Tour Highlights
A Boulder county trip reports busy construction at Argo and Hill’s smelting works, vibrant rail travel to Golden and Black Hawk, frequent tourism to mountain resorts, and a caterpillar plague threatening gardens. The author tours Boulder Canyon to Boulder falls with artist Chamberlin observing, notes Castle Rock, and visits Nederland’s mining operations before returning to Boulder for supper.
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Colorado Central
Denver
Boulder County
Argo
Prof. Hill
Platte
Clear Creek
Colorado
Golden
Pittsburg
Black Hawk
Central
Georgetown
Idaho Springs
Geo. West
7Rangeript
Public schools open. political talk and local notes
The Greeley Tribune notes the opening of public schools on Monday September 1 with Miss Rowe and Miss Liffanya as teachers, Mr J Q King to speak for the Democratic party September 4, and a large local audience at church. It cites the Emerson Buckingham vault as one of Boulder county’s largest, cost 1590 dollars. It adds town visits, a temperance event by the Goat Templars, church improvements, a farmer’s wheat yield of 22 bushels per acre, and general dull business with money scarcity.
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Greeley Tribune
Sin! Ov
Rowe
L ‘Liffanya
J. Q. King
Democratic Party
Emerson & Buckingham
Boulder County
Hummell
W. ©. Packard
Ht Greetey Trisene
Goat Templars
Longmont
M. BE
Fred Weston
F. B
Experimental Farm at Rothamsted Facts and Aims Described
Professor Silliman recounts Rothamsted experimental farm 25 miles from London. John Bennet Lawes began the work in 1834 with Dr. Gilbert and a large staff to study soils crops and fertilizers. Thirteen acres of wheat tested for 35 years show mineral manures vastly outperform barnyard manure, raising yields from four to thirty five bushels per acre.
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Rothamsted
Stertfordshire
London
Silliman
John Bennet Lawes
J. H. Gilbert
Lawes
Gilbert
Salaries of Newspaper Men Across Major Papers
A roundup mentions Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun earning 12000 dollars annually while publicly criticizing the President. Whitelaw Reid of the Tribune also earns 12000, and Charles Nordhoff at the Herald takes 10000. Other sums include Hascal of the Boston Herald at 10000, Henry Wattersot at 7500, Chicago Times editor at 6000, George W. Curtis at Harper’s Weekly 10000, Hurlburt of the World 10000, and the London Times lead editor at 2000 guineas.
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Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
Hayes
Whitelaw Reid
The
Tribune
Charles Nordhoff
Herald
Boston Herald
Hascal
Europe
Henry Wattersot
Louisville Courier-Journal
Chicago Times
George W. Curtis
Harper's Weekly
Hurlburt
London Times
Buffalo
Electric light illuminates Philadelphia carpet factory floors
One of Philadelphia’s largest carpet manufactories installed a Brush dynamo electric system producing 12 000 candle power across four lamps. The three and fourth floor lamps shone a uniform, sunlike light with minimal glare. Operating costs for the full light setup would total under thirty cents per hour, while the same output in gas would cost eight dollars hourly.
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Philadelphia
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A. M. Faneman
Attorney At Law
Boexing
Union Colony
Pissee and Buckley
Bennett
Freeman & Buckley
E. Marsh, M.D
W. C
Rous
Exchange Hotel
Hotel DE Comfort
Main and
Jefferson Streets
Ilroad
Greeley
Graham
K. Thompson
Main Street
Colotado
R. E. Hart
Greeley, Colo
Canon City and
Boulder Valley
Maple Street
Joseph Moore
Greeley House
Greeley, Weld County
D. L. Dawley
F. L. Childs
H. N. Rogerson
M. Freeman
J. D. Buckley
Sec’y & Engineer of
Soren
Nice Pacific Railway
Sande
Union Bank
Masonic
Creeley
National Ranch
Wyoming Territory
Toto
Peoria
Boulder and
Jefferson Counties
Danya T
Boulder
Sale House
Brainard’s
C. F. Bridges
Lesher
Boulder Canyon
Hughes & Henry
Boulder Falls
Tie
Chamberlin
Castle Rock
Asvell
Nederland
Kansas City
Kentucky
Lexington
Kansas
West
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