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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1875
Page
2
Bayard Taylor urges temperance reform, arguing alcohol harms society and that conscience and internal reform are needed. He mocks attempts to ban liquor while noting the deep roots of intemperance in education and culture and predicts literacy figures will clash with ale advocacy.
The article discusses greenback currency as superior due to uniform value across regions. It mentions Harper's Weekly color depictions of Colorado then shifts to reports from Farnpway Corp and Lake County, including a shooting incident involving J. A. Woodward and Thomas Walker, plus railroad speed notices and election results in Philadelphia and Portsmouth. The Colorado Presbytery is slated to meet in Golden on the 24th.
Mr Bemrose operates a high yielding placer mine in a 15 foot wide fissure near Hoosier Pass, Park County. Surface soils yield fine gold down to ten feet, a clay layer blocks deeper gold, while a rich gravel bed below contains coarse nuggets. The site spans nearly 1000 feet with a full length flume for tailings and timbered sections. Nuggets reach up to 125 dollars.
The piece argues the Bank of California had no notes to redeem and could not be blamed for gold versus greenback questions. It notes the bank issued deposit certificates and drafts that pretended to redeem with gold, equating them with banknotes that would not be paid.
A party of Arapahoes Cheyennes and Sioux led by a noted desperado crossed the U P Railroad near Julesburg last week en route toward the Republican River. They are believed to intend to strike exposed settlers along the stream and its headwaters on the Sappa.
A Wolfram-like travelogue describes a multi day journey from Greeley through Green City to Buffalo Sterling and beyond. It details farms, irrigation ditches, dairy operations, corn and hay crops, and the growth of settlements along the Platte River. The narrative notes fords, forts, railroad prospects, and local life including schools, ministers, and ranchers.
The narrator travels tollsly toward Greeley noting dairy farms in Green City Mann's and Putnam's ranches. They mention butter production from Thompson and Putnam's flocks, a treadmill churn sheep, and a scenic approach past sand hills to a wheat laden Greeley skyline, ending at three o'clock in a Damascus of the West scene.
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