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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
3
A cluttered want ad list offers dairy cows, Angora goats, a new buggy, manure, iron, furniture, beds, lamps, and a motor car for sale. Scattered lines mention a barber, paint shop, and stolen sheep reports with contact notes and prices. includes a listing for a lady with capital and a Marlborough reference.
A jumble of names and travels shows J Merryweather of Denver in Greeley on business while Matthew Ryan returns from Laramie. Mrs Wheeler visits Denver. Culver, Decker, and Ellison families attend Frontier Day in Cheyenne. Ada Gibson returns to Imboden’s after Denver vacation as others plan winter stays and outings.
H A Edmonds of Fort Collins is in town today. Wedding invitations and announcements at the Tribune office. Born Friday August 21 to Mr and Mrs John T Warren a girl. Mrs Jesse Gale hosts porch party and luncheon today.
Miss Frances Gill of Mexico Missouri arrived Wednesday for a visit with the family of O W Gauss. She is a niece of Mrs Gauss. Miss Virginia Price a friend of Miss Gill from Mexico is expected there today.
Ada Brush entertained the Kudranta Sewing Club Thursday afternoon with informal fancy work. Refreshments were served and ten young ladies attended. Outsider guest Mrs Herbert Wilson of Boulder joined the gathering.
Local notes report Miss Florence Howard spending a week in Estes park while trips and social events fill Weld county towns. Residents like Donald McCreer Ralph Christopher and Mr Orth travel to Cheyenne and Laramie counties. Members of East side church host an enjoyable social and multiple residents visit relatives in Bato Spur and Idaho.
Special to the Daily Tribune Cheyenne Wyo August 21 reports all attendance records shattered at Frontier Day. The morning feature was a cowboys and soldiers parade with cowboys forced to stay in formation while soldiers led the way, curbing the plainsmen’s usual galloping display.
Sydney observes a complete holiday on Aug 21 to honor the arrival of the American Meet in the harbor. The city is decorated with British and American flags and a festive mood pervades the streets.
The Colorado and Southern railroad announced lower coal rates from mines to Gres ley. Old pricing was 1.00 dollars per ten of mine coal and 1.25 dollars for lump coin. The new tariffs set slack at 0.6244 dollars per ton, run of mine at 0 cents, and lump at 1.10 dollars.
Greeley wholesale market notes presh eggs in 20 dozen lots. Ranch butter priced at 20 and 25 cents per pound. New potatoes offered at 2 cents per pound. Poultry items include broilers at 12 to 15 cents per pound and hens at 10 cents per pound.
Senor Jose de Minaldez of Nueva Leon says desertions are rare because fugitives face capture and multiple lashings in front of their comrades. The spectacle convinces others to remain in service to avoid the severe ordeal.
A humorous observation in Womans Life notes that brothers often play the unseen role of arranging marriages by introducing suitable men, suggesting many women owe their marriages to their brothers rather than their mothers.
A family near Ottawa Ontario consists of eight members with an average age of 78 years. The lineup includes Mrs. Malcolm McCallum aged 86 Mrs. Maurice Shane aged 84 John McLean aged 82 Meetor 80 Janet 78 Alexander 76 Allan 70 and Archibald 63.
Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago warns wage earning women about fake investments exploiting feminine "intuition" and vanity. She cites promoters targeting professional circles and scams like wireless telegraphy schemes, apron clubs, and at home work schemes, urging vigilance and prudence to avoid losses.
A Review of Reviews notes that since 1830 American diamonds mostly surfaced after rock decay, washed into gravels in South America and in glacial moraines across Ohio Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin. Now surveying parties search the Quebec to Winnipeg rail corridor for the original diamond source.
President Diaz at age seventy chatted with American tourists at Chapultepec Military College when he noticed a hanging rope. He immediately shed his coat and climbed the rope hand over hand to the top, then told the astonished guests that they had seen a 70 year old man perform the feat.
The article notes bank presidents earn far less than railroad chiefs. James Stillman of National City Bank of New York is listed at 25000 dollars per year.
Extensive lobsters beds will be planted soon in British Columbia waters. In four or five years the lobster taking industry is expected to be established on a large scale.
Helen Virick Roswell has been selected to start a string of women's clubs on the Isthmus of Panama. The initiative aims to organize local women in Roswell and neighboring communities for cultural and charitable activities across the region.
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