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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
2
Greeley Colorado listing notes a telephone contact at 722 Seventh Street for the local office services. The brief entry identifies a single address and communication channel without additional context. The note preserves the street and city as the primary details.
Low of 14 degrees in the past 24 hours. Thursday and Friday outlook partly cloudy with a snow flurry in the eastern portion of the state.
In Greeley, the Daily Tribune is the sole daily with a telegraph service and its own Denver correspondent. The Sun reports mainly local news, while the leading county paper reprints Denver material from the day before. The Tribune asserts it provides timely world news unavailable to rivals.
The Tribune proposes raising funds for a memorial to Father Tilde who aided the sick and afflicted. It suggests an orphanage as the best use of donations, arguing his lifetime of service warrants a lasting community reminder as younger generations remember his work.
The Tribune condemns pretenders who beg under false pretenses while harming children. It calls for suggestions on how to allocate raised funds and invites readers to write, telephone, or call with thoughts on the best spending plan.
A musical comedy with Western themes runs forty four weeks in major cities and eight weeks in Chicago. The Flower of the Ranch features Indians cowboys Mexicans ranchmen and other frontier types. All book lyrics and music are by Joseph E Howard and a fifty strong company presents the show tonight with two principals retained from the original cast.
Marriage license has been issued to T. E. Jones of Laverne Minnesota and Agnes Rosa Rogers of Greeley, Fred Kern and Maggie Burback of New Windsor, Charles C. Watson and Maggie W. Allen of Ault, and Alex Ogelvie and Cuma E. Shearer of Greeley.
Measina and Reggio face starvation as aftershocks from the earthquake devastate Calabria and Sicily. Survivors scramble for food while many perish. U S warships may deliver relief to Italy from Port Said with provisions as nations offer aid.
Real estate transfers listed by Weld County Abstract and Investment Co. include H Bert Cave to Fritz with deed value 150 for Lots 19 and 20 Block 2 Cave and Priddy Add to Pierce. William Ebel to Philip Bolt 70 for Lot 11 Kern's Sub Windsor. Francis Colton to Ira D Wilson 100 for NW 1/4 and 31-11-61. James A Todd to Weld County School District 65 1 for two acres in NE 6-4-65. James M McKee and Ed Rose to Conrad Zeiler 4000 for NW 1/4 SW 1/4 18-5-67. J A Arbuckle and J J Purcell to Colorado Investment & Agency Co. 1 for multiple tracts including NE 4, NW 4, 5, 7, 8, and others in various fractional sections 63 and 65.
Special to the Dally reports that at 6 30 this morning C Peak and John Bruell trusted inmates at the re formatory escaped after feeding their horses. They used a ladder to scale the walls and were quickly missed as posses hunted for clues. Bruell was imprisoned for bicycle theft from Weld county.
William Baker, hired to haul junk for a Pueblo dealer, found two skulls on a car in Cripple Creek. The skulls were reported to the sheriff, and the dealer said they were picked up near Goldfield and were in perfect condition.
Washington reports 1908 precious metals output with gold at 99.43 million dollars and silver at 87.21 million dollars. Colorado leads among states in the total contribution to the national figures.
The article discusses General Wolseley’s praise of Napoleon and a Russian-sourced incident from Comfort. It contrasts Napoleon’s military brilliance with a purported lack of humanity, noting Tolstoyan grimness and the idea that wolves bury the dead. It cites a battlefield girl whose charity outshines Napoleon’s heart.
A New York City news dealer thrives without cash capital by pairing polite, attentive service with honest conduct. He serves all customers equally, from Wall Street brokers to penny-paper buyers, proving courtesy costs nothing and can yield substantial returns.
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