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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
3
Classified snippets include horse and harness for sale, six room house at low price, hay, furniture, boarding house and land offers. Several entries show terms and contact hints, with rental ads and personal notices among farm and shop listings. Activities include auctions, loans, and diamond dealer mentions, plus local social updates.
Irene Sullivan returns a visit with friends in Denver. Mrs. M. A. Bunker from Denver visits, as does Mrs. NM. P. Williams. Jeo. Dedrick and daughter from Eaton were in town. Isses Minle McCobb and Crella nter head to town for a vacation. mh Elliott comes from Chalk Bluffs for a few days and plans to enter the hing contest at the races.
The page lists names visiting Denver and Estes Park, locals arriving and departing for the Fourth, a Boulder marriage license, business ads for Thurlby watches and Star Grocery promotions, plus shipping and plumbing notes from C I Day & Co. and mentions of two drayloads of fruit for the holiday.
A local notice offers fireworks to youths who bring a grocery cash order to The Star Gro. The deal promises a large bundle of firecrackers free of charge to eligible boys and girls as a promotional gimmick.
The Colorado and Southern quotes a 26.35 round trip from Greeley to Dallas for the annual Elks meeting July 12 to 18 with return within 0 days. Side trips to other Texas points and Mexico offered at one fare plus 2.00. Agents to advise on special trains.
In a reflective piece a country man recalls the old spring ritual of cleaning and preserving inherited graves. He contrasts rural neglect with city cemetery care, noting the wagon's journey with brushes and boiler water as families keep headstones bright. He vows to return yet never does.
The article extols olive oil for internal use to aid digestion and liver issues, serve as a dressing, and help with catarrh and nervous weakness. It recommends massaging the body with oil, using a Turkish towel afterward, and topical mixtures with quinine or camphor for colds and throat soreness.
The saying to know a hawk from a hernshaw traces to falconry lore. Hernshaw, from heronshaw, was a young heron and common prey of falcons. A later form, to know a hawk from a handsaw, appears in Hamlet, suggesting evolving distinctions in the proverb.
A Baltimore American quote describes Smith meeting the speaker in the street after six months of no contact. Smith asks in a nonchalant tone if it is hot enough for the speaker, illustrating casual arrogance in everyday encounter.
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