This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
4
In a rural church scene Limuel Jacklin privately confronts the minister after a wrathful sermon that paints hell and destruction. Limuel recalls his past misdeeds and questions the preacher’s fear based, end doom approach, urging a message of love and hopeful faith.
The piece argues mothers and fathers as partners in the home, noting shifting norms as risks become routine. It discusses children’s safety amid new vehicles, and advises wives to request a fair allowance from earnest husbands after a proper dinner, framing money as shared, not hierarchical.
In a heated exchange, old and new preachers argue over liberalized doctrine and the future of church life. A defender of modernized faith predicts growth and new church members while warning against persecution, ending with a brisk good day as one speaker departs.
Advice urges readers to lift husbands and children toward a higher social plane, arguing that ongoing effort and education can create a better family status. It dismisses complacency and mocks lowly birth, urging Ever upward as a guiding motto. It notes cultural stereotypes and ends with a copyright attribution to James Pott & Co.
Gibson W F Moore and family long residing at Sterling have returned to Greeley and are at home on the Scott ranch. Mrs Jennie Boyd Basher of L mont visited over the Fourth with her father Robert Boyd. Velorus and Olin Webster of Sev erance spent the Fourth with their father. Miss asice Wilson of Denver was a recent visitor with Miss Rose Swan.
Mrs Walter Fry returned from Denver visit. Miss Minnie Carson remains ill but improving. Mr Burman of Ault and Mr Gus Tafson dined with Mr and Mrs Ernest Molander last Sunday. Mrs August Molander hosts her father G A Nelson of Oakland Nebraska. He attended the Nelson Bowman wedding at Ault last week.
The Platteville Hight Line Ditch project filed at the county courthouse lists Horace Haskins and J. P. Dawson as promoters both from Platteville. The twelve foot wide ditch would irrigate 2,100 acres with an estimated cost of 7,600 dollars.
Miss Nettie Helios and Caleb Levie Embree wed Wednesday afternoon in Platteville with Judge Nixon presiding. Both are from Platteville and begin married life together.
Transfers filed for July 8 1908 show multiple conveyances in Greeley and surrounding areas. D I L Clark transfers $12,000 to Judson Harry Ting ley while Ola C. Paulsen sells to George Bedford for $1100 in Arlington Heights. Keensburg lot transfers include The Keensboro Improvement Co. sale for $1.00. Shafer brothers conveyances total $75 and $120 for parcels in Pierce and Taylor lists. The Johnstown Milling and Elevator Co. receives property from Edward and Florence Devalon, while Ramsay sells Lot 6 in Crawford Second Addition for $404. Frances M. Urle Executrix sells estate to Thomas and Rosa Haugh for $10,000. Emma C Farr transfers to A B R McClaye for $17,000 covering blocks 4-6R and adjacent tracts.
Wire Flashes notes railroads show stable to improved net earnings. Rock Island June loss exceeds three quarters of a million dollars while B O directors discuss possible dividend cuts. Weather remains warm and fair as grain and futures tick higher with wheat corn oats futures and pork prices listed.
Fragmentary train timetable shows connections among Denver Great Bend Pierce and Greeley with times like 6:55 am and 2:22 pm and notes about various stations and lines. The garbled text lists routes, mileages, and possible delays, indicating a historical timetable snippet rather than a complete schedule.
A local shop proclaims first class work and fair prices. They emphasize doing all repairs in house, claiming to be the only house in Gree ley that handles every repair themselves.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.