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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
2
The ticket lists William Jennings Bryan for president and John W. Kern for vice president. Voters organize rallying support nationwide as the two seek a populist reform platform and alignment with party goals. Political organizers emphasize policy contrasts and promises ahead of the campaign.
The piece notes that the midweek half day rest in Greeley is likely to end next Thursday due to merchants seeking extra profit. It condemns cupidity and urges business leaders who promoted the half holiday to continue it through the agreed period, defending the rest for warm weather.
Edwin A Nye argues inheritance laws should reflect modern morality and family rights. He cites disinheritance over religion or marriage as wicked and urges reforms aligning property held in trust for the family. Also reports Mary Baker Eddy reaching 87 with quiet observance in Newton Massachusetts.
A writer notes a series of near misses as horses roll over riders. In one incident a Dos Cabesas rider is briefly hurt with a twisted back but recovers quickly, while others inspect tracks and summon a bed-wagon before he returns to camp and resumes riding.
A physician notes that smallpox marked ancestors as reliable workers because employers feared illness. A 1774 newspaper volume shows ads seeking a male footman and a female maid who must have had smallpox in the natural way, reflecting labor demand linked to illness risk.
A method detailed for capturing hummingbirds for commercial use describes stunning them with a water jet from a blowgun or syringe, then trapping them in a net before cyanide is employed. The note explains the birds’ tiny size and extreme speed complicate pursuit, with precise timing needed to avoid plumage damage.
The piece praises Japanese hotels noting attentive etiquette and courtesy. Guests are treated as honored, depart with a farewell towel token, and a chorus of Sayo Nara expresses heartfelt parting.
A cook describes Rio Grande do Sul as a servants paradise where workers live at home, begin at seven and finish at seven, and use a paneled window for delivering supplies to the milkman and baker. The servant herself remains in bed at home.
At a New York Astor Trust directors gathering Robert Walton Goelet described a broker as having amazing nerve. He recalled a money lender who offered renewal of a note on one condition during a Lenox paper chase to scatter 5 000 pink slips bearing his name and the words Money advanced on easy terms.
The article promotes a mountain vacation via the Georgetown Loop and Gray's Peak route on the Argentine Central. It describes switchback engines reaching 14 007 feet, offering expansive views of 101 peaks and canyons. Special Denver excursions on Saturdays allow moonlit, sunrise, and daylight vistas for a memorable mountaintop experience.
Limuel recalls a late night fireside talk on gambling and honesty. He argues gambling tests honesty, recreates the lure of luck, and warns against borrowing to chase losses. Limuel shares a personal stumble with poker debt and the mill owner’s mercy, urging restraint and avoiding bets on anything.
Erugene W. Chafin of Chicago and Aaron S. Watkins of Ada, Ohio were chosen unanimously for president and vice president by the Prohibitionist national convention. The final endorsement followed a three ballot process with Chafin receiving 195 of 1,083 votes on the first ballot and 376 of 1,087 on the second before the third ballot clinched the nomination.
The state vote favoring Daniel R. Sheen of Peoria Michigan gave way to Mr. Chafin with Indiana and Wisconsin delegates backing him. On the third ballot Chafin tallied 636 votes.
Mrs. Robert Steele hosted the third in a series of grandmother’s parties Thursday afternoon at her home. Twenty seven guests attended, with a pink and white color scheme and decorations of sweet peas and white poppies. Some guests brought needlework and the afternoon was pleasant with no formal program.
Mrs. Arthur Searing hosted a farewell dinner for the Why Not club with new members to be added and a new club name planned at the next meeting. The schoolmates, long-time friends, volunteered to help cook the meal and enjoyed a joyful evening working together on an elaborate menu.
The Reformed Presbyterian Sabbath school held a Thursday picnic at Wylie's Grove. A large crowd arrived early and enjoyed a day with the children’s activities culminating in a big noon dinner as the main feature.
The fragment outlines a city with water resources, a sugar beet plant, canning and starch factories, various manufacturing enterprises, notable hotels, railroads, and growing commerce. It notes a cool climate, up-to-date stores, a robust commercial club, social life, and substantial aggregate value in crops and commerce.
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Fragmentary notes document various lodges and fraternal groups in Greeley with meeting days, officers, and halls. Numerous names appear, including undertakings for W W Patterson exalt ruler and Mre c. A. Ringte secretary, plus dates like Thursdays and Tuesdays, though many phrases are garbled.
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