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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
4
In Pueblo at Old Mexico saloon Dan Tate a keeper shot and killed a Mexican man after a quarrel over liquor. Tate pursued him with a revolver following the second confrontation. the Mexican died at the scene and Tate was arrested for the shooting.
A promotional note lists Commercial Club Rooms Condon Mercantile Co and other outlets selling season tickets for the Chautauqua. It previews notable figures such as Ash Davis and Rosani and highlights speakers like Dean Shailer Matthews and Miss Zaida Gaines.
John Lyle of Parnell Missouri, a farmer and stock raiser, ate 48 bananas in 10 minutes last night. He stacked a gallon of ice cream and three quarts of water atop them and offered 24 more bananas, but local fruit stands were closed. When fruit out of season, he fills appetite with beefsteak and liver, weighing 180 pounds after fasting.
A Friday night program at the Normal chapel showcased Greeley residents Mrs. J. M. B. Petrikin Miss Mary Kendel J. C. Kendel and Fred Goode with Miss Elizabeth Kendel as accompanist The chapel was crowded The full program included works by Bohm Mendelssohn Massenet Meyerbeer Chopin Foote Rotoli and Nevin with viola obbligato and multiple vocal items arranged for piano and voice accompaniment.
John Murler a Baker City wholesale liquor dealer was killed and his wife severely injured when his car coasting down a steep Unity hill left the road and turned over. Two friends escaped with minor bruises. Murler suffered a broken neck and his wife sustained internal injuries.
Trinity Episcopal invites the public to Morning Prayer and sermon at 11 a m on Sunday with the subject Heaven. Services begin at 10:00 a m for Sunday school. Rector J. Trimmer leads.
John Doane, pastor, has led nineteen hungry boys from the Congregational church boy choir to a camp on the Poudre near Wiley’s four miles east of Greeley. The group shelters in ten tents with a cottonwood for meals and a swimming hole nearby. They cook themselves under Doane’s guidance and will return to church with a bright complexion after a closing event with friends.
Henry North 24, driver for H J Maddox ice dealers, died when a 500 pound cake of ice fell from a D and R G switch engine after missing him. The accident at West Twelfth and South Sixth likely occurred as he slept on the wagon. North was unmarried.
New Town in Lone Tree sees C. A. Fletcher of Eaton contract David Bell for a quarter section at four thousand dollars. Land intended for a townsite along the proposed Burlington Interurban railroad promoted by F. O. Olson and associates. A Lone Tree and Crow Creek branch is planned with the main line from Hudson to Greeley via Kersey.
The body of a fashionably dressed woman was found in the lagoon at Jackson Park this morning. She wore three diamond rings and carried $15 in cash. A linen handkerchief with a St. Louis dry goods trade mark was in her purse. It is believed she fell from a bridge into the water.
Mark Hyle of Godfrey Bottoms is tried in county court before Judge Nixon with Charles E. Southand representing him. The defendant reportedly resisted arrest last Sunday from a dugout hideout near an irrigating ditch, after being missing for about ten days and described as violently insane when found.
Two year old Paul South son of Mr and Mrs John South of 1408 Seventh avenue sustained a deep head wound from a brick Friday. The cause remains unclear whether he fell or the brick toppled as he played near a new building in the adjacent block. four stitches were required to close the gash.
Colorado & Southern offers a special excursion to the Georgetown Loop and summit of Mt McClellan on Saturday July 25. Round trip Loop fare is 3.00 dollars with Mt McClellan at 4.00 dollars. Departure from Greeley at 6 30 a m.
The British War Office maps outline airship harbors in wooded hollows sheltered by hills and in deep gravel pits. These sites are chosen to shelter distressed balloons from gales and to allow rapid ascent and protection during distress events.
Mrs Lapsting pleads for Johnny to remove a match from the baby’s mouth warning that match heads are poisonous. The scene hints at domestic alarm and a mother’s constant vigilance over child safety.
Uncle Eben declares contentment may be better than riches but cannot be negotiated at the landlord’s office or the grocery store, reflecting a rural wisdom about simple living.
A Westminster Gazette report details writers and composers completing songs and overtures in astonishingly short times. M Bompard allegedly wrote a song in ten minutes, Trotere reportedly finished pieces in minutes, and Sir Arthur Sullivan is said to have completed the Iolanthe overture overnight.
The olive tree long associated with Plato at the Athens Academy was examined by naturalist Miliarakis and found old enough to support the legend. M. Camburogius notes tradition that the tree existed before Plato, surviving through insurrection despite some damage. The ground owner M. Vamvacks plans to preserve the venerable specimen.
Chrome mining in Asia Minor has long been pursued with ore moved by camel to stations from 4000 to 6000 feet high. The Smyrna chrome once brought £20 a ton but now fetches little, like antimony, making remote districts unprofitable. As more chrome enters world markets, Turkish mines not yet modernized will further lose value.
An Irish strike breaker, praying at a cat line in a Chicago beef company building, is interrupted when a shoe flies into the room. He halts, retrieves the shoe, and ends his prayer with a plea for finding the mate to this one, to spare further trouble.
The account from Strand Magazine describes Hava Luchman Dass spending fourteen years with priests in central India to earn the title of yoga. It highlights his skill in the 48 Hindoodols postures and a remarkable feat balancing on fingertip tips while suspended in air under judges. He reportedly endured seven days and nights in a single finger balance to earn the rank.
A famed author admits he endures disruption from his wife to spark his best work. He says they quarrel to provoke her anger until she cries, smashes scenes, and then they reconcile, finishing a productive day together.
A brief dialogue reveals tension as one character questions Archie’s masculinity, while the other defends him as more ladylike than the speaker. The exchange hints at underlying social expectations and gender performance among the characters.
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