Weather and local quips from Greeley Daily Tribune
Weather forecast promises clear tonight and extreme heat Sunday. Local column riffs on grasshoppers and flies, jokes about Stand ard Oil dissolution, jury marriage norms, bill collectors, Greeley gullibility, and Woodrow Wilson remarks in a satirical tone.
Various regional notes on crops and water rights
Farmers report big seed potato losses after cattle intruded on stored crop in Idaho. Old time type case found at The Times links to Meeker of Greeley. Rains in Colorado boost crops in Kersey and Morgan counties, improving wheat and beets. Windsor Reservoir and Canal Co gains Divide Canal in a Larimer Weld consolidation, Bruce Eaton noted as key owner.
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Larimer and Weld Company
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Fort Collins Courier
Baird Lightens Ninth Avenue Cleaning House with Gas
Co H Baird adopts inverted gas rays to light a new cleaning and pressing shop on Ninth avenue. Gas heated irons are used for pressing. Ivan and Arthur McKitrick, aged six and seven, arrive in Green ley to stay with their cousin Mrs Dalzell after their mother’s recent death.
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Ninth Avenue
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Greenley
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Air and Its Ties to Life Happiness and Modern Inventions
The article argues that air and ether underlie modern electricity and magnetic devices including the telephone and interurban railways. It notes the telephone’s power to transport messages instantly without power consumption and the interurban’s role in linking farm life to urban markets, transforming living patterns and commerce. It cites 7,000,000 telephones in use and discusses how these public utilities reshape homes, farms, and city life, detailing benefits to farmers and merchants in rural Colorado.
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Maeterlinck drama The Blue Bird staged by Normal seniors
A Christmas eve quest tale follows Little Tyllyl and sister Mytyl guided by a fairy. They travel with emblematic companions Bread Fire Water Milk Sugar Light the Dog and the Cat seeking a blue bird of happiness. They learn the bird is within reach at home and the brave heart endures.
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Maeterlinck
Tyllyl
Mytyl
Tylyl
Miller Machinery Ad Offers Pumping Plant Estimates
Olds gasoline and kerosene engines not equalized for simplicity efficiency reliability or low maintenance cost. Let us give you an estimate on your pumping plants. He N Miller Machinery Co.
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