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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1911
Page
3
A chaotic assortment of notices lists trailed gray mare for sale with contact, Guernsey stock for sale, piano for sale, cabbage and potatoes, pine oak case, fur cap and fraternity pin found, gold watch losses, money loans, housekeeping jobs, real estate, and local event notes. Also mentions Denham’s repair shop, Greeley Spuds game, and railroad schedule changes.
A Colorado Telephone Company district manager announces additions and changes with a new press date of June 8. The Greeley office will be affected as part of the company’s reorganization and service updates.
Rural Butter Ranch offers eggs for wholesale sale to local customers and businesses. The listing notes farm products and contact options for bulk buyers.
The Peruvi an rain tree tamaicaspi condenses atmospheric moisture to provide rain. One tree yields about nine gallons per day and a field of 1 km2 with 10,000 trees could produce 385,000 liters daily after evaporation. The trees thrive with little soil preference and resist climate extremes.
The Colorado and Southern Railway offers round trip home seekers excursion tickets to many points in New Mexico and Texas at reduced rates. Valid on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in 1911 with a final limit of twenty five days and liberal stop over privileges. For rates and details contact a Colorado and Southern agent or T. E. Fisher, general passenger agent, Denver.
A farmer’s ad for a mowing machine misprinted a barber shop’s number, triggering prank calls until the farmer corrected the error with the telephone company. The incident leads to better mail routing, as letters addressed to a phone number are redirected to proper names and addresses by the information department.
Detroit Jewel gas ranges offered by D R McArthur Hardware Company with paint closing out at Claytons store, featuring remaining color selections as sale winds down.
A B Harrison installs gas piping in his new residence to supply lighting and cooking uses. The project marks a modernization effort for the house and supports convenient, safer utility service.
Two games scheduled Sunday feature TM Annunciations facing Spuds at Is land Grove Park. The event stacks a twin bill with local clubs exchanging shots in a day of basketball action.
Ault woman Mrs. John Fry died this morning in Greeley hospital after an operation. She was 36 and survived by her husband and two daughters. The family has lived here several years. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon.
In Bayonne Reverte killed a bull after twice wounding a third. The exhausted matador knelt in the ring as the wounded animal charged and killed him, the crowd held breath while Reverie died a fearless, solemn victor.
A city salesman recalls a drugstore tactic to dull medicine flavor. A doctoring man mixed a bitter dose and used cracked ice to numb the palate, letting the medicine slip down as the ice melted. The tale frames the ice method as a way to endure unpleasant prescriptions.
Stephen Foster composed Old Folks at Home after hearing a Kentucky hostler’s murmur as he waited for horses. The singer, Sam, spoke of longing for the Suwannee River and "the ole folks at home" prompting the famous tune.
A Buclid avenue shop salesman compliments a customer as a stout, middle aged lady. The customer responds with anger after the clerk realizes a mistaken gender assumption. The clerk apologizes and notes he confused her with a younger shopper buying for a grandmother.
A Boston Record notice reports a teacher engaging pupils with Quida's tale The Dog of Flanders and concluding with an oral test asking for the author's name. The exchange features a small and slangy boy reacting to the prompt.
A former schoolmate quips about married life with a humorist wife. The woman sighs at a faded gown, reflecting on the joke she endures as part of her life with a public figure.
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