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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
2
In a Greeley Daily Tribune piece by John T. Jacobs the rise of "boosting" as a perpetual mental attitude is criticized. He argues boosters exaggerate rural profits, mislead the public, and promote schemes harming Weld County. urging fact over boastful optimism.
Vera Woodley returns from Topeka to visit family while Ray Tollman hauls sour from Longmont to Mead. Local sports report shows Berthoud beats Mead to open Berthoud grounds. Crops improve with recent rains and warm days. seven hundred acres of growing crops near Briggsdale thrive. Community updates cover marriages, baptisms, homesteads, and visits among residents from Briggsdale, Grover, Keota, Greeley, and surrounding towns.
The article notes active discussion of the coming national convention and potential issues shaping the next presidential race. It highlights Taft appointments and insurgent movements, but suggests eastern progressiveness stays local and tariff reform in Congress reassures the public about Washington governance.
The piece notes that this year has fifty three Sundays, one more than normal, an event that has occurred 110 years ago and will recur in 110 years, likening it to the recently heralded comet that passed last year.
A cryptic note compares an upcoming Sunday to a deadly tail filled with poisonous gases that threaten all living beings, echoing past comet warnings and urging caution.
The Weld County school boards note lower revenue this year after county commissioners cut one mill from the general school tax last October and shifted the same amount to funds under their control. The Eaton district would lose over $600, with other districts affected proportional to their census lists.
A town notes brief social happenings including Mr Tolliver’s pleasant visit and a match preliminaries with Art Magic of Nebraska. A jolly wiener wurst picnic at Wylie’s Grove honors Mona Lace who departs for Grand Junction. Also mentions local ads, business notices, and the Fraternal Union schedule, with next meeting June 13.
The Colorado Telephone company announces a new directory will go to press on June 19 1911 with all changes due in the Greeley office. H H Croll district manager notes the deadline and Emma Pierson former Eaton schools music supervisor visited her sister Mrs Frank Dille and returned to Silver Plume.
A formal notice from J C Hubbard of LaSalle Colorado forbids extending credit to anyone on his account without a written order from him dated after June 5 1911. The declaration serves as a binding instruction to merchants and creditors in the region.
Unclear fragments describe products like refrigerators hoses and hardware retail names such as MCCUTCHEON HARDWARE co. The text mentions places including Alaska and Pennsylvania and items like lawn mowers and gas stations in a jumble of ad like phrases. The readable portion lacks a coherent narrative or dates.
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