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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1909
Page
3
Fire insurance and funeral services listed. Residents and visitors named from Eaton Denver Boulder Big Bend Crawford Neb Fort Collins Sioux City and Oakland prepare for 4th July events. Local shop notices advertise shrunken wheat poultry feed and fireworks supplies with Alexander as supplier.
Fezer's Drug Store stocks Paris Green while W C Crist travels to Richfield Idaho. Model Mills offers screenings and chicken feed at low prices. Miss Jennie Carlson visits Ault. J Jordan of Windsor tours Greeley en route to Seattle. T L Greer of Ault travels with his wife toward Denver. Potter Plumbing & Heating promotes strong service. Fraternal Union head Dr Beck visits Greeley for order business. Wheat rises, poultry feed costly. screenings available at Model Mills.
A Denver committee of women led by Alma B. Lafferty arrived in Greeley to probe the child labor story spread by Denver club women. The group questioned several children, planned a thorough inquiry, and will report with a different narrative to Denver papers.
Excitement in Fort Morgan and nearby areas follows oil operators EB Burr and M Nicholson reports from Boulder claiming careful examination shows indications of extensive oil and gas deposits in the local country tributary to Fort Morgan.
In Uncompaghre a merchant was robbed by two masked men taking 60 dollars before being overpowered and beaten. In La Junta B F Todd committed suicide with carbolic acid after years of illness. A baby died and mother Mrs Eugene Nuncalos was injured when a wagon ran away. Leadville appoints Major A Bohn as postmaster, a 72 year old state senator. Conejos power plant burned down destroying the facility with a 60 thousand dollar loss and darkness for the town.
Mrs. George Fieber is in Hot Springs Arkansas taking baths for rheumatism. Mrs. Blanche irons and mother of Greeley spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Taylor. W. J. Rowe cattle inspector and J. H. Rowe of Greeley were in Ault on business Friday. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Dinsmore and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Newell drove to Port Collins in the Newell automobile to spend a couple of days at the chautauqua. H. Turner of Baton sugar was looking after the beet trap in this vicinity Friday.
A brief dialogue notes Miss Gabby’s steadfast refusal to marry Mr Sappeish, who recalls she refused him nine times. The exchange is reported in a Baltimore American snippet.
Mrs. Lapsting says Johnny is all right after a bite from a strange dog. The wound was treated by a doctor and ostracized promptly, according to the Chicago Tribune.
An account of John Moody leading a noon conversation hour before about 100 men at Round Top under the tent. Moody asks who will own faults, then gently rebukes a young minister for speaking thirteen times in twelve days, prompting a brief rebuke from another minister and Moody’s sheepish apology.
In Faenza Italy a monument to Torricelli the barometer inventor stands with a thirty seven foot olive oil column as the liquid. Earlier attempts used water glycerin and finally olive oil as the liquid for the towering tube.
Postmaster cites Tennessee and Pennsylvania as examples when a caller laments misdirected mail. The exchange urges writing full state names to avoid confusion with abbreviations like Tenn Penn Cal Neb Miss Mass Minn Pa Va Me Me.
The passage argues history varies by narrator revealing that stories of events shift with gender and viewpoint. It suggests the garden of Eden and the American Revolution illustrate how male and female narrators produce different histories. It notes history often repeats itself and is shaped by unfamiliar figures and life’s repetitions.
An intimate friend mourns Duchenois in a tale of gratitude and betrayal. He recalls dining at her house three times weekly for thirty years yet reveals he received nothing in her will, leaving him crushed by perceived ingratitude despite their long friendship.
A theatrical lessee criticizes a comedy for lacking humanity while a dramatist protests the absence of a human touch. The exchange highlights a clash over emotional depth and the hero's reliance on borrowed funds from friends.
A dramatic line reveals a feud between rivals as Hix plans to marry into a family, prompting tension over lifelong enmity and the potential mother-in-law relationship. The exchange hints at deeper loyalties and consequences for both sides.
Dialogue shows Mr Hornbili praising Mrs Hornpili as distinctive by style while she laments wearing the same dress for two years. The excerpt highlights social talk about fashion and change in attire between a couple.
A brief philosophical quotation from Carlyle noting life as a brief gleam of time between two eternities.
A French actor Hyacinthe, serving as a sergeant in a national guard unit, detours a risky plan to expose an insurgent at a barricade. The general urges action, but the sergeant humorously declines, suggesting the general would attract the insurgent’s fire in his stylish uniform.
In the Middle Temple an old daily ritual sounds the dinner hour. At about 5 30 p m the warder blows a silver horn from Fountaincourt to Newcourt Essex court Brick court Pump court Elm court and Crown office row signaling dressing time. The horn is played for about ten minutes then returned to the pantry. Only a few porters and small boys notice the music amid the quiet halls.
In a humorous Pearsons Weekly vignette William Topnoody proclaims himself the engineer of the establishment. His wife Jane retorts she is the boiler that will blow up and eject the engineer, threatening to blast him into the next county as the steam escapes.
A Scottish minister famed for faulty pulpit delivery comments on a teapot spout with a congregant. Miss Kennedy retorts that his own delivery is equally poor, saying it has an unco pair delivery. The exchange underscores regional wit and social teasing in a church setting.
Johnson asks if his wife speaks French and Thompson quarrels with a witty line. The French waiter’s expression allegedly proves she does not, prompting a humorous exchange about language and perception.
The London Chronicle notes severe under assessment of land in England. It cites Cardiff Castle with a large park and boundary wall near the town center rated at 924 pounds yearly while a nearby tailor's shop is valued at 947 pounds. The land value is described as millions.
A man with a severe stutter asks the railroad ticket window about traveling to New York by freight. The agent reacts with surprise and questions the idea as the man explains he cannot express himself well enough to travel otherwise.
A quip on Annie Nibbins as the meanest gossip type who elicits others to spill secrets while she reveals nothing. The line closes with a note that progress comes from patient effort and steady resolutions rather than sudden leaps.
The Presbyterian choir hosted a rallyho ride to Seely Lake with a pavilion rehearsal and ice cream cake and coffee for thirty five. The Methodist choir members were entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs James Clark with a tallyho ride to the Clark residence and lawn games followed by strawberries and cake.
The Wilson Grocery Co announces a final canning strawberry sale next week with a steady supply of Colorado berries. Order the day before to ensure availability and receive the lowest prices offered.
John Doane Jr will spend ten weeks in Greeley during summer offering instruction in pipe organ piano and harmony. Appointed pipe organ instructor at Oberlin Conservatory of Music for next year he is a competent teacher and will be reachable after July 4 at 1213 Tenth Street or by telephone Greeley 483.
The third annual Wild West Show and rough riding carnival comes to Fort Collins on July 2 and 3 with steer roping branding broncho bucking contests cow pony racing wild horse races wild steer riding relay potato race and polo. A balloon race unique to northern Colorado and evening dreworks at Prospect Park are planned with a special round trip fare and a 10 30 p m train to Timnath Windsor and Greeley.
Real estate transfers listed include W L Snyder and wife with Benjamin Dol Wheeler to C H Lantz for 1600 dollars in SW 19-12-61. G W Laing to Joseph B Todd for one dollar in NEM 3-11-62. Miles H Peabody and wife to Joseph B Todd for one dollar in NWM 3-11-62. Annie Miller to Franciszek Fajkosz and Katie Fajkosz for 750 dollars in Lots 19 and 20 Bik and Frederick. United States to Joseph P Walker for patent in NE 28-1-65. Albert J Allen and James B Phillips to F C Peterson for 900 dollars in Lot 1 First Addition to Normal Place, Greeley. Asenath Knowles to Henrietta Yeckel for one dollar in SEM 11-21-67, Henrietta Yeekel to J J Yeckel for 10008 dollars in SEX 11-1-87.
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