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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1912
Page
2
A bustling critique of political hedges in Greeley and nearby towns. Tariffs, sugar, and beet growers mingle with convention salvos as Roosevelt and third parties fade. Delegates split over Clark Wilson and Bryan while party ships drift toward electoral icebergs.
A surface survey of the Democratic convention shows a fierce struggle for temporary chairman revealing a split between progressives and conservatives. Parker’s election signals a clear alignment with established Bryan stance and hints the nomination may reflect these lines.
A quip filled collection hints at truth and humor in daily life. The notes poke at complaint bankruptcy secrets promotion jealousy and pettiness while musing on honesty and progress with a playful jab at Carnegie.
A reader mulls two roommates, preferring Gloomy Gus for quiet. Gus would let them be, while Sunny Jim would constantly joke and fill the home with persistent laughter.
Notes from a past issue recount local life including Nichols and West lawns, a new gulch town, Buell's wheat, Marsh building a photo gallery, a high river level, Marx brothers antelopes at their store, the marriage of Dr W Sanborn and Miss Washburn, a Baltimore convention, Horace Greeley as a presidential nominee prospect, college reservation crops and a reception at the Methodist church for Rev Adams and his bride, with a $61 purse, optimistic harvest outlook and substantial potato acreage varying from eight to twenty acres.
H E English sues Professor G Bruce Halsted of Colorado Teachers College for 15600 in district court. English alleges Halsted and his son beat him Oct 13 causing permanent injuries after English had reported Halsted for speeding. The case involves prominent local and university figures.
A barn owned by Lee Evans at Sixteenth Avenue and Tenth Street burned at 2 pm. As flames raged the 109 Belgium rabbits perished before help arrived. The loss is about 300 dollars and authorities suspect children started the fire.
The July Popular Mechanics Magazine describes a rancher who built a large irrigation storage reservoir in California and uses a novel pumping scheme. He positions an automobile to drive a rotary pump via a belt from a large wheel on the rear axle, delivering about 250 gallons per minute into the reservoir with a capacity of 500000 gallons.
A letter of inquiry to the Denver offices of L. C. Smith typewriters was unsigned. E. W. Scarborough, the company’s general agent in Greeley, will answer inquiries if addressed to him in Greeley.
The Dacona Building & Investment Co invites bids on a two story town hall with specifications on file at the Tribune office in Greeley. Bids must be received by July 5, 1912.
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