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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
2
The Daily Tribune celebrates its first year with 2400 subscribers, noting growth and pride in the county of Colorado. The editor vows continued pace setting editorials and hopes others will follow.
City council directs water users to stop sprinkling from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on permitted days due to muddy river conditions and limited filtration. A new third filter bed is planned to maintain two beds in use, with operations resuming after July 1st and continuing until further notice.
Little Alfred Tunnel Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Tunnel, has returned home from Denver where he spent several weeks in hospital after a severe pneumonia attack and lung abscess. His 14 year old sister Ellen accompanied him and stayed with him during the illness.
Opening day for the twelfth annual Boulder Chautauqua and Summer School is Sunday July 4 with a special program including an address by Dr. Frank W Gunsaulus of Chicago. A special $1 round trip from Greeley will be offered and a special train will return from Boulder at 10 20 p m.
Seventy five Ber ean class members attended a strawberry social at the home of L. Brainard Tuesday evening. The event raised a nice sum toward the church fund. The lawn was decorated with Japanese lanterns and games were played under the lantern glow.
Special to the Daily Tribune reports a tornado outbreak across the Dakotas on June 30. In Grand Forks North Dakota nine killed and many injured as farms and homes were wrecked. Lead South Dakota records eight dead and twenty hurt. Munnewaukeon also reports one death and multiple injuries.
A big game of baseball is scheduled for Wednesday on the LaSalle grounds with a good sized crowd expected. The weekday matchup between Johnstown and LaSalle promises a stiff contest as the two teams cross bats.
A schedule lists a $2.55 fare to Marshall and return every Sunday via Colorado and Southern for electric trains to Eldorado Springs. The service implies weekend round trips connecting with the Eldorado destination.
A Boston Globe passage notes varied writing habits of famous authors. Alexander Pope jotted ideas in bed while Victor Hugo wrote standing up. Napoleon dictated while perched on a chair arm. Sir Walter Scott used a lounge. Balzac wrote from midnight to noon. William Morris translated on a moving train. Walt Whitman and Horace Traubel formed unique thinking poses on lumber piles.
In a rural Alabama court Jed Blake is arraigned for murder. The judge offers appointed counsel. Blake refuses and says he intends to do nothing, wishing the case to drop. The scene ends with the judge insisting and Blake remaining silent.
A selection of Talmudic statements praises wives as heaven’s gift and household ornaments, noting a devoted wife remains unbothered in work and a home’s temple for male repose. It contrasts unmarried life with joys found in home and asserts women possess greater judgment than men.
Robert Brant has a stepmother who is lenient while his father remains strict. Neighborhood lads warn him about stepmothers, then ask how he likes her. He replies with a twist friendly to the idea of a stepfather, a humorous moral about family roles.
The Fort Collins cowboy tournament on July 2 and 3 offers balloon races between Boulder and Denver for the state title, cowboy and cowgirl races, wild horse and bucking contests, roping, crawding, stage holdup, and polo, with one thousand dollars in cash prizes. The event draws top riders from Colorado and Wyoming and features a grand parade, fireworks, special trains, and appearances by noted buckers before a frontier days showcase. In Estes Park water priorities, Judge Bennett’s ruling favors Sanborn and Stanley owners, with a regional referee modification and precedent-setting park priority referenced by Judge Garrignes.
Work has begun on the Eaton National Bank building at the Oak Street Second Avenue corner. Foundation dimensions are 50 by 90 feet and excavation is in progress. The bank will occupy the new structure upon completion. A government hatchery consignment adds 14,000 black bass to Boyd Lake and 106,000 to Seven Lakes, with future fishing prospects noted.
W. E. Miller and Miss Cecil Wilson, both of Eaton, appear among local social entries. W. C. Davis of Cleveland Ohio and Katherine Graham of Greeley are noted together. Jesse L. Lucas and Nettie Leake, both of Greeley, and Frank A. Stender with Edna J. Hand, both of Eaton, are listed. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Heighton and family return from a mountain outing. Mr. and Mrs. Jim M Edgington and child plan a move to Los Angeles to settle there.
A. R. Kinne came back Tuesday evening from a trip across the district focusing on the Empson canning factory interests.
A band concert, initially announced for Thursday, has been moved to Friday evening.
A young man with little means after his marriage presents 27 cents to the pastor, spread on his hand, saying this is all I have. He adds that if they have children they will be sent to the minister’s Sunday school, per Success Magazine.
Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a dialogue on gender and artificiality with a punchline about nature and society. The exchange highlights ongoing tension between views of femininity as artificial and natural. The brief item reflects era attitudes in a concise newspaper snippet.
A Philadelphia Ledger fragment shows a flippant dialogue about marriage attire and propriety. A girl mocks a man’s job loss and flirtation accusation, joking about the wedding dress as a topic of ridicule and social gossip.
The Epworth League held a social at the parsonage Friday night and collected a good sum. Guests paid a penny for every ten pounds weighed at the door with scales arranged for the event.
Mrs Cecil Phillips hosted two tea parties this week while the Thursday Afternoon club met with Mrs Fred Griffith for a lawn party and bean bag contest prize won by Mrs Rhodes. The Epworth League staged a Tour of the Nations Friday night to Iceland and other points, drawing large attendance and substantial funds for the group.
Superintendent L H Harrison releases Weld county census statistics based on county residents. The total school age population is 10 611 with 6 479 boys and 6 082 girls. Net year over year increase runs about nine percent, adding 3 500 residents, with Greeley district No 6 totaling 2 806 and including Greeley plus nearby areas two miles north and three miles west.
A drummer's sample waists in silk satin and net are offered at half price. The Ramsay Dry Goods Co promotes the sale as a chance to view the new, pretty waists whether shoppers buy or not.
Mrs Lillian Hill petitions for divorce from Willis Hill on cruelty grounds after five years of marriage. She seeks one half of the husband’s estate, custody of their 27 08 year old child, and a lis pendens to stop disposal of property until the case is heard. Attorney Ewing filed the papers.
Mrs J T Clough entertains with a sequence of informal garden parties attended by ladies and their husbands. Guests enjoy refreshments, lawn games like croquet, and cozy seating with pillows and rugs as evenings unfold. The first event drew a lace crowd on a Saturday and a similar party is planned for the next date.
A group including A Nice Auto Trip rat and Mrs T40 Heaton MF M Rue VY Van Gorder and TF pele Neary left Greeley on Monday and arrived at their destination by noon. They faced a brief delay due to a shower but reported crops along the route looked good. The party reached Greeley again at nine in the evening with Mr Heaton praised as a careful driver.
The record notes a correction stating the debt was raised in about a half hour rather than fifteen minutes forty eight seconds as previously reported by the Pierce special in Monday's Tribune. Chancellor Puchtel's timepiece is cited for the timing.
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