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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1908
Page
4
The candlefish, fat enough to burn for illumination, was used by Alaskan natives for light and medicine. Candlefish oil is said to cure consumption and was prepared by boiling decomposed fish with heated stones. Consumed patients reportedly improve after several weeks of treatment, though the process is repulsive and unhygienic.
Fair skies tonight and Tuesday with mild temperatures. A warming trend takes hold Tuesday as afternoon highs rise and conditions stay dry.
At a Fall River church wedding banker Charles J. Rhegan wed Miss Mary B. Chadwick a discarded lover known as Miss Sullivan interrupted the ceremony with a four year old boy declaring he is Rhegan’s child. The bride fainted and the groom vanished after the admission.
Judge Riddle jailed Ruben O. Buell for contempt after he failed to report for jury duty. Buell argued a legitimate excuse but was fined ten dollars or jailed, delaying the trial of John Bradley accused of shooting Officer W. P. Stephens. Bradley’s capture followed a tense confrontation at the police station.
W S Park of Omaha general superintendent of Union Pacific arrived in Greeley with a special train shortly before noon. He leads a tour of inspection of the system. In the party were A F Vick Roy superintendent of the Colorado division and R Toticey his assistant.
Denver reports that Rachel Hemming married Charlie Hemming at Golden on October 20 and soon after he left, taking her trunk with $30. She claims he lacked funds even for the license, which she advanced, and vanished while she was expecting. She has filed for divorce.
Special to the Lady Tribune Lafayette Colo Oct 26 Word was received from Kaloo sa a coal camp of the death of J. E. B. Swanson a wealthy miner who left here for a lower altitude for health and was killed in a cave-in. His wife left here a few days ago and his death followed one day after he and his wife parted. Korean speaker at M E B Church T K Yoon a Harvard man and ordained minister addressed a Sunday night crowd aiding Korean workers in fields.
The Republican Veterans association holds a rally at the courthouse this evening with speakers from Denver and Leadville. A patriotic song quartet is planned and all are cordial invited.
Af Sougarine compliments Miss Gusher, newly introduced to the great author, and expresses enchantment with Lyony's delightful novels in the Sunday Magazine.
Reathal Forest the two-month-old daughter of Mr and Mrs W Forest died at the Evans home Saturday night. Funeral services were held at the home today.
The Tribune asks for clean cotton rags promptly. Bring them to the office without delay.
A man arrives late to a dinner, apologizes with a fake office excuse. He discovers his house is empty, broke in for the paper, and returns to find guests waiting as he completes a twenty block ride. The anecdote ends noting others have erred similarly.
The Utica Observer notes that George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison and James Monroe all ate pie with a knife until Joan Quincy Adams entered the White House. Mrs Adams attributed the fork substitution to a habit picked up in France and difficult to break after returning home.
A collector explains that doctors face easier debt collection yet harder assertions of poverty. With access to a waiting room and cash customers, collectors can probe payment terms, pressuring doctors who claim no funds. The NYT excerpt highlights the uneasy balance between care access and financial pressure.
A police officer questions a tramp who replies that he has no fixed destination. He claims to own the entire United States as options, saying the many places to go confuse him and make him dizzy trying to decide where to start.
The fragment discusses a donor named She-Paya giving 850,090 for a home, contrasting with a hypothetical smaller gift. It mentions a certain young man and a vague exchange, but details are unclear and names are partial.
James T. Brady, famed New York lawyer, defends a young woman in a contested will trial. He comforts the jury with a meditation on springtime and beauty, then reveals the client’s total optic paralysis, denying she sought jury sympathy with her gaze.
An English literary visitor criticized Shakespeare during a dinner remark about Sleep that knits up a worn sleeve. A young American suggested sleave is a weaver’s term, noting it appears in old editions. The critic conceded, “Thank you. I was mistaken.”
A Youth's Companion summary notes Tibet remains a land of mystery after the English invasion. It describes Tibet as spanning 760,000 to 800,000 square miles with elevations over 16,400 feet, higher than Mont Blanc. Peaks reach about 29,000 feet and deep valleys do not fall below 14,400 feet, higher than Pike’s Peak. Rice and fruit are grown up to 11,500 feet in southern valleys. major population centers include Lhasa, Shigatse, and Guangzhou.
The narrator describes a rich mother maintaining a weekly allowance for her ten year old son Bobby. She explains the boy handles his money, even fining himself for imagined offenses, while the family pays his luxuries and cars but insists he pay fines himself.
A bright young church member used his own money to buy a gift for the minister. He bought suspenders at the village store and attached a card reading For the support of our pastor.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Bertie and a neighbor discussing calls from his mother. The exchange hints at affection and obligation as Bertie notes she has called seven times while he has not heard the name Albert used. The Philadelphia Inquirer quote adds a broader, aspirational tone.
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