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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
2
A reader disputes a Tribune claim that hobos are a menace and argues the working man deserves sympathy. The letter contrasts hobos with yeggmen and asserts hobos, though desperate, often seek work, while the arson of theft by criminals is blamed on those who prey on trust and labor.
A reflective piece about how a parent's smile can inspire hope and goodness in others. On a single day a mother and father share a smile that touches a desperate man, a weary soul, a crying child, and a struggling girl, guiding actions toward mercy and restraint before grief returns. Copyright 1908, Edwin Nye.
The Swedish Free Church will not hold services due to dedication at Eaton. Swedish Baptist Church meets at Steele's Hall with sermons at 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Christian Science services are at 800 Ninth Street with Sunday 11:00 a.m. and Wednesday 8:00 p.m. The Sunday subject is Matter.
Emanuel Church Swedish Evangelical Lutheran announces Sunday services led by Rev Gustafson with Sunday school at 10:00 a m regular morning worship at 11:00 a m and evening service at 7:45 p m all in the church schedule.
First Presbyterian schedules include 10 45 morning service with The Hidden Life sermon and 7 30 evening service featuring The Gentle Conqueror. Sabbath school at noon and Bible classes follow, plus 6 30 p m Christian Endeavor. Nazarene church lists 10 a m Sabbath school 11 a m morning service 3 pm People s Meeting 7 30 pm evening service with weekly prayer meetings Tue and Wed.
Rev Edwin M Gross presides at Trinity German Lutheran with 10 am German service and communion 11 30 am Sunday school no evening service due to Fort Collins call Congregational meeting set for the second Sunday in October at Reformed Presty Cor 10th Ave and 15th St Rev J M Wylie leads 10 am Sunday school sermon Ark of the Covenant 6 30 pm Young People's Meeting on Faith
United Presbyterian and Salvation Army schedules list Sunday services. Miss Ferrier will give a missionary address from Egypt and the pastor will deliver the next Life's Way sermon. Other churches including Baptist DeWitt Forward and Congregational share service times, topics, and midweek lectures.
Several transfers involve unions with Union Pacific Railroad Company including Mary T. Rogers Jessie S Thornton Scheerer Land & Investment Co and others for 200 ft strips across designated quarters varying payments from 50 to 2500 dollars. Other transfers include John Hayden to School District No 34 J T Taylor and E E Offerle to David A Gibson Nathan H Stone to Zadie Davis et al United States to Mayfield Dayton Truelsen and Perkins to Hattie L Sella with various lot descriptions and patents and timber culture deeds in Greeley and surrounding blocks.
The hotel records show arrivals from multiple cities including Longmont Dubuque Iowa Chicago Philadelphia and Denver. Notables include Bernard J Beck Werner Germany Elmo Rowland Julesberg F J Alder man Cedar Rapids and Robert Michaels.
Lampton and Holden married by Justice Scheetz in Ault. Juanita Garcia and Frank Martinez wed by Judge Nixon. Anthernette Wood and Charles Howe married in county courthouse by Judge Nixon. The bride, 23, divorced in Cambridge in 1907 for desertion. Groom, 56, previously divorced after wife deserted him.
Breeders can find good lambs and rams for sale at The Host Live Stock Co located in Ramah Colorado. Feeders and buyers are invited to view available stock at the ranch for ranching needs.
Advertisement lists New potatoes at 90 cents per bushel, Ranch butter 25 cents, Eggs 22 cents, Spring Chickens 12 cents, and Hens 9 cents. Prices reflect wholesale offerings to buyers in Greeley.
The forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Sunday. In probate news the will of John B. Kitely was admitted today and his widow Luella Kitely was named executrix.
A long list outlines Republican aims including economy in administration, curb on patronage, campaign finance publicity, state rights, tariff revision, trusts regulation, railroad oversight, bank deposit safety, postal savings, income tax support, labor in injunc tions reforms, merchant marine growth, a strong navy, civil service enforcement, veterans pensions, a national health bureau, inland waterways, post roads, Philippine independence, grazing land rights, and broader foreign relations with American republics. The platform omits several items such as telegraph rates, Hawaii land laws, Panama canal speed, and Alaska Porto Rico territorial rights.
The platform credits Roosevelt and the Republicans for national wealth while blaming Congress and the Democrats for inertia. It calls for tariff revision, a more elastic currency, postal savings favor, broader interstate commerce powers, new safety laws, and Sherman act amendments. Equal rights for Negroes and resource conservation are urged, with praise for current army, navy, and recent increases.
The excerpt shows a heated exchange about spelling reform calling it a complete failure. It argues reform failed by adopting abbreviations like thru and tho and leaving the post office directory full of unpronounceable names.
Joseph Duncan, 80, seeking to flee a coiled snake, leaped from a 700 foot precipice near Visalia California and died. Duncan was an early settler prior to 1849 era and associated with Sanborn and Houston in local pioneer history.
A historic note describes Greeley Weld County as a thriving county seat with Normal School, strong schools, churches, homes, a thriving vegetable factory, canals, potato storage, and numerous manufacturers. It highlights railroads, climate, parks, libraries, a city theater, daily newspapers, banks, a mercantile club, and diverse agriculture. Train schedules to and from Denver and northern routes are listed.
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