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Newspaper
Greeley Republican
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1912
Page
4
Government topographers tour meets and conventions to promote adoption of the U S unit system of geography. Maps show roads cities rivers and relief with contour lines and copper engravings, priced five cents each or a hundred for three dollars. Geological maps cost twenty five cents.
In a hotel lobby a tale of table manners emerges when Barton is praised for eating pie with a knife. Smith claims he has eaten pie at Brown’s and wonders why Parton did not use an ax. The anecdote comes from Gen E Burd Grubb via the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Miss Blase asks where to find the cream of society and a cynic retorts in Reno where society goes through the separator. The exchange appears in Judge's Library style as a witty aside.
New York letter tells how Tad Dorgan rebuilt his front yard into a Waldorf salad garden with sunflowers cabbages and beech shoots after ir responsibles seeded beets onions and other vegetables. The gardener was fired for uprooting fine radishes amid the lawn transformation.
Dr. J. J. Flannery of the county commission on sanity says women outlive men by about four years due to less nervous strain. He notes women stay home, handle light chores, while men work in business and return tired, with dinner and thoughts of business before rest. Des Moines Register and Leader.
A mass meeting to name twenty delegates for the state convention in Denver on August 1 and to elect a county committee will be held Monday July 28 at the 311 Opera House building. Signers include John C. Nixon H B Mann H C Bennett and Leo G Mann. All sympathizers with the doctrines are invited.
Nellie Connelly recalls a supper with Grandmother Kelly and Grandmother Getchell where sharp quips fly from both sides. The pair trade barbs about aging teeth and marriages, delivering a lively, comic clash that ends with Nellie marveling at their verbal showdown.
Official call for a Weld County mass meeting on July 22 1912 at 8 pm in Greeley to nominate delegates for the State Progressive Convention and select district delegates and a provisional county central committee. The notice invites Progressive voters to join the party for the campaign and excludes others until after the November election. An electric fan rental offer accompanies the notice.
Second hand and rebuilt machines of all standard makes sold rented cleaned and repaired at eastern prices from $10 to $60. Agents for Monarch machines. Ribbons platens and carons available. Notary public work accounting and mimeographing offered with ten years experience in Greeley.
A report notes gas ranges are present in more than five hundred homes in Greeley, highlighting widespread appliance adoption and potential energy considerations for local households.
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