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Newspaper
Greeley Republican
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
3
Farmers and stockmen from all parts of the state attend a large convention in Glenwood Springs from July 2 to 24. Colorado & Southern Railway offers special low rates for travel with a round trip final return by July 31, plus entertainment by the Glenwood Springs peak and other events. See ticket agents for details.
Miss Louise Ling hosted the Girls Modern club at her Auburn home with eighteen members and guests from Evans Denver and Greeley attending a varied musical program including vocal duets instrumentals and piano pieces amid games and social time.
Foreman John Woodring, part of the fire protection crew at a Fort Collins sugar factory, was suspended head down sixty feet above ground for thirty minutes when a pole broke. He was rescued by a climber sending a rope to lower him. doctors say he will recover and regain health soon. He suffered a torn leg and head wound but is now at a local hospital.
The article describes China's long standing ideal of scholarship over warfare and physical prowess, highlighting the four ancient social classes and the possibility for a talented boy from any class to become a scholar and enter government service through rigorous study and final examinations.
Florence Roberts the actress visits Seattle where engineers smooth the hills by hydraulic pressure. She asks who put Seattle on the level and a native son names the genius. She quips that he should go south to put Frisco on the square.
Mr and Mrs Gray of 1416 Eleventh Avenue welcome a fine new baby born last night. Fort Lupton July 18. Born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Harvey a daughter.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond recalls a tale about a friend who bragged of striking oil and sent a sample in a bottle. An expert chemist report soon arrived finding no oil and noting the bottle contained paregoric, a quip cited by Hearst's Magazine.
Frederick Townsend Martin jokes at a tea about how people mispronounce the opera Thais highlighting rhymes with slay us face baize or mice. He cites a Metropolitan Museum statue Psyche exchange and a Washington Star quip about pronounceing z in zinc.
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