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Newspaper
Greeley Republican
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1912
Page
2
A Greeley letter denounces Denver newspapers as immoral and sensational, calls for readers to reject them, and urges reliance on cleaner press like The Greeley Republican. It laments crime coverage, praises decency, and warns of portraying crime to entice readers, while noting weather and crop updates as contrast.
Oakland adventurer Sir Henry Westwood Cooper, alias Ernest Moore Chadwick, eloped with Anna Milbrath and fled to Durbin, Natal, South Africa. He is accused of swindling a Durbin bank of 5000 dollars and used the ruse of a nerve specialist to court a daughter, then fleeced his father in law for 2500 dollars before his disappearance. Milbrath left him when discovering a wife.
The Kansas City Star reports a landscape plan in which Shade trees ornamental shrubs hedges and flowers will beautify the Jackson County Home grounds. About fifty hard maple and elm trees three to four inches diameter will be planted along with six hundred shrubs one hundred climbing roses and clematis vines forty one hundred hedge plants and beds of peonies canvas and phlox. Roses and clematis will cover building walls while privet hedges outline entrances drives and north and east borders. Planting starts early spring and total cost will be well under 1000 dollars.
Chicago tabbies faced a heat wave with shaved coats after Mrs. C. G. Snow devised a fur removing cure all. Volunteers trimmed cats to keep them cool, but the cold snap followed, leaving many pets buried in blankets and fed hot milk. Some barbers refused, others joined for money. At least 200 pets lost their fur in a week.
A Post Office report to Postmaster General Hitchcock states 120 million dollars were stolen from the public in the last fiscal year via mail fraud. One thousand sixty-two suspects were arrested, 452 convicted, and 571 cases await disposition, with offenders ranging from merchants to millionaires.
Two large sea creatures, a six foot shark and a seven foot jewfish, fought for an hour near the Santa Monica pier while hundreds watched. They battled over a school of mackerel, surfaced briefly, and both died. The shark weighed 142 pounds. the jewfish weighed 225 pounds and suffered severe injuries.
Constantinople July 22. Tewfik Pasha the Turkish ambassador at London was named grand vizier but required the chamber be dissolved as a condition of his acceptance. The sultan refused and instead appointed Ghazi Moukhtar Pasha as grand vizier.
At a Washington Florist club meeting prizes were offered for the best school garden ornamentation to stimulate student interest. The effort follows years of garden work instruction, aimed at beautifying homes and schools amid funding limits and vandals. The program shows social improvement as gardens at home and school expand beyond prior decoration efforts.
The Indianapolis Star reports that a major railroad network finds beautifying its right of way an excellent investment and continues the effort with greater vigor. Manufacturers who brighten their premises see higher labor efficiency and productivity.
The Morton punch bowl ends a century at City Hall and moves to the Metropolitan Museum under glass. Inscribed by Gen. Jacob Morton in 1812, the six foot circumference Chinese Lowestoft piece bears city and US seals, the frigate Constitution, and a Birch engraving of 1803.
The Denver Rio Grande awarded contracts totaling 1.1 million dollars for 1,200 freight cars to various car companies. Deliveries are required within ninety days and include 700 steel frame box cars, 100 stock cars, 350 all steel coal cars with drop doors, and 50 cabooses. Previously, orders were placed with American Locomotive and Baldwin Locomotive Works for thirty large freight locomotives.
Colorado Springs. William O'Brien garnisheed $96,000 held in the First National Bank under a district court order in a suit seeking injunctive relief to prevent transfer of funds. He claims the Fruit Lands company is a dummy for Richard J. Bolles and seeks $291,000 already filed in the suit.
Farmers and stockmen from across the state will gather in Glenwood Springs July 22 to 24. The Colorado & Southern Railway offers special low rates for travel July 20 and 21 with return by July 31. Local entertainment is planned to provide a full week outing alongside convention activities.
A list outlines essential kitchen items from seasonings to a percolator and a meat chopper. It includes spices, canned goods, dressings, cheese, and crackers and provides a Hot Chicken Salad recipe with steps and ingredient amounts.
A brief cartoonish dialogue shows a waiter offering to fetch a knife or fork, while a customer insists the oyster is alive. The exchange highlights humor over kitchen service and table etiquette.
Miss Alberta Claire, famed for riding 8100 miles from Sheridan Wyoming to New York, climbs the Woolworth Building at about 850 feet. She drives a rivet on a narrow steel beam while a photographer captures the dare, declaring the ride safer than riding a horse.
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