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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
4
The Greeley Tribune notes a sharp drop in circulation as the KN G I Paper reports a 70 copy count impact. Officials attribute the shift to market competition and subscriber churn affecting local news delivery.
The Commercial club is urged to mobilize moneyed members to build rental housing in Greeley. With hundreds seeking homes, old shacks fetch rents while investors prefer high interest gains. Call for serious club action to connect funds with developers and relieve the city’s housing bottleneck.
Boulder and Weld counties each passed a resolution barring saloons from unincorporated areas, while cities remained under local government. Weld acted January 7, 1878, the same day Evans lost its county seat, highlighting parallel early prohibitions and shifting local control.
The Greeley Commercial club is criticized for not seizing current opportunities. A speaker argues the organization could accomplish more for the city than numerous banquets chautauquas and lecture courses by taking decisive action.
Large Denver stores flood Greeley and other Colorado cities with advertising matter challenging readers. Campaign aims to sway voters with persistent display and mailings across multiple towns. Local residents report heavy newspaper inserts and storefront billboards as the contest heats up.
An editorial urges Greeley shoppers to favor local merchants over Denver mail order houses, noting higher costs of trips and better service of in town shopping and returns. A sample Denver and Condon bulletins comparison is offered, arguing for a vigorous home trade campaign. A musicale at 1226 Eleventh Avenue honors M E church officers features Stauffer Heckman and Dorothea Haynes.
E A Ross supervisor of manual training and Miss Edith Gale in charge of sewing and drawing oversee a large pupil exhibit to be sent to the Northern Colorado Teachers association in Longmont for April 10 and 11. A Leyley school exhibition will follow in May with a display for parents featuring art work sewing and floyd.
Pontypool Ontario postmaster Thos Stenton reports eight years of rheumatic pain and praises Chamberlains Pain Balm for superior relief. The piece also notes the Normal High School Shakespearian Society presented Cinderella operetta in three acts at Normal Chapel directed by J Kendel with a 20 member cast and varied musical numbers.
Advocate claims the elixir cures stomach and bowel troubles and aids digestion for babies. It is marketed to stop fretfulness and teething discomfort, with prices listed at 25 and 50 cents, available from all druggists.
The Denver eye ear nose and throat specialist will be at the New Camfield hotel on Thursday Friday and Saturday April 16 17 and 18 for consultations and examinations.
The YWCA of the Normal reports 125 members and Tuesday meetings in Normal Chapel. Newly inaugurated officers are Miss Gertrude Peirson president Miss Fay Read vice president Miss Julia Hubbell treasurer Miss Flora Bauer secretary and committee chairmen Miss Jessie Hoyles Edith Beardsley Lois White Elizabeth Slaughter Carrie Snook Ethel Purdy Anna Strang. Ballard’s Snow Liniment advertised for aches and pains at 25 50 and 100 per bottle.
The Moore family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for their help and support during Walter Moore’s illness and funeral, signed by Ward Moore Nellie Moore Neal Moore and Jeanette Moore.
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