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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1878
Page
2
A scattered prose piece urges prompt remittance for subscribers of a Trinixr newspaper and discusses wheat prices affecting publishers. It then extols Worth the Parisian milliner as a leading authority on female attire and argues the Persian dress with loose trousers and fitted waist is elegant and practical while dismissing cross gender fashion attempts.
The article explains Edison's phonograph with a tin foil cylinder and rubber disc to capture voice vibrations. It notes the device can reproduce sounds exactly when the crank is turned, and comments on the broader idea of voice writing as a new phenomenon. It also discusses local improvements in Greeley Colorado and mentions Senator Teller and Ingersoll amid broader debates.
A discussion on the phonograph and voice recording as a potential universal record of human speech and actions. It argues that tin foil recordings could preserve words sounds and even thoughts for ages, predicting a future where deceit oppression and wrong are plainly written for all to read.
Secretary Sherman warns of trouble resuming specie payments next year amid large coin on hand and reduced greenback circulation. The column surveys bran bread debates gluten, typhoid links to dirty dish cloths, liquor politics after a billiards hall vote, England buying horses for war prep, a Bogota farmer claiming 180 years, a Pueblo bank robbery, and Longmont liquor licence results.
In Congress the Massachusetts election contest outcome shifted with a speaker’s vote, Deane seated by majority. Mint directs coins for a silver dollar and dies to arrive next month. Trade and finance notes cover resumption plans, debt changes, and sovereign bond activity.
Letters from J Be Ambrose of St Helena California dated March 25 1878 praise California living conditions and crops then another note from April 1 1878 requests that Greeley Tribune allocate space to the wives of Greeley Society urging reforms to the Selfish Club inviting wives and friends to join weekly social games.
The town election passed quietly with 234 votes cast, down from 252 last year. Eight tickets ran and four candidates vied for street supervisor. First five trustees elected were Le Baron Willard 230, Joseph Moore 227, Thos. Mimmack 172, Jesse E. Billings 131, George B. Wyman 65. Town Clerk Ludwig Von Gehren received 230.
A fragmented 1870s newspaper page notes a farmer update and an unconfirmed report that the Pope is dead. It also highlights local shop notices and advertisements for sales, hats, wraps, and dresses along with irrigation company stock distribution and a town street uniform ban.
Advertisements from Nichols & Co and Monk & Ingalsbe highlight new spring goods boots shoes dry goods hats and groceries. H. F. Flower and Blooming Flower Drug Store offer price cuts on cosmetics medicines while Brennan's and Borrienss advertise low meat and general sale prices. J. W. Parker and A. Z. Salomon promote trees groceries and seeds with low prices.
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