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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1887
Page
7
A fragment from a poem in All the Year Round portrays autumn storms bending leaves and small birds seeking safety. The speaker compares quiet life to peaceful seasons, then notes hidden strength within calm hearts revealed by trials.
In August and September mountaineers host large revival gatherings after harvest. Cabins open their doors to all with abundant food, coffee, and unrefined sweetness. Meetings last a week to ten days then travel to neighboring settlements for further gatherings. Local preachers work without steady salaries, showing diverse gifts and intense enthusiasms, drawing crowds with strong emotion and loud oratory.
George Hoyt of Cleveland recalls Artemus Ward assigning him the column while Ward was away in the 1850s. Hoyt, once a Plain Dealer printer and Ward’s friend, treasures a two‑thirds of a column length string used to measure material. He also recalls Ward’s humor, the Brigham Young letter, Ward’s illustrations, and Ward’s later life.
Alfred Trumble writes from the interior of British Guinea about orchid hunters who spend years chasing rare blooms. He notes the danger to Indian climbers, with yearly fatalities from snakes and falls, yet says the blood shed makes the orchids prized by civilized society.
The Harvard gymnasium expert Mr Sargent analyzes Manian the oarsman and notes a great head and strong upper body though legs and arms are short. He credits power from shoulders back and loins and the leverage of short limbs, matching a near perfect sculler.
A New York Sun expose details traveling shows using Kickapoo Indians and white performers to hawk herbal remedies. Lecturers and doctors fronting booths promote cures while Indians tour with tepees and posters. recruiters seek talkers and performers, offering pay and travel without board.
The Chicago Herald reports a plan to eclipse Jules Verne by a railway jubilee in Vincennes. Travelers will ride frequent stops with buffets serving different national cuisines from Chicago to Moscow and London, offering portable sampling at each station. The idea aims to cosmopolitanize Parisians cheaply and quickly.
The state of Maine offers a ten cent bounty for each crow killed, aiming to reduce crow populations and protect crops and poultry. The program provides payment to citizens who bring in culled birds.
Paris Letter recounts Dr Peter delivering a tirade against Pasteur when a mongrel bites him. Surgeons rush forward with instruments as five wounds bleed while Pasteur argues the dog is mad. Peter seeks the strongest remedy as the audience applauds and Pasteur takes the man to his lab.
Berlin cor respondent Inter Ocean recounts Bismarck's account of the 1871 Metz choice. He quotes Thiers and Moltke on giving up Belfort versus Metz, noting Metz was valued at 100000 men and Belgium neutral powers’ concerns influenced the decision to seize Metz.
A stock broker friend of Professor Richards of Yale argues that universal athletics would improve sleep and health. He cites Chauncey Mitchell Depew as a Yale alumnus and suggests athletic culture reduces drunkenness and poverty, endorsing the professor's view.
The Columbia College collegiate course for women includes English, languages, Latin, Greek, math, history, political science, science, hygiene, natural history, geology, paleontology, botany, zoology, and philosophy. Nearly one third of the students are Jewish.
Advertises Electric Bitters as a bracing alternative to stimulants and bitters for improving mood appetite headache and vitality. Claims purify blood kidney and liver action and cost 50 cents a bottle at J F Fezer’s drug store. Warns against salicylic acid in food and drink citing French medical commission recommending prohibition for canning uses.
Fezer's drug store reports a remarkable revival in trade driven by free trial bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption. The remedy claims to cure coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat lung diseases quickly with a free test bottle available and a large bottle at $1, all bottles guaranteed.
A large group of mineral springs has been found in Russia's Trans-Baikal region. Temperatures range from 35 degrees to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Some springs are ferruginous, some alkaline, others sulfurous, and all are renowned for their curative effects on men and animals.
The Santa Alie proprietors authorize W. B. Mason to refund money if this remedy fails to cure coughs croup and whooping cough after a fair trial. California Cat Cure is praised for head cold catarrh relief. Sold at $1 per package or three for $2.50.
The French government offers a 50 000 francs prize for a scheme making electricity practical and economical for heat light chemical action mechanical and medical uses. Correspondence from all nations is invited.
The Greeley Tribune outlines its role as a devoted family newspaper focusing on agricultural and stock news in northern Colorado. It emphasizes its position as the brightest and best source for local residents.
The Tribune reports its Job Department is well supplied for turning out top quality job work at the most reasonable figures, promising skilled production and prompt service for customers.
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