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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
4
Co. H Wolfe Manacen telephones distance belt superintendent. 1843 entered at Greeley post office for trans gussion through mails at second class rates. The number of copies printed this issue is No 2,225 less than 2,000. The Tribune pressroom circulation books and subscription lists open to inspection by any advertiser.
A Tribune report accuses the United States Home Building Association of Denver of fraud and misrepresentation in selling contracts, warns the public against lending, notes their activity in Greeley, and challenges the group to sue for libel while asserting the aim is to be left alone.
The article urges securing a site for a park on the east side of town as Greeley grows. With over 500 new houses built in four years and future street grading toward the east, residents deserve a park near the normal grounds east of the tracks.
The piece lauds Greeley’s summer beauty and town pride. It notes increased private parking fronts, excellent streets for a town of its size in the west, and upcoming beautification projects. It highlights plans for the C. S. tracks waste lot, a depot area, a new park, Lincoln park, and Granger’s flower garden at the sugar factory, predicting near-total beauty for the city.
The Tribune accuses the States Home Building Association of Denver of preying on the financially vulnerable with false loan promises. A Tuesday visit by two men and a woman to the office ended with their removal after a heated confrontation, and the paper welcomes legal action to reveal the full fraud.
A Joplin Missouri druggist promotes Chamberlain’s Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as superior for bowel complaints. He states no patent medicine equals it and that they sell and recommend this preparation. Available for sale by all druggists.
H. C. Havener of Greeley travels the C and S route to Fort Collins and nearby towns offering Industrial Building and Loan Association loans. He claims over $75,000 borrowed in the area with clear contracts and fixed payoff dates. For monthly payment loans, contact Havener in Greeley.
Third Annual Odd Fellows excursion Friday August 4 over the Moffat road to Tolland and return. Special train via Colorado and Southern railway leaves Greeley at 7 a m. Round trip rate three dollars children half rate.
The piece recounts a vivid confrontation where a bright blue tarantula is attacked by a giant wasp. The wasp stings, paralyzes, and kills the tarantula with lethal precision, leaving its foe lifeless as the wasp waits nearby.
The article discusses honey as a historic staple praised by Greeks and used in food and embalming and notes Pythagoras fed on bread and honey. It then recalls a fable where animals mock beauty in a mirror until an owl warns that knowledge is pain, leading to breaking the mirror and proclaiming ignorance bliss.
A Savannah News essay looks back at the old fashioned parlor with its mohair furniture and center table. It recalls the family album, parlor smell, and quiet dignity as modern living moves away from the cherished room. The piece notes how parlors shaped courtship and memory even as their decline continues.
War veteran recounts 1864 thefts of U S branded horse blankets from troops at Fort Wadsworth. The thief claimed ownership, saying U S stood for his name Michael McCarthy with U and 8 interpreted as his initials. The judge pressed the branding distinction in court.
A special Colorado and Southern railway excursion for Odd Fellows departs from Greeley at 7 a m and travels over the Moffat Road with a 3 00 fare. The trip is scheduled for Friday August 4.
An Irishman newly named foreman tries to assert control on his first morning. He warns the laborers that when he says commence they must commence or be left behind, then commands them to commence.
In London Modern Society Mr. Dobbs asks if Jones earned much from memory lessons. The explanation says his business failed because most students forgot to pay him, leaving the venture unprofitable.
A reader argues that fiction knowingly admits its untruths while history claims factual precision. The Washington Star quotation contrasts the genres by highlighting fiction's acknowledged untruths versus history's presumed truthfulness.
A comic clipping shows an office boy asking for more pay. He earns four dollars weekly, gives his mother all he earns, and the proprietor questions what happens to the rest of his earnings.
A Nature article reports that flesh eating birds like vultures show little to no use of smell in finding food. Experiments cited include hidden offal near ant bears to reveal circling birds unaware of nearby carcasses. The piece notes fanciers’ and gamekeepers’ beliefs in odor attractions such as anise and valerian.
A health advertisement touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy for bilious and dyspeptic sufferers. It claims the tablets strengthen digestion and regulate the bowels and are sold by all druggists.
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