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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
4
A cheeky 1920s style column advises wives to monitor husbands during the off season for wives. It jokes about travel, packing, and the temptations of summer while urging wives to be cautious and vigilant. The piece uses playful tone and indirect humor to comment on marriage and fidelity.
A concise ad lists subscription prices: 1 month for 30 cents, 1 year for 3 dollars. The note contrasts different term options, indicating price stability and pay periods. The wording reflects a period newspaper pricing style and targets readers considering long or short term memberships.
The Salvation Army will convert its quarters into a rest room for women and children on Saturday afternoons. The Tribune has long urged such a facility and notes stores offer smaller rest rooms, but a larger space is needed. The article hopes the project expands to daily use if popular.
A small group of weary mothers grandmothers and children gather in a Salvation Army rest room. The space offers cool water and a quiet refuge from dusty streets as the scene contrasts with broader public bustle.
A simple Salvation Army rest hall becomes a holy quiet space as the message echoes in the minds of visitors. The ordinary room and ordinary people unite in a moment of profound reverence for acts of mercy toward the least of these.
The Rev W A Philips faced rebuttal to his claim that Greeley merchants earn 150 percent on sales. The letter argues bulk prices, day costs, and wholesale prices show typical retail profits run 10 to 20 percent, with most grocers not clearing more than 2,500 yearly.
Hazelton district will complete a fine country schoolhouse by October with $5,000 in taxpayer funding. Pressed brick construction creates two rooms and an entrance hall, though only one room may be finished this year due to pupil numbers. Mrs Bertha Stone will teach next year.
Arthur F. Sauber aged 19 and Bessie Miller aged 16 applied for a marriage license with consent from the girl's mother but without the groom's parental consent. A tearful moment followed as they left the county clerk's office promising to return. the license blank was filled.
In Financier and Bullionist from London June 4 1909 the piece argues plantation rubber stocks remain solid despite no boom. It cites low production costs around 25 cents per pound, rising rubber prices and scarce supplies. It notes Lewis Peat reports $1 45 a pound for fine hard para and says estates are sold forward for months ahead. Plantation rubber trades at 1 75 per pound on June 26 in London.
An advertisement extols Doan's Kidney Pills as the remedy for kidney trouble. It explains kidneys filter blood and cites backache as an early sign, urging readers to use the product sold by Foster Milburn Co with 50 cent price, featuring a testimonial from D D Stebins of Greeley Colorado.
R M Hutchingon of Haton reports threshing barley with a yield of seventy bushels to the acre. Countywide barley quality is good except for a strip mixed with a large haired cartier during the season.
Advertises Rexall Order as a safe laxative with strong refund promise if relief is not satisfactory. Describes easy consumption like candy, gentle on children. Sold by Carson W. Gilbert Drug Co the Rexall store in two sizes 10c and 25c.
The youth disappeared after leaving toward the Union Pacific southward last night and is believed to have started for Freedonia. Torrey, popular with Greeley youths, is suspected of stealing money but Sheriff Florance thinks he will avoid arrest in nearby towns.
A young Eaton woman, said to have taken money to furnish her home, sobbed as she explained her motive. Prosecution appears unlikely, while Irvine Yeagy remains a popular figure in Eaton after an evening visit with Mr Summerville.
The article reports merchants' anger at alleged 150 percent profits on cans with prices near 10 cents and two for 25 cents. It notes criticism of Dr. Philips and a newspaper's sensationalism. It includes a reader letter from J. F. Dempsey of Dempsey Alabama praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy after his infant daughter recovered in minutes, and mentions it being sold by all druggists.
Union Pacific branch lines north and east of Greeley are nearly finished with grading camps ready to shift to the Denver and Fort Collins line from Hillsboro to Fort Collins. Surveyors are laying out the new route. Delays at Fort Collins may push the Denver line project into next year.
An advertisement from Carson W. Gilbert Jrug Co. Rexall store claims Rexall 9% Hair Tonite will cure dandruff grow hair and prevent baldness. The copy offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied and lists two sizes 50c and $1 for the remedy.
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